English: Amendment 143 establishes a duty on Welsh Government to compensate local authorities for any costs incurred as a result of provisions contained within the Bill. The regulatory impact assessment states the total cost of the Bill will be around £17.17 million, including transitional costs to local government of approximately £2.95 million. Given pressures on local government finances, and particularly in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Welsh Government should ensure that it provides the resources necessary to enact the Bill that it passes and to ensure that the Bill ultimately achieves its aims. As such, our amendment reflects comments made by stakeholders during Stage 1 proceedings, including by the Welsh Local Government Association, which said that the 'Welsh Government should be fully funding any new national initiatives, or the implications of any national legislation on local authorities.' However, the Minister argued against such comments during Stage 2. She said that 'Principal councils receive funding from the Welsh Government through the local government settlement', whilst councils 'also receive specific grants from Welsh Government and other bodies for specific projects and programmes'. Whilst the Welsh Government has announced that £500,000 has been made available to councils in preparatory support, including to support digital democracy, the Welsh Local Government Association have stated that they await the details of how this would be distributed. Furthermore, this funding is significantly less than the £2.95 million of transitional costs for local government that were outlined in the explanatory memorandum. As set out, and all its members know and should accept, the local government settlement received by principal councils from the Welsh Government is intended to fund the statutory services that they provide, not additional compulsory costs imposed by Welsh Government legislation. Local authorities across Wales have been raising concern for many years about the punitive cost burden of having to absorb the consequences of underfunded or unfunded Welsh Government decisions. As stated, the Minister said councils 'also receive specific grants from Welsh Government and other bodies for specific projects and programmes'. Reflecting the councils' concerns, this is precisely what our amendment seeks to ensure in this case.
Welsh: Mae gwelliant 143 yn sefydlu dyletswydd ar Lywodraeth Cymru i ddigolledu awdurdodau lleol am unrhyw gostau a ysgwyddir o ganlyniad i ddarpariaethau yn y Bil. Mae'r asesiad effaith rheoleiddiol yn nodi y bydd cyfanswm cost y Bil tua £17.17 miliwn, gan gynnwys costau trosiannol o tua £2.95 miliwn i lywodraeth leol. O ystyried y pwysau ar gyllid llywodraeth leol, ac yn enwedig yng ngoleuni pandemig COVID-19, dylai Llywodraeth Cymru sicrhau ei bod yn darparu'r adnoddau angenrheidiol i ddeddfu'r Bil y mae'n ei basio ac i sicrhau bod y Bil yn cyflawni ei nodau yn y pen draw. Felly, mae ein gwelliant yn adlewyrchu sylwadau a wnaed gan randdeiliaid yn ystod trafodion Cyfnod 1, gan gynnwys sylwadau gan Gymdeithas Llywodraeth Leol Cymru, a ddywedodd: Dylai Llywodraeth Cymru fod yn ariannu unrhyw fentrau cenedlaethol newydd yn llawn, neu oblygiadau unrhyw ddeddfwriaeth genedlaethol ar awdurdodau lleol. Fodd bynnag, dadleuodd y Gweinidog yn erbyn sylwadau o'r fath yn ystod Cyfnod 2. Dywedodd: Mae prif gynghorau yn cael arian gan Lywodraeth Cymru drwy'r setliad llywodraeth leol, tra bo cynghorau: hefyd yn derbyn grantiau penodol gan Lywodraeth Cymru a chyrff eraill ar gyfer prosiectau a rhaglenni penodol. Er bod Llywodraeth Cymru wedi cyhoeddi bod £500,000 wedi ei ddarparu i gynghorau mewn cymorth paratoadol, gan gynnwys cefnogi democratiaeth ddigidol, mae Cymdeithas Llywodraeth Leol Cymru wedi datgan ei bod yn aros am fanylion ynghylch sut y byddai hyn yn cael ei ddosbarthu. At hynny, mae'r cyllid hwn yn sylweddol is na'r £2.95 miliwn o gostau trosiannol i lywodraeth leol a amlinellwyd yn y memorandwm esboniadol. Fel y nodwyd, ac mae ei holl aelodau yn gwybod a dylai pob un ohonyn nhw dderbyn, mai bwriad y setliad llywodraeth leol a gafodd prif gynghorau gan Lywodraeth Cymru yw ariannu'r gwasanaethau statudol y maen nhw'n eu darparu, nid costau gorfodol ychwanegol a orfodwyd gan ddeddfwriaeth Llywodraeth Cymru. Mae awdurdodau lleol ledled Cymru wedi bod yn codi pryder ers blynyddoedd lawer am y baich costau cosbol o orfod ysgwyddo canlyniadau penderfyniadau Llywodraeth Cymru nad ydyn nhw wedi eu hariannu neu nad ydyn nhw wedi eu hariannu'n ddigonol. Fel y nodwyd, dywedodd y Gweinidog fod cynghorau: hefyd yn derbyn grantiau penodol gan Lywodraeth Cymru a chyrff eraill ar gyfer prosiectau a rhaglenni penodol. Gan adlewyrchu pryderon y cynghorau, dyma yn union beth y mae ein gwelliant yn ceisio ei sicrhau yn yr achos hwn.