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English: Thank you, Minister, and also thank you for acknowledging the pressure that local authorities are likely to be in in the next financial year with the indicative settlements that they are likely to receive. As we know, local government settlements do provide around 70 per cent of a local authority's spend in their area, which, of course, delivers those vital services that councils and councillors want to provide for their local communities. We also know councils are still feeling the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in terms of their lost income and extra expenditure, and, of course, they continue to receive further responsibilities, which I will continue to support. But, it is clear that next financial year is going to be very difficult for local authorities and I would expect that there's going to be a detrimental effect on some of the services they have to provide. So, to be able to balance the books, I wonder what you expect our councils to do less of to ensure that those essential services and that support does continue.
Welsh: Diolch, Weinidog, a diolch hefyd am gydnabod y pwysau y mae awdurdodau lleol yn debygol o'i wynebu yn y flwyddyn ariannol nesaf gyda'r setliadau dangosol y maent yn debygol o'u cael. Fel y gwyddom, mae setliadau llywodraeth leol yn darparu oddeutu 70 y cant o wariant awdurdod lleol yn eu hardal, sydd, wrth gwrs, yn darparu'r gwasanaethau hanfodol y mae cynghorau a chynghorwyr am eu darparu ar gyfer eu cymunedau lleol. Gwyddom hefyd fod cynghorau'n dal i deimlo effeithiau pandemig COVID-19 o ran yr incwm y maent wedi'i golli a gwariant ychwanegol, ac wrth gwrs, maent yn parhau i gael cyfrifoldebau pellach, sy'n rhywbeth y byddaf yn parhau i'w gefnogi. Ond mae'n amlwg y bydd y flwyddyn ariannol nesaf yn anodd iawn i awdurdodau lleol a byddwn yn disgwyl y bydd hynny'n cael effaith andwyol ar rai o'r gwasanaethau y mae'n rhaid iddynt eu darparu. Felly, er mwyn gallu mantoli'r cyfrifon, tybed beth ydych chi'n disgwyl i'n cynghorau wneud llai ohono er mwyn sicrhau bod y gwasanaethau hanfodol hynny a'r cymorth hwnnw'n parhau.
English: I would absolutely recognise that local government did experience real difficulties during the pandemic, both in terms of lost income and those opportunities lost in terms of making up income, and, of course, the additional pressures that they had on a range of services, which is why I think it's been well recognised that Welsh Government worked very carefully to provide support in terms of lost income and other support for local government at that point. But, as Sam Rowlands says, years two and three of the spending review are much more difficult because of the way in which the increase was very much frontloaded, and it does mean that local government will have to make difficult decisions, just as we will in Welsh Government, where our budget over the three-year spending review will be worth £600 million less than we understood it to be at the time of the spending review, as a result of inflation. So, local government will be facing difficult decisions just as we are in terms of what we're able to deliver and how quickly we're able to deliver it. How local government decides to deal with those pressures, I think, is a matter for each of them individually. But, obviously, we would look to support them and engage closely with them as they take those difficult decisions.
Welsh: Byddwn yn llwyr gydnabod bod llywodraeth leol wedi wynebu anawsterau gwirioneddol yn ystod y pandemig, o ran colli incwm a'r cyfleoedd a gollwyd i gynhyrchu incwm, ac wrth gwrs, y pwysau ychwanegol a fu ar ystod o'u gwasanaethau, a dyna pam y credaf fod cymaint wedi cydnabod bod Llywodraeth Cymru wedi gweithio'n ofalus iawn i ddarparu cymorth mewn perthynas ag incwm a gollwyd a chymorth arall i lywodraeth leol bryd hynny. Ond fel y dywed Sam Rowlands, mae blynyddoedd dau a thri o'r adolygiad o wariant yn llawer anoddach oherwydd y ffordd y darparwyd y cynnydd ar gychwyn y setliad i raddau helaeth, ac mae'n golygu y bydd yn rhaid i lywodraeth leol wneud penderfyniadau anodd, yn union fel bydd yn rhaid i ni eu gwneud yn Llywodraeth Cymru, lle bydd ein cyllideb dros yr adolygiad o wariant tair blynedd yn werth £600 miliwn yn llai na'r hyn y deallem y byddai pan gyhoeddwyd yr adolygiad o wariant, o ganlyniad i chwyddiant. Felly, bydd llywodraeth leol yn wynebu penderfyniadau anodd yn union fel y byddwn ninnau ynghylch yr hyn y gallwn ei gyflawni a pha mor gyflym y gallwn ei gyflawni. Credaf fod y ffordd y mae llywodraeth leol yn penderfynu mynd i'r afael â'r pwysau'n fater i bob un ohonynt yn unigol. Ond yn amlwg, byddem yn ceisio'u cefnogi ac ymgysylltu'n agos â hwy wrth iddynt wneud y penderfyniadau anodd hynny.
