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Yn fy ymateb diweddar i’r adroddiad ardrethi busnes a baratowyd gan yr Athro Morgan, cyfeiriad at y cynigion gan yr Adran Cymunedau a Llywodraeth Leol i ohirio dyddiad yr ymarfer ailbrisio ardrethi annomestig nesaf tan 2017\.

Esboniais ar y pryd na fyddwn yn gwneud unrhyw benderfyniad ar unwaith ynghylch pryd fydd yr ailbrisio’n digwydd yng Nghymru, ac y byddwn yn ymgynghori ymhellach ar y mater hwn.  

Fodd bynnag, cyn bod modd gwneud unrhyw benderfyniad ynghylch pryd fydd yr ailbrisio’n digwydd, mae angen i Weinidogion Cymru sicrhau’r pwerau angenrheidiol i’w galluogi i wneud penderfyniad o’r fath. Rwyf wedi trefnu felly i welliant gael ei gyflwyno i’r Bil Twf a Seilwaith sy’n wrthi’n cael ei drafod yn Senedd y DU.  

Mae Deddf Cyllid Llywodraeth Leol 1988 yn amlinellu’r amserlen gyfredol ac yn ei gwneud yn ofynnol i Weinidogion Cymru gynnal yr ymarfer ailbrisio yn 2015\. Bydd y gwelliannau arfaethedig i’r Bil Twf a Seilwaith yn diwygio Deddf 1988 i roi’r pŵer i Weinidogion Cymru ddewis dyddiad gwahanol. Bydd gan Weinidogion yr opsiwn i ddewis 1 Ebrill yn 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 neu 2020\. Ar ôl dewis y dyddiad perthnasol, bydd y cylch pum mlynedd ar gyfer ailbrisio yn ailddechrau.

Gan fod gan Gynulliad Cymru gymhwysedd deddfwriaethol dros y mater hwn, yn fuan byddaf yn trefnu i Gynnig Cydsyniad Deddfwriaethol priodol gael ei lunio.

Byddaf yn hysbysu Aelodau’r Cynulliad ar unwaith wedi i benderfyniad gael ei wneud ynghylch pryd fydd yr ailbrisio nesaf yn digwydd yng Nghymru. Yn y cyfamser, hoffwn annog unrhyw un â buddiant i anfon eu safbwyntiau ar y mater hwn i Lywodraeth Cymru.

Caiff y datganiad ei gyhoeddi yn ystod y toriad er mwyn rhoi'r wybodaeth ddiweddaraf i aelodau.  Os bydd aelodau eisiau i mi wneud datganiad pellach neu ateb cwestiynau ynglŷn â hyn pan fydd y Cynulliad yn dychwelyd, byddwn yn hapus i wneud hynny.







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In my recent response to the report on Business Rates prepared by Professor Morgan, I referred to the proposals by the Department for Communities and Local Government to delay the date of the next Non Domestic Rates revaluation exercise to 2017\.


I made it clear at the time that I would not take an immediate decision regarding the timing of the revaluation in Wales and that I would be consulting further on this issue.  


However, before any decision on the timing of the revaluation can be made, Welsh Ministers need to secure the necessary powers to enable them to make such a decision.  Therefore, I have arranged for the tabling of an amendment to the Growth and Infrastructure Bill, which is currently under discussion in the UK Parliament.  


The Local Government Finance Act 1988 sets out the current timetable and requires the Welsh Ministers to undertake the revaluation exercise in 2015\.  The proposed amendment to the Growth and Infrastructure Bill would amend the 1988 Act to give  Welsh Ministers the power to choose an alternative date.  Ministers would have the option of choosing the 1 April in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 or 2020\.  Once the applicable date is chosen then the five year cycle of revaluations would again be re\-established.


As this is an issue over which the National Assembly has Legislative Competence, I will shortly be arranging for the issue of the appropriate Legislative Consent Motion.


I will notify Assembly Members promptly once a decision has been made on the timing of the next revaluation in Wales.  In the meantime, I encourage any interested parties to submit their views on this issue to the Welsh Government.  


This statement is being issued during recess in order to keep members informed.  Should members wish me to make a further statement or to answer questions on this when the Assembly returns I would be happy to do so.