English: I welcome this debate and airing of the proposal, so hopefully the correct information will be known, going forward, about what is being proposed and what stage it is at. There have been some attention-grabbing headlines in the press, and it's being used as a political football. One being shared is that the Welsh Government were proposing that tourists would have to pay £15 a night to stay in Wales. Another, that my mother, who lives just across the border, fearfully shared with me, said that Cheshire residents may have to pay to visit Wales in a new tax plan, as though there's going to be a toll on the border as you enter Wales. So, I had to reassure her as well. When going out to consult, people need to have the correct information. I've tried to reassure people that there will be a public consultation in the autumn, no fee has been set, and it will be up to individual local authorities to raise a tourism levy if they choose to do so. If there is to be a levy, it should be a reasonable amount. Many countries charge a tourist levy of €2, not £15 a night. It would raise much-needed revenue for local authorities to enable councils and national parks to manage and invest in services and infrastructure that make tourism a success, such as keeping beaches and pavements clean, through to maintaining local parks, toilets and footpaths - the critical infrastructure that supports tourism. It should be supported by all those that rely on it. If the Conservative UK Government had not driven cuts to public services, which had resulted in closure or offloading of public toilets, play areas, libraries and other facilities during austerity, stretched street cleansing services -
Welsh: Rwy'n croesawu'r ddadl hon a'r cyfle i wyntyllu'r cynnig, felly gobeithio y bydd y wybodaeth gywir yn hysbys, wrth symud ymlaen, am yr hyn sy'n cael ei gynnig a pha gam y mae arno. Mae rhai penawdau wedi bachu sylw yn y wasg, ac mae'n cael ei ddefnyddio fel pêl droed wleidyddol. Un pennawd sy'n cael ei rannu yw bod Llywodraeth Cymru yn cynnig y byddai'n rhaid i dwristiaid dalu £15 y noson i aros yng Nghymru. Roedd un arall, y rhannodd fy mam, sy'n byw dros y ffin, yn bryderus â mi, yn dweud y gallai fod yn rhaid i drigolion swydd Gaer dalu i ymweld â Chymru mewn cynllun treth newydd, fel pe bai toll ar y ffin wrth i chi ddod i mewn i Gymru. Felly, roedd yn rhaid i mi dawelu ei meddwl hithau hefyd. Wrth fynd i ymgynghoriad, mae angen i bobl gael yr wybodaeth gywir. Rwyf wedi ceisio sicrhau pobl y bydd ymgynghoriad cyhoeddus yn yr hydref, nad oes ffi wedi'i phennu, a mater i awdurdodau lleol unigol fydd codi ardoll dwristiaeth os ydynt yn dewis gwneud hynny. Os bydd ardoll, dylai fod yn swm rhesymol. Mae llawer o wledydd yn codi ardoll dwristiaeth o €2, nid £15 y noson. Byddai'n codi refeniw mawr ei angen i awdurdodau lleol i alluogi cynghorau a pharciau cenedlaethol i reoli a buddsoddi mewn gwasanaethau a seilwaith sy'n gwneud twristiaeth yn llwyddiant, megis cadw traethau a phalmentydd yn lân, cynnal parciau, toiledau a llwybrau cerdded lleol - y seilwaith hanfodol sy'n cynnal twristiaeth. Dylai gael ei gefnogi gan bawb sy'n dibynnu arno. Pe na bai Llywodraeth Geidwadol y DU wedi gwneud toriadau i wasanaethau cyhoeddus, a arweiniodd at gau neu drosglwyddo gofal am doiledau cyhoeddus, mannau chwarae, llyfrgelloedd a chyfleusterau eraill yn ystod cyni, gwasanaethau glanhau strydoedd dan bwysau -