English: Diolch, Llywydd. Thank you to Paul Davies for opening this debate, stating that the Welsh economy continues to lag behind other parts of the UK with the worst GVA - meaning the value of goods and services produced per head - since 1999. As he said, we've had so many debates about the need to do things differently, but the economy has lagged at the bottom of so many key indicators, because something is not working - the Labour Welsh Government. He said that membership of the UK has enabled Wales to weather the storm of the pandemic, and much more needs to be done to assist businesses and create conditions for growth, and make Wales an attractive place to do business, including and especially in our rural areas and the ports, which of course are dear to his heart. He talked about the need for green transport infrastructure and support for businesses to navigate those waters, and he said, as we bounce back from the pandemic, we have an opportunity to change our mindset and do things differently. Cefin Campbell, as you might expect before an election, talked about his party's primary purpose in existing, which is separatism - perhaps ignoring the historic reality that Welsh actually means British. He then pulled out a few points - . I'll quote an example: 6 per cent of rail track in Wales, only 1 per cent of budget. When we put that to the Office of Rail Regulation in committee a few years ago, they stated that Wales received 9.6 per cent of net Government funding for franchised train operators and Network Rail, and 6.4 per cent of total net Government funding for national rail routes. Natasha Asghar said she often feels like we hear words but we don't see any action, and she called on the Welsh Government to support Holyhead port. Thank you for supporting north Wales and the great work, of course, of Virginia Crosbie MP. Of course, our motion today is about the poor stewardship of the Welsh economy by successive Labour Welsh Governments. [ Interruption.] Well, I congratulate Carolyn Thomas on her audacity in deflecting Labour Welsh Government failure. It's to drag Wales from the bottom of the economic pile and liberate its great entrepreneurial spirit. Janet Finch-Saunders referred to the poor stewardship of the Welsh economy by Labour, having left Wales with the lowest level of disposable income in the UK. She referred to the commitment of the Prime Minister to Wylfa Newydd on Anglesey, where 23 years of Labour Welsh Government has left prosperity levels at the lowest in Wales, at just under half those levels in Cardiff. She said there's no excuse for Wales not to be striving, innovative part of the United Kingdom. Mabon ap Gwynfor: more nationalist mantra - understandable, but perhaps betraying the true history and legacy of our people, the historic Britons and its destiny to unite the lands of Britain. Read Y Mabinogion. As he said, however, people create wealth, and the people of Wales are not stupid; they are as able as anyone else to run a stable economy - absolutely right. He said, though, however, the Welsh economy is different to that of London. It is, but not to multiple regions in other parts of the UK. Sam Rowlands pointed out that Labour was failing north Wales, creating a north-south divide, with north Wales's economy lagging behind the rest of Wales, and giving the example of the lack of investment in the north Wales metro - just £50 million compared to £750 million in the south Wales metro. And he talked about the need to promote sports in north Wales and the importance of tourism