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English: I absolutely do share those concerns and it is really difficult to imagine how just two clauses in a Bill could be more damaging to Wales from a devolved public spending perspective. It puts huge powers in the hands of UK Government Ministers to spend in Wales in areas that are currently devolved and have been devolved for 20 years. We have the networks here in Wales; we understand where the money will make the difference. We have those local relationships that will use the money well. There are big issues here. I mean, what happens is the UK Government presumably will top-slice money from the Welsh Government's budget; this isn't additional spend. If the UK Government is looking for areas to spend within its own responsibilities, I'm sure that many of us can have a list as long as your arm of ideas that they could spend on, starting off with things such as electrifying the main line to Swansea, investing in the tidal lagoon in Swansea and investing in broadband so that Welsh Government doesn't have to pick up the tab for things that are rightly the responsibility of the UK Government, including rail more widely, and that's another area where we've had to act because the UK Government doesn't want to. So, they should start off by focusing their spend in the areas that they're responsible for and leave Welsh Government to undertake its own responsibilities.
Welsh: Rwy'n rhannu'r pryderon hynny'n llwyr ac mae'n anodd iawn dychmygu sut y gallai dim ond dau gymal mewn Bil fod yn fwy niweidiol i Gymru o safbwynt gwariant cyhoeddus datganoledig. Mae'n rhoi pwerau enfawr yn nwylo Gweinidogion Llywodraeth y DU i wario yng Nghymru mewn meysydd sydd wedi'u datganoli ar hyn o bryd ac sydd wedi'u datganoli ers 20 mlynedd. Mae gennym y rhwydweithiau yma yng Nghymru; rydym yn deall ble bydd yr arian yn gwneud gwahaniaeth. Mae gennym gysylltiadau lleol a fydd yn gwneud defnydd da o'r arian. Mae cwestiynau mawr yn codi yma. Hynny yw, yr hyn sy'n digwydd yw y bydd Llywodraeth y DU, mae'n debyg, yn tynnu arian oddi ar gyllideb Llywodraeth Cymru; nid gwariant ychwanegol yw hwn. Os yw Llywodraeth y DU yn chwilio am feysydd i wario arnynt o fewn ei chyfrifoldebau ei hun, rwy'n siŵr y bydd gan lawer ohonom restr cyn hired â'n breichiau o syniadau y gallent wario arnynt, gan ddechrau gyda phethau fel trydaneiddio'r brif reilffordd i Abertawe, buddsoddi yn y morlyn llanw yn Abertawe a buddsoddi mewn band eang fel nad oes raid i Lywodraeth Cymru dalu'r bil am bethau sy'n rhan o gyfrifoldebau'r DU, gan gynnwys y rheilffyrdd yn ehangach, a dyna faes arall lle bu'n rhaid inni weithredu oherwydd nad yw Llywodraeth y DU am wneud hynny. Felly, dylent ddechrau drwy ganolbwyntio eu gwariant yn y meysydd y maent yn gyfrifol amdanynt a gadael i Lywodraeth Cymru ymgymryd â'i chyfrifoldebau ei hun.
English: Questions now from the party spokespeople. The Conservatives' spokesperson, Nick Ramsay.
Welsh: Cwestiynau nawr gan lefarwyr y pleidiau. Llefarydd y Ceidwadwyr, Nick Ramsay.
English: Diolch, Llywydd. Minister, procurement is one of the key ways in which public bodies need to be able to demonstrate that they are securing value for money, something that we took evidence from you on recently in the Public Accounts Committee. Two of the Auditor General for Wales's reports in autumn 2017 concluded that national governance arrangements for procurement could be strengthened and should be strengthened. How are you planning to do this?
Welsh: Diolch, Lywydd. Weinidog, caffael yw un o'r ffyrdd allweddol y mae angen i gyrff cyhoeddus allu dangos eu bod yn sicrhau gwerth am arian, rhywbeth y clywsom dystiolaeth gennych arno'n ddiweddar yn y Pwyllgor Cyfrifon Cyhoeddus. Daeth dau o adroddiadau Archwilydd Cyffredinol Cymru yn hydref 2017 i'r casgliad y gellid cryfhau trefniadau llywodraethu cenedlaethol ar gyfer caffael ac y dylid eu cryfhau. Sut y bwriadwch wneud hyn?
