English: Paul Davies opened for us by emphasising that the coronavirus pandemic is both a public health and economic emergency, with high numbers of employees furloughed in Wales, the threat to jobs and the need to understand the challenges facing businesses, especially small and medium businesses. He talked about the structural inequalities in Wales that haven't been tackled by the Welsh Government over more than two decades. He talked about the lack of clarity in support for the tourism sector and called for a recovery plan to be agreed with the tourism sector and with public transport providers. Helen Mary Jones said that Plaid don't oppose our call for a COVID community recovery fund and then said that it's not just about going back to where we were before, and we agree, and therefore, hopefully, you can support our proposal. She also, I regret, illustrated why we shouldn't take lessons on the economy from Plaid Cymru. Janet Finch-Saunders talked about the numbers claiming unemployment benefit doubling during this crisis. Conwy have the highest percentage of jobs at risk in Wales. She was grateful to the UK Government for the financial support it's provided for Welsh business and said the Welsh economic dragon needs to be enabled to roar again. Jenny Rathbone talked about this not being the time to be untying the links with the UK Government, about the need to bring people back into town centres and protect both vulnerable businesses and arts and cultural facilities. Russell George talked about the damage caused by the Welsh Government's disunited approach to unlocking lockdown, from estate agents to Laura Ashley. He said Wales can't afford to fall further behind the rest of the UK, and concluded that the future of Wales belongs to the brave. David Rowlands talked about the threat to Valleys towns, Angela Burns about the need for clear focus and leadership as we move forward, and the need to replace years of Welsh Government rhetoric with real action on building a green economy, and she said, if green is the future, hospitality businesses are the here and now. Economy Minister Ken Skates pointed out that the public health crisis is not over yet - no dispute. He welcomed UK Government support schemes, but spoke of the need for them to avoid duplication with Welsh Government schemes, when, in reality, of course, it's the Welsh Government that needs to avoid duplication with UK schemes. He then provided us with the usual long list of Welsh Government schemes of past, present and potentially future. The Welsh Government's delay in the reopening of the economy has been damaging to the fragile Welsh economy. Take passenger transport, where the industry presented a proposal to the Welsh Government on 15 May that would enable operators to ramp up bus services with full costings, but they've still not received a considered official response and Wales is now the only country in the UK that has not agreed funding for transport operators to begin to ramp-up services to cover costs for additional services. Take our bed-and-breakfast sector: in England and Scotland, grants are available to bed-and-breakfast operators who didn't qualify for any other COVID-19 grant support schemes. In Wales, however, legitimate bed-and-breakfast businesses have been denied access to equivalent grants. As one affected business asked me today: 'This was our main and only income. Could you inform Ken Skates, Mark Drakeford and other Ministers in the Welsh Labour Government that we're now at breaking point, physically, mentally and emotionally?' This is disgraceful. Take our crucial housing market: the