English: Can I thank the Member for his contribution, for his questions and for warmly welcoming the announcement, and can I thank him for on previous occasions also welcoming the process by which we have procured the Wales and borders franchise operator, that being competitive dialogue? I think it's an interesting example of how, in carrying out an innovative and creative approach, we have been able to showcase to the rest of the UK how perhaps procurement of rail contracts should be carried out in the future. Up until now, the way that franchises have been let has been such that Governments have sent out a big transit van of specifications and then bidders have come back with a price, and that means of going about procuring a contractor has led to bidders being incentivised to just give the lowest cost return and, in doing so, often to provide an unsustainable provision. As a consequence, we've seen the failure of franchise arrangements across the UK. What we've done is turned that on its head and through a process of having a funding envelope and entering into competitive dialogue we've said to bidders: 'This is the envelope; this is the maximum sum of money available; what can you do for it?' And then we've stretched and stretched in order to ensure that we get the best possible arrangements, and I think that's why we've been able to extract such a positive deal for people the length and breadth of Wales. The Member is absolutely right about rolling stock needing to improve. More than 140 new trains will be provided for the network and, of course, more than half of those will be built in Wales. Every single one of the 247 stations will receive an upgrade. It's quite a fact, actually, that, in the current franchise arrangement over the last 15 years, we believe that approximately £600,000 has been spent on stations. In contrast, the figure will be £194 million in the next franchise - quite a contrast, and I think that again demonstrates why the previous franchise arrangement was unfit, whereas the current arrangements that we've agreed are superb for passengers and communities alike. I'm pleased to be able to say to the Member that the South Wales Argus 's campaign for Ebbw Vale to Newport services has been successful, and Members have achieved what they have wished to do over many years because within the franchise arrangement there will be a train per hour operating between Ebbw Vale and Newport. It's something that many people during the consultation exercise said they needed, they wanted, and I'm pleased that we've been able to provide it.
Welsh: A gaf i ddiolch i'r Aelod am ei gyfraniad, am ei gwestiynau ac am roi croeso cynnes i'r cyhoeddiad, ac a gaf i ddiolch iddo am groesawu ar achlysuron blaenorol hefyd y broses yr ydym ni wedi'i defnyddio i gaffael gweithredwr masnachfraint Cymru a'r gororau, sef deialog gystadleuol? Rwy'n meddwl ei bod yn enghraifft ddiddorol o sut, drwy ddefnyddio dull creadigol ac arloesol, rydym ni wedi gallu dangos i weddill y DU sut efallai y dylid caffael contractau rheilffyrdd yn y dyfodol. Cyn hyn, mae masnachfreintiau wedi cael eu gosod drwy i Lywodraethau anfon fan fawr o fanylebau ac wedyn bod cynigwyr wedi dod yn ôl gyda phris, ac nid yw'r ffordd honno o fynd ati i gaffael contractwr wedi cymell cynigwyr i wneud dim mwy na chynnig y gost isaf bosibl ac, felly, byddent yn aml yn darparu darpariaeth anghynaladwy. O ganlyniad, rydym ni wedi gweld methiant trefniadau masnachfraint ledled y DU. Rydyn ni wedi troi hynny ar ei ben a drwy broses o ddarparu amlen ariannu ac ymrwymo i ddeialog gystadleuol, rydym ni wedi dweud wrth gynigwyr: 'Dyma'r amlen; dyma'r swm mwyaf o arian sydd ar gael; beth allwch chi ei wneud ag ef?' Ac yna rydym ni wedi ymestyn ac ymestyn er mwyn sicrhau y cawn ni'r trefniadau gorau posibl, ac rwy'n meddwl mai dyna pam ein bod ni wedi gallu taro bargen mor gadarnhaol i bobl ar hyd a lled Cymru. Mae'r Aelod yn hollol gywir bod angen gwella cerbydau. Darperir dros 140 o drenau newydd ar gyfer y rhwydwaith ac, wrth gwrs, caiff mwy na hanner y rheini eu hadeiladu yng Nghymru. Caiff pob un o'r 247 o orsafoedd eu huwchraddio. Mae'n dipyn o ffaith, a dweud y gwir, ein bod yn credu bod oddeutu £600,000 wedi'i wario ar orsafoedd yn y trefniant masnachfraint presennol dros y 15 mlynedd diwethaf. Ar y llaw arall, bydd y ffigur yn £194 miliwn yn y fasnachfraint nesaf - tipyn o gyferbyniad, ac rwy'n meddwl bod hynny'n dangos unwaith eto pam yr oedd y trefniant masnachfraint blaenorol yn anaddas, tra bod y trefniadau presennol yr ydym ni wedi cytuno arnynt yn wych i deithwyr a chymunedau fel ei gilydd. Rwy'n falch o allu dweud wrth yr Aelod bod ymgyrch y South Wales Argus ar gyfer gwasanaethau o Lynebwy i Gasnewydd wedi bod yn llwyddiannus, a bod yr Aelodau wedi cyflawni'r hyn y maent wedi dymuno ei wneud ers blynyddoedd lawer oherwydd o fewn y trefniant masnachfraint bydd un trên bob awr yn gweithredu rhwng Glynebwy a Chasnewydd. Mae'n rhywbeth y dywedodd llawer o bobl yn ystod yr ymarfer ymgynghori fod ei angen arnynt, fod ei eisiau arnynt, ac rwy'n falch ein bod wedi gallu ei ddarparu.