techiaith/cofnodycynulliad_en-cy huggingface dataset:
English: I realise your primary concern here relates to non-residential land transaction tax, and, of course, we have a lower starting rate of tax for the purchase of business premises here in Wales than under stamp duty land tax, and this means that all businesses purchasing premises up to £1.1 million in Wales either pay no tax at all or they pay less than they would under stamp duty land tax. This really does benefit small and medium-sized businesses across the country. In the first year of land transaction tax it's estimated that around nine out of 10 transactions would pay either no LTT or the amount would be less than it would have been under SDLT for non-residential transactions. So, I think that actions that we've taken certainly are beneficial to small and medium-sized enterprises. I do understand the concern over the additional 1 per cent that there is for the higher rate. However, I think that it is far too early in the day to make a conclusion as to what, if any, impact that had on behaviour, and it's also worth bearing in mind that the year before LTT came in was an exceptional year in terms of tax take or in terms of transactions on those higher properties. So, I think that it's something that we are watching closely. We'll have the outturn figures in June of this year, so we'll have a better understanding of at least the first year's behaviour.
Welsh: Rwy'n sylweddoli bod eich prif bryder yma yn ymwneud â threth trafodiadau tir amhreswyl, ac wrth gwrs mae gennym gyfradd dreth ddechreuol is ar gyfer prynu eiddo busnes yma yng Nghymru nag o dan dreth dir y dreth stamp, ac mae hyn yn golygu bod pob busnes sy'n prynu eiddo hyd at £1.1 miliwn yng Nghymru naill ai'n osgoi talu unrhyw dreth o gwbl neu'n talu llai nag y byddent o dan dreth dir y dreth stamp. Mae hyn o fudd mawr i fusnesau bach a chanolig ledled y wlad. Yn ystod blwyddyn gyntaf y dreth trafodiadau tir, amcangyfrifir y byddai tua naw o bob 10 trafodiad yn osgoi talu'r dreth trafodiadau tir neu byddai'r swm yn llai nag y byddai wedi bod o dan dreth dir y dreth stamp ar gyfer trafodiadau amhreswyl. Felly, rwy'n credu bod y camau a gymerwyd gennym yn sicr o fudd i fusnesau bach a chanolig. Rwy'n deall y pryder ynglŷn â'r 1 y cant ychwanegol ar y gyfradd uwch. Fodd bynnag, credaf ei bod yn llawer rhy gynnar i ddod i gasgliad ynghylch yr effaith a gafodd hynny ar ymddygiad, os o gwbl, ac mae'n werth cofio hefyd fod y flwyddyn cyn i'r dreth trafodiadau tir ddod yn weithredol yn flwyddyn eithriadol o ran derbyniadau treth neu o ran trafodiadau ar yr eiddo gwerth uwch. Felly rwy'n meddwl ei fod yn rhywbeth yr ydym yn ei wylio'n agos. Byddwn yn cael y ffigurau alldro ym mis Mehefin eleni, felly bydd gennym well dealltwriaeth o ymddygiad y flwyddyn gyntaf o leiaf.
English: Thank you, and I can confirm that officials are in regular contact with property industry experts, and that engagement is ongoing. We'll certainly be monitoring any perceivable impact that the differential rate that we have here, in terms of the higher rate of LTT, might have on those high-value transactions. As I say, we're just a year in, so we don't actually have a full picture yet, but it is absolutely something that I am keeping a keen eye on.
Welsh: Diolch, a gallaf gadarnhau bod swyddogion yn cysylltu'n rheolaidd ag arbenigwyr yn y diwydiant eiddo, ac mae'r ymgysylltiad hwnnw'n parhau. Byddwn yn sicr yn monitro unrhyw effaith ganfyddadwy y gallai'r gyfradd wahaniaethol sydd gennym yma o ran y gyfradd uwch o dreth trafodiadau tir, ei chael ar y trafodiadau gwerth uchel hynny. Fel y dywedaf, blwyddyn yn unig sydd wedi bod, felly nid oes gennym ddarlun llawn eto, ond mae'n sicr yn rhywbeth rwy'n cadw llygad arno.
English: Thank you, Llywydd. The world is changing, the economy is changing with it, and one change is that the information economy is becoming more and more important, and in that regard expenditure on research and development will become more and more important. That's how you generate new ideas and new devices that will be the basis for a new generation of businesses. So, can the Minister give an update on expenditure on R&D within the Welsh Government's budget?
