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English: You refer, as I did in my conclusion, to the Reform report, and, of course, that spared no blushes for the UK Government, but it also made a series of proposed changes, and it said that the UK Government's approach was, in principle, the right approach and that, if these changes were implemented, it would set things right for years to come. Why won't the Welsh Government therefore consider the findings of that report in the context of the cross-border provision in Wales, which is so critical for so many thousands of young learners?
Welsh: Rydych yn cyfeirio, fel y gwneuthum wrth gloi, at adroddiad Reform, ac wrth gwrs, roedd hwnnw'n llawdrwm ar Lywodraeth y DU, ond hefyd gwnaeth gyfres o newidiadau arfaethedig, a dywedodd mai dull Llywodraeth y DU, mewn egwyddor, yw'r dull cywir a phe bai'r newidiadau hyn yn cael eu rhoi ar waith, byddai'n gwneud pethau'n iawn am flynyddoedd i ddod. Pam felly na wnaiff Llywodraeth Cymru ystyried canfyddiadau'r adroddiad hwnnw yng nghyd-destun y ddarpariaeth drawsffiniol yng Nghymru, sydd mor hanfodol i gynifer o filoedd o ddysgwyr ifanc?
English: Yes, if you'd like.
Welsh: Iawn, os hoffech chi.
English: Thank you. I was listening to Siân Gwenllian's comments earlier, and she mentioned the Economy and Business Committee report from 2012. I might be one of the few people who still have a copy of it up in my wardrobe upstairs, and recommendations 16 and 17 are not word for word exactly, but say exactly what you've just said, Minister: 'Provide gender equality training for careers advisers and teaching professionals to redress any stereotyping in the advice they give.' That was six years ago, actually, now, Siân. Clearly, we're still looking at dealing with those problems. Can you tell us what you're going to do to make sure that in six years' time we're not still facing the same problem?
Welsh: Diolch. Roeddwn yn gwrando ar sylwadau Siân Gwenllian yn gynharach, a soniodd am adroddiad y Pwyllgor Economi a Busnes yn 2012. Efallai mai fi yw un o'r ychydig bobl sy'n dal i feddu ar gopi ohono yn fy wardrob i fyny'r grisiau, ac nid yw argymhellion 16 ac 17 yn union yr un fath air am air, ond maent yn dweud yr hyn rydych chi newydd ei ddweud yn union, Weinidog: Darparu hyfforddiant cydraddoldeb rhwng y rhywiau ar gyfer cynghorwyr gyrfaoedd ac addysgwyr i gywiro unrhyw stereoteipio yn y cyngor a roddant. Roedd hynny chwe blynedd yn ôl bellach, mewn gwirionedd, Siân. Yn amlwg, rydym yn dal i ymdrin â'r problemau hynny. A allwch ddweud wrthym beth rydych yn mynd i'w wneud i sicrhau nad ydym yn dal i wynebu'r un broblem ymhen chwe blynedd arall?
English: Well, we've got a whole suite of measures where we are promoting, trying to get women into these areas. This is not an easy task - this is not easy. If anyone's got any good ideas, then let us know, because it is a very, very difficult task. What we have introduced is these 'have a go' days. Sometimes, these are specifically targeted at women to try and make sure that they have a go at welding and trying these professions that perhaps they won't have thought of going into. So, we're doing our best; we're encouraging it. I'm trying my best with my own daughter, but you can go so far, and, at the end of the day, I think we've got to make this fun for them and introduce them really early, which is why STEM has got to start in school. You've got to start at a very, very young age and that's what is happening through our education system as well. We're reviewing the recruitment practices for apprenticeships specifically in the engineering sector. So, I think that is something that we need to focus on; it's these sectors where we have to focus. Siân Gwenllian, just to make it clear that
