English: As our motion proposes, this Welsh Parliament should regret 'the failure of the Welsh Government to provide adequate support for Welsh bus operators during the coronavirus pandemic' and call on the Welsh Government to 'urgently review and increase the support available to bus operators in Wales to enable them to increase the frequency and capacity of bus services for the people of Wales'. The number of bus and coach vehicles in Wales is down 10 per cent in five years, and almost 20 per cent over the last decade. Although a written statement by the Minister for economy and transport, Ken Skates, on 31 March detailed initial support of £69 million for bus and rail services, this is just the normal funding paid upfront, not new money. Three months later, there had still been no update on special funding for bus routes, in stark contrast to the UK Government, which, on 3 April, announced £397 million for English bus services to cope with the pandemic, including £167 million of new funding over 12 weeks, and to the Scottish Government, which announced £46.7 million additional expenditure on 19 June to support bus operators in increasing bus services over the next eight weeks. On 24 June, Arriva Buses Wales wrote to me about the significant impact of social distancing on bus capacity, adding that without additional financial support, akin to the COVID-19 bus service support grant in place across England, bus operators cannot operate the existing insufficient service levels across Wales on a financially sustainable basis, let alone increase service levels to 100 per cent of pre-crisis levels to provide essential capacity across the bus network.
Welsh: Fel y mae ein cynnig yn ei argymell, dylai'r Senedd Gymreig hon resynu at 'fethiant Llywodraeth Cymru i ddarparu cymorth digonol i weithredwyr bysiau yng Cymru yn ystod y pandemig coronafeirws' a galwn ar Lywodraeth Cymru i '[f]ynd ati ar frys i adolygu a chynyddu'r cymorth sydd ar gael i weithredwyr bysiau yng Nghymru, er mwyn eu galluogi i gynyddu amlder a chapasiti gwasanaethau bysiau i bobl Cymru'. Mae nifer y cerbydau bysiau a choetsys yng Nghymru wedi gostwng 10 y cant mewn pum mlynedd, a bron 20 y cant dros y degawd diwethaf. Er bod datganiad ysgrifenedig gan Ken Skates, Gweinidog yr economi a thrafnidiaeth, ar 31 Mawrth yn manylu ar gymorth cychwynnol o £69 miliwn ar gyfer gwasanaethau bysiau a rheilffyrdd, dim ond y cyllid arferol a delir ymlaen llaw yw hwn, nid arian newydd. Dri mis yn ddiweddarach, ni fu unrhyw wybodaeth newydd o hyd ar gyllid arbennig ar gyfer llwybrau bysiau, mewn gwrthgyferbyniad llwyr â Llywodraeth y DU, a gyhoeddodd, ar 3 Ebrill, £397 miliwn ar gyfer gwasanaethau bysiau Lloegr i ymdopi â'r pandemig, gan gynnwys £167 miliwn o arian newydd dros 12 wythnos, ac yn wahanol hefyd i Lywodraeth yr Alban, a gyhoeddodd £46.7 miliwn o wariant ychwanegol ar 19 Mehefin i gynorthwyo gweithredwyr bysiau i gynyddu gwasanaethau bws dros yr wyth wythnos nesaf. Ar 24 Mehefin, ysgrifennodd Bysiau Arriva Cymru ataf ynglŷn ag effaith sylweddol cadw pellter cymdeithasol ar gapasiti bysiau, gan ychwanegu, heb gymorth ariannol ychwanegol, yn debyg i'r grant cymorth i wasanaethau bysiau COVID-19 sydd ar waith ledled Lloegr, na all gweithredwyr bysiau weithredu'r lefelau gwasanaeth annigonol presennol ledled Cymru ar sail ariannol gynaliadwy, heb sôn am gynyddu lefelau gwasanaethau i 100 y cant o'r lefelau cyn yr argyfwng i ddarparu capasiti hanfodol ar draws y rhwydwaith bysiau.