Welsh: Diolch, Llywydd. Mae'r byd yn newid, mae'r economi yn newid efo fo, ac un newid ydy bod yr economi wybodaeth yn dod yn fwy a mwy pwysig, ac yn hynny o beth mae gwariant ar ymchwil a datblygu yn mynd i fod yn dod yn bwysicach. Dyna sut i greu syniadau newydd a dyfeisiau newydd fydd yn sail i genhedlaeth newydd o fusnesau. All y Gweinidog roi diweddariad i ni ar wariant R&D o fewn cyllideb Llywodraeth Cymru?
English: Certainly. I will seek to provide you with some concrete figures as to our expenditure on R&D, FootnoteLink but one of the concerns that we have had in recent times is, of course, the impact of leaving the European Union on our capacity in R&D. We've been looking very closely at the Reid report in order to ensure that we do have the maximum profile, if you like, in terms of ensuring that Wales is seen as a great destination for R&D, an environment where Welsh Government is supportive, but also an environment where academics are enabled to thrive in an environment that very much promotes the work that they do.
Welsh: Yn sicr. Byddaf yn ceisio darparu ffigurau pendant i chi ynglŷn â'n gwariant ar ymchwil a datblygu, FootnoteLink ond un o'r pryderon a fu gennym yn y cyfnod diweddar, wrth gwrs, yw effaith gadael yr Undeb Ewropeaidd ar ein capasiti ymchwil a datblygu. Rydym wedi bod yn edrych yn agos iawn ar adroddiad Reid er mwyn sicrhau bod y proffil gorau gennym, os mynnwch, i sicrhau bod Cymru yn cael ei gweld fel cyrchfan gwych ar gyfer ymchwil a datblygu, amgylchedd lle mae Llywodraeth Cymru yn gefnogol, ond amgylchedd hefyd lle mae academyddion yn cael eu galluogi i ffynnu mewn amgylchedd sy'n hybu'r gwaith a wnânt yn bendant iawn.
English: I'm grateful for that response, and I certainly also share the concern about the effects of leaving the European Union on future R&D funding in Wales. R&D funding comes from many different sources, of course, and business is by far the biggest source of funding, but let me look at higher education. Recent figures show UK higher education R&D spend in total of around £6.5 billion. Break that down and we see spend per person in Wales to be £86. In London and the home counties of England, it's £275 per head - almost 60 per cent of the total R&D spend in higher education is spent in the south-east of England. Universities themselves, of course, draw in that R&D funding themselves, but it would be wrong to suggest that Welsh Government couldn't be influential in seeing how much more money we could draw into Wales. Much of the current UK pool of R&D funding is drawn into what's known as the 'golden triangle', between Oxford and Cambridge and the London universities, and because of their track record in R&D they're able to beat off much of the competition and claim a lion's share of funding. But does the Minister agree with me that it's time now that Welsh Government really started to make the case for creating a Welsh pool - a protected Welsh pool - of R&D funding, into which our universities could apply for funding in order to increase expenditure in this sector in Wales?
Welsh: Diolch am yr ymateb hwnnw, ac rwyf innau hefyd yn sicr yn rhannu'r pryder am effeithiau gadael yr Undeb Ewropeaidd ar ddyfodol cyllid ymchwil a datblygu yng Nghymru. Daw arian ymchwil a datblygu o lawer o ffynonellau gwahanol, wrth gwrs, a busnes yw'r ffynhonnell fwyaf o arian o bell ffordd, ond gadewch imi edrych ar addysg uwch. Dengys ffigurau diweddar fod cyfanswm yr arian a werir ar ymchwil a datblygu addysg uwch yn y DU oddeutu £6.5 biliwn. O'i ddadansoddi, gwelwn fod gwariant y pen yng Nghymru yn £86. Yn Llundain a'r siroedd cartref yn Lloegr, mae'n £275 y pen - gwerir bron 60 y cant o gyfanswm y gwariant ymchwil a datblygu mewn addysg uwch yn ne-ddwyrain Lloegr. Mae prifysgolion eu hunain, wrth gwrs, yn denu'r cyllid ymchwil a datblygu hwnnw eu hunain, ond byddai'n anghywir awgrymu na allai Llywodraeth Cymru fod yn ddylanwadol o ran gweld faint yn fwy o arian y gallem ei ddenu i mewn i Gymru. Mae llawer o gronfa bresennol y DU o gyllid ymchwil a datblygu yn mynd i mewn i'r hyn a elwir yn 'driongl euraidd', rhwng Rhydychen a Chaergrawnt a phrifysgolion Llundain, ac oherwydd eu hanes ym maes ymchwil a datblygu maent yn gallu curo llawer o'r gystadleuaeth a hawlio cyfran fawr o'r arian. Ond a yw'r Gweinidog yn cytuno â mi ei bod yn bryd bellach i Lywodraeth Cymru ddechrau dadlau'r achos o ddifrif dros greu cronfa Cymru - cronfa warchodedig i Gymru - o gyllid ymchwil a datblygu, y gallai ein prifysgolion wneud cais am gyllid ohoni er mwyn cynyddu'r gwariant yn y sector hwn yng Nghymru?
