English: I wish to refer Members to my own declaration of interest form. Well, I certainly welcome the update that's now been provided to the technical advice, with the modelling appearing more positively to show that the peak of this omicron wave could now be behind us. And I think we all welcome that. With the total number of patients in hospital falling and the total number of admissions to hospitals decreasing for more than a week, now is the time that I think the Welsh Government needs to look more proactively to be looking to bring forward a long-term recovery road map. Sadly, Wales still remains an outlier when it comes to public health policy. Despite the detailed scientific evidence from South Africa, it does remain a central concern of many businesses that Welsh Government Ministers, in their opinion, have overreacted to omicron, and this has caused significant pain to families and much anguish to our businesses. The currently proposed timeline means that our indoor hospitality businesses will have another two weeks of restrictions, driving the Welsh pound across the border to England, and we all know of instances where this happened on new year's eve. The chief executive of the Welsh Beer and Pub Association has estimated that, on average, pubs have lost £16,000 each over the current period of restrictions. I went to the hairdressers the other day and there were two chairs out of action, with tape on, because of the 2m distancing. And believe me, the owner of the hairdressing salon was distraught when she told me how much an hour she was losing on those two chairs. Given the research from University College London, submitted to SAGE in December, suggesting that people were twice as likely to catch COVID whilst out shopping, compared to being in a pub or a cinema, when no restrictions were in place, will the Welsh Government apologise now to the hospitality industry for getting it wrong with the rule of six restriction? And why on earth didn't the First Minister last week drop the 2m ruling so that businesses can actually maximise the income that they can achieve? A wave of cancellations continues to bite into the viability of our hospitality and tourism sectors. Now, whilst it is understandable that consumer behaviour has changed, the unprecedented strain felt by businesses is actually putting their own livelihoods, their own mental health and well-being, and employment opportunities for some, at a huge risk. In conversations with many local businesses, it is apparent that clarity is still needed as to why they are required to provide evidence of a 50 per cent reduction in income, when we know that a far smaller reduction can be hugely detrimental. This is especially the case when one considers that the festive period can account to around 20 per cent of a business's annual turnover. There are also legitimate concerns from small self-catering accommodation owners about their eligibility, with the Welsh Government having stopped local authorities from having discretion to give any grants to self-catering businesses that accommodate 29 people or less, and I'm glad that the First Minister took that point I raised yesterday seriously and he's going to look at that. I would also ask whether you would look to make more money available for the businesses that have suffered due to their omicron response, particularly as the UK Government provided an additional £270 million in December, which was on top of the amount announced at the autumn budget. How Wales begins to live with COVID-19 in the future now remains firmly on the public's mind, as Sir Keir Starmer and the Labour shadow Secretary for health have themselves outlined. The UK had to learn to live with COVID for the sake of our children. Professor John Watkins, a senior epidemiologist, has also said that Wales should look to align with England -