Welsh: Wel, mae gennym gyfres gyfan o fesurau lle rydym yn hyrwyddo, yn ceisio cael menywod i mewn i'r meysydd hyn. Nid yw hon yn dasg hawdd - nid yw hyn yn hawdd. Os oes gan unrhyw un unrhyw syniadau da, gadewch inni wybod, am ei bod yn dasg anodd iawn. Rydym wedi cyflwyno dyddiau 'rhoi cynnig arni'. Weithiau, mae'r rhain wedi'u targedu'n benodol at fenywod i geisio gwneud yn siŵr eu bod yn rhoi cynnig ar weldio a'r proffesiynau nad ydynt o bosibl wedi ystyried rhoi cynnig arnynt. Felly, rydym yn gwneud ein gorau; rydym yn ei annog. Rwy'n gwneud fy ngorau gyda fy merch fy hun, ond gallwch fynd cyn belled, ac yn y pen draw, rwy'n meddwl bod yn rhaid inni wneud hyn yn hwyl iddynt a'u cyflwyno'n gynnar iawn, a dyna pam y mae'n rhaid i STEM ddechrau yn yr ysgol. Rhaid i chi ddechrau ar oedran ifanc iawn a dyma sy'n digwydd drwy ein system addysg yn ogystal. Rydym yn adolygu'r arferion recriwtio ar gyfer prentisiaethau yn benodol yn y sector peirianneg. Felly, credaf fod hynny'n rhywbeth y mae angen inni ganolbwyntio arno; ar y sectorau hyn y mae angen inni ganolbwyntio. Siân Gwenllian, i'w gwneud yn glir
English: every careers officer is trained in equality. So, we are doing our best to ensure that people are aware, when they are giving young people an idea of what's available - that they are aware that they have to try and attract women to those apprenticeships.
Welsh: mae pob swyddog gyrfaoedd wedi'i hyfforddi mewn cydraddoldeb. Felly, rydym ni yn gwneud ein gorau i sicrhau bod pobl yn ymwybodol, pan fyddan nhw'n rhoi syniad o beth sydd ar gael - eu bod nhw'n ymwybodol bod yn rhaid iddyn nhw drial denu merched i hynny.
English: On disability, I think it's fair to say that the participation of disabled people in apprenticeships needs an improvement, and I'm glad that Mark Isherwood has drawn attention to the work we're doing with Remploy. We've also facilitated workshops between apprenticeship providers and regional Remploy offices, and we've ensured that there's a dedicated equality and diversity champion who is working with providers, making those connections with local communities, and I'm pleased to say that the majority of apprenticeship providers have signed up to the Time to Change Wales pledge, which is a public declaration that they want to tackle mental health stigma and discrimination. But let me be clear to David Rowlands that this is a priority area for the Welsh Government. We know that we've got work to do in relation to disability and apprenticeships in particular. We've developed a toolkit, and we've provided bespoke training to that provider network. I take on board the points made by Mark on the disability training, that, actually, sometimes that is most effectively delivered by disabled people -
Welsh: Ar anabledd, mae'n deg dweud bod lefelau cyfranogiad pobl anabl mewn prentisiaethau angen eu gwella, ac rwy'n falch fod Mark Isherwood wedi tynnu sylw at y gwaith rydym yn ei wneud gyda Remploy. Hefyd, rydym wedi hwyluso gweithdai rhwng darparwyr prentisiaethau a swyddfeydd rhanbarthol Remploy, ac rydym wedi sicrhau bod yna swyddog hyrwyddo cydraddoldeb ac amrywiaeth yn gweithio gyda darparwyr, yn creu cysylltiadau â chymunedau lleol, ac rwy'n falch o ddweud bod y rhan fwyaf o ddarparwyr prentisiaethau wedi ymrwymo i adduned Amser i Newid Cymru, sef datganiad cyhoeddus eu bod am fynd i'r afael â stigma iechyd meddwl a gwahaniaethu. Ond gadewch i mi ddweud yn glir wrth David Rowlands fod hwn yn faes blaenoriaeth i Lywodraeth Cymru. Gwyddom fod gennym waith i'w wneud mewn perthynas â phrentisiaethau ac anabledd yn benodol. Rydym wedi datblygu pecyn cymorth, ac rydym wedi darparu hyfforddiant pwrpasol i'r rhwydwaith darparwyr hwnnw. Rwy'n derbyn y pwyntiau a wnaeth Mark ar hyfforddiant anabledd, a'r ffaith weithiau mai pobl anabl sy'n gallu ei ddarparu yn y ffordd fwyaf effeithiol mewn gwirionedd -
English: Can I ask the Minister to wind her comments up to a close, please?
Welsh: A gaf fi ofyn i'r Gweinidog ddirwyn ei sylwadau i ben, os gwelwch yn dda?
