English: Someone wrote to me this week: 'Nothing is getting better; everything is getting worse day by day. Even some of the handouts that I have received are just not making any difference. What will change for me and what promises can you make?' Well, it's extremely difficult, because, even looking at this budget, the questions that we are being asked are not going to be solved or addressed. There are some things, of course, that will be beneficial, but, overall, our hands are still tied. And I do hope that, whilst we are emphasising the problems because of the UK Government's prioritisations - and the wrong priorities, I would say, in terms of the UK Government - I hope those representations are being made now to the shadow Labour UK Government, because, obviously, they, if they are successful in the next general election, will be that UK Government, and we would need to see that being re-addressed here in Wales, so that we are able to take account here and be properly funded for some of the things that we are not at the moment. All those lies - and they were lies - during the Brexit campaign of how much funding would come to Wales - well, where is that money now, because certainly our communities are not benefiting from those promises that were made? I would like to echo just some of the comments in terms of teachers' pay. Crucially, we know that teachers' pay is a contentious issue and that they are still not happy and are balloting at present. Well, there is money in the budget in terms of retention, with the recruit, recover and raise standards programme, which is of course welcome. But we know that we are losing teachers in the first five years in the profession. We know, and have been told consistently, that pay is a real issue, so how is this budget going to address that? I also welcome the announcement around public transport. Is this going to be specifically for young people? We've seen that a barrier to getting to schools or extracurricular activities has been the cost of transport, so will some of this be allocated specifically to support our young people? I am looking forward to looking in greater detail at the budget, but from glancing at those that have been released now, I see, in terms of culture and sport specifically, that there are some cuts to those budgets. I just wondered - . In terms of looking specifically there, that's quite a small proportion of the budget but makes a huge difference in terms of what those organisations are able to do. And following on from the theme of my colleague Rhun ap Iorwerth in terms of prevention, many of the sports and cultural facilities do have that well-being. So, tackling obesity, for instance, it's really crucial in terms of participation. For mental health, a number of other programmes - we've seen the waiting list for CAMHS and so on - but the benefit of some of the sports and cultural activities are equally felt. And I do worry to see those cuts, especially when we know, looking at the Arts Council of Wales's budget as well, we've been told consistently, as a culture committee, of that increase of costs in terms of maintaining the services that are currently there. So, I would just like to see how have the decisions been measured against the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 and the well-being goals, all of those, because it's still very much, in my mind, a budget that is in silos rather than one that actually brings the future generations Act to life in terms of thinking, cross-Government, what impact certain cuts would then have on consequences, for instance, for health. The other key thing to emphasise is obviously to welcome the free school meals roll-out and the continuation of that as part of our co-operation agreement. I mentioned that the budget is a sad one in many ways, because we are talking about helping people just be able to have their basic needs met - to be able to have a warm meal at least once a day; to be able to have a warm home. So, I think the fact that so much money has to be allocated with the discretionary assistance fund - yes, it's welcome, but, again, it's a very tragic reflection of our society. It shows that difficult decisions will be required, but, in terms of the money that is there, I do hope that we will be able to work together, so that it's not just responding to urgent need, but also investing in the future and prevention, because I believe that a more equal and fairer Wales is possible. I think this budget does have some element of that, but there is so much more that we need to be doing together and not just blame Westminster; there are decisions that can be taken here in Wales that need to be taken.
