English: Can I thank Laura Anne Jones for her questions? And, as I've already said, the applications that have come in were huge in volume. Many businesses, unfortunately, applied for support not because they were seeking support for a development, as such, that would secure jobs, that would enhance business prospects, but instead because they were seeking emergency cash. Now, that is not the purpose of this fund, and I don't think it's fair to compare the £150,000 maximum grant available for business development with the emergency support, which albeit was less, because the two funds, or the two parts of the fund, operate for different reasons. One part - the emergency cash part - is intended to support businesses through the firebreak; the other - the business development grants - is intended to support business development for the longer term, and that's vitally important. It's vitally important to distinguish between the purpose of those two parts of the fund. Now, in terms of next steps, I've already said to Members I'll be making an announcement in the very near future, once we have appraised the business development grant fund. I'm seeking further advice from officials regarding the next steps, but I think it's absolutely right and proper that we scrutinise those applications that have come in so far, that we learn from them, and that we tailor support for the purpose that it's designed. And the design of the ERF business development grant scheme was to ensure that businesses have a longer term future, that they don't just survive through the firebreak, but that they are able to thrive in the future. And I can point to a number of excellent applications that have come in that demonstrate how some businesses did approach it in the most responsible way with excellent applications, and those businesses that missed out, I'd say, 'Hold on to your documentation; there is £300 million that's going to be made available.' Laura Anne Jones asks about when we will be opening up a future fund. Well, quarter 1 of next year is when we intend to be able to support businesses. But we want to make sure that businesses are able to develop the best possible proposals to submit to Welsh Government. And one such proposal - I can't name the business, I'm afraid; it's located in Denbigh - that has been successful already through the development grant fund submitted an excellent application that dealt with the grounds of their property that would enable them to hold more weddings and we were able to support them with an offer of a grant at a 72 per cent intervention rate. I think it's important that I mention the intervention rate, because there is also, unfortunately, the belief that businesses are able to, on every single occasion, secure the maximum amount of grant, but instead we're looking at intervention rates associated with value for money for the taxpayer.
Welsh: A gaf fi ddiolch i Laura Anne Jones am ei chwestiynau? Ac fel y dywedais eisoes, daeth nifer enfawr o geisiadau i law. Yn anffodus, gwnaeth llawer o fusnesau gais am gymorth nid am eu bod yn ceisio cymorth ar gyfer datblygiad, fel y cyfryw, a fyddai'n sicrhau swyddi, a fyddai'n gwella rhagolygon busnes, ond yn hytrach am eu bod yn chwilio am arian brys. Nawr, nid dyna ddiben y gronfa hon, ac nid wyf yn credu ei bod yn deg cymharu'r uchafswm o £150,000 o grant sydd ar gael ar gyfer datblygu busnes â'r cymorth brys, er bod hwnnw'n llai, oherwydd mae'r ddwy gronfa, neu ddwy ran y gronfa, yn gweithredu am wahanol resymau. Nod un rhan - y rhan arian brys - yw cefnogi busnesau drwy'r cyfnod atal byr; nod y llall - y grantiau datblygu busnes - yw cefnogi datblygiad busnes ar gyfer y tymor hwy, ac mae hynny'n hanfodol bwysig. Mae'n hanfodol bwysig gwahaniaethu rhwng diben y ddwy ran o'r gronfa. Nawr, o ran y camau nesaf, rwyf eisoes wedi dweud wrth yr Aelodau y byddaf yn gwneud cyhoeddiad yn y dyfodol agos iawn, ar ôl i ni arfarnu cronfa'r grant datblygu busnes. Rwy'n ceisio cyngor pellach gan swyddogion ynglŷn â'r camau nesaf, ond rwy'n credu ei bod yn gwbl gywir a phriodol ein bod yn craffu ar y ceisiadau a ddaeth i mewn hyd yma, ein bod yn dysgu oddi wrthynt, a'n bod yn teilwra cymorth at y diben y'i cynlluniwyd ar ei gyfer. A nod cynllun grant datblygu busnes y gronfa cadernid economaidd yw sicrhau bod gan fusnesau ddyfodol mwy hirdymor, eu bod yn gallu ffynnu yn y dyfodol yn ogystal â goroesi'r cyfnod atal byr. A gallaf dynnu sylw at nifer o geisiadau rhagorol a ddaeth i law sy'n dangos sut y gwnaeth rhai busnesau fynd ati yn y ffordd fwyaf cyfrifol gyda cheisiadau rhagorol, a'r busnesau na chafodd arian, byddwn yn dweud 'Daliwch eich gafael ar eich dogfennau; mae £300 miliwn yn mynd i fod ar gael.' Mae Laura Anne Jones yn holi pryd y byddwn yn agor cronfa yn y dyfodol. Wel, bwriadwn allu cefnogi busnesau yn chwarter cyntaf y flwyddyn nesaf. Ond rydym am sicrhau bod busnesau'n gallu datblygu'r cynigion gorau posibl i'w cyflwyno i Lywodraeth Cymru. Ac mae un cynnig o'r fath - ni allaf enwi'r busnes, mae arnaf ofn; mae wedi'i leoli yn Ninbych - sydd wedi bod yn llwyddiannus eisoes drwy gronfa'r grant datblygu wedi cyflwyno cais rhagorol a oedd yn ymdrin â thir eu heiddo a fyddai'n eu galluogi i gynnal mwy o briodasau ac roeddem yn gallu eu cefnogi gyda chynnig grant ar gyfradd ymyrraeth o 72 y cant. Rwy'n credu ei bod yn bwysig fy mod yn sôn am y gyfradd ymyrraeth, oherwydd yn anffodus, ceir cred hefyd fod busnesau'n gallu sicrhau uchafswm y grant bob tro, ond yn lle hynny rydym yn edrych ar gyfraddau ymyrraeth sy'n gysylltiedig â gwerth am arian i'r trethdalwr.