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English: Keep on listening, Chair. Now then, in terms of public procurement, for instance, we have seen large parts of the health service in England fall into private hands already. The public procurement process there has enabled companies such as Virgin Care to run the NHS in several areas, such as Surrey, Kent, Staffordshire and Lancashire. Huge swathes of NHS services are run by Virgin Care, all in the private sector. Virgin has 400 separate NHS contracts in England, worth over £1 billion, and if UK Government decided on a similar course of action with our frozen public procurement powers here, this Assembly would be powerless to resist. Imagine: obstetrics and maternity services - [ Interruption.] Just imagine - [ Interruption.] No. I'm getting to it. Imagine: obstetrics and maternity services in Swansea could be outsourced to Virgin Care in future. That's what public procurement means, obviously - and doubtless called 'Virgin Birth' as a result. Our woodlands could similarly fall prey to Sir Richard Branson as well. What price for 'Virgin Forest'? Welsh Government has conceded any leverage, conceded devolved powers, and it is gambling on an inter-governmental agreement based on trust and shared governance that has no basis in legality. [ Interruption. ] Lee Waters.
Welsh: Daliwch ati i wrando, Cadeirydd. Nawr, o ran caffael cyhoeddus, er enghraifft, rydym ni wedi gweld rhannau helaeth o'r gwasanaeth iechyd yn Lloegr eisoes yn trosglwyddo i ddwylo preifat. Mae'r broses caffael cyhoeddus wedi galluogi cwmnïau megis Virgin Care i redeg y GIG mewn sawl ardal, megis Surrey, Caint, swydd Stafford a swydd Gaerhirfryn. Caiff nifer sylweddol o wasanaethau'r GIG eu rhedeg gan Virgin Care, pob un yn y sector preifat. Mae gan Virgin Care 400 o gontractau GIG unigol yn Lloegr, sy'n werth dros £1 biliwn, a phe byddai Llywodraeth y DU yn penderfynu gweithredu mewn modd tebyg gyda'n pwerau caffael cyhoeddus sydd wedi eu caethiwo, byddai'r Cynulliad hwn yn ddi-rym i wrthsefyll. Dychmygwch: gwasanaethau mamolaeth ac obstetreg - [ Torri ar draws.] Dychmygwch - [ Torri ar draws.] Na. Rwy'n dod at y pwynt. Dychmygwch: gallai obstetreg a gwasanaethau mamolaeth yn Abertawe gael eu rhoi yn allanol i Virgin Care yn y dyfodol. Dyna beth yw ystyr caffael cyhoeddus, yn amlwg - a diau y cai ei alw yn 'Virgin Birth' o ganlyniad. Gallai ein coetiroedd yn yr un modd fynd yn ysglyfaeth i Syr Richard Branson hefyd. Pa bris ar gyfer 'Virgin Forest'? Mae Llywodraeth Cymru wedi ildio dylanwad, wedi ildio pwerau datganoledig, ac mae'n hapchwarae gyda chytundeb rhynglywodraethol sy'n seiliedig ar ymddiriedaeth a chyd-lywodraethu nad oes unrhyw sail gyfreithiol iddo. [ Torri ar draws.] Lee Waters.
English: Just on the point of gambling, had we not reached an agreement, this would have been decided by judges. It's entirely possible that judges would have constrained and constricted the devolution settlement. So, in terms of gambling, would you rather put our powers in the hands of judges, or reach an agreement here where the powers will come to us?
Welsh: Dim ond ynglŷn â'r sylw am hapchwarae, pe na baem ni wedi dod i gytundeb, byddai hynny wedi ei benderfynu gan farnwyr. Mae'n gwbl bosib y byddai barnwyr wedi cyfyngu a chwtogi ar y setliad datganoli. Felly, o ran hapchwarae, a fyddai'n well gennych chi roi ein pwerau yn nwylo barnwyr, neu ddod i gytundeb yn y lle hwn lle caiff y pwerau eu trosglwyddo inni?