English: Well, you clearly raise an extremely important point. Around £0.75 billion was spent on R&D in Wales in 2017 - that's the latest year for which we have figures - and that's an increase of 4.6 per cent compared to the previous year. That effectively now matches the increase in R&D spending across the UK. We've accepted the first recommendation of the Reid review, which is to strengthen our position in London through the office that we have there, and that's something that is currently being undertaken. We've both referred to the EU structural funds programme period. During that, we've invested £340 million, and that represents 20 per cent of all EU structural funds allocated to Wales and it continues to play a vital role in growing the Welsh economy and growing Welsh expertise. So, certainly, I would be keen to explore what we would do were the UK Government to come through on its guarantee for EU funding. Clearly, there are discussions ongoing there that are causing some concern, not least about the exchange rate to which the UK Government intends to pass on funding to us. There will be discussions, I think, for me to have alongside my colleague -
Welsh: Wel, yn amlwg rydych yn codi pwynt hynod bwysig. Gwariwyd tua £0.75 biliwn ar ymchwil a datblygu yng Nghymru yn 2017 - dyna'r flwyddyn ddiweddaraf y mae gennym ffigurau ar ei chyfer - ac mae hynny'n gynnydd o 4.6 y cant o'i gymharu â'r flwyddyn flaenorol. Mae hynny bellach, i bob pwrpas, yn cyfateb i'r cynnydd mewn gwariant ymchwil a datblygu ar draws y DU. Rydych wedi derbyn yr argymhelliad cyntaf yn adolygiad Reid, sef atgyfnerthu ein sefyllfa yn Llundain drwy'r swyddfa sydd gennym yno, ac mae hynny'n rhywbeth sy'n cael ei wneud ar hyn o bryd. Rydym ein dau wedi cyfeirio at gyfnod rhaglen cronfeydd strwythurol yr EU. Yn ystod y cyfnod hwnnw, rydym wedi buddsoddi £340 miliwn, sef 20 y cant o holl gronfeydd strwythurol yr UE a ddyrannwyd i Gymru ac mae'n parhau i chwarae rhan hanfodol yn tyfu economi Cymru ac yn tyfu arbenigedd Cymru. Felly, yn sicr, buaswn yn awyddus i archwilio beth y byddem yn ei wneud pe bai Llywodraeth y DU yn gwireddu ei gwarant ar gyfer arian yr UE. Yn amlwg, ceir trafodaethau parhaus yno sy'n achosi peth pryder, yn enwedig ynglŷn â'r gyfradd gyfnewid y bwriada Llywodraeth y DU drosglwyddo'r arian i ni arni. Byddaf yn cael trafodaethau, rwy'n meddwl, ochr yn ochr â fy nghyd-Aelod -
English: Referring back to your first words, I admire your positivity in saying that the increase in R&D spending in Wales is matching the increase in other parts of the UK. Let me try to illustrate it. Wales has increased that much from that point, whereas the rest of the UK has increased that much from a point up there. We need to be aiming for parity with other parts of the UK. Let's look elsewhere. Let's look at direct Government R&D spend in Wales. In 2016, of the £2.2 billion spent on research and development by UK Government, £54 per person was spent in London and the home counties, just £5 per person was spent in Wales. And you, as finance Minister, aren't jumping up and down about this every single day. Isn't this just a further example, yes, of the Conservative Government at a UK level not investing in Wales, as we believe on these benches that they should, but also your Government consistently again failing to make the case for Wales's share of R&D funding? And that's to the detriment of Wales and to jobs in Wales.
