English: I'm grateful to David Melding for the points he makes. I absolutely agree with the points made on economic inactivity. I hope these are some of the issues that the future generations Act is designed, or will be designed, to address because we do have issues of inactivity in valley communities. But as you say, they're not simply the result of unemployment but other reasons as well, and we do need to look at those reasons. We also, of course, need to look at the casualisation, if you like, of the economy, where people are not being able to access high-quality, full-time permanent jobs but are working on zero-hours contracts, working on reduced-hours contracts, working part-time work and are unable to actually sustain the family in a way that they would seek to do. So, there are a number of different challenges there in terms of that wider agenda, and I certainly agree with David Melding that we need to be able to do that. I was very impressed with the work that TUC Wales did in terms of Better Jobs, Closer to Home in terms of looking at creating work within the Valleys communities and how public procurement can help with that. I think that's a point that's been made by Plaid Cymru in the past as well. It's certainly an issue on which I believe the Government should place considerable emphasis. Finally, just to test the patience of the Presiding Officer, the issue about listening to people is absolutely essential. That's why I wanted to make this statement today, prior to recess, so that I can spend some time in the summer listening to people, because very often what we hear on the doorstep isn't what we hear and what we read from journalists and from politicians who think they know best. I think it's incumbent upon all of us to not just listen but actively seek to listen and to hear what is being said to us, and not simply to do it as an exercise to tick a box.
Welsh: Rwy'n ddiolchgar i David Melding am y pwyntiau y mae'n eu gwneud. Rwy'n cytuno'n llwyr â'r pwyntiau a wnaeth am anweithgarwch economaidd. Rwy'n gobeithio mai dyma rai o'r materion y mae Deddf cenedlaethau'r dyfodol wedi'i chynllunio, neu am gael ei chynllunio, i roi sylw iddynt oherwydd mae gennym faterion o anweithgarwch yng nghymunedau'r cymoedd. Ond fel y dywedwch, nid ydynt o ganlyniad i ddiweithdra yn unig, ond rhesymau eraill, hefyd, ac mae angen inni edrych ar y rhesymau hynny. Hefyd, wrth gwrs, mae angen inni edrych ar achlysuroli, os mynnwch chi, yr economi, lle nad oes swyddi parhaol llawn amser o safon uchel ar gael i bobl, ac mae'n rhaid iddynt weithio ar gontractau dim oriau, gweithio ar gontractau â llai o oriau, gweithio gwaith rhan-amser a methu mewn gwirionedd â chynnal y teulu yn y ffordd y byddent yn dymuno ei wneud. Felly, mae nifer o heriau gwahanol yno o ran yr agenda ehangach, ac rwy'n sicr yn cytuno â David Melding bod angen inni allu gwneud hynny. Roeddwn yn hapus iawn â gwaith TUC Cymru yn nhermau Gwell Swyddi, Agosach at Adref o ran edrych ar greu gwaith o fewn cymunedau'r Cymoedd, a sut y gall caffael cyhoeddus helpu gyda hynny. Rwy'n meddwl bod hynny'n bwynt sydd wedi'i wneud gan Blaid Cymru yn y gorffennol yn ogystal. Mae'n sicr yn fater y credaf y dylai'r Llywodraeth roi cryn bwyslais iddo. Yn olaf, dim ond i brofi amynedd y Llywydd, mae'r mater ynghylch gwrando ar bobl yn gwbl hanfodol. Dyna pam yr oeddwn yn awyddus i wneud y datganiad hwn heddiw, cyn y toriad, er mwyn imi allu treulio rhywfaint o amser yn ystod yr haf yn gwrando ar bobl, oherwydd yn aml iawn mae'r hyn yr ydym yn ei glywed ar gerrig drysau yn wahanol i'r hyn yr ydym yn ei glywed ac yn ei ddarllen gan newyddiadurwyr a gan wleidyddion sy'n meddwl eu bod yn gwybod orau. Rwy'n meddwl ei bod yn ddyletswydd arnom ni i gyd i wneud mwy na dim ond gwrando, ond mynd ati i geisio gwrando a chlywed beth sy'n cael ei ddweud wrthym, ac nid dim ond gwneud hynny fel ymarfer ticio blwch.