English: You know what, Lee? Standing up for Wales means responding to a threat like that and saying, 'Bring it on', because I'm standing up for Wales, all right? [ Interruption. ] Wales's frozen powers are frozen by law. This trust in a UK Tory Government is a political convention. It's not a law at all. We have Labour AM after Labour AM in recent weeks laying into the UK Tory Government about how they cannot be trusted on women's pensions, on welfare reform, on reorganising Department for Work and Pensions offices, now, yet, all of a sudden, the UK Government can be trusted with powers that we have always had here, and now no longer will have.
Welsh: Wyddoch chi beth, Lee? Mae sefyll dros Gymru yn golygu ymateb i fygythiad fel hwnnw a dweud, 'Triwch hi', oherwydd rwy'n sefyll cornel Cymru, iawn? [ Torri ar draws.] Mae pwerau caeth Cymru wedi'u caethiwo gan y gyfraith. Mae'r ffydd hwn mewn Llywodraeth Dorïaidd Brydeinig yn gonfensiwn gwleidyddol. Nid cyfraith mohono o gwbl. Rydym ni wedi gweld un Aelod Cynulliad Llafur ar ôl y llall yn yr wythnosau diwethaf yn ymosod ar Lywodraeth Dorïaidd y DU ynghylch sut na ellir ymddiried ynddynt o ran pensiynau i fenywod, diwygio lles, ad-drefnu swyddfeydd yr Adran Gwaith a Phensiynau, bellach, eto, yn sydyn ddigon, gellir ymddiried y pwerau a fu gennym ni yma erioed, ac na fydd gennym ni mwyach, i Lywodraeth y DU.
English: Go on, then. In for a penny, in for a pound. [ Laughter.]
Welsh: Ffwrdd â chi, felly. Waeth inni wyntyllu hyn ddim. [ Chwerthin.]
English: Is it not the case that, as well as the inter-governmental agreement, we have, as far as the Sewel convention is concerned, an extension to regulation-making powers and a requirement that the House of Lords must approve them too?
Welsh: Onid yw'n wir, yn ogystal â'r cytundeb rhynglywodraethol, bod gennym ni, o ran confensiwn Sewel, ymestyniad i'r pwerau gwneud rheoliadau a gofyniad bod yn rhaid i Dŷ'r Arglwyddi eu cymeradwyo hefyd?
English: I wish I could share your confidence, Mark; I really do. But the inter-governmental agreement is a political convention not in statute, as is the Sewel convention. It's a political convention that is not enshrined in law. Our devolved powers that we've had are enshrined in statute, and we're about to lose them, frozen for eight years - seven plus one. So, that is enshrined in law. Others are conventions. So, we've lost powers, we have lost leverage. Now, Scotland can see that. Scottish Labour can see that. Even Jeremy Corbyn can see that. Why can't you? Vote against legislative consent.
Welsh: Hoffwn pe gallwn i rannu eich hyder, Mark; hoffwn yn wir. Ond mae'r cytundeb rhynglywodraethol yn gonfensiwn gwleidyddol nid mewn statud, fel y mae confensiwn Sewel. Mae'n gonfensiwn gwleidyddol nad yw wedi'i ymgorffori mewn cyfraith. Mae ein pwerau datganoledig a gawsom ni wedi'u hymgorffori mewn statud, ac rydym ni ar fin eu colli, gweld eu caethiwo am wyth mlynedd - saith ac un. Felly, mae hynny wedi ei ymgorffori yn y gyfraith. Mae eraill yn gonfensiynau. Felly, rydym ni wedi colli pwerau, rydym ni wedi colli grym. Nawr, gall yr Alban weld hynny. Gall Llafur yn yr Alban weld hynny. Gall hyd yn oed Jeremy Corbyn weld hynny. Pam na allwch chi? Pleidleisiwch yn erbyn cydsyniad deddfwriaethol.