Welsh Government has failed to open the housing market in Wales alongside the rest of UK, where the rest of UK is taking sensible precautions to protect everybody. Take dental practitioners: in England, they've reopened with strict rules, but, in Wales, they've told me that the health Minister's written response to me last week can only be described as spin, and that most of the Welsh Government statements from last week were undone rapidly over the weekend by further backtracking statements and a change of process. Take holiday let businesses: the Welsh Government has announced that self-catering businesses could reopen on 13 July, as long as they adhere to the Government guidelines. A decision will be taken about this on 9 July, and the economy Minister Ken Skates told north Wales media that comprehensive guidance has been put in place for the tourism and hospitality sector to ensure that the sector can be restarted in a safe way. But self-catering businesses are telling me, 'I've just spoken to our council and they don't have the guidance,' and asking, 'What are the guidelines and where do I find them?' And finally, take our town centres. The Centre for Towns found that Wales is the worst-performing area of the UK with regard to its economic well-being, and that specific communities, including ex-industrial towns in parts of Wales, will need an effective support mechanism at a local level to support businesses to plan their recovery strategies, echoing the work of the Carnegie Trust. Taking all this together, I commend this motion and urge everybody to support it, recognising that this pandemic is both a public health and an economic emergency. Diolch yn fawr.
Welsh: Agorodd Paul Davies i ni drwy bwysleisio bod y pandemig coronafeirws yn argyfwng iechyd cyhoeddus ac yn argyfwng economaidd, gyda niferoedd uchel o weithwyr ar ffyrlo yng Nghymru, y bygythiad i swyddi a'r angen i ddeall yr heriau sy'n wynebu busnesau, yn enwedig busnesau bach a chanolig. Soniodd am yr anghydraddoldebau strwythurol yng Nghymru nad yw Llywodraeth Cymru wedi mynd i'r afael â hwy dros gyfnod o fwy na dau ddegawd. Soniodd am y diffyg eglurder o ran y gefnogaeth i'r sector twristiaeth a galwodd am gytuno ar gynllun adfer gyda'r sector twristiaeth a chyda darparwyr trafnidiaeth gyhoeddus. Dywedodd Helen Mary Jones nad yw Plaid Cymru yn gwrthwynebu ein galwad am gronfa adfer cymunedol COVID ac yna dywedodd ei fod yn ymwneud â mwy na mynd yn ôl i ble roeddem o'r blaen, ac rydym yn cytuno, ac felly, gobeithio y gallwch gefnogi ein cynnig. Hefyd, gwaetha'r modd, fe ddangosodd pam na ddylem gymryd unrhyw wersi ar yr economi gan Blaid Cymru. Soniodd Janet Finch-Saunders fod y niferoedd sy'n hawlio budd-dal diweithdra wedi dyblu yn ystod yr argyfwng hwn. Conwy sydd â'r ganran uchaf o swyddi mewn perygl yng Nghymru. Roedd yn ddiolchgar i Lywodraeth y DU am y cymorth ariannol y mae'n ei roi i fusnesau Cymru a dywedodd fod angen galluogi draig economaidd Cymru i ruo eto. Soniodd Jenny Rathbone nad dyma'r amser i fynd i ddatod y cysylltiadau â Llywodraeth y DU, am yr angen i ddod â phobl yn ôl i ganol trefi a diogelu busnesau sy'n agored i niwed a chyfleusterau celfyddydol a diwylliannol. Siaradodd Russell George am y difrod a achoswyd gan ymagwedd ranedig Llywodraeth Cymru tuag at lacio'r cyfyngiadau, o werthwyr tai i Laura Ashley. Dywedodd na all Cymru fforddio syrthio'n bellach ar ôl gweddill y DU, a daeth i'r casgliad bod dyfodol Cymru yn eiddo i'r dewrion. Soniodd David Rowlands am y bygythiad i drefi'r Cymoedd, Angela Burns am yr angen am ffocws ac arweiniad clir wrth inni symud ymlaen, a'r angen am