English: Those of us who were brought up in a typical Valleys community will know that there is no such thing as a typical Valleys community. I'm from Caerphilly. My constituency is split south and north, and what you would see in the south of Caerphilly is a different kind of community to that which you would see in the north of Caerphilly. But also, those of us who've got friends and relatives who live in different Valleys towns and villages will know that those towns and villages are very different to each other, and have a different set of challenges. One of the questions I was going to ask the First Minister on Nick Ramsay's question about bringing enterprise to south-east Wales was going to be about - and I wasn't called, and I don't hold anyone responsible for that, Deputy Presiding Officer - but one of the questions I was going to ask was AerFin is based in Caerphilly. AerFin is a distributor for civil aviation parts, and for two years running has topped the fast growth 50 and it's based in Bedwas. And the question I would ask is: why can't we have more AerFins but based in the likes of Bargoed, Rhymney, Nantyglo, Pontypool? Why can't we see AerFins developing elsewhere? And it is entirely possible but will require the kind of change of culture and dynamic that is encapsulated in this plan. Among those things would be, of course, better transport links, more affordable housing, more employment opportunities, but also ensuring that people like me who grew up in a Valleys community do not want to leave, and want to stay and work and contribute. That's why I've never left my Valleys community and never intend to do so. I did have to find work, though, in Cardiff and I was working in higher education. I managed to stay as well as a county councillor; I've probably mentioned it before in this Chamber. But having worked in higher education representing Valleys communities, I've seen what higher education can do in the communities I came from, and I think those universities that serve the Valleys have a duty to reach out into their hinterland in a way that they haven't thus far, and it's one of the things that I've tried to, and successfully, represented to the Cabinet Secretary. I want to see Cardiff University, Cardiff Metropolitan University and the University of South Wales proactively going out into these communities to engage with the plan, and I've seen in the delivery partners, higher education is mentioned many times. They've got a duty to increase part-time study and they've got a duty to increase franchised study in further education institutions. The Cabinet Secretary has, in a previous incarnation, referenced the need to remove the boundaries between further and higher education. But also we need to see our universities engaging with secondary and primary schools. As a senior lecturer, I went to my former primary school and we ran a university day in Glyn-Gaer Primary School, one of the most rewarding things I've done in that profession. In terms of the strategic hubs, I do have some questions. If they are going to be located in areas that are already prosperous, then their purpose can be self-defeating. One of the questions I've got is: how are those hubs going to link to areas that are in need of growth? So, how, for example, will a hub in Ystrad Mynach reach out to Senghenydd? How will Senghenydd benefit from a strategic hub in Ystrad Mynach? I would be interested to hear more about that, and I think the Cabinet Secretary has bravely and rightly agreed to support the Conservative amendment, which recognises that those further questions require answers and will be answered. And also the Valleys in general: I talk about the northern Valleys as distinct to those areas close to the M4. A great deal of my constituents who live near that M4 transport corridor do not want to see the further overdevelopment of the area in which they live - that being the Caerphilly basin - and we need to ensure that affordable housing is developed in areas like Bargoed and further north, and moving away from those already congested areas. And the Cabinet Secretary for environment is here, and she will know that I've made those representations to her on many an occasion. Therefore, the strategic hub must enable the latter and guard against the former. If we can improve transport links, then I think that begins to answer those questions. So, I think it's a very positive plan and one which I support. We can address the issues that I have grown up with and have continued to wrestle with, and I look forward to supporting the Cabinet Secretary and the Ministers in doing so.