English: I don't know if it's true or if it's an Assembly myth, Llywydd, but I'm told that if you stand on that piece of glass in the middle of the Assembly Chamber, it will crack and let you fall into the fault that lies below. I don't know if that is true or not, but the debate here - [ Interruption.] I'm not going to try it, don't worry. You can try it, though, Alun. It would be a good place for you to go. Go on, have a go. [ Laughter.] But the debate here today has definitely shown a fault between those parties here who believe in the indelible rightness of parliamentary sovereignty at a UK level, and those of us who have spent our political lives questioning the ability of the British constitution to deliver for the people of Wales. When the Cabinet Secretary first introduced his statement on this agreement, I challenged him at the time, and I said I thought he had a touching faith, I think I put it, in the UK constitution. Over the last couple of weeks I think that touching faith has been revealed, but I think all the weaknesses have been revealed as well.
Welsh: Wn i ddim a yw hi'n wir neu ai un o chwedlau'r Cynulliad yw hi, Llywydd, ond dywedir wrthyf os ydych chi'n sefyll ar y darn hwnnw o wydr yng nghanol Siambr y Cynulliad, bydd yn torri a byddwch yn disgyn i'r hollt islaw. Wn i ddim a yw hynny'n wir ai peidio, ond mae'r ddadl yma - [ Torri ar draws.] Nid wyf yn mynd i roi cynnig arni, peidiwch â phoeni. Gallwch chi geisio, er hynny, Alun. Byddai'n lle da i chi fynd. Ewch, rhowch gynnig arni. [ Chwerthin.] Ond mae'r ddadl yma heddiw yn bendant wedi dangos hollt rhwng y pleidiau hynny yma sy'n credu ym mhriodoldeb annileadwy sofraniaeth seneddol y DU, a'r rhai ohonom ni sydd wedi treulio ein bywydau gwleidyddol yn cwestiynu gallu'r cyfansoddiad Prydeinig i ddarparu ar gyfer pobl Cymru. Pan gyflwynodd Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet ei ddatganiad ar y cytundeb hwn am y tro cyntaf, heriais ef ar y pryd a dywedais fy mod yn credu fod ganddo ffydd ddiniwed, fel y dywedais, rwy'n credu, yng nghyfansoddiad y DU. Dros yr ychydig wythnosau diwethaf, rwy'n credu bod y ffydd ddiniwed honno wedi cael ei datgelu, ond rwy'n credu bod yr holl wendidau wedi cael eu datgelu hefyd.
English: Thank you. He said that the alternative was to go back to the unsatisfactory draft of the Bill before, but is it not the case that, actually, his Government has protected the Scottish people and their devolution settlement, and that it's his negotiation of what he's agreed for Wales that will now apply to Scotland, even though Nicola Sturgeon has not done the sensible thing that his Government has?
Welsh: Diolch. Dywedodd mai'r dewis arall oedd dychwelyd at ddrafft anfoddhaol y Bil blaenorol, ond onid yw hi'n wir, mewn gwirionedd, bod ei Lywodraeth wedi diogelu pobl yr Alban a'u setliad datganoli, ac mai ei negodi ef o'r hyn y mae wedi cytuno arno ar gyfer Cymru a fydd yn berthnasol bellach i'r Alban, er nad yw Nicola Sturgeon wedi gwneud y peth synhwyrol y mae ei Lywodraeth ef wedi ei wneud?
English: Llywydd, I am very glad that everything that we have negotiated will, indeed, apply to the Scottish Government, just as we agreed with the Scottish Government that had it been possible to agree on any further advances in the agreement they would have applied to all three nations as well. I say nothing against the Scottish Government and the efforts that it put into reaching the point that we have been able to reach today. As well as the new ground that we have broken in relation to devolution, the agreement begins the essential process of reforming the way in which business is conducted between the constituent nations of the United Kingdom. That is why the amended Bill, and the inter-governmental agreement that goes with it, does both things we set out to do. It safeguards devolution and it safeguards the future of a successful United Kingdom, and that's why, emphatically, I ask Members to support it this afternoon.
