English: In terms of innovation, Innovation Point and other organisations or other initiatives have been able to drive the amount of innovation and enterprise in Wales to new highs. That said, we do need to catch up with many parts of the UK: of that, there is no doubt. But between 1995 and 2015, the average annual increase in real terms, by businesses investing in enterprise research and development, was 5 per cent per year, in contrast to the UK average of just 2 per cent. So, the growth has been greater in Wales, but we still need to see further investment from business, and, indeed, from Government, but it's absolutely essential that we recognise the challenge that exiting the European Union could have in this regard. It's also the reason why I've been quite clear that we should expect in Wales a considerable proportion of the £2 billion that the Secretary of State for business and enterprise has announced for research and development across the UK. In terms of the head of innovation within Welsh Government, as far as I'm aware, one of the most impressive academics in this area takes responsibility for innovation and I have every confidence in that official in leading a dedicated and effective team that will drive further resource into research and development, not just in the private sector but across the academic field, and also focus minds, focus attention within Government on what works best to drive enterprise within the Welsh economy. In terms of the Circuit of Wales, I said back in January that I believed that the people of Ebbw Vale deserved a decision on this project as soon as possible. That's why I tasked the developers with bringing forward a firm and formal proposal within the time that I allocated them. They brought that back. I then subsequently said that we would begin a process of due diligence, which would last between four and six weeks from the point of receiving the information. It's still my hope that it will take just four to six weeks once we have received all of the information, and if a decision can be made within the time that leads us to purdah, then surely a decision before that time should be made. But this is very much at the moment in the hands of the developers. We do need the information in order to begin the process of due diligence so that a decision can be made before purdah if it's going to be made then.
Welsh: O ran arloesi, mae'r Arloesfa a chyrff neu fentrau eraill wedi gallu sbarduno arloesedd a menter yng Nghymru i gyrraedd uchelfannau newydd. Wedi dweud hynny, mae angen inni ddal i fyny â sawl rhan o'r DU: nid oes amheuaeth am hynny. Ond rhwng 1995 a 2015, roedd y cynnydd blynyddol cyfartalog mewn termau real gan fusnesau'n buddsoddi mewn ymchwil a datblygu mentrau, yn 5 y cant y flwyddyn, mewn cyferbyniad â chyfartaledd y DU o 2 y cant yn unig. Felly, mae mwy o dwf wedi bod yng Nghymru, ond mae angen inni sicrhau rhagor o fuddsoddiad o'r byd busnes, ac yn wir, gan y Llywodraeth, ond mae'n gwbl hanfodol ein bod yn cydnabod yr her y gallai gadael yr Undeb Ewropeaidd ei chreu yn hyn o beth. Dyna pam y bûm yn eithaf clir hefyd y dylem ni yng Nghymru ddisgwyl cyfran sylweddol o'r £2 biliwn y mae'r Ysgrifennydd Gwladol dros fusnes a menter wedi'i gyhoeddi ar gyfer ymchwil a datblygu ledled y DU. O ran y pennaeth arloesi yn Llywodraeth Cymru, hyd y gwn i, mae un o'r academyddion mwyaf nodedig yn y maes hwn yn gyfrifol am arloesi ac mae gennyf ffydd y bydd y swyddog hwnnw'n arwain tîm ymroddgar ac effeithiol a fydd yn sicrhau rhagor o adnoddau ar gyfer ymchwil a datblygu, nid yn unig yn y sector preifat, ond ar draws y maes academaidd, ac yn sicrhau bod sylw'r Llywodraeth yn canolbwyntio ar yr hyn sy'n gweithio orau i sbarduno menter o fewn economi Cymru. O ran Cylchffordd Cymru, dywedais ym mis Ionawr fy mod yn credu bod pobl Glynebwy yn haeddu penderfyniad ar y prosiect hwn cyn gynted â phosibl. Dyna pam y gofynnais i'r datblygwyr gyflwyno cynnig cadarn a ffurfiol o fewn yr amser a roddais iddynt. Daethant â chynnig yn ôl. Dywedais wedi hynny y byddem yn dechrau proses o ddiwydrwydd dyladwy, a fyddai'n para rhwng pedair a chwe wythnos wedi'r adeg y daeth y wybodaeth i law. Rwy'n dal i obeithio na fydd ond yn para rhwng pedair a chwe wythnos wedi i'r holl wybodaeth ddod i law, ac os gellir gwneud penderfyniad yn yr amser cyn dechrau purdah, yna yn sicr dylid gwneud hynny. Ond mae hyn yn nwylo'r datblygwyr ar hyn o bryd. Mae angen y wybodaeth arnom er mwyn dechrau'r broses o ddiwydrwydd dyladwy fel bod modd gwneud penderfyniad cyn dechrau purdah os yw'n mynd i gael ei wneud bryd hynny.