English: I was looking with interest at you. [ Laughter.] I'm always interested in the subject of the funding formula for local government.
Welsh: Roeddwn yn edrych arnoch gyda diddordeb. [ Chwerthin.] Mae gennyf ddiddordeb bob amser yn y fformiwla gyllido llywodraeth leol.
English: I thought I might have been going on too long.
Welsh: Roeddwn yn meddwl efallai fy mod wedi bod yn siarad yn rhy hir.
English: I need to work on my poker face, obviously. [ Laughter.]
Welsh: Mae angen imi weithio ar fy wyneb chwarae pocer, yn amlwg. [ Chwerthin.]
English: Diolch, Llywydd. The legislative consent memorandum for the UK Infrastructure Bank Bill is due to come before this Senedd quite soon. Now, the legislation states that the bank's activities will, and I quote, provide 'financial assistance to projects wholly or mainly relating to infrastructure' and provide 'loans to relevant public authorities for such projects'. It goes on to explain that its work is being supported by a new national infrastructure strategy that has three central objectives, namely economic recovery, levelling up and unlocking the union's potential. To what extent do you think that those three objectives reflect the investment objectives and priorities of the Welsh Government? And what are you doing to ensure that any investment that might come to Wales through the proposed investment bank actually complements this Senedd's broader objectives, as reflected in Welsh legislation around promoting sustainable development, equality, tackling the climate crisis and so on?
Welsh: Diolch, Lywydd. Bydd memorandwm cydsyniad deddfwriaethol ar gyfer Bil Banc Seilwaith y DU yn cael ei gyflwyno gerbron y Senedd hon cyn bo hir. Nawr, mae'r ddeddfwriaeth yn nodi y bydd gweithgareddau'r banc, ac rwy'n dyfynnu, yn darparu 'cymorth ariannol i brosiectau sy'n ymwneud yn gyfan gwbl neu'n bennaf â seilwaith' ac yn darparu 'benthyciadau i awdurdodau cyhoeddus perthnasol ar gyfer prosiectau o'r fath'. Mae'n mynd yn ei flaen i egluro bod ei waith yn cael ei gefnogi gan strategaeth seilwaith genedlaethol newydd a chanddi dri phrif amcan, sef adferiad economaidd, ffyniant bro a datgloi potensial yr undeb. I ba raddau y credwch fod y tri amcan hynny'n adlewyrchu amcanion a blaenoriaethau buddsoddi Llywodraeth Cymru? A beth a wnewch i sicrhau bod unrhyw fuddsoddiad a allai ddod i Gymru drwy'r banc buddsoddi arfaethedig yn ategu amcanion ehangach y Senedd hon, fel y cânt eu hadlewyrchu yn neddfwriaeth Cymru ar hyrwyddo datblygu cynaliadwy, cydraddoldeb, mynd i'r afael â'r argyfwng hinsawdd ac yn y blaen?
