English: In Wales, I do not think the business package has been enough. And that's not just me stating that, or Welsh Conservatives; this is the view of businesses across Wales. The chief executive officer of Creative Hospitality Group said this - and I'm quoting him here: 'From my own business perspective, Creative Hospitality Group may be entitled to £90,000 across the nine weeks. This won't even cover my staff wage, rent and loan repayment costs for a single week. We need more support, we need more clarity and most importantly we need the evidence that shows why our sector has been targeted so harshly.' We've also heard from the chief executive of the Welsh beer association, who's estimated that on average, each pub across Wales will lose £16,000 each due to the current restrictions, which they won't recover; that's the important point here. Welsh businesses have again been let down by the lack of support from Welsh Government. If you're bringing forward restrictions, you've got to bring forward the right support for businesses. And of course, I say this in the context where businesses in the English economy continue to open freely. When you bring forward restrictions, these are always balances that have to be taken into account. What I'm saying and what we're saying as Welsh Conservatives today is that the Welsh Government on this occasion got that balance wrong. You've got to think, when restrictions are brought in, about the consequences to businesses, especially along the border. Many people in north Wales go across the border for hospitality, and in south Wales they go into other parts of England. In my own constituency, they just travel a few minutes up the road for hospitality in Shrewsbury and into Shropshire. So, again, you've got to think about the consequences that these restrictions are having on businesses when you're making those balanced choices. The Government has said that they have been following the science and advice on these restrictions, but we know that advice from University College London submitted to SAGE in December suggested that people were twice as likely to catch COVID whilst out shopping compared to being in a pub or a cinema where no restrictions were in place. I also note that in Scotland, the national clinical director said, just last week I think it was, that Scotland's restrictions on hospitality and sporting events had made little difference to Scotland's coronavirus case numbers compared to the approach taken in England. Of course, again, balances have to be taken into account, but on this occasion, the Welsh Government got the balance wrong. It's not just about allowing people freely to go into pubs and restaurants and mix, it's not just about whether you're going to watch a football or rugby match; it's about the things that we should legally be entitled to do. It's about our physical and mental well-being. Volunteers across Wales have been let down because we didn't have proper thought when it came to the considerations on parkruns across Wales. I heard what the Minister and others have said previously - that parkruns can continue under the regulations. But practically, they were not able to continue. The practicalities meant that they were not able to continue as has been suggested. Again, people accept restrictions when they're needed, in the context of the right balances, but again, the balances were wrong on this particular restriction also. When we come to COVID passes, again, we're still waiting for the evidence. The Government says, 'We'll work on the data, we'll supply the data'; we haven't seen the data on COVID passes and where the impact is successful or not successful. We've got to question why the Government is not bringing forward that data also. There is a huge, of course, cost. I won't reiterate my views and the views of Welsh Conservatives on COVID passes; they're well documented. But we've also now got to consider the cost to the taxpayer as a legal challenge is brought to the Welsh Government with regard to COVID passes. As Welsh Conservatives, as I do myself, we welcome that Ministers have eased restrictions. We have welcomed the road map, to be positive. I'm clearly saying that I'm pleased that we've got a road map out of restrictions. But, of course, I would say that the current restrictions, the restrictions that were brought in on Boxing Day, were an overreaction. I'm glad that the Government has changed position in terms of easing restrictions now, but we've got to assess at what cost these restrictions were brought in. And it would be refreshing if the Minister would accept that perhaps some of the restrictions that were brought in were not appropriate, and perhaps wouldn't do that again if the same scenario was presented again. I think it would be refreshing if the Minister could at least give us some indication of whether she believes that some of the restrictions that were brought in were indeed an overstretch. Diolch, Llywydd.