weithredu go iawn gan Lywodraeth Cymru ar adeiladu economi werdd yn lle'r blynyddoedd o rethreg, a dywedodd, os mai gwyrdd yw'r dyfodol, mai busnesau lletygarwch yw'r presennol. Tynnodd Gweinidog yr economi, Ken Skates, sylw at y ffaith nad yw'r argyfwng iechyd cyhoeddus ar ben eto - heb amheuaeth. Croesawodd gynlluniau cymorth Llywodraeth y DU, ond soniodd am yr angen iddynt osgoi dyblygu cynlluniau Llywodraeth Cymru, er mai Llywodraeth Cymru a ddylai osgoi dyblygu cynlluniau'r DU mewn gwirionedd. Yna rhoddodd y rhestr hir arferol i ni o gynlluniau Llywodraeth Cymru yn y gorffennol, y presennol ac o bosibl yn y dyfodol. Mae'r oedi gan Lywodraeth Cymru cyn ailagor yr economi wedi bod yn niweidiol i economi fregus Cymru. Cymerwch drafnidiaeth teithwyr, lle cyflwynodd y diwydiant gynnig i Lywodraeth Cymru ar 15 Mai a fyddai'n galluogi gweithredwyr i wella gwasanaethau bws, cynnig wedi'i gostio'n llawn, ond maent yn dal i ddisgwyl am ymateb swyddogol ystyriol ac erbyn hyn Cymru yw'r unig wlad yn y DU sydd heb gytuno ar gyllid i weithredwyr trafnidiaeth i ddechrau gwella gwasanaethau er mwyn gallu talu am wasanaethau ychwanegol. Cymerwch ein sector gwely a brecwast: yn Lloegr a'r Alban, mae grantiau ar gael i weithredwyr gwely a brecwast nad oeddent yn gymwys ar gyfer unrhyw gynlluniau cymorth grantiau COVID-19 eraill. Yng Nghymru, fodd bynnag, nid yw busnesau gwely a brecwast cyfreithlon yn gymwys i gael grantiau cyfatebol. Fel y gofynnodd un busnes yr effeithiwyd arno i mi heddiw: 'Dyma oedd ein prif incwm a'n hunig incwm. A wnewch chi ddweud wrth Ken Skates, Mark Drakeford a Gweinidogion eraill yn Llywodraeth Lafur Cymru ein bod bellach wedi cyrraedd pen ein tennyn, yn gorfforol, yn feddyliol ac yn emosiynol?' Mae hyn yn warthus. Cymerwch ein marchnad dai hanfodol: mae Llywodraeth Cymru wedi methu agor y farchnad dai yng Nghymru ar y cyd â gweddill y DU, lle mae gweddill y DU yn rhoi rhagofalon synhwyrol ar waith i ddiogelu pawb. Cymerwch ymarferwyr deintyddol: yn Lloegr, maent wedi ailagor gyda rheolau caeth, ond yng Nghymru, maent wedi dweud wrthyf mai'r unig air i ddisgrifio ymateb ysgrifenedig y Gweinidog iechyd i mi yr wythnos diwethaf yw sbin, a bod y rhan fwyaf o ddatganiadau Llywodraeth Cymru yr wythnos diwethaf wedi'u dadwneud yn gyflym dros y penwythnos drwy ddatganiadau pellach yn camu nôl o'r datganiadau gwreiddiol ac yn newid y broses. Cymerwch fusnesau sy'n gosod tai gwyliau: mae Llywodraeth Cymru wedi cyhoeddi y gallai busnesau hunanarlwyo ailagor ar 13 Gorffennaf, cyn belled â'u bod yn cadw at ganllawiau'r Llywodraeth. Bydd penderfyniad yn cael ei wneud ynglŷn â hyn ar 9 Gorffennaf, a dywedodd Gweinidog yr economi, Ken Skates, wrth y cyfryngau yng ngogledd Cymru fod canllawiau cynhwysfawr wedi cael eu rhoi ar waith ar gyfer y sector twristiaeth a lletygarwch er mwyn sicrhau bod modd ailagor y sector mewn ffordd ddiogel. Ond mae busnesau hunanarlwyo yn dweud wrthyf, 'Rwyf newydd siarad â'n cyngor ac nid yw'r canllawiau ganddynt,' ac yn gofyn, 'Beth yw'r canllawiau a ble y gallaf ddod o hyd iddynt?' Ac yn olaf, cymerwch ganol trefi. Canfu'r Centre for Towns mai Cymru yw'r rhan sy'n perfformio waethaf yn y DU o ran ei lles economaidd, ac y bydd cymunedau penodol, yn cynnwys hen drefi diwydiannol mewn rhannau o Gymru, angen mecanwaith cymorth effeithiol ar lefel leol i gynorthwyo busnesau i gynllunio eu strategaethau adfer, gan adleisio gwaith Ymddiriedolaeth Carnegie. O ystyried hyn i gyd gyda'i gilydd, rwy'n cymeradwyo'r cynnig hwn ac yn annog pawb i'w gefnogi, gan gydnabod bod y pandemig hwn yn argyfwng iechyd cyhoeddus ac yn argyfwng economaidd. Diolch yn fawr.