English: Can I first of all thank the Deputy Minister for his statement? Can I also say the post-COVID economy is going to be very different to February 2020? It's not a return to the past. Of course, there is a difference between the foundation economy and the foundational economy - although people sometimes confuse them. The foundation of Swansea's economy was coal and metal; it is now Government services, insurance, universities and small-scale but highly-skilled manufacturing and services provision. Within Swansea, the foundational economy is mainly the sport economy; the difference between provision of services and goods outside and inside the city's boundaries. I agree with the Minister that COVID has underlined the critical roles played by key workers - some of these people were not really considered key workers until COVID came in, and now we realise just how much we need them - and the importance of everyday goods and services to the well-being of our communities and our economy. But does the Minister agree that for procurement to work for small companies, or smaller companies, the size of the contract needs to reduce to a size where local companies can bid? And an example has been some road schemes where the size of the contract has been such that only four or five very big, multinational companies were able to bid, where, if they split it down into one and two-mile sections, local companies can bid. And the key is that the bigger the contract you set, the fewer and fewer companies who can bid, and you've got rules that a contract cannot be more than 10 or 20 per cent of the total turnover of the company. So, if you make the bid for the contracts too big, then only a few companies can bid, and the local companies end up sub-contracting, and the property goes elsewhere.
Welsh: A gaf i ddiolch yn gyntaf i'r Dirprwy Weinidog am ei ddatganiad? A gaf i ddeud hefyd y bydd yr economi ôl-COVID yn wahanol iawn i fis Chwefror 2020? Nid yw'n fater o ddychwelyd i'r gorffennol. Wrth gwrs, mae gwahaniaeth rhwng yr economi sefydledig a'r economi sylfaenol - er bod pobl weithiau'n eu cymysgu nhw. Sylfaen economi Abertawe oedd glo a metel; erbyn hyn gwasanaethau'r Llywodraeth, yswiriant, prifysgolion a darpariaeth gweithgynhyrchu a gwasanaethau ar raddfa fach ond hyfedr iawn ydyw hi. Yn Abertawe, yr economi chwaraeon yw'r economi sylfaenol yn bennaf; y gwahaniaeth rhwng darparu gwasanaethau a nwyddau y tu allan a'r tu mewn i ffiniau'r ddinas. Rwy'n cytuno â'r Gweinidog fod COVID wedi tanlinellu'r swyddogaethau hanfodol y mae gweithwyr allweddol yn eu cyflawni - nid oedd rhai o'r bobl hyn wir yn cael eu hystyried yn weithwyr allweddol nes i COVID ddod, ac erbyn hyn, rydym ni nawr yn sylweddoli gymaint sydd eu hangen nhw arnom ni - a phwysigrwydd nwyddau a gwasanaethau bob dydd i les ein cymunedau a'n heconomi. Ond a yw'r Gweinidog yn cytuno, er mwyn i gaffael weithio i gwmnïau bach, neu gwmnïau llai, fod angen i faint y contract ostwng i faint lle gall cwmnïau lleol wneud cais? Ac un enghraifft sydd wedi bod yw rhai cynlluniau ffyrdd lle mae maint y contract wedi golygu mai dim ond pedwar neu bump o gwmnïau rhyngwladol mawr iawn a oedd yn gallu gwneud cais, lle y gallai cwmnïau lleol wneud cais, pe baen nhw yn ei rannu'n adrannau un a dwy filltir. A chraidd y peth yw, po fwyaf yw'r contract yr ydych hi'n ei osod, llai a llai o gwmnïau a all wneud cais, ac mae gennych chi reolau na all contract fod yn fwy na 10 neu 20 y cant o gyfanswm trosiant y cwmni. Felly, os gwnewch chi'r cais am y contractau'n rhy fawr, yna dim ond ychydig o gwmnïau a all wneud cais, ac mae'r cwmnïau lleol yn is-gontractio yn y pen draw, ac mae'r eiddo'n mynd i rywle arall.