English: But the crisis has also, of course, brought to the forefront the importance of our relationship as a union of the United Kingdom, and the pace of the announcements from the UK Government, the financial support, the business support - all of those measures demonstrate the importance that has been placed on dealing with the impact of this crisis in all parts of the UK. We saw a UK Government that, frankly, acted at incredible speed in order to put programmes in place, taking difficult decisions in terms of restricting people's freedoms, whilst at the same time trying to make sure that the impact on businesses, the impact on employers, the impact on people's pay packets was as small as possible. And I have to take my hat off to Rishi Sunak, the Chancellor of the Exchequer. What an amazing guy that we've got in the Treasury at the moment, making sure that Wales has the firepower to be able to deal with the problems ahead and to weather this storm - not just the storm that's already been, but the big storm that, of course, is brewing across Wales and the whole of the UK at the moment. Now, of course, we have seen different approaches in different parts of the UK as a result of devolution, and that's absolutely fine as far as the devolution settlement is concerned. But there have been things that UK Government has done across the UK as a whole that I think have been very beneficial. Let's just remind ourselves of some of these things. We've had help for employers with their wages as a result of the coronavirus job retention scheme. We've seen help for businesses to stay afloat with VAT cuts. We've seen tax deferrals, support for the self-employed, bounce-back loans. We've seen important support for the hospitality sector through the Eat Out to Help Out scheme, and, of course, we've seen this new economic plan for the winter that provides even further support for our businesses and for the public sector as well. So, without the UK as a whole being able to step up to the plate, I think Wales would have really struggled to meet the challenges that we are currently facing. And what's the Welsh Government been doing? Well, it was commendable that it established an economic resilience fund. I think that that was absolutely the right thing to do. We must remember, of course, that Wales gets proportionately, for each consequential, an extra 20p on every pound, so it's got the ability to be able to do that, and I'm pleased that it did it. But it had its drawbacks. There were criteria set with the economic resilience fund that meant that some people have lost out, and I think that when you've got extra firepower in your back pocket, as the Welsh Government has, it's important that you use that firepower and target it at those gaps that Helen Mary Jones and others have spoken about. The threshold, for example, of £50,000 turnover before you can apply is an unacceptably high threshold, particularly for those many smaller businesses that we've got in Wales, including many, frankly, in the Minister's own constituency. I'm surprised he's not listening to them and adapting the scheme to make sure that those businesses can apply. And I have to say, strongarming businesses to unionise their workforce in order to qualify for grants is completely and totally unacceptable. It's an insult to those businesses, many of whom are perfectly decent employers who are fair with their members of staff, encourage their workforce and have been supporting them through thick and thin during this crisis. To have a Minister who, instead of being preoccupied with saving the economy and saving those businesses and saving those jobs, is more preoccupied with bolstering the ranks of the unions, the biggest supporters of the Labour Party, is totally unacceptable. So, I hope that he will reflect and apologise for issuing a letter that suggested that those businesses should have to unionise. I hope that people will support our motion unamended today, because I think there's a great deal of merit in it.