Welsh: Yng Nghymru, nid wyf yn credu bod y pecyn busnes wedi bod yn ddigon. Ac nid fi yn unig sy'n dweud hynny, na'r Ceidwadwyr Cymreig; dyma farn busnesau ledled Cymru. Dywedodd prif swyddog gweithredol y Grŵp Lletygarwch Creadigol hyn - ac rwy'n ei ddyfynnu yma: 'O safbwynt fy musnes fy hun, efallai y bydd gan y Grŵp Lletygarwch Creadigol hawl i £90,000 dros y naw wythnos. Ni fydd hyn hyd yn oed yn talu fy nghostau talu staff, rhent ac ad-dalu benthyciadau am un wythnos. Mae angen mwy o gymorth arnom, mae angen mwy o eglurder ac yn bwysicaf oll mae angen y dystiolaeth sy'n dangos pam fod ein sector wedi'i dargedu mor llym.' Clywsom hefyd gan brif weithredwr cymdeithas gwrw Cymru, sydd wedi amcangyfrif y bydd pob tafarn ledled Cymru yn colli £16,000 yr un ar gyfartaledd oherwydd y cyfyngiadau presennol, ac ni fyddant yn ei adennill; dyna'r pwynt pwysig yma. Unwaith eto, mae busnesau Cymru wedi cael eu siomi gan y diffyg cefnogaeth gan Lywodraeth Cymru. Os ydych yn cyflwyno cyfyngiadau, mae'n rhaid i chi gyflwyno'r cymorth cywir i fusnesau. Ac wrth gwrs, dywedaf hyn mewn cyd-destun lle mae busnesau yn economi Lloegr yn parhau i gael agor yn rhydd. Pan fyddwch yn cyflwyno cyfyngiadau, mae'n rhaid ystyried y cydbwysedd cywir. Yr hyn rwy'n ei ddweud a'r hyn rydym yn ei ddweud fel Ceidwadwyr Cymreig heddiw yw bod Llywodraeth Cymru y tro hwn wedi cael y cydbwysedd hwnnw'n anghywir. Pan gyflwynir cyfyngiadau, rhaid ichi feddwl am y canlyniadau i fusnesau, yn enwedig ar hyd y ffin. Mae llawer o bobl yng ngogledd Cymru yn mynd dros y ffin am letygarwch, ac yn ne Cymru maent yn mynd i rannau eraill o Loegr. Yn fy etholaeth i, maent yn teithio ychydig funudau i fyny'r ffordd am letygarwch yn yr Amwythig ac i mewn i swydd Amwythig. Felly, unwaith eto, rhaid i chi feddwl am yr effaith y mae'r cyfyngiadau hyn yn ei chael ar fusnesau pan fyddwch yn gwneud y dewisiadau cytbwys hynny. Mae'r Llywodraeth wedi dweud eu bod wedi bod yn dilyn y wyddoniaeth a'r cyngor ar y cyfyngiadau hyn, ond gwyddom fod cyngor gan Goleg Prifysgol Llundain a gyflwynwyd i'r Grŵp Cynghori Gwyddonol ar Argyfyngau ym mis Rhagfyr yn awgrymu bod pobl ddwywaith yn fwy tebygol o ddal COVID wrth siopa o gymharu â bod mewn tafarn neu sinema lle nad oedd cyfyngiadau ar waith. Sylwaf hefyd, yn yr Alban, fod y cyfarwyddwr clinigol cenedlaethol wedi dweud, yr wythnos diwethaf rwy'n credu, nad oedd cyfyngiadau'r Alban ar letygarwch a digwyddiadau chwaraeon wedi gwneud fawr o wahaniaeth i niferoedd yr achosion o'r coronafeirws yr Alban o'i gymharu â'r dull o weithredu a fabwysiadwyd yn Lloegr. Wrth gwrs, unwaith eto, mae'n rhaid ystyried cydbwysedd, ond y tro hwn, roedd y cydbwysedd yn anghywir gan Lywodraeth Cymru. Mae'n ymwneud â mwy na chaniatáu i bobl fynd i dafarndai a bwytai a chymysgu'n rhydd, mae'n ymwneud â mwy na ph'un a ydych yn mynd i wylio gêm bêl-droed neu rygbi; mae'n ymwneud â'r pethau y dylai fod gennym hawl gyfreithiol i'w gwneud. Mae'n ymwneud â'n llesiant corfforol a meddyliol. Cafodd gwirfoddolwyr ledled Cymru eu siomi am na roddwyd ystyriaeth briodol i sesiynau parkrun ledled Cymru. Clywais yr hyn a ddywedodd y Gweinidog ac eraill o'r blaen - y gall sesiynau parkrun barhau o dan y rheoliadau. Ond yn ymarferol, ni allent barhau. Golygai ystyriaethau ymarferol na allent barhau fel yr awgrymwyd. Unwaith eto, mae pobl yn derbyn cyfyngiadau pan fo'u hangen, yng nghyd-destun y cydbwysedd cywir, ond unwaith eto, roedd y cydbwysedd yn anghywir gyda'r cyfyngiad penodol hwn hefyd. Ar basys COVID, unwaith eto, rydym yn dal i aros am y dystiolaeth. Dywed y Llywodraeth, 'Byddwn yn gweithio ar y data, byddwn yn darparu'r data'; nid ydym wedi gweld y data ar basys COVID a lle mae'r effaith yn llwyddiannus neu lle nad yw'n llwyddiannus. Mae'n rhaid inni gwestiynu pam nad yw'r Llywodraeth yn cyflwyno'r data hwnnw hefyd. Mae yna gost enfawr, wrth gwrs. Ni wnaf ailadrodd fy marn a barn y Ceidwadwyr Cymreig ar y pasys COVID; maent wedi'u cofnodi'n dda. Ond rhaid inni hefyd ystyried y gost i'r trethdalwr wrth i her gyfreithiol gael ei chyflwyno i Lywodraeth Cymru mewn perthynas â'r pasys COVID. Yn bersonol, ac fel Ceidwadwyr Cymreig, rydym yn croesawu'r ffaith bod Gweinidogion wedi llacio'r cyfyngiadau. Rydym wedi croesawu'r map ffordd, i fod yn gadarnhaol. Rwy'n dweud yn glir fy mod yn falch fod gennym fap ffordd allan o'r cyfyngiadau. Ond wrth gwrs, byddwn yn dweud bod y cyfyngiadau presennol, y cyfyngiadau a gyflwynwyd ar Ŵyl San Steffan, yn orymateb. Rwy'n falch fod y Llywodraeth wedi newid ei safbwynt ar lacio'r cyfyngiadau yn awr, ond mae'n rhaid inni asesu ar ba gost y cyflwynwyd cyfyngiadau hyn. A byddai'n braf pe bai'r Gweinidog yn derbyn efallai nad oedd rhai o'r cyfyngiadau a gyflwynwyd yn briodol, ac efallai na fyddai'n gwneud hynny eto pe baem yn yr un sefyllfa eto. Credaf y byddai'n braf pe gallai'r Gweinidog roi rhyw syniad o leiaf a yw'n credu bod rhai o'r cyfyngiadau a gyflwynwyd yn mynd gam yn rhy bell. Diolch, Lywydd.