English: Just a few words on the Welsh language: may I say that it is possible to take any apprenticeship through the medium of Welsh where there is demand? I want to make it clear that apprentices can study in the language of their choice, but the fact is that very few people choose to undertake their apprenticeship solely through the medium of Welsh. There are quite a few now who are doing it bilingually, but it's the choice of the apprentices. So, there are many people who perhaps don't have the confidence that we would hope to study solely through the medium of Welsh.
Welsh: Jest ychydig o eiriau ar yr iaith Gymraeg: a gaf i ddweud ei bod hi'n bosibl i astudio unrhyw brentisiaeth drwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg lle mae'r galw? Rydw i eisiau gwneud hyn yn glir: bod prentisiaid yn gallu astudio yn yr iaith o'u dewis eu hunain, ond y ffaith yw mai ychydig iawn o bobl sy'n dewis gwneud prentisiaeth jest drwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg. Mae eithaf lot nawr yn ei gwneud hi yn ddwyieithog, ond dewis y prentisiaid yw hynny. Felly, mae lot o bobl sydd ddim gyda'r hyder, efallai, y byddem ni'n gobeithio i'w gwneud hi'n unswydd drwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg.
English: Can I just make a couple of points on - ?
Welsh: A gaf fi wneud ychydig o bwyntiau am - ?
English: No, no. Sorry. You're way out of time, Minister. I do apologise. If there is one urgent, final sentence that you have to say, you can say a final sentence to round the debate off.
Welsh: Na chewch. Mae'n flin gennyf. Mae eich amser wedi hen ddod i ben, Weinidog. Mae'n ddrwg gennyf. Os oes un frawddeg bwysig derfynol sydd gennych i'w dweud, gallwch ddweud brawddeg olaf i orffen y ddadl.
English: Well, just to thank - . I just want to thank the committee for their interest in this, because it is a really important area for us and I'd like to ask you to keep us on our toes in this regard. Diolch yn fawr.
Welsh: Wel, dim ond i ddiolch i - . Hoffwn ddiolch i'r pwyllgor am eu diddordeb yn hyn, oherwydd mae'n faes pwysig iawn i ni a hoffwn ofyn i chi ein cadw ar flaenau ein traed yn hyn o beth. Diolch yn fawr.
English: Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer. Dawn Bowden, can I thank you for your contribution in regard to the issue you raised about raising awareness - employee awareness? I think that's quite correct. You raised some issues that we didn't look at in our inquiry but I think are completely relevant to today's debate. I certainly think that there are some areas that you raised in your contribution that the committee could pick up. And your points in regard to pay rates not meeting minimum requirements - the Minister has already committed to looking at that herself, but I think those are also areas that the committee should perhaps do some work on as well.
Welsh: Diolch ichi, Ddirprwy Lywydd. Dawn Bowden, a gaf fi ddiolch i chi am eich cyfraniad ar y mater a godwyd gennych ynglŷn â chodi ymwybyddiaeth - ymwybyddiaeth gweithwyr? Credaf fod hynny'n berffaith gywir. Fe godoch chi rai materion nad oeddem wedi edrych arnynt yn ein hymchwiliad, ond credaf eu bod yn gwbl berthnasol i'r ddadl heddiw. Credaf yn sicr eich bod wedi rhoi sylw i rai meysydd yn eich cyfraniad y gallai'r pwyllgor fynd ar eu trywydd. A'ch pwyntiau mewn perthynas â chyfraddau cyflog nad ydynt yn cyrraedd y lleiafswm gofynnol - mae'r Gweinidog eisoes wedi ymrwymo i edrych ar hynny ei hun, ond credaf hefyd fod yna rai meysydd y dylai'r pwyllgor wneud rhywfaint o waith arnynt hefyd o bosibl.
English: The next item is the Welsh Conservatives' debate on land transaction tax on commercial land. I call on Mark Reckless to move the motion - Mark Reckless.
Welsh: Yr eitem nesaf yw dadl y Ceidwadwyr Cymreig ar dreth trafodiadau tir ar dir masnachol. Galwaf ar Mark Reckless i wneud y cynnig - Mark Reckless.
English: Ah, excellent.
Welsh: A, rhagorol.
