English: Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer. I move the amendments tabled in the name of my colleague Darren Millar. Having a skilled workforce in Wales is key for economic recovery, particularly since Wales already has a significant skills gap. Skills shortages cost Welsh businesses some £350 million in 2018 according to an Open University report. As well as the economic cost, many people in Wales are forced to cope with the personal cost of being stuck in low-skilled traps involving a depressing cycle of low skills, low wages and low productivity. Apprenticeships and skills provision has been seriously affected by the coronavirus outbreak in our part of the world. Although apprenticeships working in health and social care have been busy on the front line responding to the pandemic, large areas of the economy have been mothballed and many people are missing work. Because of the stay-at-home order, learning has moved online. As well as having an impact on apprentices, this has also had an effect on training providers and their subcontractors. We all recognise the impact of coronavirus on the Welsh economy and its workforce has the potential to be devastating. Wales has a higher proportion of workers employed in industries most affected by lockdown measures compared to England and Northern Ireland. The Learning and Work Institute Cymru forecasts that if just one in four of these workers lost their job it would result in unemployment in Wales increasing to a higher level than was seen during the last recession. Young people, women and those with the lowest qualification levels are most likely to face losing their jobs. Presiding Officer, the Bevan Foundation found that rural Wales and the south Wales Valleys are experiencing a much higher proportion of business closure than the United Kingdom as a whole. Helen Mary earlier mentioned that 10 of the worst parts of the United Kingdom economically are in south Wales, and four of them are in my south-east Valleys. The impact of coronavirus on Wales's communities has been exacerbated by existing structure inequalities. A recent report from the Centre For Towns highlights that the fact that Valleys communities and seaside towns such as Ebbw Vale, Maesteg and Rhyl are among the most vulnerable to an economic downturn caused by the virus. The Welsh Government supplementary budget only concentrates on the short-term economic implications of the pandemic rather than considering Wales's long-term economic recovery. Money is being reallocated from the apprenticeships, work-based learning and other projects, which will have long-term detrimental effects. This will result in few apprenticeships being provided and a reduction in the skilled workforce at a time when we'll need more. Our amendments 2 and 3 recognise the importance of building up the Welsh skill base to help empower people to improve their lives by enabling them to access new employment opportunities to meet the needs of an ever-changing economy around the globe. Apprenticeships will be vital and fundamental to Welsh economic recovery. Skills retention and development programmes will help to increase the resilience of the most vulnerable sectors of the economy whilst providing new opportunities for people to learn and retain. Amendment 5 calls for long-term COVID recovery funds to be established to support those towns and communities whose economies have been hit hardest by the pandemic. Coastal communities have been disproportionately affected by the shutdown, with the closures of the tourism and the accommodation industries. It is important that these communities get fair, effective, and targeted support to get them through this crisis. Deputy Presiding Officer, if we take the action proposed today, I believe we can ensure not only that the Welsh economy recovers faster, but that it will emerge stronger and more dynamic than before. We can lay the foundations of a modern dynamic economy with a highly skilled workforce that not only benefits this generation but will benefit our future generations too. Thank you.
