English: No, precisely, and the question wasn't about directing local authorities; it's simply acknowledging that they have the discretion for them to exercise. So, thank you for confirming that. In a question to you last month, I stated that although the Welsh Government initially allocated £6.3 million for the hospice emergency fund, this was less generous than equivalent funds in all other UK nations and fell significantly short of the total allocated to the Welsh Government in consequential funding from the UK Government support for hospices in England. However, our hospices and palliative community care sector has continued to provide vital care and essential services throughout the pandemic. Hospices in Wales were facing a combined shortfall of £4.2 million by this month, but after I led the debate on palliative and end-of-life care here last month, the Welsh Government only announced £3 million extra to support them. Further, there was no indication in your draft budget for 2021-22 of continued support for hospices to maintain their essential services, despite their estimated combined shortfall of £6.1 million during 2021-22. In response to a Labour MP last month, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury stated that the £249 million new UK Government funding for hospices generated £47 million in consequentials for the devolved administrations, including £15 million for the Welsh Government. Why, therefore, have you not allocated and even topped up the missing £5.7 million for hospices in Wales, both to respond to their urgent funding needs and to enable them to deliver more, thereby generating greater cost reductions for NHS Wales?
Welsh: Na, yn hollol, ac nid oedd y cwestiwn yn ymwneud â chyfarwyddo awdurdodau lleol; dim ond cydnabod bod y disgresiwn ganddynt i'w arfer. Felly, diolch am gadarnhau hynny. Nodais mewn cwestiwn i chi y mis diwethaf, er i Lywodraeth Cymru ddyrannu £6.3 miliwn yn wreiddiol i gronfa argyfwng yr hosbisau, fod hyn yn llai hael na chronfeydd cyfatebol ym mhob un o wledydd eraill y DU ac yn sylweddol is na'r cyfanswm a ddyrannwyd i Lywodraeth Cymru mewn cyllid canlyniadol o gymorth Llywodraeth y DU i hosbisau yn Lloegr. Fodd bynnag, mae ein hosbisau a'n sector gofal lliniarol cymunedol wedi parhau i ddarparu gofal a gwasanaethau hanfodol drwy gydol y pandemig. Roedd hosbisau yng Nghymru yn wynebu diffyg cyfunol o £4.2 miliwn erbyn y mis hwn, ond ar ôl imi arwain y ddadl ar ofal lliniarol a gofal diwedd oes yma fis diwethaf, dim ond £3 miliwn yn ychwanegol y mae Llywodraeth Cymru wedi'i ddarparu i'w cefnogi. Yn ychwanegol at hynny, nid oedd unrhyw arwydd yn eich cyllideb ddrafft ar gyfer 2021-22 o gymorth parhaus i hosbisau allu cynnal eu gwasanaethau hanfodol, er gwaethaf eu diffyg cyfunol amcangyfrifedig o £6.1 miliwn yn ystod 2021-22. Mewn ymateb i AS Llafur y mis diwethaf, nododd Prif Ysgrifennydd y Trysorlys fod y gwerth £249 miliwn o gyllid newydd gan Lywodraeth y DU ar gyfer hosbisau wedi cynhyrchu £47 miliwn mewn cyllid canlyniadol ar gyfer y gweinyddiaethau datganoledig, gan gynnwys £15 miliwn i Lywodraeth Cymru. Pam, felly, nad ydych wedi dyrannu neu hyd yn oed wedi ychwanegu at y £5.7 miliwn coll ar gyfer hosbisau yng Nghymru, i ymateb i'w hanghenion cyllido brys a'u galluogi i gyflawni mwy, a chynhyrchu gostyngiadau mwy drwy hynny yn y costau i GIG Cymru?