English: As has already been said, it would be remiss, as we are discussing regulations, not to reflect on some of the difficulties that have been caused in certain sectors and certain parts of Wales by the uprating that has taken place under the valuation office. In parts of Gwynedd and certainly within the tourism and hospitality sector, there have been particular issues that I hope the Government will look at when it looks at the potential re-evaluation of how much resource might be available for transitional relief. But I wanted, also, to bring the attention of the Government, and the whole of the Assembly actually, to a particular issue that I've been alerted to that is quite new, I think, and hasn't been reflected in discussions so far, and that is the potential for the new valuations to thwart some renewable energy schemes. What's happened is that a revaluation of properties that have solar panels, for example, for the purpose of business rates - that includes schools - has led to a higher valuation being put on those properties, because, if you see a property with solar panels on it, it's now worth more than it was without sonar panels. But if they then end up paying more business rates because of the solar panel installation, you've got the right hand and the left hand not joining together and working together for a more sustainable future. Now, we can't address that in these regulations, and these regulations are for transitional relief, but this is the first opportunity I have had to put it on the record that this is an issue that could come, in the next financial year, to haunt us and to reveal that some of the things that the Government is doing in encouraging renewable energy - solar panels have been a particular issue that has been brought to my attention, because it's the one that is installed on buildings and is, therefore, very visible to the valuation office. A solar heat pump may not be so visible to an official who comes and looks at what your new property looks like. These are things that I think that the Government should be aware of. We cannot control what the valuation office says about the value and the appreciation of the value of a building for rateable terms, but we can, of course, design a business rates system that recognises public goods such as renewable energy. Going forward, in fact, that is exactly what we need: a review of the business rates system that does take much more account of public goods like renewable energy, of public benefits such as small and local businesses, and of public disbenefits like free car parking around supermarkets.
Welsh: Fel y dywedwyd eisoes, gan ein bod yn trafod y rheoliadau byddai'n esgeulus peidio ag ystyried rhai o'r anawsterau sydd wedi eu hachosi mewn rhai sectorau ac mewn rhai rhannau o Gymru gan y cynnydd mewn ardrethi sydd wedi digwydd dan y swyddfa brisio. Mewn rhannau o Wynedd ac yn sicr yn y sector twristiaeth a lletygarwch, bu materion penodol yr wyf yn gobeithio y bydd y Llywodraeth yn eu hystyried wrth edrych ar y broses ail-werthuso bosibl o faint o arian a allai fod ar gael ar gyfer rhyddhad trosiannol. Ond roeddwn i eisiau, hefyd, dynnu sylw'r Llywodraeth, a'r Cynulliad cyfan mewn gwirionedd, at fater penodol yr wyf wedi cael gwybod amdano sy'n eithaf newydd, rwy'n credu, ac na fu sôn amdano yn y trafodaethau hyd yn hyn, sef y posibilrwydd y bydd y prisiadau newydd yn rhwystro rhai cynlluniau ynni adnewyddadwy. Yr hyn sydd wedi digwydd yw bod ailbrisio eiddo â phaneli solar, er enghraifft, at ddibenion ardrethi busnes - sy'n cynnwys ysgolion - wedi arwain at brisiad uwch i'r eiddo hwnnw, oherwydd, os ydych chi'n gweld eiddo â phaneli solar arno, mae gwerth mwy iddo erbyn hyn nag oedd iddo heb y paneli solar. Ond os ydyn nhw wedyn yn talu mwy o ardrethi busnes oherwydd y paneli solar, ni all y naill law na'r llall gydgysylltu a chydweithio ar gyfer dyfodol mwy cynaliadwy. Nawr, ni allwn roi sylw i hynny yn y rheoliadau hyn. Mae'r rheoliadau hyn ar gyfer rhyddhad trosiannol. Ond dyma'r cyfle cyntaf yr wyf wedi'i gael i'w roi ar gofnod bod hwn yn fater a allai, yn ystod y flwyddyn ariannol nesaf, ddod i'n poeni ni a datgelu bod rhai o'r pethau y mae'r Llywodraeth yn ei wneud i annog ynni adnewyddadwy - bu paneli solar yn fater penodol a ddaeth i'm sylw, oherwydd cânt eu gosod ar adeiladau ac, felly, maen nhw'n weladwy iawn i'r swyddfa brisio. Efallai nad yw pwmp gwres solar mor weladwy i'r swyddog sy'n dod i edrych ar eich eiddo newydd. Mae'r rhain yn bethau y credaf y dylai'r Llywodraeth fod yn ymwybodol ohonyn nhw. Ni allwn reoli'r hyn y mae'r swyddfa brisio yn ei ddweud am werth a chynnydd mewn gwerth adeilad mewn termau ardrethol. Ond gallwn, wrth gwrs, ddylunio system ardrethi busnes sy'n cydnabod nwyddau cyhoeddus megis ynni adnewyddadwy. Wrth symud ymlaen, mewn gwirionedd, dyna'n union yr hyn sydd ei angen arnom: adolygiad o'r system ardrethi busnes sy'n rhoi llawer mwy o ystyriaeth i nwyddau cyhoeddus megis ynni adnewyddadwy, i fanteision cyhoeddus megis busnesau bach a lleol, ac i anfanteision cyhoeddus megis parcio am ddim mewn meysydd parcio archfarchnadoedd.