English: This is a really important issue, and, of course, the UK Infrastructure Bank is supposed to be the successor to the European Investment Bank, but I think that, if you look at the sums available to it to invest, it really just pales compared to what we would have been able to access through the EIB. So, I would encourage the UK Government to reflect on the amount of support that's available to it. But the point made in terms of our Welsh Government approach to this is really important, because I'm not in a position yet to take a view on whether or not I would be able to recommend to this Senedd agreeing to the legislative consent memorandum. I think that there is certainly something to commend the bank for, absolutely - their focus, I think, on decarbonisation investment would be positive and something that we would support, and something that is in line with our own concerns here in Wales. But, in order to be able to recommend consent, I think I would have to know from the UK Government, and have that clear agreement through amendments to the Bill, that we would have a say in the governance of that bank, and also in the setting of the bank's remit. So, those are two conditions I think that are really important in being able to recommend consent.
Welsh: Mae hwn yn fater pwysig iawn, ac wrth gwrs, mae Banc Seilwaith y DU i fod yn olynydd i Fanc Buddsoddi Ewrop, ond yn fy marn i, os edrychwch ar y symiau sydd ar gael iddo eu buddsoddi, maent yn fach iawn o gymharu â'r hyn y byddem wedi gallu cael mynediad ato drwy Fanc Buddsoddi Ewrop. Felly, hoffwn annog Llywodraeth y DU i ystyried faint o gymorth sydd ar gael iddo. Ond mae'r pwynt a wnaed ar ddull gweithredu Llywodraeth Cymru mewn perthynas â hyn yn wirioneddol bwysig, gan nad wyf mewn sefyllfa eto i roi fy marn ar p'un a fyddwn yn gallu argymell y dylai'r Senedd hon gydsynio â'r memorandwm cydsyniad deddfwriaethol ai peidio. Yn sicr, credaf fod lle i ganmol y banc, yn sicr - credaf y byddai eu ffocws ar fuddsoddi mewn datgarboneiddio yn gadarnhaol ac yn rhywbeth y byddem yn ei gefnogi, ac yn rhywbeth sy'n cyd-fynd â'n hamcanion ein hunain yma yng Nghymru. Ond er mwyn gallu argymell cydsyniad, credaf y byddai'n rhaid imi gael gwybod gan Lywodraeth y DU, a chael y cytundeb clir hwnnw drwy welliannau i'r Bil, y byddai gennym lais yn y broses o lywodraethu'r banc hwnnw, yn ogystal â'r broses o bennu cylch gwaith y banc. Felly, credaf fod y rheini'n ddau amod gwirioneddol bwysig cyn gallu argymell cydsyniad.
English: But my understanding is that none of those conditions are in place at the moment, and, if truth to be told, there's a real risk here that this Westminster Bill is just another example of the UK Government straying into devolved matters intentionally, riding roughshod over decisions made here, undermining devolution and the integrity of the Senedd and the Welsh Government in an effort to impose their Conservative agenda on Wales - coming hot on the heels, of course, of the revelation on Monday that Westminster is to effectively rescind the Trade Union (Wales) Act 2017 that was passed here to protect workers' rights just a few years ago. The days of subtly taking back powers to Westminster have now clearly been overtaken by a blatant and outright attack on devolution, on our Parliament and on democracy here in Wales. So, given that the First Minister, in response to Plaid Cymru leader Adam Price yesterday, said that he would resist - his word, 'resist' - these actions by the UK Government, that he would seek to protect the legislative integrity of this Senedd, although he couldn't tell us exactly how he'd do that, by the way, similarly, can I ask what are you going to do as finance Minister to protect the integrity of the Welsh Government and of the Welsh Parliament in a fiscal sense, when the UK Infrastructure Bank would actually be making decisions that proactively undermine policy and spending decisions set here in the Senedd?
