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English: Thank you for raising this issue. I think it's important that the thresholds that we have here in Wales reflect the Welsh tax base. Our scheme reflects the fact that rateable values here in Wales - the average rateable value - is much lower than across the border in England. I think in Wales we're looking at average rateable values of £33,000, whereas over in England I think we're looking at in excess of £50,000. So, it is important that our schemes here in Wales reflect the different situation that we have here in Wales. But that said, we are doing some work that looks at the potential reforming of business rates in the future. We're also looking in parallel at potential reforms to council tax in future. So, we're looking at both of our local taxes to see how we can potentially improve them for the future. We're expecting a mid-term report on the work in terms of non-domestic rates around October and I'd be happy to provide some kind of outline as to what the early findings of that are. FootnoteLink I had a good discussion this morning with the Welsh Retail Consortium. They're really interested in that piece of work, and I'm keen to engage their expertise in terms of getting an understanding from them if they feel that the research is taking us in the right direction. But everything I do in terms of tax, non-domestic rates - as we look to reform and change things, I want to do it collaboratively and in an open and transparent way, so I'd be happy to discuss things further.
Welsh: Diolch am godi'r mater hwn. Credaf ei bod yn bwysig fod y trothwyon sydd gennym yma yng Nghymru yn adlewyrchu sylfaen drethu Cymru. Mae ein cynllun yn adlewyrchu'r ffaith fod gwerthoedd ardrethol yma yng Nghymru - y gwerth ardrethol cyfartalog - yn is o lawer na thros y ffin yn Lloegr. Credaf ein bod yn edrych yng Nghymru ar werthoedd ardrethol cyfartalog o £33,000, ond yn Lloegr credaf ein bod yn edrych ar fwy na £50,000. Felly, mae'n bwysig fod ein cynlluniau yma yng Nghymru yn adlewyrchu'r sefyllfa wahanol sydd gennym yma yng Nghymru. Ond wedi dweud hynny, rydym yn gwneud rhywfaint o waith sy'n edrych ar y posibilrwydd o ddiwygio ardrethi busnes yn y dyfodol. Rydym hefyd yn edrych ochr yn ochr â hynny ar ddiwygiadau posibl i'r dreth gyngor yn y dyfodol. Felly, rydym yn edrych ar ein dwy dreth leol i weld sut y gallwn eu gwella, o bosibl, ar gyfer y dyfodol. Rydym yn disgwyl adroddiad canol tymor ar y gwaith o ran ardrethi annomestig erbyn tua mis Hydref a buaswn yn fwy na pharod i ddarparu rhyw fath o amlinelliad o beth fydd canfyddiadau cynnar y gwaith hwnnw. FootnoteLink Cefais drafodaeth dda y bore yma gyda Chonsortiwm Manwerthu Cymru. Mae ganddynt gryn dipyn o ddiddordeb yn y gwaith hwnnw, ac rwy'n awyddus i ddefnyddio'u harbenigedd a chael gwybod ganddynt a ydynt yn teimlo bod yr ymchwil yn mynd â ni i'r cyfeiriad cywir. Ond mae popeth a wnaf mewn perthynas â threthi, ardrethi annomestig - wrth i ni geisio diwygio a newid pethau, rwyf am ei wneud ar y cyd ac mewn ffordd agored a thryloyw, felly rwy'n fwy na pharod i drafod pethau ymhellach.
English: I have regular discussions with the Minister for Housing and Local Government to discuss a range of financial issues, including recycling. Despite the cuts to our capital budget, we've invested an additional £30 million over the period 2018/19 to 2020/1 to support the collaborative change in waste procurement programmes.
Welsh: Rwy'n cael trafodaethau rheolaidd gyda'r Gweinidog Tai a Llywodraeth Leol i drafod ystod o faterion ariannol, gan gynnwys ailgylchu. Er gwaethaf y toriadau i'n cyllideb gyfalaf, rydym wedi buddsoddi £30 miliwn yn ychwanegol dros y cyfnod 2018/19 i 2020/1 i gefnogi'r rhaglenni newid cydweithredol ar gyfer caffael gwastraff.