Welsh: Ysgrifennodd rhywun ata i yr wythnos hon: 'Does dim byd yn gwella; mae popeth yn gwaethygu o ddydd i ddydd. Nid yw hyd yn oed rhai o'r cyfraniadau a gefais yn gwneud unrhyw wahaniaeth. Beth fydd yn newid i mi a pha addewidion allwch chi eu gwneud?' Wel, mae'n anodd dros ben, oherwydd, hyd yn oed o edrych ar y gyllideb hon, nid yw'r cwestiynau a ofynnir yn mynd i gael eu datrys nac yn mynd i gael sylw. Mae rhai pethau, wrth gwrs, a fydd o fantais, ond, ar y cyfan, mae ein dwylo ni yn dal wedi'u clymu. Ac rwyf yn gobeithio, er ein bod ni'n pwysleisio'r problemau oherwydd blaenoriaethu Llywodraeth y DU - a'r blaenoriaethau anghywir, byddwn i'n dweud, o ran Llywodraeth y DU - rwy'n gobeithio y gwneir y sylwadau hynny nawr i Lywodraeth wrthblaid Lafur y DU, oherwydd, yn amlwg, nhw, os ydyn nhw'n llwyddiannus yn yr etholiad cyffredinol nesaf, fydd Llywodraeth y DU, a byddai angen i ni weld hynny'n cael sylw eto yma yng Nghymru, fel ein bod yn gallu ystyried yma a chael ein hariannu'n iawn am rai o'r pethau nad ydym ni ar hyn o bryd. Mae'r holl gelwyddau hynny - ac roedden nhw'n gelwyddau - yn ystod ymgyrch Brexit ynghylch faint o gyllid fyddai'n dod i Gymru - wel, ble mae'r arian hwnnw nawr, oherwydd yn sicr nid yw ein cymunedau'n elwa o'r addewidion hynny a wnaed? Hoffwn adleisio dim ond rhai o'r sylwadau o ran tâl athrawon. Yn allweddol, rydym ni'n gwybod bod cyflog athrawon yn fater dadleuol a'u bod yn dal ddim yn hapus ac yn cynnal pleidlais ar hyn o bryd. Wel, mae arian yn y gyllideb o ran cadw, gyda'r rhaglen recriwtio, adfer a chodi safonau, sydd i'w groesawu wrth gwrs. Ond rydym ni'n gwybod ein bod ni'n colli athrawon yn y pum mlynedd gyntaf yn y proffesiwn. Rydym ni'n gwybod, ac wedi cael gwybod yn gyson, bod cyflog yn fater gwirioneddol, felly sut fydd y gyllideb hon yn mynd i'r afael â hynny? Rydw i hefyd yn croesawu'r cyhoeddiad am drafnidiaeth gyhoeddus. Ydy hyn yn mynd i fod yn benodol i bobl ifanc? Rydym ni wedi gweld fod cost trafnidiaeth yn rhwystr i gyrraedd ysgolion neu weithgareddau allgyrsiol, felly a gaiff peth o hyn ei ddyrannu'n benodol i gefnogi ein pobl ifanc? Rwy'n edrych ymlaen at graffu'n fanylach ar y gyllideb, ond o edrych ar y rhifau sydd wedi'u rhyddhau nawr, gwelaf, o ran diwylliant a chwaraeon yn benodol, bod yna rai toriadau i'r cyllidebau hynny. Dim ond pendroni oeddwn i - . O ran edrych yn benodol yn y fan yna, mae hynny'n gyfran eithaf bach o'r gyllideb ond yn gwneud gwahaniaeth enfawr o ran yr hyn mae'r sefydliadau hynny'n gallu ei wneud. Ac yn dilyn thema fy nghyd-Aelod Rhun ap Iorwerth o ran atal, mae gan lawer o'r cyfleusterau chwaraeon a diwylliannol ar agwedd les honno. Felly, mae mynd i'r afael â gordewdra, er enghraifft, yn hanfodol iawn o ran cymryd rhan. O ran iechyd meddwl, mae nifer o raglenni eraill - rydym ni wedi gweld y rhestr aros am CAMHS ac yn y blaen - ond mae budd rhai o'r gweithgareddau chwaraeon a diwylliannol yr un mor fawr. Ac rwyf yn poeni o weld y toriadau hynny, yn enwedig pan fyddwn yn gwybod, wrth edrych ar gyllideb Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru hefyd, rydym ni wedi cael gwybod yn gyson, fel pwyllgor diwylliant, o'r cynnydd costau hwnnw o ran cynnal y gwasanaethau sydd yna ar hyn o bryd. Felly, fe hoffwn i weld sut mae'r penderfyniadau wedi'u mesur yn erbyn Deddf Llesiant Cenedlaethau'r Dyfodol (Cymru) 2015 a'r nodau llesiant, rheini i gyd, oherwydd mae hi'n dal i raddau helaeth iawn, yn fy meddwl i, yn gyllideb sydd mewn adrannau yn hytrach nag un sydd mewn gwirionedd yn dod â Deddf cenedlaethau'r dyfodol yn fyw o ran meddwl, yn draws-Lywodraethol, beth fyddai effaith rhai toriadau wedyn ar ganlyniadau, er enghraifft, iechyd. Y peth allweddol arall i bwysleisio yn amlwg yw croesawu'r cyflwyno prydau ysgol am ddim a pharhau â hynny fel rhan o'n cytundeb cydweithio. Soniais fod y gyllideb yn un trist mewn sawl ffordd, oherwydd rydym ni'n siarad am helpu pobl dim ond i allu diwallu eu hanghenion sylfaenol - i allu cael pryd cynnes o leiaf unwaith y dydd; gallu cael cartref cynnes. Felly, rwy'n credu bod yn rhaid dyrannu cymaint o arian gyda'r gronfa cymorth dewisol - ie, mae croeso iddo, ond, unwaith eto, mae'n adlewyrchiad trasig iawn o'n cymdeithas. Mae'n dangos y bydd angen penderfyniadau anodd, ond, o ran yr arian sydd yno, rwyf yn gobeithio y byddwn ni'n gallu cydweithio, fel nad ymateb i'r angen brys yn unig y bydd, ond hefyd yn buddsoddi yn y dyfodol ac atal, oherwydd rwy'n credu bod Cymru fwy cyfartal a thecach yn bosib. Rwy'n credu bod gan y gyllideb hon ryw elfen o hynny, ond mae cymaint mwy y mae angen i ni fod yn ei wneud gyda'n gilydd ac nid dim ond beio San Steffan; mae yna benderfyniadau y gellir eu gwneud yma yng Nghymru sydd angen eu gwneud.