Welsh: Diolch yn fawr, Ddirprwy Lywydd. Rwy'n cynnig y gwelliannau a gyflwynwyd yn enw fy nghyd-Aelod, Darren Millar. Mae cael gweithlu medrus yng Nghymru yn allweddol ar gyfer adferiad economaidd, yn enwedig gan fod gan Gymru fwlch sgiliau sylweddol eisoes. Fe gostiodd prinder sgiliau oddeutu £350 miliwn i fusnesau Cymru ym 2018 yn ôl adroddiad gan y Brifysgol Agored. Yn ogystal â'r gost economaidd, gorfodir llawer o bobl yng Nghymru i ymdopi â'r gost bersonol o gael eu caethiwo gan sgiliau isel a chylch digalon o sgiliau isel, cyflogau isel a chynhyrchiant isel. Effeithiwyd yn ddifrifol ar brentisiaethau a darpariaeth sgiliau gan yr argyfwng coronafeirws yn ein rhan ni o'r byd. Er bod prentisiaethau sy'n gweithio ym maes iechyd a gofal cymdeithasol wedi bod yn brysur ar y rheng flaen wrth ymateb i'r pandemig, mae rhannau mawr o'r economi wedi'u rhewi ac mae llawer o bobl heb fod yn gweithio. Oherwydd y gorchymyn i aros gartref, mae'r dysgu wedi symud ar-lein. Yn ogystal â chael effaith ar brentisiaid, mae hyn hefyd wedi cael effaith ar ddarparwyr hyfforddiant a'u his-gontractwyr. Rydym i gyd yn cydnabod y gallai effaith coronafeirws ar economi Cymru a'i gweithlu fod yn ddinistriol. Mae gan Gymru gyfran uwch o weithwyr a gyflogir yn y diwydiannau yr effeithir arnynt fwyaf gan gyfyngiadau symud o gymharu â Lloegr a Gogledd Iwerddon. Mae Sefydliad Dysgu a Gwaith Cymru yn rhagweld pe bai ond un o bob pedwar o'r gweithwyr hyn yn colli eu swydd y byddai diweithdra yng Nghymru yn cynyddu i lefel uwch nag a welwyd yn ystod y dirwasgiad diwethaf. Pobl ifanc, menywod a'r rhai sydd â'r lefelau isaf o gymwysterau sy'n fwyaf tebygol o wynebu colli eu swyddi. Lywydd, gwelodd Sefydliad Bevan fod cefn gwlad Cymru a Chymoedd de Cymru yn wynebu cyfran uwch o lawer o fusnesau'n cau na'r Deyrnas Unedig yn ei chyfanrwydd. Soniodd Helen Mary yn gynharach fod 10 o'r rhannau gwaethaf yn economaidd o'r Deyrnas Unedig yn ne Cymru, ac mae pedwar ohonynt yn fy Nghymoedd i yn y de-ddwyrain. Mae effaith coronafeirws ar gymunedau Cymru wedi cael ei waethygu gan anghydraddoldebau strwythurol sy'n bodoli'n barod. Mae adroddiad diweddar gan Centre for Towns yn tynnu sylw at y ffaith bod cymunedau'r Cymoedd a threfi glan môr fel Glynebwy, Maesteg a'r Rhyl ymhlith y rhai sy'n fwyaf agored i ddirywiad economaidd wedi'i achosi gan y feirws. Nid yw cyllideb atodol Llywodraeth Cymru ond yn canolbwyntio ar oblygiadau economaidd tymor byr y pandemig yn hytrach nag ystyried adferiad economaidd hirdymor Cymru. Mae arian yn cael ei ailddyrannu o brentisiaethau, dysgu seiliedig ar waith a phrosiectau eraill, gan arwain at effeithiau niweidiol hirdymor. Bydd yn arwain at ddarparu ychydig iawn o brentisiaethau a lleihau'r gweithlu medrus ar adeg pan fydd angen mwy arnom. Mae ein gwelliannau 2 a 3 yn cydnabod pwysigrwydd adeiladu sylfaen sgiliau Cymru er mwyn helpu i rymuso pobl i wella eu bywydau drwy eu galluogi i fanteisio ar gyfleoedd cyflogaeth newydd i ddiwallu anghenion economi sy'n newid yn barhaus ym mhob cwr o'r byd. Bydd prentisiaethau yn hanfodol ac yn allweddol i adferiad economaidd Cymru. Bydd rhaglenni cynnal a datblygu sgiliau yn helpu i wneud y sectorau mwyaf bregus yn yr economi yn fwy cydnerth tra'n darparu cyfleoedd newydd i bobl ddysgu a chynnal sgiliau. Mae gwelliant 5 yn galw am sefydlu cronfeydd adfer hirdymor yn sgil COVID i gefnogi'r trefi a'r cymunedau y mae eu heconomïau wedi'u taro galetaf gan y pandemig. Effeithiodd y cyfyngiadau'n anghymesur ar gymunedau arfordirol, gyda chau'r diwydiannau twristiaeth a llety. Mae'n bwysig fod y cymunedau hyn yn cael cymorth teg, effeithiol ac wedi'i dargedu i'w tywys drwy'r argyfwng hwn. Ddirprwy Lywydd, os gweithredwn y camau sy'n cael eu cynnig heddiw, credaf y gallwn sicrhau nid yn unig fod economi Cymru'n ymadfer yn gyflymach, ond y daw allan ohoni'n gryfach ac yn fwy deinamig nag o'r blaen. Gallwn osod y sylfeini ar gyfer economi ddeinamig a modern gyda gweithlu medrus iawn a fydd o fudd i genedlaethau'r dyfodol yn ogystal â'r genhedlaeth hon. Diolch.