Welsh: Gan gyfeirio'n ôl at eich geiriau cyntaf, rwy'n edmygu eich agwedd gadarnhaol yn dweud bod y cynnydd mewn gwariant ar ymchwil a datblygu yng Nghymru yn cyd-fynd â'r cynnydd mewn rhannau eraill o'r DU. Gadewch imi geisio ei ddarlunio. Mae Cymru wedi cynyddu cymaint â hynny o'r pwynt hwnnw, ond mae gweddill y DU wedi cynyddu cymaint â hynny o bwynt i fyny yno. Mae angen inni anelu at gydraddoldeb â rhannau eraill o'r DU. Gadewch i ni edrych ar fannau eraill. Gadewch i ni edrych ar wariant uniongyrchol y Llywodraeth ar ymchwil a datblygu yng Nghymru. Yn 2016, o'r £2.2 biliwn a wariwyd ar ymchwil a datblygu gan Lywodraeth y DU, gwariwyd £54 y pen yn Llundain a'r siroedd cartref, a dim ond £5 y pen a wariwyd yng Nghymru. Ac fel Gweinidog cyllid, nid ydych yn neidio i fyny ac i lawr ynglŷn â hyn bob dydd. Onid yw'n enghraifft arall o'r Llywodraeth Geidwadol ar lefel y DU yn peidio â buddsoddi yng Nghymru, fel y credwn ni ar y meinciau hyn y dylent ei wneud, ond hefyd eich Llywodraeth chi yn gyson eto yn methu dadlau'r achos dros gyfran Cymru o arian ymchwil a datblygu? Ac mae hynny'n niweidiol i Gymru ac i swyddi yng Nghymru.
English: Obviously, I would disagree. I'm always interested that whenever you seek to make a comparison it's always with London and the home counties, which isn't necessarily a well-recognised comparison with Wales. Spending on R&D is low in Wales, as it is across the UK in Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development terms. It's a challenge that we are facing right across the UK. The level of R&D funding in any relatively small economy, such as Wales, is influenced greatly by a small number of major projects commencing or ending, and that means that any one year's results should be interpreted cautiously.
Welsh: Yn amlwg, rwy'n anghytuno. Mae'n ddiddorol bob amser, pryd bynnag y ceisiwch wneud cymhariaeth, rydych yn cymharu bob amser â Llundain a'r siroedd cartref, nad yw o reidrwydd yn gymhariaeth gydnabyddedig â Chymru. Mae gwariant ar ymchwil a datblygu yn isel yng Nghymru, fel y mae ledled y DU o safbwynt y Sefydliad ar gyfer Cydweithrediad a Datblygiad Economaidd. Mae'n her sy'n ein hwynebu ar draws y DU. Mae lefel y cyllid ymchwil a datblygu mewn unrhyw economi gymharol fach, megis Cymru, wedi'i dylanwadu'n fawr gan nifer fach o brosiectau mawr sy'n dechrau neu sy'n dod i ben, ac mae hynny'n golygu y dylid dehongli canlyniadau unrhyw un flwyddyn yn ochelgar.
English: Diolch, Llywydd. Minister, I'd like to raise the subject of public procurement. Post Brexit we should be able to re-examine the rules governing public procurement, and this should make it easier for the public sector in Wales to award contracts to small companies and SMEs. However, even discarding Brexit, there are opportunities for the public sector to make it easier for small firms to bid for contracts. For instance, if we should look at the health sector, the problem here is that local firms can't realistically bid for many contracts, for instance to supply food to a particular hospital, because these contracts tend to be awarded by an NHS health board to provide food across the whole of the health board's estate, which of course means most of these contracts end up going to only the larger firms, some of which are not necessarily Welsh. Has the Welsh Government considered how this situation might be changed, for instance by NHS boards breaking up the provision of food into smaller contracts?
Welsh: Diolch, Lywydd. Weinidog, hoffwn godi pwnc caffael cyhoeddus. Ar ôl Brexit dylem allu ailedrych ar y rheolau sy'n llywodraethu caffael cyhoeddus, a dylai hyn ei gwneud yn haws i'r sector cyhoeddus yng Nghymru ddyfarnu contractau i gwmnïau bach a busnesau bach a chanolig. Fodd bynnag, hyd yn oed heb ystyried Brexit, mae yna gyfleoedd i'r sector cyhoeddus ei gwneud yn haws i gwmnïau bach wneud cais am gontractau. Er enghraifft, os edrychwn ar y sector iechyd, y broblem yma yw na all cwmnïau lleol gynnig yn realistig am lawer o gontractau, er enghraifft i gyflenwi bwyd i ysbyty penodol, oherwydd mae'r contractau hyn yn tueddu i gael eu dyfarnu gan fwrdd iechyd GIG i ddarparu bwyd ar draws ystâd gyfan y bwrdd iechyd, sy'n golygu wrth gwrs fod y rhan fwyaf o'r contractau hyn yn mynd i gwmnïau mwy o faint yn unig yn y pen draw, ac efallai na fydd rhai ohonynt o reidrwydd yn gwmnïau o Gymru. A yw Llywodraeth Cymru wedi ystyried sut y gellid newid y sefyllfa hon, er enghraifft drwy fod byrddau GIG yn rhannu'r ddarpariaeth fwyd yn gontractau llai o faint?
