English: Thank you very much, Presiding Officer. Like other Members this afternoon, First Minister, I would like to welcome your statement today and welcome the decision. I think many of us have had great concerns about the proposals of a black route for many years, for many different reasons. My own concerns centred not only around the environmental impacts, which would have been quite horrific across the Gwent levels, but also on the very narrow range of economic benefits. When I read of the Welsh Government's economic analysis of the black route a few years ago now, it was very, very clear that the economic benefits were restricted to a relatively narrow band across the M4 itself and wouldn't have any wider economic benefits for the regions as a whole. In fact, my reading of the economic analysis demonstrated that Bristol would benefit more than Blaenau Gwent from this investment by the Welsh Government. Now, what I'm anxious to understand this afternoon, First Minister, is: in moving ahead, we certainly need to move forward with an urgency and set a very fast tempo for moving forward with alternative solutions. Can we ensure that the economic benefits, the wider economic benefits, are also taken into consideration when assessing alternatives to the black route? It is important, and we've seen this in recent years - a real differential in economic activity rates between the Glamorgan Valleys and the Gwent Valleys, where the Glamorgan Valleys have benefited from Cardiff and the success of Cardiff as an economic driver of growth, and where the Gwent Valleys have seen very limited levels of growth as a consequence of issues around infrastructure and other matters around Newport and parts of the M4 corridor. If we are going to invest - and I hope we will be investing the full budget in this region - then it is important that we have the maximum benefit for the maximum number of people as a consequence of that investment. So, in taking decisions, First Minister, I hope that you and the economy Minister will take into account the economic impacts of the investment that's being made in this infrastructure.
Welsh: Diolch yn fawr, Llywydd. Fel Aelodau eraill y prynhawn yma, Prif Weinidog, hoffwn groesawu eich datganiad heddiw a chroesawu'r penderfyniad. Credaf fod llawer ohonom ni wedi bod yn bryderus iawn am y cynigion o lwybr du ers blynyddoedd lawer, am nifer o resymau gwahanol. Roedd a wnelo fy mhryderon fy hun nid yn unig â'r effeithiau amgylcheddol, a fyddai wedi bod yn eithaf erchyll ar draws gwastadeddau Gwent, ond hefyd ar yr ystod gul iawn o fuddion economaidd. Pan ddarllenais am ddadansoddiad economaidd Llywodraeth Cymru o'r llwybr du ychydig flynyddoedd yn ôl bellach, roedd hi'n amlwg iawn, iawn, fod y manteision economaidd wedi'u cyfyngu i lain gymharol gul ar draws yr M4 ei hun ac na fyddai'n dod ag unrhyw fanteision economaidd ehangach i'r rhanbarthau yn gyffredinol. Yn wir, o'm darlleniad i o'r dadansoddiad economaidd, byddai Bryste'n elwa mwy na Blaenau Gwent o'r buddsoddiad hwn gan Lywodraeth Cymru. Nawr, yr hyn rwy'n awyddus i'w ddeall y prynhawn yma, Prif Weinidog, yw: wrth symud ymlaen, yn sicr mae angen inni symud ymlaen ar frys a gosod tempo cyflym iawn ar gyfer symud ymlaen gydag atebion eraill. A allwn ni sicrhau bod y manteision economaidd, y manteision economaidd ehangach, hefyd yn cael eu hystyried wrth asesu dewisiadau amgen i'r llwybr du? Mae hi yn bwysig, ac rydym ni wedi gweld hyn yn ystod y blynyddoedd diwethaf - gwahaniaeth gwirioneddol mewn cyfraddau gweithgarwch economaidd rhwng Cymoedd Morgannwg a Chymoedd Gwent, lle mae Cymoedd Morgannwg wedi elwa ar Gaerdydd a llwyddiant Caerdydd fel sbardun economaidd i dwf, a lle mae Cymoedd Gwent wedi gweld lefelau cyfyngedig iawn o dwf o ganlyniad i faterion yn ymwneud â seilwaith a materion eraill o amgylch Casnewydd a rhannau o goridor yr M4. Os ydym yn mynd i fuddsoddi - ac rwyf yn gobeithio y byddwn yn buddsoddi'r gyllideb lawn yn y rhanbarth hwn - yna mae'n bwysig inni gael y budd mwyaf posib i'r nifer fwyaf o bobl o ganlyniad i'r buddsoddiad hwnnw. Felly, wrth wneud penderfyniadau, Prif Weinidog, rwy'n gobeithio y byddwch chi a Gweinidog yr Economi yn ystyried effeithiau economaidd y buddsoddiad sy'n cael ei wneud yn y seilwaith hwn.