English: I'm grateful to you, Minister. Members will be pleased to hear that I'll just make a short intervention this afternoon. I'm fully in support of a consultation, and fully in support of the levy that you are proposing. I believe that we do need to have a real debate about the nature of tourism and the impact of tourism on our communities. All too often in this Chamber, we make assumptions and we work on the basis of assumptions, and one of those assumptions is that mass tourism is only for the good. But we know that there are very negative impacts from mass tourism on many communities, and we've had that debate about the place of housing, homelessness and the ability of people to live in their own communities. So, I think we do need a real debate about how tourism impacts Wales in a positive way, as well as some of the more negative issues. I pay a visitor levy, or a tourism tax - whatever you want to call it - when I travel, in many places, and it doesn't affect me at all. In fact, I think I have a very real duty to pay for the services that I use when I'm visiting another place, and I think I have a responsibility to do that as well. I want the tourism that I embark upon as an individual or as a family, whatever, to benefit other places, and if that means contributing towards infrastructure, I'm very pleased to be able to do that, and I think we should argue for that. I would say to you, Minister: I hope that you will explore the options that will be available to local government in terms of delivering this tourism levy. I hope also that you will look at examples elsewhere in the world. I have, for example, paid a toll, if you like, to drive into a national park in the United States, as well as paying a room tax, or a city tax, in places across Europe. I think there's a whole range of different options available to us. And I hope, Minister, you will not listen to the siren voices behind you, but you will look at the hard facts from different parts of the world, where a tourism levy helps contribute to the integrity of the community that is being served, and we should ensure that the community, that people, come first. I know that the Tories always prioritise profit - they'll be doing it on Friday again in London, they're doing it today. But I want this Government to prioritise communities, people and people's livelihoods, because I think that's what the people of Wales expect us to do.
Welsh: Rwy'n ddiolchgar i chi, Weinidog. Bydd yr Aelodau'n falch o glywed y byddaf ond yn gwneud ymyrraeth fer y prynhawn yma. Rwy'n llwyr gefnogi ymgynghoriad, ac yn llwyr gefnogi'r ardoll yr ydych yn ei chynnig. Rwy'n credu bod angen i ni gael dadl go iawn am natur twristiaeth ac effaith twristiaeth ar ein cymunedau. Yn rhy aml o lawer yn y Siambr hon, rydym yn gwneud rhagdybiaethau ac rydym yn gweithio ar sail rhagdybiaethau, ac un o'r rhagdybiaethau hynny yw mai dim ond er lles y mae twristiaeth dorfol. Ond rydym ni'n gwybod bod twristiaeth dorfol yn effeithio'n negyddol iawn ar nifer o gymunedau, ac rydym wedi cael y drafodaeth honno am le tai, digartrefedd a gallu pobl i fyw yn eu cymunedau eu hunain. Felly, rwy'n credu bod angen trafodaeth go iawn ynglŷn â sut mae twristiaeth yn effeithio ar Gymru mewn ffordd gadarnhaol, yn ogystal â rhai o'r materion mwy negyddol. Rwy'n talu ardoll ymwelwyr, neu dreth twristiaeth - beth bynnag rydych chi am ei alw - pan fyddaf yn teithio, mewn llawer o lefydd, ac nid yw'n effeithio arnaf i o gwbl. A dweud y gwir, rwy'n credu bod gen i ddyletswydd wirioneddol i dalu am y gwasanaethau rwy'n eu defnyddio pan wy'n ymweld â lle arall, ac rwy'n credu bod gen i gyfrifoldeb i wneud hynny hefyd. Mae arnaf i eisiau i'r dwristiaeth rwy'n cychwyn arni fel unigolyn neu fel teulu, beth bynnag, i fod o fudd i lefydd eraill, ac os yw hynny'n golygu cyfrannu tuag at seilwaith, rwy'n falch iawn o allu gwneud hynny, ac rwy'n credu y dylem ni ddadlau dros hynny. Byddwn yn dweud wrthoch chi, Weinidog: Gobeithio y byddwch yn archwilio'r posibiliadau fydd ar gael i lywodraeth leol o ran darparu'r ardoll dwristiaeth hon. Gobeithio hefyd y byddwch yn edrych ar enghreifftiau mewn mannau eraill yn y byd. Er enghraifft, rwyf wedi talu toll, os mynnwch chi, i yrru i mewn i barc cenedlaethol yn yr Unol Daleithiau, yn ogystal â thalu treth ystafell, neu dreth dinas, mewn mannau ar draws Ewrop. Rwy'n credu bod yna amryw o bosibiliadau gwahanol ar gael i ni. A gobeithio, Weinidog, na fyddwch yn gwrando ar y lleisiau croch y tu ôl i chi, ond y byddwch yn edrych ar y ffeithiau caled o wahanol rannau o'r byd, lle mae ardoll twristiaeth yn helpu i gyfrannu at uniondeb y gymuned sy'n cael ei gwasanaethu, ac fe ddylem ni sicrhau bod y gymuned, bod pobl, yn dod yn gyntaf. Rwy'n gwybod bod y Torïaid wastad yn blaenoriaethu elw - byddan nhw'n gwneud hynny ddydd Gwener eto yn Llundain, maen nhw'n ei wneud heddiw. Ond fe hoffwn i i'r Llywodraeth yma flaenoriaethu cymunedau, pobl a bywoliaeth pobl, achos rwy'n credu mai dyna mae pobl Cymru yn disgwyl i ni ei wneud.