English: I think we're fully aware of the Crown exemption, but I can't understand, therefore, why you aren't happily accepting the Government's amendment, seeing as, clearly, as they have Crown exemption, they would never be needing to pay the land transaction tax. It's a complete non sequitur.
Welsh: Credaf ein bod yn llwyr ymwybodol o esemptiad y Goron, ond ni allaf ddeall, felly, pam nad ydych yn hapus i dderbyn gwelliant y Llywodraeth, oherwydd yn amlwg, gan fod ganddynt esemptiad y Goron, ni fyddai byth angen iddynt orfod talu'r dreth trafodiadau tir. Mae'n non sequitur llwyr.
English: I have selected the three amendments to the motion, and I call on the Cabinet Secretary for Finance to move formally amendment 1.
Welsh: Rwyf wedi dethol y tri gwelliant i'r cynnig. Galwaf ar Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Gyllid i gynnig yn ffurfiol welliant 1.
English: Thank you. I call on Simon Thomas to move amendments 2 and 3.
Welsh: Diolch. Galwaf ar Simon Thomas i gynnig gwelliannau 2 a 3.
English: Diolch, Simon. Would you not agree that if all we do is copy everything that's done in England in terms of rates, we might as well not have taxation devolved?
Welsh: Diolch, Simon. Oni fyddech yn cytuno, os mai'r cyfan a wnawn yw copïo popeth a wneir yn Lloegr o ran cyfraddau, waeth i ni beidio â chael trethi wedi'u datganoli?
English: I understand the point he's making, but does he accept that all that's been described here is exactly the same as what happens with the UK Government producing its policy, which then is worked on by the Office for Budget Responsibility in terms of forecasting, and therefore that is the way that policy drives the forecast? That doesn't say that either Bangor or the OBR is responsible for the policy in turn. So, we really need to understand - because Scotland is ahead of us - whether this actually drives change in Wales. His remarks are premature, to say the least.
Welsh: Deallaf y pwynt y mae'n ei wneud, ond a yw'n derbyn bod popeth a ddisgrifiwyd yma yn union yr un fath â'r hyn sy'n digwydd gyda Llywodraeth y DU yn cynhyrchu ei pholisi, gyda'r Swyddfa Cyfrifoldeb Cyllidebol yn gweithio arno wedyn i lunio rhagamcanion, ac felly, dyna'r ffordd y mae polisi'n ysgogi'r rhagamcanion? Nid yw hynny'n golygu bod Bangor neu'r Swyddfa Cyfrifoldeb Cyllidebol yn gyfrifol am y polisi yn ei dro. Felly, mae gwir angen inni ddeall - oherwydd mae'r Alban ar y blaen inni - pa un a yw hyn mewn gwirionedd yn ysgogi newid yng Nghymru. Mae ei sylwadau'n rhy gynnar, a dweud y lleiaf.
English: Well, what I would say is: the evidence that's emerging from the Scottish situation shows that the lower the rate of tax - and I believe this, as a Conservative, anyway: that a low-rate tax economy actually generates more revenue overall because you stimulate individuals to go out, work hard and generate more wealth. [ Interruption. ] I'll take another intervention if you can point to a high-tax economy that contradicts that argument.
Welsh: Wel, hoffwn ddweud hyn: dengys y dystiolaeth sy'n deillio o'r sefyllfa yn yr Alban fod y gyfradd is o dreth - ac rwy'n credu hyn fel Ceidwadwr beth bynnag: fod economi treth ar gyfradd isel yn cynhyrchu mwy o refeniw yn gyffredinol oherwydd eich bod yn ysgogi unigolion i fynd allan, i weithio'n galed a chreu mwy o gyfoeth. [ Torri ar draws. ] Fe gymeraf ymyriad arall os gallwch gyfeirio at economi treth uchel sy'n gwrth-ddweud y ddadl honno.
English: I wasn't going to get completely diverted down that track. I was merely going to point out that he's asking for a low-tax economy. This tax rate we've talked about in Wales, which we all approved, has no tax for a higher band of commercial properties. So, maybe we'll see the growth there.
