English: I would very gently suggest to the Member that perhaps he reads the statement before he writes his contribution to it. If you had read or listened to my statement, you would have known that we will be consulting with all the different parts of the community that you have listed in your questions. And let me say this to you: it's a bit rich for any Conservative spokesperson to come here to this Chamber and wring their hands and cry their crocodile tears about the poverty that they've created on an industrial scale in these communities. Let me say this to the Conservative spokesperson: the impact of welfare reforms on communities up and down and across the south Wales Valleys is absolutely extraordinary. I am seeing, in my own constituency, a loss of around £60 million from the pockets of some of the most vulnerable and poorest families in that community. We are seeing that taking place at the moment. You can shake your head, but it's absolutely true and we're seeing the impact of it. We're seeing the impact on those families, on the children whom he cried his crocodile tears about, and we're also seeing the impact, then, on local businesses and local communities. We are seeing those impacts today, and what this work is designed to do is to alleviate and mitigate the difficulties and the problems, the crisis and the chaos that has been caused by the United Kingdom Conservative Government. Let me say this: we will, as I've said in answer to Bethan Jenkins, be establishing very clear targets. Clearly, the skills Minister is on the taskforce, so she will be fully engaged with this agenda. But, I think, if the Conservatives wish to contribute positively to the work that is being done, they need to start by recognising where we are today and the role that they have played in creating the economic decline that is affecting the people and communities of the Valleys of south Wales.
Welsh: Byddwn yn awgrymu'n ysgafn iawn i'r Aelod efallai y dylai ddarllen y datganiad cyn iddo ysgrifennu ei gyfraniad ato. Pe baech wedi darllen fy natganiad neu wedi gwrando arno, byddech wedi gwybod y byddwn yn ymgynghori â'r holl wahanol rannau o'r gymuned yr ydych wedi'u rhestru yn eich cwestiynau. A dewch imi ddweud hyn wrthych: mae'n eithaf digrif gweld unrhyw lefarydd y Ceidwadwyr yn dod yma i'r Siambr hon ac yn gwasgu eu dwylo ac yn crio eu dagrau ffug am y tlodi y maent wedi ei greu ar raddfa ddiwydiannol yn y cymunedau hyn. Gadewch imi ddweud hyn wrth lefarydd y Ceidwadwyr: mae effaith diwygiadau lles ar gymunedau i fyny ac i lawr ac ar hyd a lled Cymoedd y de yn gwbl ryfeddol. Rwyf yn gweld, yn fy etholaeth fy hun, colled o tua £60 miliwn o bocedi rhai o'r teuluoedd mwyaf agored i niwed a thlotaf yn y gymuned honno. Rydym yn gweld hynny'n digwydd ar hyn o bryd. Gallwch ysgwyd eich pen, ond mae'n hollol wir ac rydym yn gweld effaith hynny. Rydym yn gweld yr effaith ar y teuluoedd hynny, ar y plant y buodd yn crio ei ddagrau ffug amdanynt, ac rydym hefyd yn gweld yr effaith, wedyn, ar fusnesau lleol a chymunedau lleol. Rydym yn gweld yr effeithiau hynny heddiw, ac mae'r gwaith hwn wedi ei gynllunio i liniaru'r anawsterau a'r problemau, yr argyfwng a'r anhrefn a achoswyd gan Lywodraeth Geidwadol y Deyrnas Unedig. Gadewch imi ddweud hyn: byddwn, fel yr wyf wedi'i ddweud wrth ateb Bethan Jenkins, yn sefydlu targedau clir iawn. Yn amlwg, mae'r Gweinidog sgiliau ar y tasglu, felly bydd hi'n ymgysylltu'n llawn â'r agenda hon. Ond, rwy'n meddwl, os yw'r Ceidwadwyr yn dymuno cyfrannu'n gadarnhaol at y gwaith sy'n cael ei wneud, mae angen iddynt ddechrau drwy gydnabod lle'r ydym heddiw a'r rhan y maent wedi'i chwarae o ran creu'r dirywiad economaidd sy'n effeithio ar bobl a chymunedau Cymoedd y de.