English: Leader of the house, in response to the question I put to the First Minister this afternoon on business rates, he indicated the Welsh Government would be coming forward with the information that many Members have been calling for by the end of this week. I was hoping that maybe you could use your good offices, as leader of the house, to try and get that information in Members' hands sooner rather than later. It is a fact that, at the end of this week, we break for the half term recess, and given the interest many Members across the parties have obviously expressed in this matter, if there were to be questions that Members would like to raise on behalf of businesses and constituents, there would be little or no opportunity to do that for at least 10 days. I'm sure the Presiding Officer's hearing what I'm saying, because it does seem to be a trend that these announcements are made on the eve of recess, where it does fall off the radar by the time we come back, and I think that's a missed opportunity. It is our job to actually ask the questions that our constituents and businesses ask of us, and I fail to see why the Government can't bring this information forward sooner in the Plenary week so that Members can ask the questions that they require, rather than leaving it to the end of the week, just like the initial statement that was brought out on 17 December, which was during the Christmas recess. Again, Members were not able to put the pertinent questions that were asked of them by the businesses in their community, as you would have seen first-hand when you came to Cowbridge and listened to businesses' concerns in Cowbridge, when they were merely just seeking answers.
Welsh: Arweinydd y tŷ, mewn ymateb i'r cwestiwn yr holais i'r Prif Weinidog y prynhawn yma ar ardrethi busnes, dywedodd y byddai Llywodraeth Cymru yn cyflwyno'r wybodaeth y mae llawer o Aelodau wedi bod yn galw amdani erbyn diwedd yr wythnos hon. Roeddwn i'n gobeithio efallai y gallech chi ddefnyddio eich safle, fel arweinydd y tŷ, i geisio cael yr wybodaeth honno i ddwylo'r Aelodau yn gynt na hynny. Mae'n ffaith y byddwn ni, ar ddiwedd yr wythnos hon, yn dechrau'r toriad hanner tymor. Ac o ystyried y diddordeb amlwg y mae llawer o Aelodau ar draws y pleidiau wedi'i fynegi yn y mater hwn, pe byddai cwestiynau y dymunai'r Aelodau eu codi ar ran busnesau ac etholwyr, ni fyddai llawer o gyfle neu ddim cyfle o gwbl i wneud hynny am o leiaf 10 diwrnod. Rwy'n siŵr bod y Llywydd yn clywed yr hyn yr wyf yn ei ddweud, oherwydd ymddengys bod y cyhoeddiadau hyn yn dueddol o gael eu gwneud ar drothwy'r toriad, a'u bod yn disgyn oddi ar y radar erbyn i ni ddod yn ôl, ac rwy'n credu bod hynny'n gyfle a gollwyd. Ein gwaith ni yw holi'r cwestiynau y mae ein hetholwyr a busnesau yn gofyn i ni eu holi. Nid wyf yn deall pam na all y Llywodraeth gyflwyno'r wybodaeth hon yn gynt yn ystod wythnos y Cyfarfod Llawn fel y gall Aelodau ofyn y cwestiynau, yn hytrach na'u gadael tan ddiwedd yr wythnos, yn union fel y datganiad cychwynnol a gyflwynwyd ar 17 Rhagfyr, a oedd yn ystod toriad y Nadolig. Unwaith eto, nid oedd yr Aelodau yn gallu gofyn y cwestiynau perthnasol a ofynnwyd iddynt gan y busnesau yn eu cymunedau, fel y byddwch wedi'i weld drosoch eich hun pan ddaethoch i'r Bont-faen a gwrando ar bryderon busnesau yn y Bont-faen, pan oeddent ond yn chwilio am atebion.