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RAF Valley is one of the largest employers on Ynys Môn and I am consistently pushing very strongly, both informally and formally, how important these skilled jobs are in my constituency.

In 2020 I was immensely proud to have been selected as one of only a handful of MPs to join the Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme.

In 2021 I visited RAF Valley to show my support for the armed services and to meet local apprentices who are undertaking highly skilled training at the base. I also welcomed the Government enshrining the Armed Forces Covenant into law.

In March 2022 I was privileged to be asked to break the ground at the construction site for new training facilities at RAF Valley following a £175 million UK Government investment at the base. The base remains a state-of-the-art facility for pilot training and a vital part of the UK’s defence capacity. It employs highly skilled workers, is a big driver in the Anglesey economy and this investment shows the UK Government thinks the same.

Earlier this year I hosted a gala dinner which raised more than £3000 for the Armed Forces Veterans Charity SSAFA. 

RAF Valley is a key part of the community here on Anglesey and I was keen therefore to do everything I can to gain a greater understanding of the service and its personnel. I am committed to doing everything I can to champion the base at the very heart of Government and ensure it is sustained for the long term.

RAF y Fali yw un o’r cyflogwyr mwyaf ar Ynys Môn ac yr wyf bob amser yn gwthio’n gryf iawn, yn ffurfiol ac yn anffurfiol, pa mor bwysig yw’r swyddi medrus hyn yn fy etholaeth i.

Yn 2020, roeddwn yn falch iawn o gael fy newis yn un o ddim ond llond llaw o Aelodau Seneddol i ymuno â Chynllun Seneddol y Lluoedd Arfog.

Yn 2021 ymwelais ag RAF y Fali i ddangos fy nghefnogaeth i’r lluoedd arfog ac i gwrdd â phrentisiaid lleol sy’n derbyn hyfforddiant medrus iawn yn y ganolfan. Yr oeddwn hefyd yn croesawu’r ffaith bod y Llywodraeth wedi ymgorffori Cyfamod y Lluoedd Arfog yn y gyfraith.

Ym mis Mawrth 2022, cefais y fraint o gael fy ngwahodd i dorri'r dywarchen gyntaf ar y safle adeiladu ar gyfer cyfleusterau hyfforddi newydd yn RAF y Fali yn dilyn buddsoddiad gwerth £175 miliwn yn y ganolfan gan Lywodraeth y DU. Mae’r ganolfan yn parhau i fod yn gyfleuster o’r radd flaenaf ar gyfer hyfforddi peilotiaid ac yn rhan hanfodol o gapasiti amddiffyn y DU. Mae’n cyflogi gweithwyr medrus iawn, yn gyrru economi Ynys Môn ac mae’r buddsoddiad hwn yn dangos bod Llywodraeth y DU yn credu’r un fath.

Yn gynharach eleni, cynhaliais ginio gala a gododd dros £3000 ar gyfer SSAFA, Elusen Cyn-filwyr y Lluoedd Arfog. 

Mae RAF y Fali yn rhan allweddol o’r gymuned yma ar Ynys Môn ac roeddwn yn awyddus felly i wneud popeth o fewn fy ngallu i gael gwell dealltwriaeth o’r gwasanaeth a’i staff. Rydw i wedi ymrwymo i wneud popeth a allaf i hyrwyddo’r ganolfan wrth galon y Llywodraeth a sicrhau ei bod yn cael ei chynnal yn y tymor hir.

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