Welsh: Ond fy nealltwriaeth i yw nad oes yr un o'r amodau hynny yn eu lle ar hyn o bryd, ac a dweud y gwir, mae perygl gwirioneddol fod y Bil hwn yn San Steffan yn enghraifft arall o Lywodraeth y DU yn ymyrryd â materion datganoledig yn fwriadol, gan anwybyddu penderfyniadau a wneir yma, a chan danseilio datganoli ac uniondeb y Senedd a Llywodraeth Cymru mewn ymdrech i orfodi eu hagenda Geidwadol ar Gymru - yn syth ar ôl i'r newyddion ddod i'r amlwg ddydd Llun fod San Steffan, i bob pwrpas, yn bwriadu diddymu Deddf yr Undebau Llafur (Cymru) 2017, a gyflwynwyd yma ychydig flynyddoedd yn ôl i ddiogelu hawliau gweithwyr. Mae'n amlwg fod dyddiau cipio pwerau yn ôl i San Steffan yn dawel bach bellach wedi troi i fod yn ymosodiad clir ac amlwg ar ddatganoli, ar ein Senedd ac ar ddemocratiaeth yma yng Nghymru. Felly, o ystyried bod y Prif Weinidog, mewn ymateb i arweinydd Plaid Cymru, Adam Price, ddoe wedi dweud y byddai'n gwrthsefyll - ei air ef, 'resist' - y camau hyn gan Lywodraeth y DU, y byddai'n ceisio amddiffyn uniondeb deddfwriaethol y Senedd hon, er na allai ddweud wrthym sut yn union y byddai'n gwneud hynny, gyda llaw, yn yr un modd, a gaf fi ofyn beth a wnewch chi fel Gweinidog cyllid i amddiffyn uniondeb Llywodraeth Cymru a Senedd Cymru mewn ystyr gyllidol, pan fyddai Banc Seilwaith y DU yn gwneud penderfyniadau a fyddai'n mynd ati'n rhagweithiol i danseilio penderfyniadau polisi a gwariant a wneir yma yn y Senedd?
English: Well, I think that your question sets out why it is so important that we have these amendments to the UK Government's Bill, both in terms of the governance of the bank - so, at the moment, it's only UK Treasury Ministers who are allowed to nominate people to those positions on the board; obviously, we would see a role for devolved Governments in this space, and I made that case clearly to the Chief Secretary to the Treasury when I met with him a couple of weeks ago - and then also setting the remit of the bank is really important as well. It will be operating in devolved spaces in terms of economic development and supporting our Welsh businesses, so we would want that investment to be done in a way that complements and works with the grain of what Welsh Government is seeking to achieve. I did have the opportunity to meet with the chair of the UKIB, and I was able to set out what our priorities are to the chair of the bank. But I think that it has to come down to amendments to the Bill, and, if those amendments are made, then I could recommend consent to the Senedd, but we have yet to get to that point. So, obviously, I'll be keen to keep colleagues updated on this.
Welsh: Wel, credaf fod eich cwestiwn yn nodi pam ei bod mor bwysig ein bod yn cael y gwelliannau hyn i Fil Llywodraeth y DU, o ran llywodraethu'r banc - felly, ar hyn o bryd, dim ond Gweinidogion Trysorlys y DU sy'n cael enwebu pobl i'r bwrdd; yn amlwg, rydym o'r farn y dylai fod rôl gan Lywodraethau datganoledig yn hynny o beth, a dywedais hynny'n glir wrth Brif Ysgrifennydd y Trysorlys pan gyfarfûm ag ef ychydig wythnosau yn ôl - ac yna, mae pennu cylch gwaith y banc yn bwysig iawn hefyd. Bydd yn gweithredu mewn meysydd datganoledig o ran datblygu economaidd a chefnogi ein busnesau yng Nghymru, felly byddem yn awyddus i'r buddsoddiad hwnnw gael ei wneud mewn ffordd sy'n ategu ac yn gweithio yn unol â'r hyn y mae Llywodraeth Cymru yn ceisio'i gyflawni. Cefais gyfle i gyfarfod â chadeirydd Banc Seilwaith y DU, a dywedais wrth gadeirydd y banc beth yw ein blaenoriaethau. Ond credaf fod yn rhaid i hyn gynnwys gwelliannau i'r Bil, ac os caiff y gwelliannau hynny eu gwneud, gallwn argymell cydsyniad i'r Senedd, ond nid ydym wedi cyrraedd y pwynt hwnnw eto. Felly, yn amlwg, byddaf yn parhau i roi'r wybodaeth ddiweddaraf am hyn i fy nghyd-Aelodau.
