English: It's useful to reflect on this story that we've been debating for the last nine months. It's undoubtedly the case that the former Government economy Minister had very ambitious plans for expanding the film and television industry in Wales, and that in itself was laudable, but there wasn't sufficient thinking through of the potential conflicts of interest, which weren't considered properly when entering into a partnership with a multi-million pound company with global interests. The Welsh Government was a minnow by comparison with Pinewood, and, although it's not possible to conclude that the Welsh Government was taken for a ride, it's certainly the case that the checks and balances were not in place to ensure that that did not happen. There was no survey of the building done before the purchase. A pig in a poke seems to me an inadequate response to a £6 million investment, and that remains a considerable concern. The advice given to Ministers was also absolutely silent on potential VAT liabilities, which was quite extraordinary under the circumstances. We did get some very robust assurances from civil servants that that was not going to happen again. But nor indeed was there any consideration of the liabilities that the Government was taking on by purchasing an asset that included a listed building. It's really not good enough for the Welsh Government, which has to enforce listed building status, to then be cavalier about the obligations that that requires of them as the owner of such property. However, it would be curmudgeonly not to recognise the transformation that has occurred over the last five years in terms of Wales's status as a location for filmmaking and broadcasting. Would Bad Wolf studios have located to Wales at all if Pinewood studios had not existed? It's impossible to say, but it's very likely that that would not have occurred to them. We are now in the happy position that Bad Wolf studios has so many orders on its books that it's outgrown its own premises and is having to rely on the entire Pinewood studios over the next 12 months in order to accommodate all the work that they are undertaking. We also have the new BBC building, which is going to be one of the most iconic broadcasting centres across the UK and, indeed, across the world once it opens in Central Square in Cardiff Central. We also have many, many more awards being won by S4C, ITV and the BBC for their drama and documentary productions, and all of this is a huge positive for the Welsh economy. But we do need to build on that success by ensuring that, in our contracts that we enter into, we are insisting that a proportion of the subcontracting is done with Welsh companies, and that will enable us to build on the fact that Wales is indeed recognised as a place to go for both location filming and as post-production. But we need to ensure that, for example, if we've got talented actors in Wales, which I'm sure we have, they don't need to go to London in order to be auditioning for roles. There's no particular reason why that can't occur here. We don't need Wales to be seen as an outpost of London when it comes to considering film and television. We certainly have the opportunity to do that to ensure that Wales has its own international success in this regard, but we have some more work to do to ensure that we have the full gamut of skills and that that is recognised across the world.
Welsh: Mae'n werth inni fyfyrio ar y stori hon y buom yn dadlau yn ei chylch dros y naw mis diwethaf. Mae'n sicr yn wir fod gan gyn Weinidog yr economi y Llywodraeth gynlluniau uchelgeisiol iawn ar gyfer ehangu'r diwydiant ffilm a theledu yng Nghymru, ac roedd hynny ynddo'i hun yn ganmoladwy, ond ni roddwyd digon o ystyriaeth i'r gwrthdaro buddiannau posibl, ac ni chawsant eu hystyried yn briodol wrth greu partneriaeth â chwmni sy'n werth miliynau o bunnoedd ac sydd â buddiannau byd-eang. Pysgodyn bach iawn oedd Llywodraeth Cymru o'i chymharu â Pinewood, ac, er nad yw'n bosibl dod i'r casgliad fod Llywodraeth Cymru wedi cael ei chamarwain, mae'n sicr yn wir nad oedd y mesurau diogelu priodol ar waith i sicrhau na ddigwyddai hynny. Ni wnaed arolwg o'r adeilad cyn y pryniant. Ymddengys i mi fod mochyn mewn cwd yn ymateb annigonol i fuddsoddiad o £6 miliwn, ac mae hynny'n parhau i fod yn bryder sylweddol. Roedd y cyngor a roddwyd i Weinidogion hefyd yn gwbl fud mewn perthynas â rhwymedigaethau TAW posibl, a oedd yn eithaf syfrdanol o dan yr amgylchiadau. Cawsom sicrwydd cadarn iawn gan weision sifil na fyddai hynny'n digwydd eto. Ond yn wir, ni roddwyd unrhyw ystyriaeth chwaith i'r rhwymedigaethau roedd y Llywodraeth yn eu hysgwyddo drwy brynu ased a oedd yn cynnwys adeilad rhestredig. Nid yw'n ddigon da i Lywodraeth Cymru, sy'n gorfod gorfodi statws adeiladau rhestredig, fod yn ddi-hid am y rhwymedigaethau y mae gofyn iddynt gydymffurfio â hwy fel perchennog eiddo o'r fath. Fodd bynnag, byddai'n grintachlyd inni beidio â chydnabod y gweddnewidiad sydd wedi digwydd dros y pum mlynedd diwethaf o ran statws Cymru fel lleoliad ar gyfer creu ffilmiau a darlledu. A fyddai stiwdios Bad Wolf wedi'u lleoli yng Nghymru o gwbl pe na bai stiwdios Pinewood yn bodoli? Mae'n amhosibl dweud, ond mae'n debygol iawn na fyddent wedi meddwl gwneud hynny. Rydym bellach yn y sefyllfa hapus fod gan stiwdios Bad Wolf gynifer o archebion ar eu llyfrau fel eu bod wedi tyfu'n rhy fawr i'w safle ei hun ac yn gorfod dibynnu ar stiwdios Pinewood i gyd dros y 12 mis nesaf er mwyn cyflawni'r holl waith y maent yn ei wneud. Mae gennym hefyd adeilad newydd y BBC, a fydd yn un o ganolfannau darlledu mwyaf eiconig y DU ac yn wir, ledled y byd pan fydd yn agor yn y Sgwâr Canolog yng nghanol Caerdydd. Hefyd, mae gennym lawer mwy o wobrau'n cael eu hennill gan S4C, ITV a'r BBC am eu cynyrchiadau drama a rhaglenni dogfen, ac mae hyn i gyd yn newyddion cadarnhaol iawn i economi Cymru. Ond mae angen i ni adeiladu ar y llwyddiant hwnnw drwy sicrhau ein bod, yn y contractau a luniwn, yn mynnu bod cyfran o'r is-gontractio'n cael ei wneud gyda chwmnïau Cymreig, a bydd hynny'n ein galluogi i adeiladu ar y ffaith bod Cymru'n cael ei chydnabod fel lleoliad ar gyfer ffilmio ac ôl-gynhyrchu. Ond mae angen i ni sicrhau, er enghraifft, os oes gennym actorion talentog yng Nghymru, ac rwy'n siŵr fod hynny'n wir, nad oes angen iddynt fynd i Lundain er mwyn cael clyweliadau ar gyfer rhannau. Nid oes unrhyw reswm penodol pam na all hynny ddigwydd yma. Nid oes angen i Gymru gael ei hystyried fel rhywle ar gyrion pellaf Llundain mewn perthynas â ffilm a theledu. Yn sicr, mae gennym gyfle i wneud hynny er mwyn sicrhau bod Cymru'n cael ei llwyddiant rhyngwladol ei hun yn hyn o beth, ond mae gennym fwy o waith i'w wneud i sicrhau bod gennym yr ystod lawn o sgiliau a bod hynny'n cael ei gydnabod ledled y byd.