English: I thank Joyce Watson for again highlighting the point that the youngest people have been one of the hardest hit groups from the pandemic, and the loss of work opportunities in the work that they were already in and the direct impact. Equally, I too am very proud of what previous Welsh Labour Governments have done with Jobs Growth Wales, and the more than 19,000 job opportunities that we've helped to create and sustain that have made a real difference. You see that the youth unemployment rate in Wales compares favourably with other parts of the UK, and crucially other European countries that didn't have such a deliberate intervention to try to protect young people from the fallout from, initially, the financial crisis and the ongoing damage done through austerity. I should also recognise that, of course, Joyce Watson has been a consistent advocate for Women Into Construction, and has held a number of events within the Senedd on this very subject. I welcome her continued championing of the issue because she's right to point out that, unless you're going to do something about how the industry is seen, then you won't get more women to go into the industry. And that is both about women who want to go into the industry themselves, but also crucially the people making the hiring choices as well, to recognise there are many women who could and should have a career within the sector, because I think there are still some assumptions about the sort of person you need to be to be successful within construction. I've had meetings with construction industry representatives, myself and the Deputy Minister for Climate Change are jointly chairing a forum with the construction industry, and I will want to make sure that we're proactive about our expectations and our offer. I'm sure that I'll get an invitation from Joyce Watson to attend a future event to talk about this in more detail, and I'd be very happy to do so, because we do need to address the diversity, not just from the point of view about how not just Labour Members, but others too feel about equality and opportunity, but there is a real waste of talent that isn't being properly taken advantage of and is lost to that industry if it doesn't look more clearly at who it could and should have in, and at the way that apprenticeships and skills and employment and progression opportunities are given. So, I look forward to not just more questions, but to a more detailed conversation with the Member on that.
Welsh: Diolch i Joyce Watson am dynnu sylw eto at y pwynt mai'r bobl ieuengaf oedd un o'r grwpiau a gafodd eu taro galetaf gan y pandemig, a cholli cyfleoedd gwaith yn y gwaith yr oedden nhw eisoes ynddo a'r effaith uniongyrchol. Yn yr un modd, rwyf innau hefyd yn falch iawn o'r hyn mae Llywodraethau Llafur blaenorol Cymru wedi'i wneud gyda Twf Swyddi Cymru, a'r dros 19,000 o gyfleoedd gwaith yr ydym ni wedi helpu i'w creu a'u cynnal sydd wedi gwneud gwahaniaeth gwirioneddol. Fe welwch fod y gyfradd diweithdra ymysg pobl ifanc yng Nghymru yn cymharu'n ffafriol â rhannau eraill o'r DU, ac yn hollbwysig â gwledydd eraill yn Ewrop nad oedd ganddyn nhw ymyriad mor fwriadol i geisio amddiffyn pobl ifanc rhag y cwymp o'r argyfwng ariannol, i ddechrau, a'r difrod parhaus a wnaed drwy gyni. Dylwn i gydnabod hefyd, wrth gwrs, fod Joyce Watson wedi bod yn eiriolwr cyson dros Ferched mewn Adeiladu, ac wedi cynnal nifer o ddigwyddiadau yn y Senedd ar yr union bwnc hwn. Rwyf yn croesawu ei bod yn parhau i hyrwyddo'r mater oherwydd mae'n iawn iddi dynnu sylw at y ffaith, oni bai eich bod yn mynd i wneud rhywbeth am sut mae'r diwydiant yn cael ei weld, na fyddwch yn sicrhau bod mwy o ferched yn mynd i mewn i'r diwydiant. Ac mae hynny'n ymwneud â merched sydd am fynd i mewn i'r diwydiant eu hunain, ond hefyd yn hanfodol y bobl sy'n gwneud y dewisiadau cyflogi hefyd, i gydnabod bod llawer o ferched a allai ac a ddylai gael gyrfa o fewn y sector, oherwydd rwy'n credu bod rhai tybiaethau o hyd ynghylch y math o berson mae angen i chi fod er mwyn bod yn llwyddiannus o fewn gwaith adeiladu. Rwyf wedi cael cyfarfodydd gyda chynrychiolwyr y diwydiant adeiladu, rwyf i a'r Dirprwy Weinidog Newid Hinsawdd yn cadeirio fforwm ar y cyd â'r diwydiant adeiladu, a byddaf am sicrhau ein bod yn rhagweithiol ynglŷn â'n disgwyliadau a'n cynnig. Rwy'n siŵr y caf wahoddiad gan Joyce Watson i fynychu digwyddiad yn y dyfodol i siarad am hyn yn fanylach, a byddwn yn hapus iawn i wneud hynny, oherwydd mae angen i ni fynd i'r afael â'r amrywiaeth, nid yn unig o safbwynt y ffordd mae Aelodau Llafur yn teimlo, ond y ffordd mae eraill hefyd yn teimlo am gydraddoldeb a chyfle, ond mae gwir wastraff talent nad ydym yn manteisio'n briodol arno ac sy'n cael ei golli i'r diwydiant hwnnw os nad yw'n edrych yn gliriach ar bwy y gallai ac y dylai ei gael, ac ar y ffordd y rhoddir prentisiaethau a sgiliau a chyfleoedd cyflogaeth a dilyniant. Felly, rwy'n edrych ymlaen at nid yn unig fwy o gwestiynau, ond at sgwrs fanylach gyda'r Aelod ar hynny.