Welsh: Llywydd, rwy'n falch iawn y bydd popeth yr ydym ni wedi ei negodi, yn wir, yn berthnasol i Lywodraeth yr Alban, fel y gwnaethom ni gytuno gyda Llywodraeth yr Alban, pe byddai hi wedi bod yn bosibl cytuno ar unrhyw ddatblygiadau pellach yn y cytundeb, yna bydden nhw wedi bod yn berthnasol i bob un o'r tair gwlad yn ogystal. Nid wyf yn dweud dim yn erbyn Llywodraeth yr Alban a'r ymdrechion a wnaeth i gyrraedd y sefyllfa yr ydym ni wedi gallu ei chyrraedd heddiw. Yn ogystal â'r tir newydd yr ydym ni wedi ei dorri o ran datganoli, mae'r cytundeb yn dechrau'r broses hanfodol o ddiwygio'r ffordd y caiff busnes ei gynnal rhwng cenhedloedd cyfansoddol y Deyrnas Unedig. Dyna pam mae'r Bil diwygiedig, a'r cytundeb rhynglywodraethol sy'n gysylltiedig â hynny, yn gwneud y ddau beth yr oeddem ni'n bwriadu ei wneud. Mae'n diogelu datganoli ac mae'n diogelu dyfodol Teyrnas Unedig lwyddiannus, a dyna pam, yn bendant, fy mod i'n gofyn i Aelodau ei gefnogi y prynhawn yma.
English: The proposal is to agree the motion. Does any Member object? [ Objection.] I will defer voting until voting time.
Welsh: Y cwestiwn yw: a ddylid derbyn y cynnig? A oes unrhyw wrthwynebiad? [ Gwrthwynebiad.] Gohiriaf y bleidlais, felly, tan y cyfnod pleidleisio.
English: Can you wind up, please? You're in danger of going longer than the Minister took to put the statement out.
Welsh: A allwch chi ddirwyn i ben, os gwelwch yn dda? Rydych chi mewn perygl o fynd ymlaen yn hwy na'r amser a gymerodd y Gweinidog i gyflwyno'r datganiad.
English: Well, I will conclude similarly and in the same context, with the section in the same report that says, 'In Wales, access to treatment is particularly poor. There is currently no gender identity service in Wales and patients have to travel to London for care. They face long journeys, extended waiting times and difficulties in bringing supportive family or friends to accompany them. The Welsh Government has announced the creation of a Welsh Gender Team to treat patients from March 2018.' Can you update us on where we've got to?
Welsh: Wel, fe wnaf orffen yn yr un modd ac yn yr un cyd-destun, gyda'r adran yn yr un adroddiad sy'n dweud, Yng Nghymru, mae'r gallu i gael gafael ar driniaeth yn arbennig o wael. Ar hyn o bryd nid oes unrhyw wasanaeth hunaniaeth o ran rhyw yng Nghymru ac mae cleifion yn gorfod teithio i Lundain ar gyfer gofal. Maen nhw'n wynebu teithiau hir, amseroedd aros hir ac anawsterau o ran mynd ag aelodau o'r teulu neu ffrindiau cefnogol gyda nhw. Mae Llywodraeth Cymru wedi cyhoeddi creu Tîm Rhywedd Cymru i drin cleifion o fis Mawrth 2018. A allwch chi roi'r wybodaeth ddiweddaraf inni ar ble yr ydym ni wedi cyrraedd?
English: It's a pleasure for me to respond to this statement about the international day that's happening on Thursday. A week Thursday, next week, it's 30 years since the passing of section 28 in the Local Government Act 1988 at the time. A protest against section 28 was the first gay march ever in Cardiff, if not in Wales, and I was on that march and it was a part of my extended process, the first step of coming out. Now, 30 years on, I'm here, responding as a proud, open, gay man to the Government of my country, celebrating the gay community. So, to me, that period of time does represent the progress that has been made and I'm very grateful to the leader of the house for that. But, despite the progress, as the leader of the house did recognise, there is work still to be done. I was looking at the figures on LGBT pupils in Welsh schools, and slightly less than 60 per cent of them don't have any education about issues to do with their sexuality. So, there is work to be done there. Could I ask three questions specifically, in terms of what the Welsh Government can do to help? In terms of procurement, with the procurement rules and also the economic agreement in terms of grants that are given to companies, are we - ?