to the Welsh economy, supporting 140,000 jobs, and he criticised again the anti-business stance, causing some businesses to struggle in Wales. Mike Hedges - you should be over here, Mike. I loved your speech; I'd agree with 90 per cent of it - the importance of access to investment and venture capital and of a culture of lifelong learning and efficient transport systems, encouraging companies to come to our towns and cities. How right you are. The Minister, Vaughan Gething: I agree with him when he said that he doesn't agree that independence is the answer. He then said unemployment in Wales is below the UK rate but failed to point out that the employment level in Wales is below England, Scotland and the United Kingdom. He detailed how Welsh Government had spent the money received from the UK Government, but then said he wanted more - always spending on not solving the problems affecting Wales, always then demanding more. Despite Labour Welsh Government having received billions of EU funding, supposed to close the prosperity gap both within Wales and between Wales and the rest of the UK, these gaps have instead become entrenched. However, although this funding was only ever intended to be temporary, Labour Welsh Government use it to subsidise rather than target the deep-rooted causes of economic underperformance and consequent social deprivation in large parts of Wales, misrepresenting this as a permanent source of funding, keeping the people down and dependent. Wales has 5 per cent of the UK population, but after 23 years of Labour Welsh Government still only produces 3.4 per cent of UK wealth. Wales has the lowest output per head and raises the least revenue per head amongst the UK nations -
Welsh: Diolch, Lywydd. Diolch i Paul Davies am agor y ddadl hon, gan ddweud bod economi Cymru'n parhau i fod ar ei hôl hi o'i chymharu â rhannau eraill o'r DU gyda'r gwerth ychwanegol gros gwaethaf - sy'n golygu gwerth nwyddau a gwasanaethau a gynhyrchir y pen - ers 1999. Fel y dywedodd, rydym wedi cael cynifer o ddadleuon am yr angen i wneud pethau'n wahanol, ond mae'r economi wedi llusgo ar waelod cynifer o ddangosyddion allweddol oherwydd bod rhywbeth ddim yn gweithio - Llywodraeth Lafur Cymru. Dywedodd fod aelodaeth o'r DU wedi galluogi Cymru i oroesi storm y pandemig, ac mae angen gwneud llawer mwy i gynorthwyo busnesau a chreu amodau ar gyfer twf, a gwneud Cymru'n lle deniadol i wneud busnes, gan gynnwys. ac yn enwedig yn ein hardaloedd gwledig a'r porthladdoedd, sydd wrth gwrs yn agos at ei galon. Soniodd am yr angen am seilwaith trafnidiaeth gwyrdd a chymorth i fusnesau lywio'r dyfroedd hynny, a dywedodd, wrth inni ymadfer ar ôl y pandemig, fod gennym gyfle i newid ein meddylfryd a gwneud pethau'n wahanol. Soniodd Cefin Campbell, fel y gallech ddisgwyl cyn etholiad, am y prif reswm dros fodolaeth ei blaid, sef ymwahanu - gan anwybyddu'r realiti hanesyddol efallai fod Cymreig yn golygu Prydeinig mewn gwirionedd. Yna nododd rai pwyntiau - . Dyfynnaf enghraifft: 6 y cant o'r trac rheilffordd yng Nghymru, dim ond 1 y cant o'r gyllideb. Pan gyflwynasom hynny i Swyddfa Rheoleiddio'r Rheilffyrdd mewn pwyllgor ychydig flynyddoedd yn ôl, dywedasant fod Cymru wedi cael 9.6 y cant o gyllid net y Llywodraeth ar gyfer gweithredwyr trenau'r fasnachfraint a Network Rail, a 6.4 y cant o gyfanswm cyllid net y Llywodraeth ar gyfer llwybrau rheilffyrdd cenedlaethol. Dywedodd Natasha Asghar ei bod yn aml yn teimlo fel pe baem yn clywed geiriau ond nad ydym yn gweld unrhyw weithredu, a galwodd ar Lywodraeth Cymru i gefnogi