English: Thank you for raising the important issue of procurement. Of course, our strategy is having a positive impact on the economy in Wales and on businesses in Wales, with Wales-based suppliers now winning over half of the annual £6.2 billion procurement expenditure. However, I am very much ambitious to do more, and I'm ambitious for our SMEs to be able to play their full part in that. We're certainly using our policies to lower the barriers to small businesses and to enable them to secure places in supply chains in Wales. The outcomes that we are achieving far exceed the targets that the UK Government is working towards for engaging with SMEs. So, such policies include community benefits, the supplier qualification information database, project bank accounts, the code of practice for ethical employment and our joint bidding guidance. And we're continuing to open up opportunities for smaller firms, and our encouragement for public bodies to advertise all contracts below £25,000 on Sell2Wales is driving some really positive change.
Welsh: Diolch i chi am godi mater pwysig caffael. Wrth gwrs, mae ein strategaeth yn cael effaith gadarnhaol ar yr economi yng Nghymru ac ar fusnesau yng Nghymru, gyda chyflenwyr o Gymru bellach yn ennill dros hanner y gwariant caffael blynyddol o £6.2 biliwn. Fodd bynnag, rwy'n awyddus iawn i wneud mwy, a fy uchelgais yw gweld ein busnesau bach a chanolig yn gallu chwarae rhan lawn yn hynny. Yn sicr rydym yn defnyddio ein polisïau i ostwng y rhwystrau i fusnesau bach a'u galluogi i sicrhau lleoedd yn y cadwyni cyflenwi yng Nghymru. Mae'r canlyniadau yr ydym yn eu cyflawni yn rhagori cryn dipyn ar y targedau y mae Llywodraeth y DU yn gweithio tuag atynt ar gyfer ymgysylltu â busnesau bach a chanolig. Felly, mae polisïau o'r fath yn cynnwys buddion cymunedol, cronfa ddata gwybodaeth am gymwysterau cyflenwyr, cyfrifon banc prosiectau, y cod ymarfer ar gyflogaeth foesegol a'n canllawiau ymgeisio ar y cyd. Ac rydym yn parhau i gynnig cyfleoedd i gwmnïau llai o faint, ac mae ein hanogaeth i gyrff cyhoeddus hysbysebu pob contract sy'n werth llai na £25,000 ar GwerthwchiGymru yn ysgogi newidiadau gwirioneddol gadarnhaol.
English: We do, on these benches, acknowledge the fact that the National Procurement Service is making a difference, but we also know that the Welsh Government will need to change its approach after Brexit, and this was recognised by the First Minister, who stated in the Chamber recently that the Welsh Government would, after Brexit, look at using procurement on a more local or regional level. And we also know that a template for public procurement policy was drawn up when Jane Hutt was finance Minister and it covered the construction industry in Wales. Has the Government made any analysis of how well this policy has worked in the construction sector?
Welsh: Ar y meinciau hyn, rydym yn cydnabod y ffaith bod y Gwasanaeth Caffael Cenedlaethol yn gwneud gwahaniaeth, ond rydym hefyd yn gwybod y bydd angen i Lywodraeth Cymru newid ei dull o weithredu ar ôl Brexit, a chafodd hyn ei gydnabod gan y Prif Weinidog, a ddywedodd yn y Siambr yn ddiweddar y byddai Llywodraeth Cymru, ar ôl Brexit, yn edrych ar ddefnyddio caffael ar lefel fwy lleol neu ranbarthol. Ac rydym hefyd yn gwybod bod templed ar gyfer polisi caffael cyhoeddus wedi'i lunio pan oedd Jane Hutt yn Weinidog cyllid ac roedd yn cynnwys y diwydiant adeiladu yng Nghymru. A yw'r Llywodraeth wedi gwneud unrhyw ddadansoddiad o ba mor dda y mae'r polisi hwn wedi gweithio yn y sector adeiladu?