English: Our changes, which form part of our three-pronged approach, will help strike the right balance between capacity within the self-catering tourism sector, and the economic benefits that brings, and supporting viable communities of local residents to live and work in these areas.
Welsh: Bydd ein newidiadau, sy'n rhan o'n dull tair rhan, yn helpu i sicrhau'r cydbwysedd cywir rhwng capasiti o fewn y sector twristiaeth hunanddarpar, a'r buddion economaidd a ddaw yn sgil hynny, a chefnogi cymunedau hyfyw o drigolion lleol i fyw a gweithio yn yr ardaloedd hyn.
English: Thank you, Minister. This is really good to hear, because I'm sure you would agree that tourism is vitally important to the Welsh economy, but, of course, with the rapid rise in self-catering units, there is a risk that some towns and villages will cater more to visitors than to residents. This is something that's been raised with me by concerned residents in Llangollen on numerous occasions, where parts of the town - as many as one in five properties - are now advertised as Airbnb self-catering units. Would you agree that we have to ensure that towns and villages across Wales are alive and active 12 months of the year, and can you guarantee that the measures that you have outlined will lead to a careful balance between our interests in driving the visitor economy and the need to ensure that towns and villages are living towns and villages?
Welsh: Diolch, Weinidog. Mae'n dda iawn clywed hyn, gan y byddech yn cytuno, rwy'n siŵr, fod twristiaeth yn hanfodol bwysig i economi Cymru, ond wrth gwrs, gyda'r cynnydd sydyn mewn unedau hunanddarpar, mae perygl y bydd rhai trefi a phentrefi yn darparu mwy ar gyfer ymwelwyr nag ar gyfer preswylwyr. Mae hyn yn rhywbeth sydd wedi'i godi gyda mi gan drigolion pryderus yn Llangollen ar sawl achlysur, lle mae rhannau o'r dref - cymaint ag un eiddo o bob pump - bellach yn cael eu hysbysebu fel unedau hunanddarpar ar Airbnb. A fyddech yn cytuno bod rhaid inni sicrhau bod trefi a phentrefi ledled Cymru yn fyw ac yn weithredol 12 mis y flwyddyn, ac a wnewch chi warantu y bydd y mesurau a amlinellwyd gennych yn arwain at gydbwysedd gofalus rhwng ein buddiannau wrth hybu'r economi ymwelwyr a'r angen i sicrhau bod trefi a phentrefi yn drefi a phentrefi byw?
English: Absolutely. This strand of our policy, in terms of addressing the impact that large numbers of second homes and holiday lets can have on some communities in Wales, is about doing exactly that which Ken Skates has described, and that's creating sustainable communities where people can live year round and where, in winter, you don't go into those villages and find that lights are off in the majority of those properties. We know that in Newport, Pembrokeshire, for example, or in Abersoch, 40 per cent of properties there are second homes and holiday lets, and that's just not a balanced community. So, we absolutely recognise the importance of tourism, but I think that we also need to recognise that sustainable communities are important, and giving those opportunities to people to live in the communities within which they grew up and where they have that attachment, and where they want to work and make a life for themselves. I think that it's also worth us reflecting that, where second home owners operate on a very occasional basis, or on a casual basis, within the self-catering sector, then they are actually entering into direct competition with those genuine self-catering businesses. So, that again is an indication that the system as it stands is not in balance, and we are taking, as I say, a number of steps to address this.