English: Thank you for that answer. Minister, you will be aware that local authorities throughout Wales are sending much of their collected recycling to recycling centres in England and further abroad. In our own county of Swansea, for example, the council sends thousands of tonnes of waste to Turkey, China, India, Indonesia and Poland. Do you therefore agree that we need to do more to focus on this agenda? And what additional funding is the Welsh Government prepared to provide to local authorities to develop regional or national recycling centres to ensure that we recycle all that we can in Wales, reducing our carbon footprint and creating jobs for people in Wales?
Welsh: Diolch am eich ateb. Weinidog, ac fe fyddwch yn ymwybodol fod awdurdodau lleol ledled Cymru yn anfon llawer o'r deunydd ailgylchu a gasglwyd ganddynt i ganolfannau ailgylchu yn Lloegr ac ymhellach dramor. Yn ein sir ein hunain yn Abertawe, er enghraifft, mae'r cyngor yn anfon miloedd o dunelli o wastraff i Dwrci, Tsieina, India, Indonesia a Gwlad Pwyl. A ydych chi'n cytuno felly fod angen i ni wneud mwy i ganolbwyntio ar yr agenda hon? A pha gyllid ychwanegol y mae Llywodraeth Cymru yn barod i'w ddarparu i awdurdodau lleol i ddatblygu canolfannau ailgylchu rhanbarthol neu genedlaethol i sicrhau ein bod yn ailgylchu popeth a allwn yng Nghymru, gan leihau ein hôl troed carbon a chreu swyddi i bobl yng Nghymru?
English: Well, yes, I certainly need to acknowledge that we need to do more in this particular area, because it is true that some of our waste is exported to Europe and, as you said, to other countries around the world, but it is important to recognise that most of it is processed here in Wales. We've supported the development of infrastructure to process our waste here, with the longer term aim to process as much of our waste here as we possibly can. Clearly, we don't want to be seeing waste being exported from the UK to other countries and not being treated properly, and we've seen some stories in the press about that. I think the reason that we are able to have the figures, though, which you've quoted to us, is the fact that Wales is the only country in the UK that mandates local authorities to use WasteDataFlow, and that's a system for municipal waste data reporting. As part of that, local authorities are required now to report the end destination of their waste. So I think it's really positive that we have that clarity and transparency as far as that's concerned. The Deputy Minister for Housing and Local Government will be making a statement next Tuesday on recycling, and that will be another opportunity, I think, to talk about this in more detail.
Welsh: Wel, yn sicr, mae angen i mi gydnabod bod angen i ni wneud mwy yn y maes penodol hwn, oherwydd mae'n wir fod peth o'n gwastraff yn cael ei allforio i Ewrop, ac fel y dywedoch chi, i wledydd eraill o gwmpas y byd, ond mae'n bwysig cydnabod bod y rhan fwyaf ohono'n cael ei brosesu yma yng Nghymru. Rydym wedi cefnogi datblygiad seilwaith i brosesu ein gwastraff yma, gyda'r nod mwy hirdymor o brosesu cymaint o'n gwastraff ag y gallwn yma. Yn amlwg, nid ydym am i wastraff gael ei allforio o'r DU i wledydd eraill a pheidio â chael ei drin yn briodol, ac rydym wedi gweld rhai straeon yn y wasg ynglŷn â hynny. Serch hynny, credaf mai'r rheswm pam ein bod wedi gallu cael y ffigurau rydych wedi'u dyfynnu i ni yw am mai Cymru yw'r unig wlad yn y DU sy'n gorfodi awdurdodau lleol i ddefnyddio WasteDataFlow, sef system ar gyfer cofnodi data gwastraff trefol. Fel rhan o hynny, mae'n ofynnol bellach i awdurdodau lleol roi gwybod i ble mae eu gwastraff yn mynd yn y pen draw. Felly, credaf ei bod yn wirioneddol gadarnhaol fod gennym eglurder a thryloywder o'r fath yn hynny o beth. Bydd y Dirprwy Weinidog Tai a Llywodraeth Leol yn gwneud datganiad ddydd Mawrth nesaf ar ailgylchu, a chredaf y bydd hwnnw'n gyfle arall i drafod hyn yn fanylach.