Welsh: Nid oeddwn yn mynd i gael fy nargyfeirio'n llwyr ar hyd y llwybr hwnnw. Roeddwn am nodi'n unig ei fod yn gofyn am economi treth isel. Nid oes gan y gyfradd dreth hon rydym wedi bod yn siarad amdani yng Nghymru, ac a gymeradwywyd gan bawb ohonom, dreth ar gyfer band uwch o eiddo masnachol. Felly, efallai y gwelwn dwf yno.
English: From the evidence that is emerging - and I appreciate we need to see that evidence emerge, but it wouldn't be right if we, as politicians, weren't responding to the concerns that have been flagged to us - the professionals in the field that are trying to attract this investment in are already pointing to a downturn in the commercial sector. They are pointing to making it more difficult to bring investment - [ Interruption.] Well, it's not four weeks, because the notes that were sent out to the investment funds were already asking for write-downs on investments, Minister, as you well know from the representations you've received. This Act was coming in, so investment funds were having to write down their investments above 1 per cent. If you've invested in a £50 million project, that's £0.5 million hit straight away. If you're in competition with Bristol, Birmingham, Manchester or Liverpool, which are right on the border with us, and you're that investment fund manager, you will put that money into any one of those four other destinations, because when you're looking at your yield, when you're looking at your return, that is a higher rate of return for the money you're investing. So, I do call on the Minister to reflect on the representations he's received to date, reflect on the debate this afternoon, and actually make Wales that competitive economy we want to see, which creates quality jobs and lifts take-home pay, which successive Labour Governments in this institution have failed to achieve in the first 20 years of devolution.
Welsh: O'r dystiolaeth sy'n dod i'r amlwg - ac rwy'n derbyn bod angen inni weld y dystiolaeth honno'n dod i'r amlwg, ond ni fyddai'n iawn os nad ydym fel gwleidyddion yn ymateb i bryderon a ddygwyd i'n sylw - mae'r gweithwyr proffesiynol yn y maes sy'n ceisio denu'r mewnfuddsoddiad eisoes yn nodi dirywiad yn y sector masnachol. Maent yn nodi ei fod yn ei gwneud hi'n anos denu buddsoddiad - [ Torri ar draws.] Wel, nid pedair wythnos ydyw, oherwydd roedd y nodiadau a anfonwyd at y cronfeydd buddsoddi eisoes yn gofyn am ostwng buddsoddiadau, Weinidog, fel y gwyddoch yn iawn o'r sylwadau a gawsoch. Roedd y Ddeddf hon yn dod, felly roedd y cronfeydd buddsoddi yn gorfod gostwng eu buddsoddiadau dros 1 y cant. Os ydych wedi buddsoddi mewn prosiect £50 miliwn, dyna ergyd o £0.5 miliwn yn syth. Os ydych yn cystadlu â Bryste, Birmingham, Manceinion neu Lerpwl, sydd ar y ffin â ni, ac mai chi yw rheolwr y gronfa fuddsoddi honno, byddwch yn rhoi'r arian i unrhyw un o'r pedwar cyrchfan arall, oherwydd pan fyddwch yn edrych ar eich cynnyrch, pan fyddwch yn edrych ar eich elw, mae'n gyfradd uwch o elw am yr arian a fuddsoddwch. Felly, galwaf ar y Gweinidog i ystyried y sylwadau a gafodd hyd yn hyn, i ystyried y ddadl y prynhawn yma, a gwneud Cymru yn economi gystadleuol fel yr hoffem iddi fod, economi sy'n creu swyddi o ansawdd ac yn codi cyflogau, rhywbeth y mae Llywodraethau Llafur olynol yn y sefydliad hwn wedi methu ei gyflawni dros yr 20 mlynedd gyntaf o ddatganoli.
English: Perhaps I will start by making a defence of taxation. Taxation exists to pay for public services. Too many people seem to believe that we can have the same quality of public services as Scandinavia but have a taxation system that is more like that of the USA. When you look at the cost of private education and private healthcare, it puts into perspective the value for money we get from our taxation system. It is not by random chance or serendipity that those countries with the highest tax levels have the best public services and those with the lowest tax levels the poorest. It is because taxation is necessary to raise the money to pay for the public services we all need - things like roads, the safety of food and the health service, which we talk about a lot here. Quality public services, be they health, education or infrastructure, come at a substantial cost to the public purse and the only way of paying for them is via taxation. Taxation can be on income, profit, consumption, expenditure, or value of land and property, or a combination of all of them. But, you need the taxation to get the money in.
