English: I and my group shall be supporting the Conservative motion. The regulations implementing a blanket set of slurry regulations for the whole of the Welsh farming industry are totally disproportionate, both in cost and implementation. It appears yet again that the many are being punished for the actions of the few. It may also be the case that, even with the few, the majority of pollution accidents were unavoidable or simply, as in life in general, a matter of simple mistakes. Even these, as has been said before, have fallen by over 24 per cent over the last three years. The Welsh Government say they have set aside £22 million to help farmers to implement the changes needed, but even a cursory glance at the cost of the infrastructure needed shows the sum to be totally inadequate. It is estimated that the average cost of the construction of slurry storage facilities is around £80,000. Given there are 24,000 farms in Wales that might be affected by these regulations, we get a flavour of how inadequate the figure set aside is. It is obvious that the farmers themselves will bear the brunt of the cost of implementation. The £80,000 figure only represents the initial cost for the necessary infrastructure. The Welsh Government's own cost analysis puts a figure for upfront capital costs of £360 million and ongoing annual costs in the region of £22 million, and this does not include the estimated one-off payment of £7.5 million planning consent fees. Given the farming industry is in the middle of a huge upheaval with regard to Brexit, not to mention the disruption caused by COVID, how does the Government expect farmers to cope with this huge extra expense? It is said that the banks are unwilling to make loans for the cost because they do not positively affect farm income. We then have to ask ourselves: what are the benefits achieved over the next 20 years? Well, Welsh Government's own figures put this at around £300 million, set against a cost of over £800 million for implementation. Again, out of the 953 water catchment areas identified across Wales, just 113, 12 per cent, were failing through farming practices. Surely a far more proportionate and cost-effective way of managing the pollution problems would be to target these failing areas. Should these draconian measures go forward, I believe we shall see many of our already impoverished farmers fail. One farmer has told me that his dairy herd will have to be halved if these measures go forward. The Minister says that there has been extensive consultation with the farming industry, but the farming industry tells us that almost all of their suggestions and input have been ignored. Given that British farmers are some of the most hardworking, innovative farmers in Europe and whose husbandry standards are among the highest in the world, we should be doing everything to help the industry, not creating obstacles to their survival. It appears the farmers are being made scapegoats on the Welsh Government's altar of environmental goals. Thank you, Dirprwy Lywydd.
Welsh: Byddaf fi a fy ngrŵp yn cefnogi cynnig y Ceidwadwyr. Mae'r rheoliadau sy'n gweithredu set gyffredinol o reoliadau slyri ar gyfer diwydiant ffermio Cymru gyfan yn gwbl anghymesur, o ran cost a chyflawniad. Mae'n ymddangos unwaith eto fod y mwyafrif yn cael eu cosbi am weithredoedd y lleiafrif. Mae'n bosibl hefyd, hyd yn oed gyda'r lleiafrif, nad oedd modd osgoi'r rhan fwyaf o ddamweiniau llygredd neu eu bod, fel mewn bywyd yn gyffredinol, yn ddim ond mater o gamgymeriadau syml. Mae hyd yn oed y rhain, fel y dywedwyd o'r blaen, wedi gostwng dros 24 y cant dros y tair blynedd diwethaf. Dywed Llywodraeth Cymru eu bod wedi neilltuo £22 miliwn i helpu ffermwyr i weithredu'r newidiadau sydd eu hangen, ond bydd hyd yn oed cipolwg sydyn ar gost y seilwaith sydd ei angen yn dangos bod y swm yn gwbl annigonol. Amcangyfrifir mai tua £80,000 yw cost gyfartalog adeiladu cyfleusterau storio slyri. O ystyried bod 24,000 o ffermydd yng Nghymru y gallai'r rheoliadau hyn effeithio arnynt, cawn flas ar ba mor annigonol yw'r ffigur a neilltuwyd. Mae'n amlwg mai'r ffermwyr eu hunain fydd yn ysgwyddo baich y gost o weithredu. Nid yw'r ffigur o £80,000 ond yn cynrychioli'r gost gychwynnol ar gyfer y seilwaith angenrheidiol. Mae dadansoddiad Llywodraeth Cymru ei hun o'r costau'n rhoi ffigur o £360 miliwn ar gyfer costau cyfalaf ymlaen llaw a chostau blynyddol parhaus o tua £22 miliwn, ac nid yw hyn yn cynnwys y taliad untro amcangyfrifedig o £7.5 miliwn o ffioedd caniatâd cynllunio. O ystyried bod y diwydiant ffermio ynghanol newid enfawr mewn perthynas â Brexit, heb sôn am yr aflonyddwch a achosir gan COVID, sut y mae'r Llywodraeth yn disgwyl i ffermwyr ymdopi â'r gost ychwanegol enfawr hon? Dywedir bod y banciau'n amharod i roi benthyciadau am y gost am nad ydynt yn effeithio'n gadarnhaol ar incwm ffermydd. Mae'n rhaid i ni ofyn i ni'n hunain felly: beth yw'r manteision a gyflawnir dros yr 20 mlynedd nesaf? Wel, mae ffigurau Llywodraeth Cymru ei hun yn dweud y bydd oddeutu £300 miliwn, wedi'i osod yn erbyn cost o dros £800 miliwn ar gyfer ei weithredu. Unwaith eto, o'r 953 o'r dalgylchoedd dŵr a nodwyd ledled Cymru, dim ond 113, 12 y cant, oedd yn methu o ganlyniad i arferion ffermio. Ffordd lawer mwy cymesur a chosteffeithiol, does bosibl, o reoli'r problemau llygredd fyddai targedu'r ardaloedd sy'n methu. Os bydd y mesurau llym hyn yn mynd rhagddynt, credaf y gwelwn lawer o'n ffermwyr sydd eisoes yn dlawd yn mynd i'r wal. Mae un ffermwr wedi dweud wrthyf y bydd yn rhaid haneru ei fuches odro os aiff y mesurau hyn yn eu blaen. Dywed y Gweinidog y bu ymgynghori helaeth â'r diwydiant ffermio, ond dywed y diwydiant ffermio wrthym fod bron bob un o'u hawgrymiadau a'u mewnbwn wedi'u hanwybyddu. O gofio mai ffermwyr Prydain yw rhai o'r ffermwyr mwyaf gweithgar ac arloesol yn Ewrop a'u safonau hwsmonaeth ymhlith yr uchaf yn y byd, dylem wneud popeth i helpu'r diwydiant, nid creu rhwystrau i'w goroesiad. Mae'n ymddangos bod y ffermwyr yn cael eu haberthu ar allor nodau amgylcheddol Llywodraeth Cymru. Diolch, Ddirprwy Lywydd.