English: Thank you very much, Deputy Presiding Officer. This is certainly not the time to be untying the links with the UK Government, because there's no way the Welsh Government could have afforded the coronavirus job retention fund, or indeed the self-employed fund, to which Janet Finch-Saunders has referred. So, I won't be supporting the Plaid proposals. But I think it's important that we concentrate on what we can do, and we need to do that in a way that supports the science, the safe scientific advice for unlocking our economy without seeing a second wave, which would, in itself, be completely disastrous for our economy. So, looking at the Centre for Towns report, which is in the Conservative motion, I agree with them that we do need to engage with local cultural, leisure and sporting clubs to understand what they're going to need to start operating again safely. In many cases, I agree that these institutions are the bedrock of many of our towns, and we know that local cultural projects are effective ways of bringing people back into town centres rather than going off to out-of-town shopping. That's certainly been the experience of places like Neath, with its music festivals over the last three years. And certainly, as a representative of Cardiff, I'm fully aware that the huge events like Cardiff Pride, our big sporting events, the big-named concerts at the Motorpoint Arena normally attract people to our capital city from the rest of Wales and well beyond that. And I have no absolutely no illusion that now is going to be the time to resume those sorts of activities until we have a vaccine. So, we have to do things differently. Cardiff city is famous for its independent music sector, not just Clwb Ifor Bach and other businesses around Womanby Street, but the Globe, the Gate, the Tramshed, and, until 18 months ago, Gwdihŵ, which was evicted from Guildford Crescent after a decade of wonderful music making to make way for developers. And I fear that it's inevitable that the vultures will be hovering now ready to swoop down on vulnerable businesses in order to sweep them away and put in faceless developments. So, we have to be alive to that and protect our town centres. Last night, I bicycled down to the city centre to see the excellent work going on by Cardiff Council around Cardiff Castle to prepare it as this summer's cultural centre for music, eating out, sharing a drink and a catch-up with our friends. And using a castle close to the city centre is something that I think Caerphilly and Conwy might be looking at as a model, both being endowed with handsome castles in the middle of their towns, which could be used in a similar way. So, we can see how this will work very well for performances involving music, which are relatively easy to broadcast outdoors, but we cannot forget the wider arts. What about the comedy clubs and the theatres that need suitable outdoor spaces in order to perform? The Romans and the Elizabethans managed to perform their plays outdoors; could our football club stadiums double up as performing arts spaces? Could we use their substantial car parks as drive-in cinemas? All our cultural institutions are under threat, and I fear that the town centre report is somewhat complacent in saying that the biggest institutions are best equipped to call for support, and therefore, we should all only focus on the smaller clubs and arts facilities being left behind. We know that our national cultural icons, like the Wales Millennium Centre, are also at risk, because in this country, across the UK, we rely on cultural institutions to get most of their funding from ticket sales. Eighty-five per cent of the Wales Millennium Centre's revenue comes from ticket sales, and it's predicted to lose £15 million from ticket sales, and another £5 million from commercial sponsorship and sales. So, I can't envisage how we are going to get that sort of money from the Welsh Government; we are going to be reliant on ensuring that the UK Government knows the value of our culture, and not just the cost. So I do hope that we can unite on ensuring that our cultural institutions are safeguarded, and we don't see attempts to use this as an opportunity to ensure that cultural institutions are forced to be reduced in size, as we've seen with the BBC, where cuts are already being discussed for over 60 staff in BBC Wales. We really do need our town centres to be vibrant cultures and getting together, as well as shopping.