Welsh: Hoffwn gyfeirio'r Aelodau at fy ffurflen ddatgan buddiant fy hun. Wel, rwy'n sicr yn croesawu'r diweddariad a gafwyd bellach i'r cyngor technegol, gyda'r gwaith modelu i'w weld yn dangos yn fwy cadarnhaol y gallai brig y don omicron hon fod y tu ôl i ni bellach. A chredaf fod pob un ohonom yn croesawu hynny. Gyda chyfanswm nifer y cleifion yn yr ysbyty yn gostwng a chyfanswm y derbyniadau i ysbytai yn gostwng am fwy nag wythnos, credaf mai yn awr yw'r amser i Lywodraeth Cymru edrych yn fwy rhagweithiol ar gyflwyno map ffordd ar gyfer adferiad hirdymor. Yn anffodus, mae Cymru'n dal i fod yn allanolyn gyda'i pholisi iechyd cyhoeddus. Er gwaethaf y dystiolaeth wyddonol fanwl o Dde Affrica, mae'n parhau i beri pryder i lawer o fusnesau fod Gweinidogion Llywodraeth Cymru, yn eu barn hwy, wedi gorymateb i omicron, ac mae hyn wedi achosi cryn dipyn o boen i deuluoedd a llawer o ofid i'n busnesau. Mae'r amserlen a argymhellir ar hyn o bryd yn golygu y bydd gan ein busnesau lletygarwch dan do bythefnos arall o gyfyngiadau, a bydd hynny'n gyrru'r bunt Gymreig dros y ffin i Loegr, a gŵyr pob un ohonom am achosion lle digwyddodd hyn nos Calan. Mae prif weithredwr Cymdeithas Cwrw a Thafarndai Cymru wedi amcangyfrif bod tafarndai, ar gyfartaledd, wedi colli £16,000 yr un dros gyfnod y cyfyngiadau presennol. Euthum i salon trin gwallt y diwrnod o'r blaen, ac roedd dwy gadair nad oeddent yn cael eu defnyddio, gyda thâp drostynt, oherwydd y cyfyngiad cadw pellter o 2m. A chredwch fi, roedd perchennog y salon trin gwallt yn ddigalon iawn pan ddywedodd wrthyf faint o arian yr awr roedd hi'n ei golli ar y ddwy gadair hynny. O ystyried gwaith ymchwil Coleg Prifysgol Llundain, a gyflwynwyd i'r Grŵp Cynghori Gwyddonol ar Argyfyngau ym mis Rhagfyr, a awgrymai fod pobl ddwywaith yn fwy tebygol o ddal COVID wrth siopa, o gymharu â bod mewn tafarn neu sinema, pan nad oedd unrhyw gyfyngiadau ar waith, a wnaiff Llywodraeth Cymru ymddiheuro i'r diwydiant lletygarwch am wneud camgymeriad gyda chyfyngiad y rheol chwech? A pham ar y ddaear na wnaeth y Prif Weinidog ddiddymu'r mesur 2m yr wythnos diwethaf fel y gall busnesau wneud cymaint o incwm ag y gallant? Mae ton o ganslo trefniadau yn parhau i amharu ar hyfywedd ein sectorau lletygarwch a thwristiaeth. Nawr, er ei bod yn ddealladwy fod ymddygiad cwsmeriaid wedi newid, mae'r straen digynsail y mae busnesau'n ei deimlo yn peryglu eu bywoliaeth eu hunain, eu hiechyd meddwl a'u llesiant eu hunain, a chyfleoedd cyflogaeth i rai. Mewn sgyrsiau â llawer o fusnesau lleol, mae'n amlwg fod angen eglurder o hyd ynghylch pam ei bod yn ofynnol iddynt ddarparu tystiolaeth fod incwm wedi gostwng 50 y cant, pan wyddom y gall gostyngiad llai o lawer fod yn hynod niweidiol. Mae hyn yn arbennig o wir o gofio y gall cyfnod y Nadolig ddarparu oddeutu 20 y cant o drosiant blynyddol busnes. Ceir pryderon dilys hefyd gan berchnogion busnesau llety hunanddarpar bach am eu cymhwystra, gyda Llywodraeth Cymru wedi atal awdurdodau lleol rhag gallu dewis rhoi unrhyw grantiau i fusnesau hunanddarpar sy'n darparu ar gyfer 29 o bobl neu lai, ac rwy'n falch fod y Prif Weinidog o ddifrif ynghylch y pwynt a godais ddoe, ac y bydd yn edrych ar hynny. Hoffwn ofyn hefyd i chi ystyried darparu mwy o arian ar gyfer y busnesau sydd wedi dioddef oherwydd eu hymateb i omicron, yn enwedig gan fod Llywodraeth y DU wedi darparu £270 miliwn ychwanegol ym mis Rhagfyr, ar ben y swm a gyhoeddwyd yng nghyllideb yr hydref. Mae sut y bydd Cymru'n dechrau byw gyda COVID-19 yn y dyfodol yn parhau i fod ar feddwl y cyhoedd, fel yr amlinellodd Syr Keir Starmer ac Ysgrifennydd iechyd yr wrthblaid eu hunain. Roedd yn rhaid i'r DU ddysgu byw gyda COVID er lles ein plant. Mae'r Athro John Watkins, sy'n uwch epidemiolegydd, hefyd wedi dweud y dylai Cymru geisio alinio â Lloegr -