Welsh: Yn hollol. Mae'r agwedd hon ar ein polisi, a mynd i'r afael â'r effaith y gall niferoedd mawr o ail gartrefi a llety gwyliau ei chael ar rai cymunedau yng Nghymru, yn ymwneud â gwneud yr union beth y mae Ken Skates wedi'i ddisgrifio, sef creu cymunedau cynaliadwy lle y gall pobl fyw drwy'r flwyddyn a lle nad ydych, yn y gaeaf, yn mynd i'r pentrefi hynny ac yn gweld bod y goleuadau wedi'u diffodd yn y rhan fwyaf o'r eiddo. Gwyddom fod 40 y cant o'r eiddo yn Nhrefdraeth, sir Benfro, er enghraifft, neu yn Abersoch, yn ail gartrefi a llety gwyliau, ac nid yw cymunedau felly yn gymunedau gytbwys. Felly, rydym yn llwyr gydnabod pwysigrwydd twristiaeth, ond credaf fod angen inni gydnabod hefyd fod cymunedau cynaliadwy yn bwysig, a rhoi cyfleoedd i bobl fyw yn y cymunedau y cawsant eu magu ynddynt a'r lleoedd y maent wedi ffurfio cysylltiad â hwy, a lle maent yn dymuno gweithio a chreu bywyd iddynt eu hunain. Credaf ei bod hefyd yn werth inni ystyried, lle mae perchnogion ail gartrefi'n gweithredu'n achlysurol iawn, neu o bryd i'w gilydd, o fewn y sector hunanddarpar, eu bod yn cystadlu'n uniongyrchol â busnesau hunanddarpar go iawn. Felly, mae hynny unwaith eto'n arwydd nad yw'r system fel y mae yn gytbwys, ac fel y dywedais, rydym yn rhoi nifer o gamau ar waith i fynd i'r afael â hyn.
English: Minister, you will be aware that my Welsh Conservative colleagues and I have raised on many occasions our opposition to these changes. One of the reasons why is because of the unintended consequences that might come out as a result of it. I've since been in contact with a number of businesses who have raised serious concerns about some of those unintended consequences of the change. So, can I just ask a couple of questions? So, for example, how will these days actually be calculated? What happens if businesses - and, unfortunately, this does happen - receive last-minute cancellations? Does that still count towards the quota of 182 days? Also, another concern, as it stands, is that refuse collection payments are payable if the business is on business rates, but what happens if this business is forced back onto council tax? Are they then still liable to pay for refuse collections, or will they see a reimbursement of some of that cost? Finally, I'd be interested to know of what, if any, impact assessment on the number of projected self-catering properties available in Wales once this change fully takes effect, and if you could share those findings with the Senedd, so that we could have a greater understanding of the impact of those changes.
Welsh: Weinidog, fe fyddwch yn ymwybodol fod fy nghyd-Aelodau yn y Ceidwadwyr Cymreig a minnau wedi mynegi ein gwrthwynebiad i'r newidiadau hyn ar sawl achlysur. Un o'r rhesymau dros hynny yw'r canlyniadau anfwriadol a allai godi yn sgil y newidiadau. Rwyf wedi bod mewn cysylltiad ers hynny â nifer o fusnesau sydd wedi codi pryderon difrifol am rai o ganlyniadau anfwriadol y newid. Felly, a gaf fi ofyn ychydig o gwestiynau? Felly, er enghraifft, sut yn union y bydd y dyddiau hyn yn cael eu cyfrifo? Beth fydd yn digwydd - ac yn anffodus, mae hyn yn digwydd - os bydd rhywun yn canslo eu gwyliau ar y funud olaf? A yw hynny'n dal i gyfrif tuag at y cwota o 182 diwrnod? Hefyd, pryder arall, fel y saif pethau, yw bod taliadau casglu sbwriel yn daladwy os yw'r busnes yn talu ardrethi busnes, ond beth sy'n digwydd os bydd y busnes hwn yn cael ei orfodi i newid yn ôl i dalu'r dreth gyngor? A oes rhaid iddynt dalu am gasgliadau sbwriel, neu a fydd rhywfaint o'r gost honno'n cael ei had-dalu? Yn olaf, hoffwn wybod pa asesiad effaith, os o gwbl, a wnaed ar nifer yr eiddo hunanddarpar y rhagwelir y bydd ar gael yng Nghymru ar ôl i'r newid hwn ddod i rym yn llawn, ac os gallwch rannu'r canfyddiadau hynny â'r Senedd, er mwyn inni gael gwell dealltwriaeth o effaith y newidiadau hynny.