Welsh: Mae'n bleser gen i i ymateb i'r datganiad yma ynglŷn â'r diwrnod rhyngwladol sydd yn digwydd ddydd Iau. Wythnos i ddydd Iau, wythnos nesaf, mae'n 30 mlynedd ers pasio adran 28 yn Neddf Llywodraeth Leol 1998 bryd hynny. Protest yn erbyn adran 28 yng Nghaerdydd oedd yr orymdaith hoyw gyntaf erioed yng Nghaerdydd, os nad yng Nghymru, ac roeddwn i arni hi, ac roedd hi'n rhan o broses estynedig i fi - y cam cyntaf tuag at ddod mas. Nawr, 30 mlynedd yn ddiweddarach, rydw i yma yn ymateb fel dyn hoyw balch ac agored i Lywodraeth fy ngwlad i yn dathlu'r gymuned hoyw. Felly, mae hynny i fi - y bwa yna - yn cynrychioli faint o gynnydd sydd wedi bod, ac rydw i'n ddiolchgar iawn i arweinydd y tŷ am hynny. Ond, wrth gwrs, er gwaethaf y cynnydd, fel oedd arweinydd y tŷ yn cydnabod, mae yna waith eto i'w wneud, onid oes e? Roeddwn i'n edrych ar y ffigyrau ynglŷn â disgyblion lesbiaidd, hoyw, deurywiol a thraws yn ysgolion Cymru, ac nid yw ychydig yn llai na 60 y cant ohonyn nhw ddim yn cael unrhyw addysg ynglŷn â materion yn ymwneud â'u rhywioldeb nhw. Felly, mae yna waith i'w wneud yn fanna. A gaf i ofyn tri chwestiwn yn benodol ynglŷn â beth all Llywodraeth Cymru ei wneud i helpu? O ran caffael, gyda'r rheolau caffael a hefyd y cytundeb economaidd o ran grantiau sy'n cael eu rhoi i gwmnïau, a ydym ni yn - ?
English: Thank you, leader of the house.
Welsh: Diolch i chi, arweinydd y tŷ.
English: The next item is the statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Finance on vacant land tax. I call on the Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Mark Drakeford.
Welsh: Yr eitem nesaf yw'r datganiad gan Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Gyllid ar dreth tir gwag. Galwaf ar Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Gyllid, Mark Drakeford.
English: Thank you very much, Deputy Presiding Officer. In February this year, I was able to inform Members of the Welsh Government's intention to test the new Wales Act 2014 mechanism to establish Welsh-specific taxes by seeking the devolution of powers for a Welsh tax on vacant land. This is an entirely new process, which neither the Assembly nor the UK Government has undertaken before. The first step was to agree the necessary process steps to securing the transfer of the relevant powers.
Welsh: Diolch yn fawr, Dirprwy Lywydd. Ym mis Chwefror eleni, roedd modd imi ddweud wrth yr Aelodau am fwriad Llywodraeth Cymru i brofi dull newydd o dan Ddeddf Cymru 2014 i sefydlu trethi Cymreig penodol drwy geisio datganoli pwerau ar gyfer treth Gymreig ar dir gwag. Proses gyfan gwbl newydd yw hon, ac nid ydy'r Cynulliad na Llywodraeth y Deyrnas Unedig wedi rhoi cynnig arni o'r blaen. Y cam cyntaf oedd cytuno ar y camau angenrheidiol yn y broses i sicrhau bod y pwerau perthnasol yn cael eu trosglwyddo.
English: Deputy Presiding Officer, the advisory group on taxation is already helping to inform our thinking, and we have begun to engage with Wales's planning authorities, house builders and a number of business associations. I intend to establish a particular group, made up of those with a close interest in this area, to advise on policy development. In this way, as we begin the process of securing the powers, we will continue to work closely with stakeholders to help to inform future decisions on whether to proceed with a vacant land tax. Deputy Presiding Officer, it remains the early stages of this untested process of devolution in Wales, one that we haven't tried before. I hope that I have been able to set out the progress made to date and the plans for further development over the coming months. I will, of course, continue to keep Members informed as we move through this new process. Thank you.