English: I hear what you said, finance Minister, about waste flow and monitoring that within local authorities, but surely one of the things that as finance Minister you must be concerned about is the strength of the audit trail. Many of us have seen television images and pictures in newspapers showing Welsh recycled waste - and people have entered that in good faith - appearing on shores many, many thousands of miles away from these islands. So, what efforts are you making to make sure that the audit process is robust and any new money you might be putting into the recycling initiatives can genuinely be used to recycle what product is available here in Wales or, indeed, the rest of the United Kingdom, rather than just dumped on shores, as I said, many thousands of miles away in a very cavalier way?
Welsh: Clywaf yr hyn a ddywedoch chi, Weinidog cyllid, am lif gwastraff a monitro hynny o fewn awdurdodau lleol, ond does bosibl nad un o'r pethau y mae'n rhaid i chi boeni amdanynt fel Gweinidog cyllid yw cryfder y trywydd archwilio. Mae llawer ohonom wedi gweld lluniau ar y teledu ac mewn papurau newydd yn dangos gwastraff a ailgylchwyd o Gymru - ac mae pobl wedi mynd ati i wneud hynny gyda'r ewyllys gorau - yn ymddangos ar draethau filoedd o filltiroedd i ffwrdd o'r ynysoedd hyn. Felly, pa ymdrechion rydych yn eu gwneud i sicrhau bod y broses archwilio yn gadarn, ac y gellir defnyddio unrhyw arian newydd y gallech fod yn ei roi i'r mentrau ailgylchu i ailgylchu'r cynnyrch sydd ar gael yma yng Nghymru, neu yn wir, yng ngweddill y Deyrnas Unedig, yn hytrach na'i ddympio'n ddiseremoni ar draethau, fel y dywedais, filoedd o filltiroedd i ffwrdd?
English: Well, as I say, Welsh local authorities do have that statutory requirement to report the end destinations of the waste that they collect, but I think that we're all well aware of the recent WalesOnline article that showed that 0.8 per cent of waste collected in Wales was sent to unspecified final destinations. Obviously, even though that's a very small percentage, it's something that is of real concern to us all. So, I can confirm that all local authorities have now been asked to review their contracts to make sure that we can put an end to that.
Welsh: Wel, fel y dywedaf, mae gofyniad statudol i awdurdodau lleol Cymru roi gwybod i ble mae'r gwastraff y maent yn ei gasglu yn mynd yn y pen draw, ond credaf fod pob un ohonom yn ymwybodol iawn o'r erthygl ddiweddar ar WalesOnline a ddangosodd fod 0.8 y cant o'r gwastraff a gasglwyd yng Nghymru yn cael ei anfon i gyrchfannau terfynol amhenodol. Yn amlwg, er mai canran fach iawn yw honno, mae'n rhywbeth sy'n peri cryn bryder i bob un ohonom. Felly, gallaf gadarnhau bod pob awdurdod lleol bellach wedi cael cais i adolygu eu contractau i sicrhau y gallwn roi diwedd ar hynny.
English: My officials are continuing to work with local government to review how local authorities are using their discretionary powers to apply council tax premiums. They will consider any evidence provided to aid the review and ensure that the legislation is operating as intended.
Welsh: Mae fy swyddogion yn parhau i weithio gyda llywodraeth leol i adolygu sut y mae awdurdodau lleol yn defnyddio eu pwerau disgresiwn i godi premiymau'r dreth gyngor. Byddant yn ystyried unrhyw dystiolaeth a ddarperir i gynorthwyo'r adolygiad ac yn sicrhau bod y ddeddfwriaeth yn gweithredu yn ôl y bwriad.
English: There was a discussion on this subject yesterday, if you remember, and I must say that I was stunned that the First Minister missed the point entirely. The totally unacceptable situation is that there's an anomaly in the system, which means that a great number of second-home owners avoid paying taxes. They don't pay council tax, and neither do they pay business rates, as they act as a business for a very short period of time in the year. That's the anomaly that needs to be addressed, and you will know that I have drawn attention to this a number of times, and the Welsh Local Government Association also agrees that there's a need to do something as a matter of urgency. As you say, your officials are reviewing the situation. I met with them back in June, and they promised that there would be some kind of progress or report made in this field, but I'm still waiting to see what the recommendations will be. This is a scandal and has to be sorted out quickly.
