English: I welcome this debate and this discussion very much and thank you to everyone who has submitted the motion. I'm eager to see the Deputy Minister and this Government looking specifically at bus services in our rural communities and I want to endorse what Alun Davies said earlier, because it appears that there is a disconnect between what the Government and Governments have said and what they achieve on the ground. If you consider over the past few decades, we have seen a very urban model forced on the communities of Wales, with services isolated from our rural areas. If you consider how many community hospitals have closed and if somebody needs a blood test or physiotherapy, they have to travel further. How many care homes are far away from our rural communities? If somebody wants to see a loved one, then you have to consider that distance. Think about the bus stations, the post offices, the banks, the job centres and the courts that have been lost or closed in our communities, forcing people to travel further and further. But, again, because of the nature of our rural communities and there are so few people living in those communities, it's these routes that are cut first, those rural routes, because they're not being seen as profitable. We've seen more of that happening because of this austerity that has been imposed upon us by the two Governments. So, services have gone further away whilst, at the same time, we're seeing the funding to bus services decreasing, and I'll give you an example: there's a constituent from Aberdaron who has contacted me this week - Aberdaron in the Llŷn peninsula - and they have to receive further education in Coleg Meirion Dwyfor in Dolgellau, which is a good long way away, and they have to travel hours on public transport. Or, another constituent who contacted me, in Harlech, having to travel to the hospital in Bangor. Now, that's 35 miles between Bangor and Harlech, but in order to get there on public transport, something that would take around an hour in a car, it takes three and a half hours, and almost four hours on a bus. So, we have to see solutions, and we have to see rural communities being considered in these plans. That would be my plea as the Deputy Minister responds to this debate. Thank you very much.
Welsh: Rwy'n croesawu'r ddadl yma a'r drafodaeth yma'n fawr iawn, a diolch i bawb sydd wedi dod ag o ger ein bron. Dwi'n awyddus i weld y Gweinidog a'r Llywodraeth yma'n edrych yn benodol ar wasanaethau bysus yn ein cymunedau gwledig ni, ac eisiau ategu ychydig o'r hyn roedd Alun Davies yn ei ddweud ynghynt, oherwydd mae'n ymddangos bod disconnect rhwng yr hyn mae'r Llywodraethau yn ei ddweud a'r hyn maen nhw'n ei gyflawni ar lawr gwlad. Os ystyriwch chi dros y degawdau diwethaf, rydyn ni wedi gweld model dinesig yn cael ei orfodi ar gymunedau Cymru, efo gwasanaethau yn cael eu ymbellhau o'n cymunedau gwledig ni. Os ystyriwch chi faint o ysbytai cymunedol sydd wedi cau, ac os ydy rhywun angen prawf gwaed neu ffisiotherapi neu rywbeth, maen nhw'n gorfod teithio ymhellach. Faint o gartrefi gofal sydd ymhell o'n cymunedau gwledig? Os ydy rhywun eisiau mynd i weld anwyliaid iddyn nhw, y pellter yna. Meddyliwch am y swyddfeydd post sydd wedi cau, y banciau sydd yn dal i gael eu cau, y canolfannau gwaith sydd wedi mynd, y llysoedd sydd wedi cael eu colli o'n cymunedau, ac yn gorfodi pobl i deithio ymhellach ac ymhellach. Ond eto, wrth gwrs, oherwydd natur ein cymunedau gwledig a bod yna gyn lleied o bobl yn byw ynddyn nhw, y routes yma sy'n cael eu torri gyntaf ydy'r rhai gwledig, oherwydd nad ydyn nhw'n cael eu gweld yn rhai proffidiol, ac rydyn ni wedi gweld mwy o hynny yn digwydd oherwydd yr austerity, y cyni yma sydd wedi cael ei orfodi arnom ni gan y ddwy Lywodraeth. Felly, mae gwasanaethau wedi mynd ymhellach i ffwrdd tra, ar yr un pryd, rydyn ni'n gweld y pres i wasanaethau bysus yn mynd yn llai, a mi wnaf i roi enghraifft: mae yna etholwr i mi o Aberdaron wedi cysylltu â fi wythnos yma - Aberdaron ym mhen draw Llŷn - yn gorfod mynd i dderbyn addysg bellach yng Ngholeg Meirion Dwyfor yn Nolgellau, sy'n bellter i ffwrdd, ac yn gorfod teithio oriau ar drafnidiaeth gyhoeddus. Neu etholwr arall sydd wedi cysylltu â fi, yn Harlech, ac yn gorfod mynd i'r ysbyty ym Mangor. Rŵan, 35 milltir sydd rhwng Harlech a Bangor, ond er mwyn mynd yno ar drafnidiaeth gyhoeddus, rhywbeth buasai'n cymryd bron i awr mewn car, mae'n cymryd tair awr a hanner, a bron i bedair awr ar fysiau. Felly, mae'n rhaid i ni weld atebion a gweld cymunedau gwledig yn cael eu hystyried yn hyn o beth, a dyna fuasai fy mhle i wrth i'r Gweinidog ystyried ei ateb i'r ddadl yma. Diolch yn fawr iawn.