Welsh: Diolch yn fawr iawn, Ddirprwy Lywydd. Yn sicr, nid dyma'r amser i ddatod y cysylltiadau â Llywodraeth y DU, oherwydd nid oes unrhyw ffordd y gallai Llywodraeth Cymru fod wedi fforddio'r gronfa cadw swyddi drwy gyfnod y coronafeirws, neu'n wir, y gronfa i'r hunangyflogedig, y cyfeiriodd Janet Finch-Saunders ati. Felly, ni fyddaf yn cefnogi cynigion Plaid Cymru. Ond rwy'n credu ei bod yn bwysig ein bod yn canolbwyntio ar yr hyn y gallwn ei wneud, ac mae angen inni wneud hynny mewn ffordd sy'n cefnogi'r wyddoniaeth, y cyngor gwyddonol diogel ar gyfer datgloi ein heconomi heb weld ail don, a fyddai, ynddo'i hun, yn gwbl drychinebus i'n heconomi. Felly, o edrych ar adroddiad Centre for Towns, sydd yng nghynnig y Ceidwadwyr, rwy'n cytuno bod angen inni ymgysylltu â chlybiau diwylliannol, hamdden a chwaraeon lleol i ddeall yr hyn y bydd ei angen arnynt i ddechrau gweithredu'n ddiogel eto. Mewn llawer o achosion, rwy'n cytuno mai'r sefydliadau hyn yw conglfaen llawer o'n trefi, a gwyddom fod prosiectau diwylliannol lleol yn ffyrdd effeithiol o ddod â phobl yn ôl i ganol trefi yn hytrach na mynd i siopa y tu allan i'r dref. Dyna'n sicr fu profiad llefydd fel Castell-nedd, gyda'i gwyliau cerddorol dros y tair blynedd diwethaf. Ac yn sicr, fel cynrychiolydd o Gaerdydd, rwy'n gwbl ymwybodol fod digwyddiadau mawr iawn fel Pride Caerdydd, ein digwyddiadau chwaraeon mawr, y cyngherddau gan grwpiau enwog yn y Motorpoint Arena fel arfer yn denu pobl i'n prifddinas o weddill Cymru ac ymhell y tu hwnt i hynny. Ac nid wyf dan unrhyw gamargraff o gwbl mai nawr yw'r amser i ailddechrau'r mathau hynny o weithgareddau hyd nes y bydd gennym frechlyn. Felly, mae'n rhaid i ni wneud pethau'n wahanol. Mae dinas Caerdydd yn enwog am ei sector cerddoriaeth annibynnol, nid dim ond Clwb Ifor Bach a busnesau eraill o gwmpas Stryd Womanby, ond y Globe, y Gate, y Tramshed, a hyd at 18 mis yn ôl, Gwdihŵ, a gafodd eu troi allan o Gilgant Guildford ar ôl degawd o gerddoriaeth wych er mwyn gwneud lle i ddatblygwyr. Ac rwy'n ofni ei bod yn anochel y bydd y fwlturiaid yn hofran yn awr yn barod i bigo ar fusnesau bregus er mwyn eu hysgubo ymaith a rhoi datblygiadau di-wyneb yn eu lle. Felly, rhaid inni fod yn effro i hynny a diogelu canol y dref. Neithiwr, euthum ar y beic i ganol y ddinas i weld y gwaith gwych sy'n mynd rhagddo gan Gyngor Caerdydd o amgylch Castell Caerdydd i'w baratoi fel canolfan ddiwylliannol yr haf hwn ar gyfer cerddoriaeth, bwyta allan, rhannu diod a chael sgwrs â ffrindiau. Ac mae defnyddio castell sy'n agos at ganol y ddinas yn rhywbeth rwy'n meddwl y gallai Caerffili a Chonwy ei ystyried fel model, gan fod gan y ddau le gestyll hardd yng nghanol eu trefi, y gellid eu defnyddio mewn ffordd debyg. Felly, gallwn weld sut y bydd hyn yn gweithio'n dda ar gyfer perfformiadau cerddoriaeth, sy'n gymharol hawdd i'w cynnal yn yr awyr agored, ond ni allwn anghofio'r celfyddydau ehangach. Beth am y clybiau comedi a'r theatrau sydd angen mannau awyr agored addas er mwyn perfformio? Llwyddodd y Rhufeiniaid a'r Elisabethiaid i berfformio eu dramâu yn yr awyr agored; a allai ein stadia pêl-droed weithredu fel mannau ar gyfer y celfyddydau perfformio hefyd? A allem ddefnyddio eu meysydd parcio sylweddol fel sinemâu gyrru i mewn? Mae pob un o'n sefydliadau diwylliannol dan fygythiad, ac ofnaf fod yr adroddiad ar ganol y dref braidd yn hunanfodlon wrth ddweud mai'r sefydliadau mwyaf sydd â'r adnoddau gorau i alw am gymorth, ac felly, y dylem ganolbwyntio'n unig ar y clybiau llai a'r cyfleusterau celfyddydol sy'n cael eu gadael ar ôl. Gwyddom fod ein heiconau diwylliannol cenedlaethol, fel Canolfan Mileniwm Cymru, mewn perygl hefyd, oherwydd yn y wlad hon, ledled y DU, dibynnwn ar sefydliadau diwylliannol i gael y rhan fwyaf o'u cyllid drwy werthu tocynnau. Daw 85 y cant o refeniw Canolfan Mileniwm Cymru o werthiant tocynnau, a rhagwelir y bydd yn colli £15 miliwn o werthiannau tocynnau, a £5 miliwn arall o nawdd masnachol a gwerthiannau. Felly, ni allaf ddychmygu sut y cawn y math hwnnw o arian gan Lywodraeth Cymru; rydym yn mynd i fod yn ddibynnol ar sicrhau bod Llywodraeth y DU yn gwybod beth yw gwerth ein diwylliant, ac nid y gost yn unig. Felly rwy'n gobeithio y gallwn uno i sicrhau bod ein sefydliadau diwylliannol yn cael eu diogelu, ac nad ydym yn gweld ymdrechion i ddefnyddio hyn fel cyfle i sicrhau bod sefydliadau diwylliannol yn cael eu gorfodi i leihau eu maint, fel y gwelsom gyda'r BBC, lle mae toriadau eisoes yn cael eu trafod mewn perthynas â thros 60 o staff BBC Cymru Wales. Mae gwir angen i ganol ein trefi fod yn ganolfannau bywiog ar gyfer diwylliant a dod at ei gilydd, yn ogystal â siopa.