Welsh: Fe gafwyd trafodaeth ar y pwnc yma ddoe, os ydych chi'n cofio, a rhaid imi ddweud, roeddwn i'n rhyfeddu bod y Prif Weinidog yn methu'r pwynt yn llwyr am hyn. Y sefyllfa gwbl annerbyniol ydy fod yna anomali yn y system, sy'n golygu bod nifer fawr o berchnogion ail gartrefi yn osgoi talu trethi. Dydyn nhw ddim yn talu treth gyngor, a dydyn nhw chwaith ddim yn talu treth fusnes drwy iddyn nhw weithredu fel busnes am gyfnod byr iawn o'r flwyddyn. Rŵan, hwnna ydy'r anomali yn y system sydd angen sylw, ac rydych chi'n gwybod fy mod i wedi tynnu sylw at hyn sawl gwaith, ac mae Cymdeithas Llywodraeth Leol Cymru hefyd yn cytuno bod angen gwneud rhywbeth ar fyrder. Fel rydych chi'n dweud, mae'ch swyddogion chi yn edrych ar y sefyllfa. Ces i gyfarfod efo nhw nôl ym mis Mehefin, ac fe addawyd y byddai yna ryw fath o adroddiad, neu ryw fath o gynnydd yn y maes yma, ond dwi'n dal i ddisgwyl i weld beth fydd yr argymhellion yn union. Mae hwn yn sgandal ac mae'n rhaid ei sortio fo ar fyrder.
English: Thank you for raising this, and thank you also for your interest in the issue and for speaking to my officials with your ideas as to how we can start to address this particular matter. It is the case that a business must be able to demonstrate that the property that they're seeking to let as holiday let accommodation, for example, is available for at least 140 days in a 12-month period, and actually let for 70 days. Now, the question there is: have we got the balance right? Is 140 days to be shown as available for letting right, and is 70 days for actually being let - is that right? Does that demonstrate that that property is being used as self-catering accommodation? So, this is another issue that I'll be speaking to the local government finance sub-group about at our next meeting, which I believe is next week, but it's an issue that I'm certainly alive to. We did ask local authorities to let us know of any cases where they felt that a property was being marketed as self-catering accommodation, but actually not being used in that way. Local authorities did come forward, including Gwynedd, with some examples of properties that they thought fell into that category. The Valuation Office Agency looked at each of the cases and found that they were all were operating within the law, but then there is that question as to whether or not we have it right in terms of the number of days, and I'm certainly keen to look at that.
Welsh: Diolch am godi hyn, a diolch hefyd am eich diddordeb yn y mater ac am siarad â fy swyddogion am eich syniadau ynglŷn â sut y gallwn ddechrau mynd i'r afael â'r mater penodol hwn. Mae'n wir fod yn rhaid i fusnes allu dangos bod yr eiddo y maent yn ceisio'i osod fel llety gwyliau, er enghraifft, ar gael am o leiaf 140 diwrnod mewn cyfnod o 12 mis, ac wedi'i osod am 70 diwrnod. Nawr, y cwestiwn yma yw: a yw'r cydbwysedd yn iawn gennym? A yw 140 diwrnod o fod ar gael i'w osod yn iawn, ac a yw 70 diwrnod o fod wedi'i osod - a yw hynny'n iawn? A yw hynny'n dangos bod yr eiddo hwnnw'n cael ei ddefnyddio fel llety hunanddarpar? Felly, mae hwn yn fater arall y byddaf yn ei drafod â'r is-grŵp cyllid llywodraeth leol yn ein cyfarfod nesaf, yr wythnos nesaf rwy'n credu, ond mae'n fater rwy'n sicr yn ymwybodol ohono. Fe ofynnom ni i awdurdodau lleol roi gwybod i ni am unrhyw achosion lle roeddent yn teimlo bod eiddo'n cael ei farchnata fel llety hunanddarpar heb ei fod yn cael ei ddefnyddio yn y ffordd honno mewn gwirionedd. Cafwyd rhai enghreifftiau gan awdurdodau lleol, gan gynnwys Gwynedd, o eiddo y credent ei fod yn perthyn i'r categori hwnnw. Edrychodd Asiantaeth y Swyddfa Brisio ar bob un o'r achosion a daethant i'r casgliad fod pob un ohonynt yn gweithredu o fewn y gyfraith, ond mae'r cwestiwn yn codi i ba raddau yr ydym yn ei gael yn iawn o ran nifer y dyddiau, ac rwy'n sicr yn awyddus i edrych ar hynny.
