English: If I could just raise two issues with you and ask, first of all, if we can have a statement from the Minister for infrastructure, economy and transport regarding the closure eastbound of the A48 outside Carmarthen. I understand that this closure has started and is going to happen for six weeks, between Carmarthen and Nantycaws. I'm already getting some feedback of delays, severe delays, in the Carmarthen area. And, of course, this is not a local issue only; this is a main link between Wales and Ireland and between Wales and the rest of the European Union, heavily used by goods vehicles, as anyone who's been there knows, and diverting all the traffic through what is the old road, as it were, through Llangynnwr, is already causing concerns and, more importantly in that context, causing long delays. I would particularly like a statement on how the Welsh Government intends to do the best they can to smooth these delays, and also on what relationship we have with contractors when - I understand the work is essential - such long periods of time seem to be allowed for work to be done, and whether we put enough pressure and requirements on some companies to attain this work as quickly as possible, rather than drag it out, and it will be an economic knock to the west if this isn't resolved quickly. So, I hope we can have at least have a written statement soon regarding that. The second issue I'd like to ask about is: what is the procedure - I think maybe the First Minister can help in this regard, with a statement or an explanation - regarding statements by Cabinet Ministers on Government policy not in this Chamber? I note that the Secretary for education went to her party conference, which isn't the same as the Government's party conference, of course, and made several education announcements - doubling of the pupil deprivation grant, a ban on grammar schools in Wales - and yet, when I look in the programme for government that was published today, there's no mention of those commitments whatsoever. There is some vague wording on some of them, but there's no mention of these commitments, so I'm left with the question, and I'm sure many people are: is the Cabinet Minister going to a party conference making a statement about policy a commitment by the Cabinet and Welsh Government, or merely an expression of Liberal Democrat hopes, which we've had a lot of over the last couple of days, indeed? It would be good to know from the First Minister whether these are, in fact, Government and Cabinet-approved policies, and whether the Permanent Secretary was informed that the Secretary for education was going to make such commitments on behalf of the Welsh Government in public.
Welsh: A gaf i godi dau fater gyda chi, a gofyn, yn gyntaf, a gawn ni ddatganiad gan y Gweinidog dros seilwaith, yr economi a thrafnidiaeth ynglŷn â chau'r A48 tua'r dwyrain y tu allan i Gaerfyrddin? Rwyf ar ddeall bod y ffordd eisoes wedi'i chau ac y bydd y gwaith yn parhau am chwe wythnos, rhwng Caerfyrddin a Nant-y-caws. Rwyf eisoes wedi cael adborth am oedi, oedi difrifol, yn ardal Caerfyrddin. Ac, wrth gwrs, nid mater lleol yn unig yw hwn; dyma'r prif gyswllt rhwng Cymru ac Iwerddon a rhwng Cymru a gweddill yr Undeb Ewropeaidd, a gaiff ei ddefnyddio yn helaeth gan gerbydau nwyddau, fel y gŵyr unrhyw un sydd wedi teithio ar y ffordd. Mae dargyfeirio'r holl draffig ar hyd yr hen ffordd, fel petai, drwy Langynnwr, eisoes yn achosi pryderon ac, yn bwysicach yn y cyd-destun hwnnw, yn achosi oedi hir. Hoffwn i, yn benodol, gael datganiad ar sut y mae Llywodraeth Cymru yn bwriadu gwneud ei gorau i liniaru'r oedi hwn, ac ar y berthynas sydd gennym â chontractwyr pan - rwy'n deall bod y gwaith yn hanfodol - mae cyfnodau mor hir yn cael eu caniatáu ar gyfer gwneud y gwaith, ac a ydym yn rhoi digon o bwysau a gofynion ar rai cwmnïau i gyflawni'r gwaith hwn cyn gynted ag y bo modd, yn hytrach na llusgo'u traed. Bydd yn cael effaith wael yn economaidd ar y gorllewin os na chaiff hyn ei ddatrys yn fuan. Felly, rwy'n gobeithio y gallwn ni o leiaf gael datganiad ysgrifenedig ynghylch hynny yn fuan. Yr ail fater yr hoffwn i ofyn yn ei gylch yw hwn: beth yw'r weithdrefn-rwy'n credu y gall y Prif Weinidog helpu yn hyn o beth, trwy ddatganiad neu eglurhad-o ran datganiadau gan Weinidogion y Cabinet ar bolisi Llywodraethol heb fod yn y Siambr hon? Nodaf fod yr Ysgrifennydd dros addysg wedi mynd i gynhadledd ei phlaid, sy'n wahanol i gynhadledd plaid y Llywodraeth, wrth gwrs, a gwneud sawl cyhoeddiad am addysg-dyblu'r grant amddifadedd disgyblion, gwaharddiad ar ysgolion gramadeg yng Nghymru-ac eto, wrth imi edrych ar y rhaglen lywodraethu a gyhoeddwyd heddiw, ni welaf sôn am yr ymrwymiadau hynny o gwbl. Mae rhai sylwadau amwys ynglŷn â rhai ohonynt, ond nid oes sôn am yr ymrwymiadau hyn, felly rwy'n gofyn y cwestiwn, ac rwy'n siŵr bod llawer o bobl yn gwneud yr un fath: a yw'r Gweinidog Cabinet sy'n mynd i gynhadledd ei phlaid ac yn gwneud datganiad, yn cyflwyno ymrwymiad polisi gan y Cabinet a Llywodraeth Cymru, neu ddim ond yn mynegi gobeithion y Democratiaid Rhyddfrydol, yr ydym wedi cael llawer ohonynt yn wir dros y diwrnodau diwethaf? Byddai'n dda cael gwybod gan y Prif Weinidog a yw'r rhain, mewn gwirionedd, yn bolisïau sydd wedi eu cymeradwyo gan y Llywodraeth a'r Cabinet, ac a oedd yr Ysgrifennydd Parhaol yn gwybod bod yr Ysgrifennydd dros addysg yn mynd i wneud ymrwymiadau o'r fath ar ran Llywodraeth Cymru yn gyhoeddus.