English: The technical nature of this supplementary budget has already been noted - thank you; that's what I call collaboration - and, as we heard, it's a budget that reflects ministerial changes and portfolio changes within Government and applies the allocations in that regard. So, we in Plaid Cymru will support the motion. I think we've had enough political drama over the past few days, so I don't want to add to that by blocking this supplementary budget. I will just note, in passing - and this was raised in the committee that I was a member of for a short period of time - that it is slightly strange that a policy has been inherited from a previous Assembly. Technically, of course, it's not possible to bind one Assembly to the decision of another. I wouldn't take it for granted - if I can couch it in those terms - that the sixth Assembly will be of the same political hue in terms of the Government. Therefore, although I understand the rationale that the Minister mentioned - because of a shortage of time in implementing the desires of the previous Assembly - I think we should avoid such a situation arising again where one Assembly is expected to implement the political decisions of a previous Assembly. That's not how democracy works, or there would be no point in having elections at all. Now, I do think that the recommendations made by the committee are most sensible. I would endorse the call for transparency, and there is, of course, this question as to the evidence base for policies. I think that is part of scrutiny, isn't it? It does take us in the direction of programme budgeting where you see greater detail than just the general allocations. You then see, right down to the very fine programme detail and individual project detail, where those resources are allocated and what the aim of that expenditure is, because, at the end of the day, that's where the focus should be. Therefore, moving more in that direction in the future would assist us all as Assembly Members to scrutinise budgetary decisions taken by Government. I would also welcome the same transparency in terms of reserves. There was some discussion of that in committee - the rationale behind the decisions in terms of reserves; I think that is just as important as the decisions taken on expenditure. I would like to raise one further minor point with the finance Secretary. I understand that this is a debate rather than a statement, but there was some debate in the previous Assembly about the weakness of the budgetary exchange mechanism, mainly that the closing date for the declaration of underspend to the Treasury and to decide whether any sums needed to be transferred from one year to the other fell so early in the budgetary year. Now, it is important that the Welsh Government does have some flexibility in this regard, and therefore I would like to know if the Welsh Government has had any discussions with the Treasury on the possibility of shifting that deadline to a later date in the financial year.
Welsh: Mae pwrpas a natur dechnegol y gyllideb atodol hon eisoes wedi eu nodi - diolch yn fawr i chi; dyna beth yw cydweithio - a chyllideb, fel y clywsom ni, sy'n adlewyrchu newidiadau gweinidogol y Llywodraeth newydd yn bennaf, a chymhwyso'r dyraniadau felly. Felly, byddwn ni ym Mhlaid Cymru yn cefnogi'r cynnig. Rwy'n credu ein bod ni wedi cael digon o ddrama wleidyddol dros y dyddiau diwethaf, felly nid wyf eisiau ychwanegu ato drwy flocio'r gyllideb atodol yma. Fe wnaf jest nodi wrth basio - ac fe gododd hyn yn y pwyllgor y bues i yn aelod byrhoedlog ohono - mai rhywbeth cymharol ryfedd, efallai, yw bod yna bolisi wedi cael ei etifeddu o'r Cynulliad blaenorol. Yn dechnegol, wrth gwrs, nid yw'n bosibl i glymu dwylo o un Cynulliad i'r llall, ac ni fyddwn yn cymryd yn ganiataol - os caf ei roi yn dawel fach fel yna - y bydd y chweched Cynulliad o'r un lliw gwleidyddol o ran y Llywodraeth. Felly, er fy mod yn deall y rhesymeg yr oedd y Gweinidog yn sôn amdani - oherwydd bod diffyg amser i weithredu dymuniad y Cynulliad diwethaf - rwy'n credu y dylem ni osgoi sefyllfa yn codi eto lle mae disgwyl i'r Cynulliad nesaf weithredu ar benderfyniadau gwleidyddol y Cynulliad blaenorol. Nid fel yna mae democratiaeth yn gweithio, neu byddai dim pwynt cael etholiadau o gwbl. Rwy'n credu bod argymhellion y pwyllgor yn synhwyrol iawn. Buaswn yn ategu'r alwad am dryloywder. Mae hefyd y cwestiwn ynglŷn â sail dystiolaethol polisïau. Mae hynny'n rhan, rwy'n credu, o graffu, ac mae'n mynd â ni i gyfeiriad cyllidebau rhagleniadol - neu 'programme budgeting' - lle rydych chi yn gweld mwy o fanylder na jest y dyraniadau cyffredinol. Rydych yn gweld wedyn, reit lawr i lefel y rhaglenni a'r projectau unigol, lle mae'r adnoddau yn mynd a beth yw nod y gwariant hynny, achos ar ddiwedd y dydd, wrth gwrs, dyna le mae'r ffocws yn mynd. Felly, byddai symud mwy i'r cyfeiriad hynny, rwy'n credu, yn y dyfodol yn ein helpu ni i gyd fel Aelodau Cynulliad i graffu ar benderfyniadau cyllidol y Llywodraeth. Byddwn hefyd yn croesawu yr un tryloywder ynglŷn â chronfeydd wrth gefn. Roedd rhyw drafodaeth ar hynny yn y pwyllgor hefyd - y rhesymeg tu ôl i'r penderfyniadau ynglŷn â chronfeydd wrth gefn; mae hynny yr un mor bwysig â'r penderfyniadau ar wariant yn ogystal. Hoffwn godi un peth bach olaf gyda'r Ysgrifennydd cyllid. Rwy'n deall mai cynnig ac nid datganiad oedd hwn, ond bu cryn dipyn o drafodaeth gan y Cynulliad diwethaf am wendidau'r mecanwaith cyfnewid cyllidebau, yn bennaf fod y dyddiad cau ar gyfer datgan tanwariant i'r Trysorlys ac i benderfynu os bydd angen trosglwyddo unrhyw symiau o un flwyddyn i'r llall yn cwympo mor gynnar yn y flwyddyn ariannol. Mae'n bwysig bod gan Lywodraeth Cymru hyblygrwydd yn hyn o beth, felly hoffwn wybod a ydy Llywodraeth Cymru wedi trafod gyda'r Trysorlys y posibilrwydd o symud y dyddiad cau yma i gyfnod yn hwyrach yn y flwyddyn ariannol.