English: I thank Peter Fox for raising this issue this afternoon. I know we will have more of an opportunity to get into some of the detail in the debate that is also scheduled for Plenary today. But it is the case, as Peter Fox recognises, that we did consult on our proposals to changes to local taxes, and we had around 1,000 responses to that consultation, which was an excellent response. And the views that were collected through that consultation, including, I have to say, representations from the wider tourism industry, did clearly support a change to the criteria for self-catering accommodation to be classified as non-domestic. And there was a wide range, it is true to say, as to where people thought we should best pin those levels in terms of the number of nights that accommodation should be advertised for, and then that accommodation should actually be let for, to be considered a business and then to be considered as a business in respect of business rate relief. We are of the view that self-catering properties should be let on a frequent enough basis to make a real contribution to the local economy and that those that aren't should be subject to council tax. And I have met with the Wales Tourism Alliance - I had an excellent meeting with them very recently - and they did share with me a collation of the 1,500 responses that they've had, which I am considering alongside the work that we're doing on the technical consultation at the moment. But we have had some excellent discussions with the industry throughout the formulation of this piece of work, and, of course, I should add that it's a joint piece of work that we are doing with Plaid Cymru.
Welsh: Diolch i Peter Fox am godi'r mater hwn y prynhawn yma. Gwn y cawn gyfle eto i drafod rhai o'r manylion yn y ddadl sydd wedi'i threfnu ar gyfer y Cyfarfod Llawn heddiw. Ond mae'n wir, fel y mae Peter Fox yn cydnabod, ein bod wedi ymgynghori ar ein cynigion i newid trethi lleol, a chawsom oddeutu 1,000 o ymatebion i'r ymgynghoriad hwnnw, a oedd yn ymateb rhagorol. Ac roedd y safbwyntiau a gasglwyd drwy'r ymgynghoriad hwnnw, gan gynnwys, mae'n rhaid imi ddweud, sylwadau gan y diwydiant twristiaeth ehangach, yn cefnogi newidiadau i'r meini prawf ar gyfer categoreiddio llety hunanddarpar fel eiddo annomestig. Ac mae'n deg dweud fod barn pobl yn amrywio'n fawr ynglŷn â lle y dylem bennu'r lefelau hynny o ran nifer y nosweithiau y dylid hysbysebu llety ar eu cyfer, ac y caiff y llety hwnnw ei osod mewn gwirionedd, er mwyn cael ei ystyried yn fusnes ac yna er mwyn cael ei ystyried yn fusnes mewn perthynas â rhyddhad ardrethi busnes. Rydym o'r farn y dylid gosod eiddo hunanddarpar ar sail ddigon mynych i wneud cyfraniad gwirioneddol i'r economi leol ac y dylai'r rheini nad ydynt yn gwneud hynny dalu'r dreth gyngor. Ac rwyf wedi cyfarfod â Chynghrair Twristiaeth Cymru - cefais gyfarfod rhagorol â hwy yn ddiweddar iawn - ac fe wnaethant ddangos casgliad o'r 1,500 o ymatebion a gawsant i mi, ac rwy'n eu hystyried ochr yn ochr â'r gwaith a wnawn ar hyn o bryd ar yr ymgynghoriad technegol. Ond rydym wedi cael trafodaethau rhagorol gyda'r diwydiant drwy gydol y broses o lunio'r gwaith hwn, ac wrth gwrs, dylwn ychwanegu ei fod yn waith a wnawn ar y cyd gyda Phlaid Cymru.