English: There have been quite a variety of ideas that have been triggered by this Small Business Saturday debate - some of them cross-party overlapping, which is quite interesting. Today a constituent raised with me the opening of out-of-town retail parks - Russell Jones on Twitter - and he said that it was one of those many challenges facing the high street. Absolutely. And that's been touched on by many Members in the Chamber today. With regard to free town-centre parking, it may or may not be a way forward, but I question whether it would be helpful in every case, as Jenny Rathbone has said. But, actually, Sian Gwenllian more or less agreed with that contention and suggested some quite intuitive solutions to some problems, as did Simon Thomas. So, I don't think Jenny, Sian and Simon are a million miles apart, to be honest with you. It was really helpful to hear. In fact, in Caerphilly - [Interruption.] Don't be cheeky. [Laughter.] In Caerphilly, more parking not free parking is the issue. I had a short debate two weeks ago on small and medium-sized enterprises; you've probably all been watching it on Senedd.tv - [Interruption.] Thank you, Lee. I mentioned that I'd discussed with an AM from another party what we should do with our small firms and our town centres. One of the discussions we had - . It wasn't actually Bethan Jenkins I discussed it with, but the answer was: they've got their own unique personalities, our town centres, and we should be making the most of that - localised approaches. And I'm currently working on a business connections project in my constituency and engaging with owner-managers and discussing some of these localised approaches. Perhaps we should all do that as AMs. But time and time again, business rates do come up. Under the recent revaluation, traders on Cardiff Road in Caerphilly had a higher rateable value than many shops in Cardiff city centre. This, of course, had been the situation since 2010. Rateable values in Caerphilly, actually - Nick Ramsay won't be pleased to hear - have since fallen, but they sure as hell couldn't go up. I'm concerned, sitting in the Grazing Ground tearoom on Cardiff Road, that the building opposite is occupied by William Hill and the building next door is occupied by Coral betting. Two betting shops next door to each other. I suspect if there were two independent bookies next door to each other they wouldn't be able to make sufficient profit to continue. So we need to look at why these things are happening. The revaluation has improved matters for many businesses, and the Welsh Government's rate relief scheme is making a difference to those whom it benefits. Nonetheless, small businesses in our town centres need to know that the scheme into which they pay will not disadvantage them in comparison to others. The permanent rate relief scheme, being introduced in 2018, must address these issues. It's an interesting problem. At the Economy, Infrastructure and Skills Committee, chaired by Russell George, the FSB praised the simplicity of the Welsh Government's scheme, but if you're going to introduce progressive measures into it, then you start to add layers of complexity. If you start messing with multipliers, as Jeremy said, you add layers of complexity and it becomes a minefield to negotiate. So, I don't envy the Cabinet Secretary's job, but I would be grateful if the Cabinet Secretary could set out what action the Welsh Government will be taking, up to, including and beyond the point at which the business rates will be reviewed, to help support our high streets and town centres.
