English: I want to address the issues facing the hospitality sector, specifically the 6 p.m. closure and the prohibition of sales of alcohol in pubs and clubs and restaurants, knowing, quite frankly, that they've been to hell and back this year. They were closed in the first lockdown, then they reopened and they worked to new regulations, they invested in COVID safety measures and personal protective equipment and new outdoor areas, and then they shut again in the autumn firebreak and many of them are effectively shut right now. So, their concerns are real and understandable, and they must be reflected in the Senedd Chamber today. But so too should the reasons behind these stringent measures and the risk to lives and to our NHS without them. As of today, my neighbouring Neath Port Talbot has 693 cases per 100,000 in the last week; it's the highest in Wales. The county is also one of the four council areas with positivity rates above 20 per cent. But there are 11 other local authorities, from Ceredigion to Monmouthshire, also at their peak for positive cases. Twenty-one out of 22 local authorities are rising dangerously, and Caerau - little Caerau near my home in Maesteg - has the highest localised case rate at nearly 1,780 per 100,000 for the past seven days, with 126 cases. And the wider Bridgend county that Suzy was just talking about has also reached its highest case rate. On Tuesday, Welsh Government advisers said the number of people in Wales dying with the virus was above what they had as the worst-case scenario. So, it is the duty of every responsible elected representative in this Chamber to wrestle honestly with the scientific and the medical evidence, not to play to the populist gallery, and to be equally determined and serious about protecting the lives of their constituents as well as their livelihoods. And every Member here, including opposition Members, has to acknowledge that the advice given to Ministers from SAGE and from the TAC group and from the chief medical and scientific advisers is stark - that anything less than the measures now in place would risk the loss of between 1,000 and 1,700 lives. These are preventable deaths, unnecessary deaths, deaths of our constituents, our neighbours, our families and friends. So, which one of us is willing to go back to our constituents, who've also been to hell and back over the last year, and say we'll ignore the medical and scientific advice and risk their lives, and then sleep soundly having done so? Pubs and clubs and licensed premises are not the only area of risk, of course, and preventing the sale of alcohol on its own is not a magic solution. But the documented analysis of the transmission risk in the hospitality sector, publicly available, is not simply a model or a forecast of what could happen - it examines what has happened over the last year. It says quite clearly, and I quote, 'The general picture in the UK (and overseas) is that it has only been possible to get R consistently below 1 in places where there have been substantial restrictions on hospitality. SAGE analysis of tiers, firebreaks and other interventions in the four nations of the UK found that epidemics shrunk in every area subject to Tier 3/3+ in England or with national restrictions in Northern Ireland. All other interventions were followed by a more mixed picture.' In addition, separate detailed scientific analysis of the different interventions in the four nations and regions of the UK over the autumn period shows again the effectiveness of only the stringent measures in tackling the growth and the spread of the virus. And this is despite the incredible efforts being made by so many in the licensed sector to make their venues COVID safe. Regrettably, the evidence is showing that hospitality settings, and the public behaviour that sometimes flows from alcohol in these settings, is contributing to this higher risk of transmission. Minister, my pubs and clubs and restaurants now want to know more about the support available to them, acknowledging that the scale of support in Wales, at £340 million, is way beyond the sum of £40 million made available by the Westminster Government for the whole of England. They want to know: how fast can this money be paid out? How simple can the procedures be made for them? What help can they be given to identify the right funding stream and to complete the necessary online forms? Can they appeal if they are rejected or if they make a simple mistake? Will there be more financial support available for licensing costs or on business rates? What more, Minister, can be done to help these businesses get through this crisis? And finally, can I pay tribute to the pubs and clubs and the restaurants, in my area and Wales, who have done their absolute best to run their businesses safely and keep jobs going, despite the virus? I ask Welsh Government to continue to put in place every possible measure to support the sector so these jobs and businesses are still there when we've turned the tide on this virus and we can meet again, as soon as possible, over a pint - or maybe even a few more.