English: Certainly, we're working to ensure that small and medium-sized enterprises are able to bid into contracts in the construction sector, and that's one of our key target sectors, actually, in terms of our approach to procurement. Of course, we had the review of the National Procurement Service and Value Wales, and we're currently working together with stakeholders to transition those teams to a new service with a reduced portfolio of national contracts, but with very much a stronger focus on the development and delivery of procurement policy on that local and regional basis, which I think would provide smaller construction companies with a much greater opportunity to engage with the contracts that are available.
Welsh: Yn sicr, rydym yn gweithio i sicrhau bod mentrau bach a chanolig yn gallu gwneud cais am gontractau yn y sector adeiladu, a dyna un o'n sectorau targed allweddol, mewn gwirionedd, o ran ein dull o weithredu caffael. Wrth gwrs, cawsom yr adolygiad o'r Gwasanaeth Caffael Cenedlaethol a Gwerth Cymru, ac rydym ar hyn o bryd yn gweithio gyda rhanddeiliaid i sicrhau bod y timau hynny'n pontio i wasanaeth newydd gyda phortffolio llai o gontractau cenedlaethol, ond gyda ffocws llawer cryfach ar ddatblygu a chyflawni polisi caffael ar sail leol a rhanbarthol o'r fath, a chredaf y byddai hynny'n rhoi llawer mwy o gyfle i gwmnïau adeiladu llai o faint ddod i gysylltiad â'r contractau sydd ar gael.
English: Of course I thank, again, the Minister for her answer, but one of the obstacles to tendering for contracts is, of course, the tendering process itself, which involves completing lots of complex forms, and then the process takes up lots of resources, which will often be beyond the capability of small or medium-sized companies. So, to sum up, Minister, I really do think this is an area that the Welsh Government needs to take very seriously, as it can have a very substantial impact on the foundational economy. If contracts are awarded to local companies, the money generated tends to remain in the local community, and this is not necessarily the case when contracts are awarded to very large firms, particularly if they are headquartered outside Wales.
Welsh: Diolch eto i'r Gweinidog am ei hateb wrth gwrs, ond un o'r rhwystrau wrth dendro am gontractau yw'r broses dendro ei hun, wrth gwrs, sy'n galw am lenwi llawer o ffurflenni cymhleth, ac mae'r broses yn defnyddio llawer o adnoddau, rhywbeth a fydd yn aml y tu hwnt i allu cwmnïau bach neu ganolig eu maint. Felly, i grynhoi, Weinidog, rwy'n credu o ddifrif fod hwn yn faes y mae angen i Lywodraeth Cymru fod o ddifrif yn ei gylch, gan y gall effeithio'n sylweddol iawn ar yr economi sylfaenol. Os dyfernir contractau i gwmnïau lleol, mae'r arian a gynhyrchir yn tueddu i aros yn y gymuned leol, ac nid yw hyn yn wir o reidrwydd pan ddyfernir contractau i gwmnïau mawr iawn, yn enwedig os nad yw eu pencadlys yng Nghymru.
English: We recognise that small companies can often struggle to bid for large contracts, and that's why I'm really pleased that, as of March, 31 per cent of contracts that were published on Sell2Wales this year were advertised as being suitable for joint bidding, and I think that's a really important way of supporting small local companies to bid into those contracts. And we are seeing some of those positive impacts in the construction sector, where 78 per cent of contracts or frameworks over £750,000 advertised via Sell2Wales have been awarded to Welsh contractors this year.
Welsh: Rydym yn cydnabod bod cwmnïau bach yn aml yn cael trafferth i wneud cais am gontractau mawr, a dyna pam rwy'n falch iawn fod 31 y cant o'r contractau a gyhoeddwyd ar GwerthwchiGymru hyd at fis Mawrth eleni wedi'u hysbysebu fel rhai addas ar gyfer gwneud ceisiadau ar y cyd, ac rwy'n credu bod honno'n ffordd bwysig iawn o gynorthwyo cwmnïau bach lleol i wneud cais am y contractau hynny. Ac rydym yn gweld rhai o'r effeithiau cadarnhaol hynny yn y sector adeiladu, lle dyfarnwyd 78 y cant o'r contractau neu'r fframweithiau dros £750,000 a hysbysebwyd drwy GwerthwchiGymru i gontractwyr o Gymru eleni.