Welsh: Sbardunwyd cryn amrywiaeth o syniadau gan y ddadl hon ar ddydd Sadwrn y busnesau bach - gyda rhai ohonynt yn gorgyffwrdd yn drawsbleidiol, sy'n eithaf diddorol. Heddiw, soniodd etholwr wrthyf am agoriad parciau manwerthu ar gyrion y dref - Russell Jones ar Twitter - a dywedodd ei bod yn un o'r nifer o heriau sy'n wynebu'r stryd fawr. Yn hollol. A soniodd nifer o'r Aelodau yn y Siambr am hynny heddiw. O ran parcio am ddim ynghanol y dref, gallai fod neu fe allai beidio â bod yn ffordd ymlaen, ond rwy'n cwestiynu a fyddai o gymorth ym mhob achos, fel y dywedodd Jenny Rathbone. Ond mewn gwirionedd, roedd Sian Gwenllian fwy neu lai'n cytuno â'r haeriad hwnnw ac awgrymodd rai atebion eithaf greddfol i rai problemau, fel y gwnaeth Simon Thomas. Felly, nid wyf yn credu bod Jenny, Sian a Simon filiwn o filltiroedd ar wahân, a bod yn onest gyda chi. Roedd yn ddefnyddiol iawn clywed hynny. Yn wir, yng Nghaerffili - [Torri ar draws.] Peidiwch â bod yn ddigywilydd. [Chwerthin.] Yng Nghaerffili, mwy o lefydd parcio, nid parcio am ddim yw'r mater sy'n codi. Roedd gennyf ddadl fer bythefnos yn ôl ar fentrau bach a chanolig eu maint; mae'n siŵr eich bod i gyd wedi bod yn ei gwylio ar senedd.tv - [Torri ar draws.] Diolch i chi, Lee. Soniais fy mod wedi trafod gydag AC o blaid arall beth y dylem ei wneud gyda'n cwmnïau bach a chanol ein trefi. Un o'r trafodaethau a gawsom - . Nid gyda Bethan Jenkins y bûm yn ei drafod mewn gwirionedd, ond yr ateb oedd: mae gan ganol ein trefi eu cymeriad unigryw eu hunain, a dylem fod yn manteisio i'r eithaf ar hynny - dulliau lleol o weithredu. Ac ar hyn o bryd rwy'n gweithio ar brosiect cysylltiadau busnes yn fy etholaeth, yn ymgysylltu â rheolwyr-berchnogion ac yn trafod rhai o'r dulliau lleol hyn. Efallai y dylem i gyd wneud hynny fel Aelodau Cynulliad. Ond dro ar ôl tro, mae ardrethi busnes yn codi eu pen. O dan yr ailbrisio diweddar, roedd gan fasnachwyr ar Ffordd Caerdydd yng Nghaerffili werth ardrethol uwch na llawer o siopau yng nghanol dinas Caerdydd. Dyma'r sefyllfa ers 2010, wrth gwrs. Mae gwerthoedd ardrethol yng Nghaerffili - ni fydd Nick Ramsay yn falch o glywed - wedi disgyn ers hynny mewn gwirionedd, ond nid oedd unrhyw fodd yn y byd y gallent fod yn uwch. Rwy'n pryderu, wrth eistedd yn ystafell de Grazing Ground ar Ffordd Caerdydd, mai William Hill sydd yn yr adeilad gyferbyn a siop fetio Coral sydd yn adeilad drws nesaf. Dwy siop fetio y drws nesaf i'w gilydd. Rwy'n amau a fyddai dwy siop fetio annibynnol y drws nesaf i'w gilydd yn gallu gwneud digon o elw i ddal ati. Felly mae angen i ni edrych ar y rhesymau pam y mae'r pethau hyn yn digwydd. Mae'r ailbrisio wedi gwella pethau i lawer o fusnesau, ac mae cynllun rhyddhad ardrethi Llywodraeth Cymru yn gwneud gwahaniaeth i'r rhai sy'n cael budd ohono. Serch hynny, mae angen i fusnesau bach canol ein trefi wybod na fydd y cynllun y maent yn talu tuag ato yn eu rhoi dan anfantais o gymharu ag eraill. Mae'n rhaid i'r cynllun rhyddhad ardrethi parhaol sy'n cael ei gyflwyno yn 2018 fynd i'r afael â'r materion hyn. Mae'n broblem ddiddorol. Yn y Pwyllgor Economi, Seilwaith a Sgiliau, a gadeirir gan Russell George, canmolodd y Ffederasiwn Busnesau Bach symlrwydd cynllun Llywodraeth Cymru, ond os ydych yn mynd i gyflwyno mesurau blaengar yn rhan ohono, yna rydych yn dechrau ychwanegu haenau o gymhlethdod. Os byddwch yn dechrau cyboli â lluosyddion, fel y dywedodd Jeremy, fe fyddwch yn ychwanegu haenau o gymhlethdod a bydd yn dir peryglus i ddod o hyd i'ch ffordd drwyddo. Felly, nid wyf yn eiddigeddus o swydd Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet, ond byddwn yn ddiolchgar pe gallai nodi pa gamau y bydd Llywodraeth Cymru yn eu cymryd, hyd at, yn cynnwys, a thu hwnt i'r pwynt y bydd yr ardrethi busnes yn cael eu hadolygu er mwyn helpu i gefnogi ein strydoedd mawr a chanol ein trefi.