English: We agree that harnessing science research and innovation to address societal challenges is important, as is improving investment in science, technology, engineering and mathematics and research and development, which will have huge benefits for the Welsh economy, and we must continue developing our manufacturing and exporting in these areas. Of course, we support the ambition of establishing new technological clusters across Wales. However, if we really wish to boost Wales's technology research and design, manufacturing and exporting sectors, we have to have a strong research, development and innovation base, but Wales has had historically low levels of R&D for decades. The British Heart Foundation found that, in 2019, total expenditure on R&D in Wales was £794 million, or 1.2 per cent of gross value added. Out of the three devolved nations of the UK and each of the nine regions of England, Wales has the lowest R&D expenditure as a proportion of GVA. They also found that 82 per cent of people believe it's important for Wales to be undertaking medical research, and 34 per cent of people think not enough research is currently happening in Wales. Neither the UK Government's continued stalemate on Horizon association and the cut that is coming via the UK shared prosperity fund will help this funding situation in Wales, of course. However, the UK Government added funding to research in England to help with the Horizon stalemate and this meant a Barnett consequential. I asked you, Minister, in December to confirm the Barnett amount and asked whether it would be added to university research, but you declined to commit to the consequential being passed on. It is fair for the Welsh Government to criticise the Horizon stalemate, the shared prosperity fund and the damage caused, but it is questionable to then not allocate the Barnett consequential from the interim funding. To see the full effect of programmes like the tech clusters and the Welsh Government's export plan, we must do everything we can to support our research base here in Wales. Scotland confirmed its amount and passed it on shortly after I asked this question to you in December, which meant an extra £24.6 million for Scottish research. Will you follow suit? If you were to make that call, that would go some way in making our universities more competitive. Quality-related research funding in Wales should be at £100 million; there's a shortfall of £18 million. At the very least, will you commit to uplifting QR funding by £18 million by the end of this Senedd term?
Welsh: Rydym yn cytuno bod manteisio ar ymchwil ac arloesedd gwyddoniaeth er mwyn mynd i'r afael â heriau cymdeithasol yn bwysig, a hefyd gwella buddsoddiad mewn gwyddoniaeth, technoleg, peirianneg a mathemateg ac ymchwil a datblygu, a fydd yn fanteisiol tu hwnt i economi Cymru, a rhaid i ni barhau i ddatblygu ein gweithgynhyrchu ac allforio yn y meysydd hyn. Wrth gwrs, rydym ni'n cefnogi'r uchelgais o sefydlu clystyrau technolegol newydd ledled Cymru. Fodd bynnag, os dymunwn ni mewn gwirionedd roi hwb i'r sectorau ymchwil a dylunio, gweithgynhyrchu ac allforio technoleg Cymru, mae'n rhaid i ni gael sylfaen ymchwil, datblygu ac arloesi cryf, ond bu gan Gymru lefelau ymchwil a datblygu hanesyddol isel ers degawdau. Yn ôl Sefydliad Prydeinig y Galon, roedd cyfanswm y gwariant ar ymchwil a datblygu yng Nghymru yn £794 miliwn yn 2019, neu 1.2 y cant o'r gwerth ychwanegol gros. O dair gwlad ddatganoledig y DU a phob un o naw rhanbarth Lloegr, mae gan Gymru'r gwariant ymchwil a datblygu isaf fel cyfran o werth ychwanegol gros. Fe wnaethon nhw hefyd ddarganfod bod 82% o bobl yn credu ei bod hi'n bwysig fod Cymru yn cynnal ymchwil feddygol, ac mae 34% o bobl yn credu nad oes digon o ymchwil yn digwydd yng Nghymru ar hyn o bryd. Ni fydd sefyllfa ddiddatrys barhaol Llywodraeth y DU ynglŷn â Horizon na'r toriad sy'n dod drwy gronfa ffyniant gyffredin y DU yn helpu'r sefyllfa ariannu hon yng Nghymru, wrth gwrs. Fodd bynnag, ychwanegodd Llywodraeth y DU gyllid at ymchwil yn Lloegr i helpu gyda'r sefyllfa gyda Horizon a golygai hyn swm canlyniadol drwy Barnett. Gofynnais i chi, Gweinidog, ym mis Rhagfyr i gadarnhau'r swm a geid drwy Barnett a gofyn a gai ei ychwanegu at ymchwil prifysgolion, ond fe wnaethoch chi wrthod ymrwymo i'r swm canlyniadol a gai ei drosglwyddo. Mae'n deg i Lywodraeth Cymru feirniadu'r sefyllfa ddiddatrys gyda Horizon, y gronfa ffyniant gyffredin a'r difrod a achoswyd, ond mae'n amheus wedyn peidio â dyrannu symiau canlyniadol Barnett o'r cyllid cyfamserol. I weld effaith lawn rhaglenni fel y clystyrau technoleg a chynllun allforion Llywodraeth Cymru, rhaid inni wneud popeth o fewn ein gallu i gefnogi ein sylfaen ymchwil yma yng Nghymru. Cadarnhaodd yr Alban ei swm a'i drosglwyddo yn fuan wedi i mi ofyn y cwestiwn hwn i chi ym mis Rhagfyr, a olygai £24.6 miliwn yn ychwanegol ar gyfer ymchwil i'r Alban. A fyddwch chi'n dilyn eu hesiampl? Pe baech chi'n gwneud hynny, byddai hynny'n mynd rhywfaint o'r ffordd i wneud ein prifysgolion yn fwy cystadleuol. Dylai cyllid ymchwil sy'n gysylltiedig ag ansawdd yng Nghymru fod yn £100 miliwn; mae diffyg o £18 miliwn. Ar y lleiaf, a wnewch chi ymrwymo i gynyddu cyllid yn ymwneud ag ansawdd ymchwil £18 miliwn erbyn diwedd tymor y Senedd hwn?