Welsh: Bydd y rhai ohonom ni a fagwyd mewn cymuned nodweddiadol yn y Cymoedd yn gwybod nad oes y fath beth â chymuned nodweddiadol yn y Cymoedd. Rwyf i'n dod o Gaerffili. Mae fy etholaeth i wedi ei rhannu yn dde a gogledd, ac mae'r hyn a welwch chi yn ne Caerffili yn wahanol fath o gymuned i'r hyn a welwch chi yng ngogledd Gaerffili. Ond hefyd, bydd y rheini ohonom sydd â chyfeillion a pherthnasau yn byw mewn gwahanol drefi a phentrefi yn y Cymoedd yn gwybod bod y trefi a'r pentrefi yn wahanol iawn i'w gilydd, a'u bod yn wynebu heriau gwahanol. Un o'r cwestiynau yr oeddwn i eisiau ei ofyn i'r Prif Weinidog ynglŷn â chwestiwn Nick Ramsay ynghylch dod â menter i'r de-ddwyrain oedd ynglŷn â - ac ni chefais fy ngalw, ac nid wyf yn dal unrhyw un yn gyfrifol am hynny, Dirprwy Lywydd - ond mae un o'r cwestiynau yr oeddwn yn mynd i ofyn yn ymwneud ag AerFin, sydd â'u canolfan yng Nghaerffili. Mae AerFin yn dosbarthu rhannau ar gyfer awyrennau sifil, ac am ddwy flynedd yn olynol mae wedi bod ar frig rhestr y 50 cwmni sy'n tyfu gyflymaf. Mae'r cwmni ym Medwas. A'r cwestiwn rwy'n ei ofyn yw hyn: pam na allwn ni gael mwy o ganolfannau AerFin, wedi'u lleoli ym Margod, Rhymni, Nant-y-glo, Pont-y-pwl? Pam na allwn ni weld canolfannau AerFin yn datblygu mewn mannau eraill? Mae'n gwbl bosibl, ond bydd angen y math o newid mewn diwylliant a deinameg sy'n rhan o'r cynllun hwn. Ymhlith y pethau hynny, wrth gwrs, fyddai cysylltiadau trafnidiaeth gwell, mwy o dai fforddiadwy, mwy o gyfleoedd gwaith, ond hefyd rhaid sicrhau nad yw pobl fel fi a gafodd eu magu mewn cymuned yn y Cymoedd, eisiau gadael, a'u bod eisiau aros a gweithio a chyfrannu i'r gymuned. Dyna pam nad wyf i erioed wedi gadael fy nghymuned i yn y Cymoedd, ac nad wyf byth yn bwriadu gwneud hynny. Roedd yn rhaid imi ddod o hyd i waith, fodd bynnag, yng Nghaerdydd, ac roeddwn i'n gweithio ym maes addysg uwch. Llwyddais i aros hefyd yn gynghorydd sir; mae'n debyg fy mod i wedi crybwyll hyn o'r blaen yn y Siambr hon. Ond ar ôl gweithio mewn addysg uwch sy'n cynrychioli cymunedau yn y Cymoedd, rwyf wedi gweld yr hyn y gall addysg uwch ei wneud yn y cymunedau yr wyf i'n hanu ohonynt. Credaf fod dyletswydd ar y prifysgolion hynny sy'n gwasanaethu'r Cymoedd i estyn allan i'w bröydd mewn ffordd nad ydyn nhw wedi ei wneud hyd yn hyn, ac mae'n un o'r pethau yr wyf i wedi ceisio, a llwyddo, ei gyfleu i Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet. Rwyf eisiau gweld Prifysgol Caerdydd, Prifysgol Fetropolitan Caerdydd a Phrifysgol De Cymru yn mynd ati'n rhagweithiol i fynd allan i'r cymunedau hyn a chymryd rhan yn y cynllun, ac rwyf wedi clywed y partneriaid fydd yn cyflawni'r cynllun yn sôn yn gyson am addysg uwch. Mae'n ddyletswydd arnyn nhw i gynyddu astudiaethau rhan-amser ac mae'n ddyletswydd arnyn nhw i gynyddu astudiaethau breiniol mewn sefydliadau addysg bellach. Mae Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet, mewn sylwadau blaenorol, wedi cyfeirio at yr angen i gael gwared ar y ffiniau rhwng addysg bellach ac addysg uwch. Ond mae angen inni hefyd weld ein prifysgolion yn ymwneud ag ysgolion cynradd ac uwchradd. A minnau'n uwch ddarlithydd, es i fy hen ysgol gynradd a chynhaliwyd diwrnod prifysgol yn ysgol gynradd Glyn-Gaer, un o'r pethau mwyaf gwerthfawr a wnes i yn y proffesiwn hwnnw. O ran y canolfannau strategol, mae gen i rai cwestiynau. Os byddan nhw wedi'u lleoli mewn ardaloedd sydd eisoes yn ffyniannus, yna does dim diben iddynt. Un cwestiwn yr hoffwn i ei ofyn yw hyn: sut mae'r canolfannau hynny yn mynd i gysylltu ag ardaloedd lle mae angen twf? Sut, er enghraifft, y bydd canolfan yn Ystrad Mynach yn effeithio ar Senghennydd? Sut y bydd Senghennydd yn elwa o'r ganolfan strategol yn Ystrad Mynach? Byddai gennyf ddiddordeb clywed mwy am hynny, ac mae Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet yn ddewr ac yn gwbl briodol wedi cytuno i gefnogi gwelliant y Ceidwadwyr, sy'n cydnabod bod angen atebion i'r cwestiynau ychwanegol hynny, ac y cawn nhw eu hateb. A hefyd o ran y Cymoedd yn gyffredinol: rwy'n sôn am y Cymoedd gogleddol fel man gwahanol iawn i'r ardaloedd hynny sy'n rhagor o orddatblygu yn yr ardal lle maen nhw'n byw - sef basn Caerffili - ac mae angen inni sicrhau bod tai fforddiadwy yn cael eu datblygu mewn ardaloedd megis Bargoed ac ymhellach i'r gogledd, gan symud oddi wrth y mannau hynny yn yr ardal lle mae tagfeydd eisoes. Mae Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros yr amgylchedd yma, a bydd hi'n gwybod fy mod i wedi sôn wrthi am hyn ar sawl achlysur. Felly, rhaid i'r ganolfan strategol alluogi'r elfen olaf a gwarchod rhag yr elfen gyntaf. Os gallwn ni wella cysylltiadau trafnidiaeth, credaf fod hyn yn dechrau ateb y cwestiynau hynny. Credaf felly ei fod yn gynllun cadarnhaol iawn ac yn un yr wyf yn ei gefnogi. Gallwn ymdrin â materion y cefais i fy magu gyda nhw ac wedi parhau i ymgodymu â nhw, ac rwy'n edrych ymlaen at gefnogi Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet a'r Gweinidogion wrth wneud hynny.