English: If these properties are not paying a business rate, they should be paying council tax. That seems to be at the heart of this, and we need to sort something out.
Welsh: Os nad yw'r eiddo yn talu ardrethi busnes, dylent fod yn talu'r dreth gyngor. Ymddengys mai dyna sydd wrth wraidd hyn, ac mae angen i ni fynd i'r afael â'r mater.
English: I can assure you that we are having these discussions with local authorities in terms of their experiences of the issue, to what extent this is a problem. It does vary across Wales, I think, in terms of how many second homes there are and how many holiday lets there are, and it's certainly an acute problem in some areas. But it's one that we're really keen to address because, as I said, we've got a piece of work going on looking at the future of council tax, looking at different ways of looking at council tax, to try and make it more progressive, looking at land value taxes, looking at local income taxes - all kinds of different permutations of raising local taxation in future. And, certainly, this is part of it.
Welsh: Gallaf roi sicrwydd i chi ein bod yn cael y trafodaethau hyn gydag awdurdodau lleol o ran eu profiadau o'r mater, i ba raddau y mae'n broblem. Credaf ei fod yn amrywio ledled Cymru o ran faint o ail gartrefi a geir a faint o eiddo gwyliau ar osod a geir, ac yn sicr, mae'n broblem ddifrifol mewn rhai ardaloedd. Ond mae'n un yr ydym yn awyddus iawn i fynd i'r afael â hi oherwydd, fel y dywedais, mae gwaith ar y gweill gennym sy'n edrych ar ddyfodol y dreth gyngor, ac yn archwilio gwahanol ffyrdd o edrych ar y dreth gyngor, i geisio'i gwneud yn fwy blaengar, ac mae'n edrych ar drethi gwerth tir, ac ar dreth incwm leol - pob math o wahanol ffyrdd o godi trethiant lleol yn y dyfodol. Ac yn sicr, mae hyn yn rhan o hynny.
English: I would give a simple answer to you: why don't you end the business rate relief on houses and flats? If you do that, then it wouldn't do any good to them to call them businesses. I can see no good reason for giving business rate relief on houses and flats. If you stopped that, you'd remove the anomaly, and you can do that tomorrow.
Welsh: Buaswn yn rhoi ateb syml i chi: pam na wnewch chi ddod â'r rhyddhad ardrethi busnes ar dai a fflatiau i ben? Pe baech yn gwneud hynny, ni fyddai'n gwneud unrhyw les iddynt gael eu galw'n fusnesau. Ni allaf weld unrhyw reswm da dros roi rhyddhad ardrethi busnes i dai a fflatiau. Pe baech yn dod â hynny i ben, byddech yn cael gwared ar yr anghysondeb, a gallwch wneud hynny yfory.
English: I know that there have been consultations on this matter by Welsh Government in the past as to whether particular classes of property should be exempt from small business rates relief. Certainly, that was something that was looked at in depth when we developed the permanent scheme. Removal of rate relief for self-catering properties wasn't considered appropriate and I think, if I recall correctly, that was because of the impact that it might have on the tourism industry, where these properties are particularly important in some areas in terms of keeping the tourism industry alive. There's obviously a really difficult and delicate balance to be addressed.