Welsh: Efallai y gallaf ddechrau drwy geisio amddiffyn trethiant. Mae trethiant yn bodoli i dalu am wasanaethau cyhoeddus. Ymddengys bod gormod o bobl yn credu y gallwn gael gwasanaethau cyhoeddus o'r un ansawdd â Sgandinafia yn ogystal â chael system drethiant sy'n fwy tebyg i un yr UDA. Pan edrychwch ar gost addysg breifat a gofal iechyd preifat, mae'n rhoi persbectif i'r gwerth am arian a gawn o'n system drethiant. Nid damwain neu serendipedd sy'n esbonio pam fod gan y gwledydd sydd â'r lefelau treth uchaf y gwasanaethau cyhoeddus gorau a pham fod gan y rhai sydd â'r lefelau treth isaf y gwasanaethau cyhoeddus salaf. Oherwydd bod angen trethiant i godi arian i dalu am y gwasanaethau cyhoeddus sydd eu hangen ar bawb ohonom - pethau fel ffyrdd, diogelwch bwyd a'r gwasanaeth iechyd, y siaradwn lawer amdanynt yma. Mae ansawdd gwasanaethau cyhoeddus, boed yn iechyd, addysg neu seilwaith, yn costio'n sylweddol i'r pwrs cyhoeddus a'r unig ffordd o dalu amdanynt yw drwy drethu. Gellir trethu incwm, elw, treuliant, gwariant, neu werth tir ac eiddo, neu gyfuniad o bob un ohonynt. Ond mae angen ichi drethu er mwyn cael yr arian.
English: Certainly, I was waiting for it.
Welsh: Yn sicr, roeddwn yn ei ddisgwyl.
English: Can he explain how he will get this taxation by raising this rate from 5 per cent to 6 per cent when the people investing have the opportunity to not pay it at all by going to Reading or Bristol or Birmingham instead?
Welsh: A all egluro sut y bydd yn cael y dreth hon drwy godi'r gyfradd o 5 y cant i 6 y cant pan fo'r bobl sy'n buddsoddi yn cael cyfle i beidio â'i thalu o gwbl drwy fynd i Reading neu Fryste neu Birmingham yn lle hynny?
English: I'll sell you some now.
Welsh: Fe werthaf beth i chi nawr.
English: - for good planning permission land? Is it £1 million an acre in Cowbridge and the Vale? That's the difference - I'm coming to the end of this sentence - that's the difference. So, if that land had absolute value, you'd never put it out to auction, because you'd know what its value was and people would have to pay that. Thank you.
Welsh: - am dir caniatâd cynllunio da? Ai £1 filiwn yr erw yn y Bont-faen a'r Fro? Dyna'r gwahaniaeth - rwy'n dod at ddiwedd y frawddeg hon - dyna'r gwahaniaeth. Felly, pe bai gwerth absoliwt i'r tir hwnnw ni fyddech byth yn cynnal arwerthiant arno, oherwydd byddech yn gwybod beth fyddai ei werth a byddai'n rhaid i bobl dalu hynny. Diolch.
English: I am grateful, Mike, that you've taken the intervention, and you've thrown several figures out there. But, you have to have a market to create those figures, and if you put punitive measures in place as a Government, you kill the market, so you kill the value, so you lose the tax revenue. Don't you recognise that? People don't have to come to Wales to invest. They've got other opportunities if other environments are more favourable to those investments, as the Scottish model shows.
Welsh: Diolch i chi, Mike, am gymryd yr ymyriad, ac rydych wedi rhoi nifer o ffigurau yno. Ond mae'n rhaid i chi gael marchnad i greu'r ffigurau hynny, ac os ydych yn rhoi mesurau llym ar waith fel Llywodraeth, rydych yn lladd y farchnad, felly rydych yn lladd y gwerth, ac yn sgil hynny'n colli'r refeniw treth. Onid ydych yn cydnabod hynny? Nid oes raid i bobl ddod i Gymru i fuddsoddi. Mae ganddynt gyfleoedd eraill os oes amgylcheddau eraill yn fwy ffafriol i'r buddsoddiadau hynny, fel y dengys model yr Alban.