English: Thank you. I think it's fair to say it will be obvious to many that Labour cannot support any changes to the Bill for fear of upsetting their union paymasters. The 2017 election campaign is clear evidence of this, with £4 million out of £4.5 million in campaign donations in May coming directly from the unions. That's 91 per cent, and I would call on those Members here today to declare the same interests that you did at committee stage. Let the people out there know just how you've done well out of the Labour unions. Llywydd, the Welsh Government's explanatory memorandum suggests that the cost of check-off is minimal and is unhelpfully accompanied by an unrelated table detailing the cost savings for the 40 per cent threshold. In reality, however, the annual cost to the UK taxpayer to help fund union payment is not insignificant. In March, as part of the House of Lords secondary legislation scrutiny committee on the draft Trade Union (Deduction of Union Subscriptions from Wages in the Public Sector) Regulations 2017, the Cabinet Office stated that the current cost to the public sector for the provision of check-off services is in the region of £12.5 million per year. At present, trade unions only provide an estimated £2.74 million for this service, so there is an additional uncollected cost to the taxpayer of £9.7 million per year. Now, if we take 5 per cent of this cost as coming from Wales, this is a cost to the Welsh public purse of £485,000 per year - almost £0.5 million. This is a significant amount of money, but, again, those who have had large donations during election time might not think so, and something not acknowledged by either the Cabinet Secretary or many of those who gave evidence on this matter. Further, the UK Government has accepted the principle of allowing check-off to continue where the union meets the cost and where there is an agreement with the employer to do so. This seeks to allow a public sector employer to make deductions from its workers' wages in respect of trade union subscriptions only if those workers have the option to pay their trade union subscriptions by other means, or if arrangements have been made for the union to make reasonable payments to the employer in respect of the making of the deductions. This Bill undermines modern, flexible working patterns and harks back to an age of trade union manipulation, cynically underpinned by their links to the Labour Party. So, in conclusion, Llywydd, this amendment seeks only to ensure full transparency for employees, flexibility and protection in terms of paying subscriptions, and to make savings in the region of £0.5 million to the public purse in Wales, and I encourage and urge all Members to support it.
Welsh: Diolch. Rwy'n meddwl ei bod yn deg dweud y bydd yn amlwg i lawer na all Llafur gefnogi unrhyw newidiadau i'r Bil rhag ofn iddynt dramgwyddo eu meistri undeb. Mae ymgyrch etholiadol 2017 yn dystiolaeth glir o hyn; daeth £4 miliwn o £4.5 miliwn o roddion ymgyrchu ym mis Mai yn uniongyrchol gan yr undebau. Mae hynny'n 91 y cant, a byddwn yn galw ar yr Aelodau hynny yma heddiw i ddatgan yr un buddiannau ag a wnaethoch yn ystod y cyfnod pwyllgor. Gadewch i'r bobl allan yna wybod yn union sut yr ydych wedi gwneud yn dda ar gefn yr undebau Llafur. Llywydd, mae memorandwm esboniadol Llywodraeth Cymru'n awgrymu bod cost didynnu taliadau tanysgrifio i undebau drwy'r gyflogres yn fach iawn ac yn nodi gyda hi, yn annefnyddiol, tabl anghysylltiedig sy'n rhoi manylion yr arbedion costau ar gyfer y trothwy 40 y cant. Mewn gwirionedd, fodd bynnag, nid yw'r gost flynyddol i drethdalwyr y DU am helpu i ariannu taliadau i undebau'n un ddibwys. Ym mis Mawrth, fel rhan o bwyllgor craffu ar is-ddeddfwriaeth Tŷ'r Arglwyddi ar y Rheoliadau Undebau Llafur (Didynnu Tanysgrifiadau Undebau o Gyflogau yn y Sector Cyhoeddus) 2017 drafft, dywedodd Swyddfa'r Cabinet fod y gost bresennol i'r sector cyhoeddus am ddarparu gwasanaethau didynnu taliadau tanysgrifio i undebau drwy'r gyflogres tua £12.5 miliwn y flwyddyn. Ar hyn o bryd, dim ond tua £2.74 miliwn y mae undebau llafur yn ei ddarparu am y gwasanaeth hwn, felly mae cost ychwanegol heb ei chasglu i'r trethdalwr o £9.7 miliwn y flwyddyn. Nawr, os ydym yn cymryd bod 5 y cant o'r gost hon yn dod o Gymru, mae hyn yn costio £485,000 y flwyddyn i bwrs cyhoeddus Cymru - bron i £0.5 miliwn. Mae hwn yn swm sylweddol o arian, ond, unwaith eto, efallai na fydd y rheini sydd wedi cael rhoddion mawr yn ystod adeg yr etholiad yn meddwl hynny, ac mae'n rhywbeth na chafodd ei gydnabod gan Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet na gan lawer o'r rhai a roddodd dystiolaeth ar y mater hwn. Ymhellach, mae Llywodraeth y DU wedi derbyn yr egwyddor o ganiatáu i ddidynnu taliadau tanysgrifio i undebau drwy'r gyflogres barhau os yw'r undeb yn talu'r gost ac os ceir cytundeb â'r cyflogwr i wneud hynny. Y bwriad yw caniatáu i gyflogwr yn y sector cyhoeddus wneud didyniadau o gyflog ei weithwyr i dalu tanysgrifiadau undeb llafur, ond dim ond os yw'r gweithwyr hynny'n cael dewis talu eu tanysgrifiadau undeb llafur drwy ddulliau eraill, neu os oes trefniadau wedi'u gwneud i'r undeb i wneud taliadau rhesymol i'r cyflogwr am wneud y didyniadau. Mae'r Bil yn tanseilio patrymau gweithio modern, hyblyg ac yn mynd yn ôl i oes o gam-drin undebau llafur, wedi'i ategu'n sinigaidd gan eu cysylltiadau â'r Blaid Lafur. Felly, i gloi, Llywydd, unig ddiben y gwelliant hwn yw sicrhau tryloywder llawn i weithwyr, hyblygrwydd a diogelwch o ran talu tanysgrifiadau, ac arbed tua £0.5 miliwn i'r pwrs cyhoeddus yng Nghymru, ac rwy'n annog ac yn cymell yr holl Aelodau i'w gefnogi.