Welsh: Rwyf am fynd i'r afael â'r materion sy'n wynebu'r sector lletygarwch, yn benodol y cau am 6 p.m. a gwahardd gwerthu alcohol mewn tafarndai a chlybiau a bwytai, gan wybod, a dweud y gwir, eu bod wedi bod i uffern ac yn ôl eleni. Cawsant eu cau yn ystod y cyfyngiadau symud cyntaf, yna fe wnaethant ailagor ac roeddent yn gweithio yn ôl rheoliadau newydd, fe wnaethant fuddsoddi mewn mesurau diogelwch COVID a chyfarpar diogelu personol a mannau awyr agored newydd, ac yna fe wnaethant gau eto yn ystod y cyfnod atal byr yn yr hydref ac mae llawer ohonynt ar gau i bob pwrpas ar hyn o bryd. Felly, mae eu pryderon yn real ac yn ddealladwy, a rhaid eu cyfleu yn Siambr y Senedd heddiw. Ond dylid cyfleu'r rhesymau sy'n sail i'r mesurau llym hyn hefyd a'r risg i fywydau ac i'n GIG hebddynt. O heddiw ymlaen, mae gan Gastell-nedd Port Talbot, yr etholaeth sy'n ffinio â fy etholaeth i, 693 o achosion ym mhob 100,000 yn ystod yr wythnos ddiwethaf; dyma'r uchaf yng Nghymru. Mae'r sir hefyd yn un o'r pedair ardal cyngor sydd â chyfradd uwch na 20 y cant o achosion positif. Ond mae 11 awdurdod lleol arall, o Geredigion i Sir Fynwy, hefyd â chyfradd uwch nag erioed o achosion positif. Mae 21 o'r 22 awdurdod lleol yn codi'n beryglus, a Chaerau - Caerau fach ger fy nghartref ym Maesteg - sydd â'r gyfradd uchaf o achosion lleol, bron 1,780 ym mhob 100,000 am y saith diwrnod diwethaf, a 126 o achosion. Ac mae sir ehangach Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr yr oedd Suzy yn sôn amdani hefyd wedi cyrraedd ei chyfradd uchaf o achosion. Ddydd Mawrth, dywedodd cynghorwyr Llywodraeth Cymru fod nifer y bobl yng Nghymru a oedd yn marw gyda'r feirws yn uwch na'r hyn a oedd ganddynt fel senario waethaf. Felly, mae'n ddyletswydd ar bob cynrychiolydd etholedig cyfrifol yn y Siambr hon i ymgodymu'n onest â'r dystiolaeth wyddonol a meddygol, i beidio â chwarae i'r oriel boblyddol, ac i fod yr un mor benderfynol a difrifol ynghylch diogelu bywydau eu hetholwyr yn ogystal â'u bywoliaeth. Ac mae'n rhaid i bob Aelod yma, gan gynnwys Aelodau'r gwrthbleidiau, gydnabod bod y cyngor a roddir i Weinidogion gan SAGE a chan y gell cyngor technegol a chan y prif gynghorwyr meddygol a gwyddonol yn llwm - y byddai unrhyw beth llai na'r mesurau sydd bellach ar waith yn arwain at berygl o golli rhwng 1,000 a 1,700 o fywydau. Marwolaethau y gellir eu hatal yw'r rhain, marwolaethau diangen, marwolaethau ein hetholwyr, ein cymdogion, ein teuluoedd a'n ffrindiau. Felly, pa un ohonom sy'n barod i fynd yn ôl at ein hetholwyr, sydd hefyd wedi bod i uffern ac yn ôl dros y flwyddyn ddiwethaf, a dweud yr anwybyddwn y cyngor meddygol a gwyddonol a pheryglu eu bywydau, a chysgu'n sownd wedyn ar ôl gwneud hynny? Nid tafarndai a chlybiau ac adeiladau trwyddedig yw'r unig fannau lle ceir risg wrth gwrs, ac nid yw atal gwerthu alcohol ar ei ben ei hun yn ateb hud. Ond nid dim ond model neu ragolwg o'r hyn a allai ddigwydd yw'r dadansoddiad a ddogfennwyd o'r risg o drosglwyddo yn y sector lletygarwch, dadansoddiad sydd ar gael i'r cyhoedd - mae'n archwilio'r hyn sydd wedi digwydd dros y flwyddyn ddiwethaf. Mae'n dweud yn hollol glir, ac rwy'n dyfynnu, Y darlun cyffredinol yn y DU (a thramor) yw na fu modd cael R o dan 1 yn gyson heblaw mewn mannau lle bu cyfyngiadau sylweddol ar letygarwch. Canfu dadansoddiad SAGE o haenau, cyfnodau atal byr ac ymyriadau eraill ym mhedair gwlad y DU fod epidemigau'n crebachu ym mhob ardal sy'n ddarostyngedig i Haen 3/3+ yn Lloegr neu gyda'r cyfyngiadau cenedlaethol yng Ngogledd Iwerddon. Dilynwyd pob ymyrraeth arall gan ddarlun mwy cymysg. Yn ogystal, mae dadansoddiad gwyddonol manwl ar wahân o'r gwahanol ymyriadau ym mhedair gwlad a rhanbarth y DU dros gyfnod yr hydref yn dangos eto pa mor effeithiol yw'r mesurau llym yn unig wrth fynd i'r afael â thwf a lledaeniad y feirws. A hyn er gwaethaf yr ymdrechion anhygoel sy'n cael eu gwneud gan gynifer yn y sector trwyddedig i wneud eu lleoliadau'n ddiogel rhag COVID. Yn anffodus, mae'r dystiolaeth yn dangos bod lleoliadau lletygarwch, a'r ymddygiad cyhoeddus sydd weithiau'n deillio o alcohol yn y lleoliadau hyn, yn cyfrannu at y risg uwch o drosglwyddo. Weinidog, mae fy nhafarndai a fy nghlybiau a fy mwytai eisiau gwybod mwy yn awr am y cymorth sydd ar gael iddynt, gan gydnabod bod graddau'r cymorth yng Nghymru, ar £340 miliwn, ymhell y tu hwnt i'r swm o £40 miliwn a ddarparwyd gan Lywodraeth San Steffan ar gyfer Lloegr gyfan. Maent am wybod: pa mor gyflym y gellir talu'r arian hwn? Pa mor syml y gellir gwneud y gweithdrefnau ar eu cyfer? Pa gymorth y gellir ei roi iddynt i nodi'r ffrwd ariannu gywir ac i lenwi'r ffurflenni ar-lein angenrheidiol? A ydynt yn cael apelio os cânt eu gwrthod neu os ydynt yn gwneud camgymeriad syml? A fydd mwy o gymorth ariannol ar gael ar gyfer costau trwyddedu neu ardrethi busnes? Weinidog, beth arall y gellir ei wneud i helpu'r busnesau hyn i ddod trwy'r argyfwng? Ac yn olaf, a gaf fi dalu teyrnged i'r tafarndai a'r clybiau a'r bwytai, yn fy ardal i ac yng Nghymru, sydd wedi gwneud eu gorau glas i weithredu eu busnesau'n ddiogel a chadw swyddi i fynd er gwaethaf y feirws? Gofynnaf i Lywodraeth Cymru barhau i roi pob mesur posibl ar waith i gefnogi'r sector fel bod y swyddi a'r busnesau hyn yn dal yno pan fyddwn wedi troi'r llanw ar y feirws hwn a gallwn gyfarfod eto, cyn gynted â phosibl, dros beint - neu efallai fwy na hynny.