English: I am surprised that we are having this debate today because there was no mention of a tourism tax in Welsh Labour's 2016 manifesto - a manifesto on which they were elected as the largest party to this Assembly. When there was a Labour Government also elected at UK level, there was a promise not to raise certain taxes, but this promise was broken and a raft of other stealth taxes was introduced when you came into office. Increases in national insurance and council tax became the norm. I do not want this past behaviour to be replicated or normalised in Wales. I appeal to the Welsh Labour Party and the Welsh Labour Government, therefore, not to prioritise the exploration of a tourism tax, but instead to concentrate on implementing the parts of their manifesto that encourage economic growth and the creation of well-paid jobs - these parts of the manifesto that are positive for Wales. The tourist areas within my region, such as Gower and Porthcawl, try to promote the beautiful, unique country that we have, and I want to see the tourist industry in Wales flourish. The Welsh Government's exercise on the tourism tax will continue to divert the resources of Government employees, special advisers and the like from implementing the manifesto priorities in order to explore a tax that is not a manifesto commitment. Consequently, I support the Conservative motion. It is my firmly held view that we should always strive for low taxation, giving individuals the opportunity to spend and invest in Wales. Now, it is possible to make a case for a tourism tax, but only in countries that already have a thriving tourist sector and low taxation levels applied to tourists. Such countries will prosper regardless of whether or not there is a tourism tax. This is because they have already engineered the best environment for tourists and businesses in the areas outside of any tourist tax. However, this is not the case in Wales. Wales, and the UK, is not a low-tax environment for anyone, and especially not for tourists. For approximately 20 years, the UK's VAT rate for the hospitality and tourism sector has remained one of the highest in Europe - [Interruption.] Sorry? Did someone want an intervention?
Welsh: Rwy'n synnu ein bod yn cael y ddadl hon heddiw oherwydd nid oedd unrhyw sôn am dreth dwristiaeth ym maniffesto Llafur Cymru 2016 - maniffesto y cawsant eu hethol arni fel y blaid fwyaf i'r Cynulliad hwn. Pan gafodd Llywodraeth Lafur ei hethol hefyd ar lefel y DU, cafwyd addewid i beidio â chodi rhai trethi, ond cafodd yr addewid hwn ei dorri a chyflwynwyd llu o drethi llechwraidd eraill pan ddaethoch i rym. Daeth cynnydd mewn yswiriant gwladol a'r dreth gyngor i fod yn norm. Nid wyf am weld yr ymddygiad hwn yn y gorffennol yn cael ei ailadrodd neu ei normaleiddio yng Nghymru. Apeliaf ar y Blaid Lafur yng Nghymru a Llywodraeth Lafur Cymru, felly, i beidio â rhoi blaenoriaeth i archwilio treth dwristiaeth, ond yn hytrach i ganolbwyntio ar weithredu'r rhannau o'u maniffesto sy'n annog twf economaidd a chreu swyddi sy'n talu'n dda - y rhannau o'r maniffesto sy'n gadarnhaol i Gymru. Mae'r ardaloedd twristaidd yn fy rhanbarth, megis Gŵyr a Phorthcawl, yn ceisio hyrwyddo'r wlad brydferth, unigryw sydd gennym, ac rwyf am weld y diwydiant twristiaeth yng Nghymru'n ffynnu. Bydd ymarfer Llywodraeth Cymru ar y dreth dwristiaeth yn parhau i ddargyfeirio adnoddau oddi wrth gyflogeion Llywodraeth, cynghorwyr arbennig ac yn y blaen rhag gweithredu blaenoriaethau'r maniffesto er mwyn archwilio treth nad yw'n ymrwymiad maniffesto. O ganlyniad, rwy'n cefnogi cynnig y Ceidwadwyr. Yn fy marn bendant i dylem bob amser ymdrechu am drethiant isel, gan roi cyfle i unigolion wario a buddsoddi yng Nghymru. Nawr, mae'n bosibl gwneud achos dros dreth dwristiaeth, ond mewn gwledydd sydd eisoes â sector twristiaeth ffyniannus a lefelau trethiant twristiaeth isel yn unig. Bydd gwledydd o'r fath yn ffynnu pa un a oes treth dwristiaeth ai peidio. Mae hyn oherwydd eu bod eisoes wedi saernïo'r amgylchedd gorau ar gyfer twristiaid a busnesau yn yr ardaloedd y tu allan i unrhyw dreth dwristiaeth. Fodd bynnag, nid yw hyn yn wir yng Nghymru. Nid yw Cymru, a'r DU, yn amgylchedd treth isel i neb mwyach, yn enwedig i dwristiaid. Am oddeutu 20 mlynedd, mae cyfradd TAW y DU i'r sector lletygarwch a thwristiaeth wedi aros ymhlith yr uchaf yn Ewrop - [Torri ar draws.] Mae'n ddrwg gennyf? A oedd rhywun eisiau ymyrryd?