porthladd Caergybi. Diolch ichi am gefnogi gogledd Cymru a gwaith gwych Virginia Crosbie AS, wrth gwrs. Wrth gwrs, mae ein cynnig heddiw'n ymwneud â stiwardiaeth wael ar economi Cymru gan Lywodraethau Llafur Cymru olynol. [ Torri ar draws.] Wel, rwy'n llongyfarch Carolyn Thomas ar ei hyfdra'n dargyfeirio'r bai am fethiant Llywodraeth Lafur Cymru. Mae'n llusgo Cymru o waelod y pentwr economaidd a rhyddhau ei hysbryd entrepreneuraidd mawr. Cyfeiriodd Janet Finch-Saunders at stiwardiaeth wael ar economi Cymru gan Lafur, a adawodd Gymru gyda'r lefel isaf o incwm gwario yn y DU. Cyfeiriodd at ymrwymiad y Prif Weinidog i Wylfa Newydd ar Ynys Môn, lle mae 23 mlynedd o Lywodraeth Lafur Cymru wedi gadael lefelau ffyniant ar eu hisaf yng Nghymru, ar ychydig o dan hanner y lefelau yng Nghaerdydd. Dywedodd nad oes esgus i Gymru beidio â bod yn rhan uchelgeisiol, arloesol o'r Deyrnas Unedig. Mabon ap Gwynfor: mwy o'r mantra cenedlaetholgar - dealladwy, ond efallai'n bradychu gwir hanes ac etifeddiaeth ein pobl, y Prydeinwyr hanesyddol a'u tynged i uno tiroedd Prydain. Darllenwch Y Mabinogi. Fel y dywedodd, fodd bynnag, pobl sy'n creu cyfoeth, ac nid yw pobl Cymru'n dwp; maent mor alluog ag unrhyw un arall i redeg economi sefydlog - sy'n gwbl gywir. Fodd bynnag, dywedodd fod economi Cymru yn wahanol i economi Llundain. Mae'n wir, ond nid yw'n wahanol i economi nifer o ranbarthau mewn rhannau eraill o'r DU. Tynnodd Sam Rowlands sylw at y ffaith bod Llafur yn methu yng ngogledd Cymru, gan greu rhaniad rhwng y gogledd a'r de, gydag economi'r gogledd ar ei hôl hi o'i chymharu â gweddill Cymru, ac fel enghraifft, soniodd am y diffyg buddsoddi ym metro gogledd Cymru - dim ond £50 miliwn o'i gymharu â £750 miliwn ym metro de Cymru. A soniodd am yr angen i hyrwyddo chwaraeon yn y gogledd a phwysigrwydd twristiaeth i economi Cymru, drwy gynnal 140,000 o swyddi, a beirniadodd eto y safbwynt gwrth-fusnes, sy'n achosi i rai busnesau ei chael hi'n anodd yng Nghymru. Mike Hedges - dylech fod draw yma, Mike. Roeddwn wrth fy modd gyda'ch araith; byddwn yn cytuno â 90 y cant ohoni - pwysigrwydd mynediad at fuddsoddiad a chyfalaf menter a diwylliant o ddysgu gydol oes a systemau trafnidiaeth effeithlon, annog cwmnïau i ddod i'n trefi a'n dinasoedd. Rydych chi'n llygad eich lle. Y Gweinidog, Vaughan Gething: rwy'n cytuno ag ef pan ddywedodd nad yw'n cytuno mai annibyniaeth yw'r ateb. Dywedodd wedyn fod diweithdra yng Nghymru yn is na chyfradd y DU ond methodd nodi bod lefel cyflogaeth yng Nghymru yn is na Lloegr, yr Alban a'r Deyrnas Unedig. Nododd sut yr oedd Llywodraeth Cymru wedi gwario'r arian a gafodd gan Lywodraeth y DU, ond yna dywedodd ei fod am gael mwy - gan wario bob amser ar beidio â datrys y problemau sy'n effeithio ar Gymru, a mynnu mwy drwy'r amser. Er bod Llywodraeth Lafur Cymru wedi cael biliynau o arian yr UE, a oedd i fod i gau'r bwlch ffyniant yng Nghymru a rhwng Cymru a gweddill y DU, mae'r bylchau hyn wedi dyfnhau. Fodd bynnag, er mai dros dro yn unig y bwriadwyd i'r cyllid hwn fodoli, mae Llywodraeth Lafur Cymru yn ei ddefnyddio i sybsideiddio yn hytrach na thargedu achosion dwfn tangyflawniad economaidd, ac amddifadedd cymdeithasol yn ei sgil, mewn rhannau helaeth o Gymru, gan ei chamddisgrifio fel ffynhonnell barhaol o gyllid, a chadw'r bobl i lawr ac yn ddibynnol. Mae gan Gymru 5 y cant o boblogaeth y DU, ond ar ôl 23 mlynedd o Lywodraeth Lafur yng Nghymru, dim ond 3.4 y cant o gyfoeth y DU y mae'n ei gynhyrchu o hyd. Cymru sydd â'r allbwn isaf y pen ac mae'n codi llai o refeniw y pen nag unrhyw wlad arall yn y DU -