Welsh: Gwn fod Llywodraeth Cymru wedi ymgynghori ar y mater hwn yn y gorffennol mewn perthynas ag a ddylai dosbarthiadau o eiddo penodol fod wedi'u heithrio rhag rhyddhad ardrethi busnesau bach. Yn sicr, roedd hynny'n rhywbeth yr edrychwyd arno'n fanwl pan ddatblygwyd y cynllun parhaol gennym. Ni ystyriwyd bod cael gwared ar ryddhad ardrethi ar gyfer eiddo hunanddarpar yn briodol a chredaf, os cofiaf yn iawn, fod hynny oherwydd yr effaith y gallai ei chael ar y diwydiant twristiaeth, lle mae'r eiddo hyn yn arbennig o bwysig mewn rhai ardaloedd i gadw'r diwydiant twristiaeth yn fyw. Mae'n amlwg fod yma gydbwysedd eithriadol o anodd a bregus i'w sicrhau.
English: Based on the UK Government's spending round, our budget for 2020-1 will be 2 per cent lower in real terms than it was in 2010-11, equivalent to £300 million lower in real terms than a decade ago. In my oral statement yesterday, I set out the impact of the UK Government's spending review.
Welsh: Yn seiliedig ar gylch gwario Llywodraeth y DU, bydd ein cyllideb ar gyfer 2020-21 yn is o 2 y cant mewn termau real na'r hyn ydoedd yn 2010-11, sy'n cyfateb i £300 miliwn yn is mewn termau real na'r hyn ydoedd ddegawd yn ôl. Yn fy natganiad llafar ddoe, nodais effaith adolygiad gwariant Llywodraeth y DU.
English: Thank you for that response. I'm not going to apologise for making a plea once again that you ensure that local authorities in Wales are given an improved settlement this year. We've already heard about the £6 million required for Anglesey to stand still. We've seen in the paper this morning that Flintshire council is at the edge of a financial precipice, and I wouldn't like to imagine what the implications of that would be if things were to go terribly wrong there. Now, previously, the Government has said that local authorities would be at the front of the queue if funding were to be available. I would ask you to at least repeat that commitment and to do that in the knowledge that fairer funding for local authorities, as we've already heard, could contribute substantially to health issues through funding social services properly, but it could also allow us to start to tackle the underfunding of schools too. So, what I want to hear from you and the Government is that local authorities will be at the front of the queue.
Welsh: Diolch i chi am eich ateb. Dwi ddim yn mynd i ymddiheuro am wneud ple eto arnoch chi i sicrhau bod awdurdodau lleol Cymru'n cael setliad gwell eleni. Dŷn ni wedi clywed eisoes am y £6 miliwn sydd ei angen ar sir Fôn i aros yn ei hunfan. Dŷn ni wedi gweld yn y papur bore yma bod Cyngor Sir y Fflint yn sefyll ar ymyl dibyn ariannol, a fydden i ddim yn licio dychmygu beth fyddai'r goblygiadau petai'r hwch yn mynd drwy'r siop yn fanna. Nawr, yn flaenorol, wrth gwrs, mae'r Llywodraeth wedi dweud fe fydd awdurdodau lleol ar flaen y ciw petai yna arian yn dod ar gael a byddwn i'n gofyn i chi o leiaf ailadrodd yr ymrwymiad yna ac i wneud hynny, wrth gwrs, gan wybod y byddai ariannu tecach i awdurdodau lleol, fel dŷn ni wedi'i glywed, yn gallu cyfrannu'n helaeth tuag at faterion iechyd drwy ariannu gwasanaethau cymdeithasol yn iawn, ond mi fyddai hefyd yn gallu caniatáu inni ddechrau mynd i'r afael â than-gyllido ysgolion yn eithriadol. Felly, yr hyn dwi eisiau clywed yw - ganddoch chi a'r Llywodraeth - y bydd awdurdodau lleol ar flaen y ciw eleni.
English: Thank you. All of these arguments in favour of improved settlements for local authorities are very well made and well heard, and you would have heard the First Minister previously say that were additional funding to be available then local authorities and local government would be at the front of that queue.
Welsh: Diolch. Mae'r holl ddadleuon hyn o blaid gwell setliadau ar gyfer awdurdodau lleol wedi'u gwneud yn dda iawn ac wedi'u clywed yn dda iawn, a byddwch wedi clywed y Prif Weinidog yn dweud o'r blaen, pe bai cyllid ychwanegol ar gael, yna byddai awdurdodau lleol a llywodraeth leol ar flaen y ciw.