Welsh: Dirprwy Lywydd, mae'r grŵp cynghori ar drethi eisoes yn helpu i lywio ein syniadau, ac rydym ni wedi dechrau siarad ag awdurdodau cynllunio Cymru, adeiladwyr tai a nifer o gymdeithasau busnes. Rydw i'n bwriadu sefydlu grŵp penodol, o blith y rhai sydd â diddordeb agos yn y maes hwn, i gynghori a datblygu polisi. Fel hyn, wrth inni fynd ati i sicrhau pwerau, byddwn ni'n parhau i weithio yn agos â rhanddeiliaid i helpu llywio penderfyniadau'r dyfodol ynghylch a ddylem ni fwrw ymlaen â threth ar dir gwag. Dirprwy Lywydd, mae'n dal yn ddyddiau cynnar yn y broses newydd hon ar gyfer datganoli yng Nghymru - proses nad ydym ni wedi rhoi cynnig arni o'r blaen. Gobeithio fy mod wedi llwyddo i nodi'r cynnydd sydd wedi'i wneud hyd yn hyn a'r cynlluniau ar gyfer datblygu pellach dros y misoedd nesaf. Fe fyddaf i, wrth gwrs, yn parhau i roi gwybod i'r Aelodau wrth inni symud drwy'r broses newydd hon. Diolch.
English: Thank you. Simon Thomas.
Welsh: Diolch ichi. Simon Thomas.
English: There are sites in Wales that cannot yet be brought to market. They wouldn't be saleable in the state they're currently in, so the stalled sites fund is intended to help those who have possession of those sites to be able to do the necessary work that would allow them to be turned into profitable use. So, they are a couple of steps behind where a vacant land tax would come into things because, as I said in my statement, it is not the purpose of the vacant land tax to penalise anybody who is making every effort to bring a site that has the necessary permissions into profitable use. The stalled sites fund is for sites that are not yet in that condition, and we hope to create a sort of chain that will bring them to the market and to profitable use in due course. I agree, again, with what Simon Thomas said about when the Assembly comes to consider a vacant land tax and we have the consultation results and so on: it will be important to put that in the wider context. And that's where the work that my colleague the Minister for Housing and Regeneration has embarked upon in an independent review of affordable housing, and how we do more in that area in future, comes in. That will help us to create that wider context in which this particular tool and the contribution that it can make can be properly assessed.
Welsh: Ceir safleoedd yng Nghymru na ellir eu dwyn i'r farchnad eto. Ni fyddai'n bosibl eu gwerthu yn y cyflwr y maen nhw ynddo ar hyn o bryd. Felly bwriad y gronfa safleoedd sydd ar stop yw helpu'r rhai sydd yn berchen ar y safleoedd hynny i fod â'r gallu i wneud y gwaith angenrheidiol a fyddai'n eu galluogi i'w cael eu troi at ddefnydd buddiol. Felly, maen nhw rhyw gam neu ddau y tu ôl i lle y byddai treth ar dir gwag yn sefyll oherwydd, fel y dywedais yn fy natganiad, nid diben y dreth tir gwag yw cosbi unrhyw un sydd yn gwneud pob ymdrech i ddod â safle sydd â chaniatâd angenrheidiol i ennill elw o'i defnyddio. Mae'r gronfa safleoedd sydd ar stop ar gyfer safleoedd nad ydynt yn y cyflwr hwnnw eto, ac rydym yn gobeithio creu rhyw fath o gadwyn a fydd yn dod â nhw i'r farchnad a'u defnyddio er elw maes o law. Rwy'n cytuno, unwaith eto, gyda'r hyn a ddywedodd Simon Thomas ynglŷn â phan ddaw'r Cynulliad i ystyried treth ar dir gwag a bod gennym ni ganlyniadau'r ymgynghoriad ac ati: bydd yn bwysig i roi hynny yn y cyd-destun ehangach. Ac mae gwaith wedi'i gychwyn gan fy nghyd-Aelod y Gweinidog Tai ac Adfywio gydag adolygiad annibynnol o dai fforddiadwy, a sut y byddwn yn gwneud mwy yn y maes hwnnw yn y dyfodol. Bydd hynny'n ein helpu i greu'r cyd-destun ehangach hwnnw lle gellir asesu'n briodol yr hyn y gall yr arf penodol hwn a'i gyfraniad ei wneud.