English: The Welsh budget should, of course, be about how the Welsh Government cuts its cloth, about its spending priorities, but listening to the exchange between the First Minister and the leader of the opposition this morning, I have to wonder why we're having this debate. Too often, I wonder why constantly the Welsh Government points its finger at Westminster rather than making this about the Welsh Government's priorities. This should be about the Welsh Government's priorities, and that's what this budget debate should be about. I couldn't follow the First Minister's logic earlier toda. He seems to want the UK Government to raise taxes so Wales can have more funding, but then makes the argument that he won't raise taxes in Wales because they're too high. We can't have it both ways, and it seems to me that what the First Minister is effectively saying is that he's not prepared to make decisions within his competence. The subject of the exchange this morning between Andrew R.T. Davies and the First Minister was about nurses' pay. Well, £133 million was spent on agency nurses in the 2021-22 financial year. If successive Labour-led Welsh Governments managed the workforce better, that funding could, if the Welsh Government chose, be spent on raising nurses' pay. Andrew R.T. Davies was making the point this morning about the tools that the Welsh Government has got to raise nurses' pay, the ability it's got to do that, but I would also point to the past 20 years as well. There are decisions that have been made here, due to the poor workforce within the Welsh NHS, that mean that the Welsh health budget does not have the capacity that it could have to raise nurses' pay, had it made decisions better. You can't possibly point the finger to Westminster when it comes to the management of the Welsh NHS workforce. The health Minister also often makes the point about capital funding - a lack of capital funding for hospitals or regional surgical hubs. It's a lack of capital funding, when I've raised those questions previously. But we have to address the backlog within the Welsh NHS with some urgency. This has got to be a priority for the Welsh Government in its budget this year. We've got tens of thousands of people suffering in pain across Wales, waiting for more than two years for treatment, and that figure has virtually been wiped out in England. When it comes to capital spending, I'd ask the Minister for finance: are other Cabinet Ministers making better cases than the health Minister for capital spending within their portfolio? Surely health has to be priority for the Welsh Government, to reduce the backlog times. Tell us what's in the budget to deliver regional surgical hubs. And again, no finger-pointing to the Westminster Government here: we know that, for every £1 spent in England on health, there's a Barnett consequential of £1.20. England have 91 surgical hubs with more en route, and you have none. I would ask the Welsh Government and the finance Minister to set out in this budget: what are you going to do to support reducing the waiting times in Wales, in terms of those who are waiting in pain for more than two years? What are you doing to reduce the backlog and support our Welsh NHS in this budget?
Welsh: Wrth gwrs, dylai cyllideb Cymru fod ynglŷn â sut mae Llywodraeth Cymru'n torri ei brethyn, am ei blaenoriaethau gwariant, ond wrth wrando ar y ffeirio geiriau rhwng y Prif Weinidog ac arweinydd yr wrthblaid y bore 'ma, mae'n rhaid i mi ofyn i mi fy hun pam yr ydym yn cael y ddadl hon. Yn rhy aml, rwy'n meddwl tybed pam y mae Llywodraeth Cymru'n gyson yn pwyntio ei bys at San Steffan yn hytrach nag ymdrin â blaenoriaethau Llywodraeth Cymru. Dylai hyn fod ynghylch blaenoriaethau Llywodraeth Cymru, a dyna ddylai byrdwn y ddadl hon fod. Doeddwn i ddim yn gallu dilyn rhesymeg y Prif Weinidog yn gynharach heddiw. Mae'n ymddangos ei fod eisiau i Lywodraeth y DU godi trethi er mwyn i Gymru gael mwy o gyllid, ond yna mae'n dadlau na fydd yn codi trethi yng Nghymru am eu bod yn rhy uchel. Ni allwn ei chael hi'r ddwy ffordd, ac mae'n ymddangos i mi mai'r hyn y mae'r Prif Weinidog yn ei ddweud i bob pwrpas yw nad yw'n barod i wneud penderfyniadau o fewn ei gymhwysedd. Roedd testun y ffeirio geiriau y bore 'ma rhwng Andrew R.T. Davies a'r Prif Weinidog yn ymwneud â chyflog nyrsys. Wel, cafodd £133 miliwn ei wario ar nyrsys asiantaeth yn y flwyddyn ariannol 2021-22. Pe bai Llywodraethau dilynol Cymru, sy'n cael eu harwain gan Lafur, wedi rheoli'r gweithlu'n well, gallai'r cyllid hwnnw, pe bai Llywodraeth Cymru'n dewis hynny, gael ei wario ar godi cyflog nyrsys. Roedd Andrew R.T. Davies yn gwneud y pwynt y bore 'ma am y dulliau gweithredu sydd gan Lywodraeth Cymru i godi cyflog nyrsys, y gallu sydd ganddi i wneud hynny, ond mi fyddwn i hefyd yn pwyntio at yr 20 mlynedd diwethaf hefyd. Mae 'na benderfyniadau sydd wedi eu gwneud yma, oherwydd y gweithlu gwael o fewn GIG Cymru, sy'n golygu nad oes gan gyllideb iechyd Cymru y capasiti i godi cyflog nyrsys, y gallai fod wedi bod yn bosibl pe bai wedi gwneud penderfyniadau'n well. Fedrwch chi ddim pwyntio bys at San Steffan pan ddaw at reoli gweithlu GIG Cymru. Mae'r Gweinidog iechyd hefyd yn aml yn gwneud y pwynt ynghylch cyllid cyfalaf - diffyg cyllid cyfalaf ar gyfer ysbytai neu ganolfannau llawfeddygol rhanbarthol. Diffyg cyllid cyfalaf yw e, pan godais y cwestiynau hynny o'r blaen. Ond mae'n rhaid i ni fynd i'r afael â'r ôl-groniad o fewn GIG Cymru gyda rhywfaint o frys. Mae'n rhaid i hyn fod yn flaenoriaeth i Lywodraeth Cymru yn ei chyllideb eleni. Mae gennym ddegau o filoedd o bobl yn dioddef mewn poen ledled Cymru, yn aros am dros ddwy flynedd am driniaeth, ac mae'r ffigur hwnnw bron wedi cael ei ddileu yn Lloegr. O ran gwariant cyfalaf, byddwn yn gofyn i'r Gweinidog cyllid: a yw Gweinidogion Cabinet eraill yn gwneud achosion gwell na'r Gweinidog Iechyd am wariant cyfalaf o fewn eu portffolio? Heb os nac oni bai mae'n rhaid i iechyd fod yn flaenoriaeth i Lywodraeth Cymru, er mwyn lleihau'r ôl-groniad o ran amseroedd. Dywedwch wrthym beth sydd yn y gyllideb ar gyfer darparu canolfannau llawfeddygol rhanbarthol. Ac eto, dim pwyntio bys at Lywodraeth San Steffan yma: rydym ni'n gwybod, am bob £1 sy'n cael ei wario yn Lloegr ar iechyd, fod yna gyllid canlyniadol Barnett o £1.20. Mae gan Loegr 91 o ganolfannau llawfeddygol a mwy ar y ffordd, a does gennych chi ddim un. Byddwn yn gofyn i Lywodraeth Cymru a'r Gweinidog cyllid nodi yn y gyllideb hon: beth ydych chi'n mynd i'w wneud i gefnogi lleihau'r amseroedd aros yng Nghymru, o ran y rhai sy'n aros mewn poen am fwy na dwy flynedd? Beth ydych chi'n ei wneud i leihau'r ôl-groniad a chefnogi GIG Cymru yn y gyllideb hon?