Welsh: Ond mae'r argyfwng hefyd, wrth gwrs, wedi rhoi sylw blaenllaw i bwysigrwydd ein perthynas fel undeb y Deyrnas Unedig, ac mae cyflymder y cyhoeddiadau gan Lywodraeth y DU, y cymorth ariannol, y cymorth busnes - mae'r holl fesurau hynny'n dangos pwysigrwydd ymdrin ag effaith yr argyfwng hwn ym mhob rhan o'r DU. Gwelsom Lywodraeth y DU yn gweithredu ar gyflymder anhygoel a dweud y gwir i roi rhaglenni ar waith, gan wneud penderfyniadau anodd mewn perthynas â chyfyngu ar ryddid pobl, gan geisio sicrhau ar yr un pryd fod yr effaith ar fusnesau, yr effaith ar gyflogwyr, yr effaith ar becynnau cyflog pobl mor fach â phosibl. Ac mae'n rhaid i mi godi fy het i Rishi Sunak, Canghellor y Trysorlys. Am ddyn anhygoel sydd gennym yn y Trysorlys ar hyn o bryd, yn sicrhau bod gan Gymru bŵer i allu ymdrin â'r problemau sydd o'n blaenau a dod drwy'r storm hon - nid dim ond y storm sydd eisoes wedi bod, ond y storm fawr sy'n cyniwair ledled Cymru a'r DU gyfan ar hyn o bryd. Nawr, wrth gwrs, rydym wedi gweld gwahanol ddulliau o weithredu mewn gwahanol rannau o'r DU o ganlyniad i ddatganoli, ac mae hynny'n hollol iawn o ran y setliad datganoli. Ond mae pethau y mae Llywodraeth y DU wedi'u gwneud ledled y DU wedi bod yn fuddiol iawn yn fy marn i. Gadewch inni atgoffa ein hunain o rai o'r pethau hyn. Rydym wedi cael help i gyflogwyr gyda'u cyflogau o ganlyniad i'r cynllun cadw swyddi drwy gyfnod y coronafeirws. Rydym wedi gweld cymorth i fusnesau aros ar eu traed gyda thoriadau TAW. Rydym wedi gweld gohirio trethi, cymorth i'r hunangyflogedig, benthyciadau adfer. Rydym wedi gweld cymorth pwysig i'r sector lletygarwch drwy'r cynllun Bwyta Allan i Helpu Allan, ac wrth gwrs, rydym wedi gweld y cynllun economaidd newydd hwn ar gyfer y gaeaf sy'n rhoi cymorth pellach eto i'n busnesau ac i'r sector cyhoeddus hefyd. Felly, heb fod y DU gyfan wedi gallu camu i'r adwy, credaf y byddai Cymru wedi ei chael yn anodd iawn ymateb i'r heriau sy'n ein hwynebu ar hyn o bryd. A beth y mae Llywodraeth Cymru wedi bod yn ei wneud? Wel, roedd yn haeddu clod am sefydlu cronfa cadernid economaidd. Credaf mai dyna'r peth iawn i'w wneud. Rhaid inni gofio, wrth gwrs, fod Cymru'n cael 20c ychwanegol am bob punt, yn ôl cyfran, ar bob swm canlyniadol, felly mae ganddi'r gallu i wneud hynny, ac rwy'n falch ei bod wedi gwneud hynny. Ond roedd iddo ei anfanteision. Roedd meini prawf wedi'u gosod gyda'r gronfa cadernid economaidd a olygai fod rhai pobl ar eu colled, a phan fydd gennych bŵer ychwanegol yn eich poced ôl, fel sydd gan Lywodraeth Cymru, credaf ei bod hi'n bwysig eich bod yn defnyddio'r pŵer hwnnw ac yn ei dargedu ar y bylchau y soniodd Helen Mary Jones ac eraill amdanynt. Mae'r trothwy, er enghraifft, o drosiant o £50,000 cyn y gallwch wneud cais yn drothwy annerbyniol o uchel, yn enwedig i'r nifer fawr o fusnesau llai o faint sydd gennym yng Nghymru, gan gynnwys llawer, a dweud y gwir, yn etholaeth y Gweinidog ei hun. Rwy'n synnu nad yw'n gwrando arnynt ac yn addasu'r cynllun i sicrhau y gall y busnesau hynny wneud cais. Ac mae'n rhaid i mi ddweud bod gwasgu ar fusnesau i undeboli eu gweithlu er mwyn bod yn gymwys i gael grantiau yn gwbl annerbyniol. Mae'n sarhad ar y busnesau hynny, gyda llawer ohonynt yn gyflogwyr cwbl weddus sy'n trin eu staff yn deg, yn annog eu gweithlu ac wedi bod yn eu cefnogi drwy bob trybini yn ystod yr argyfwng hwn. Mae cael Gweinidog sy'n rhoi mwy o sylw i chwyddo rhengoedd yr undebau, cefnogwyr mwyaf y Blaid Lafur, yn hytrach nag achub yr economi ac achub y busnesau ac achub y swyddi yn gwbl annerbyniol. Felly, rwy'n gobeithio y bydd yn ailystyried ac yn ymddiheuro am ddosbarthu llythyr a oedd yn awgrymu y dylai'r busnesau hynny undeboli. Gobeithio y bydd pobl yn cefnogi ein cynnig heb ei ddiwygio heddiw, oherwydd rwy'n credu bod llawer iawn o werth ynddo.