English: Thank you very much for raising that issue, and I think that a key thing in our armoury in terms of procurement is the Wales procurement policy statement. Now, that was last fully updated in 2015, and that provides the strategy and the framework for the Welsh public sector to undertake public procurement. And the effective application of that has delivered positive impacts, but I know that we can do more, we can go further, so a revised WPPS is currently being developed to reflect on and build upon the closer working relationships that have been developed with the Welsh Government and the wider Welsh public sector during the COVID pandemic in our response to it. I think our relationships in that sense have never been better, so it's an opportunity for us to ensure that our procurement benefits from our new ways of working.
Welsh: Diolch yn fawr am godi'r mater hwnnw, a chredaf mai un peth allweddol yn ein harfogaeth o ran caffael yw datganiad polisi caffael Cymru. Nawr, y tro diwethaf y'i diweddarwyd yn llawn oedd yn 2015, ac mae'n darparu'r strategaeth a'r fframwaith i'r sector cyhoeddus yng Nghymru ymgymryd â chaffael cyhoeddus. Ac mae ei gymhwyso'n effeithiol wedi sicrhau effeithiau cadarnhaol, ond gwn y gallwn wneud mwy, gallwn fynd ymhellach, felly mae datganiad polisi caffael diwygiedig yn cael ei ddatblygu ar hyn o bryd i edrych ac adeiladu ar y berthynas waith agosach a ddatblygwyd gyda Llywodraeth Cymru a'r sector cyhoeddus ehangach yng Nghymru yn ein hymateb i bandemig COVID. Rwy'n credu bod ein perthynas waith yn yr ystyr honno yn well nag erioed, felly mae'n gyfle inni sicrhau bod ein gwaith caffael yn elwa o'n ffyrdd newydd o weithio.
English: Thank you, Minister, and I'm pleased to hear that that work is under way, because the National Procurement Service frameworks do need looking at and overhauling. Public bodies in Wales have been spending in the region of £6 billion procuring goods and services, so we shouldn't be in any doubt about the importance of procurement in getting the Welsh economy moving again. Unfortunately, as you know, the auditor general's reports concluded that public bodies are not using NPS frameworks as much as was originally anticipated, whilst the cancelled procurement for Job Support Wales was a high-profile procurement failure that brought into question the Welsh Government's commitment to be an exemplar of best procurement practice. So, can you update us on, firstly, when your review into this will be published and completed, and how you are addressing these problems so that companies across Wales can be reassured that the Welsh Government is getting to grips with these problems and changing the whole procurement culture in Wales?
Welsh: Diolch, Weinidog, ac rwy'n falch o glywed bod y gwaith hwnnw'n mynd rhagddo, oherwydd mae angen edrych ar fframweithiau'r Gwasanaeth Caffael Cenedlaethol a'u hailwampio. Mae cyrff cyhoeddus yng Nghymru wedi bod yn gwario tua £6 biliwn yn caffael nwyddau a gwasanaethau, felly ni ddylai fod gennym unrhyw amheuaeth ynghylch pwysigrwydd caffael i sicrhau bod economi Cymru'n symud eto. Yn anffodus, fel y gwyddoch, daeth adroddiadau'r archwilydd cyffredinol i'r casgliad nad yw cyrff cyhoeddus yn defnyddio fframweithiau'r Gwasanaeth Caffael Cenedlaethol gymaint ag y rhagwelwyd yn wreiddiol, tra bo'r broses gaffael a ganslwyd ar gyfer Cymorth Swyddi Cymru yn fethiant proffil uchel o ran caffael a oedd yn bwrw amheuaeth ar ymrwymiad Llywodraeth Cymru i fod yn batrwm o arferion caffael gorau. Felly, a allwch roi'r wybodaeth ddiweddaraf i ni, yn gyntaf, pryd y caiff eich adolygiad o hyn ei gyhoeddi a'i gwblhau, a sut rydych chi'n datrys y problemau fel y gellir sicrhau cwmnïau ledled Cymru fod Llywodraeth Cymru yn mynd i'r afael â'r problemau hyn ac yn newid holl ddiwylliant caffael yng Nghymru?
English: I'm happy to provide that update. So, my colleague Lee Waters has been leading on some really important work in terms of the foundational economy, and, as part of that work, we commissioned the Centre for Local Economic Strategies to work with us to ensure that we can identify public services boards clusters across Wales and work with them to consider new ways of working and how they can maximise the procurement opportunities in local economies. Now, that work has been affected by COVID, but implementation plans will be agreed by the end of this month. And the underlying objective for that is to identify areas of procurement that currently flow out of the region or, indeed, out of Wales, and to ensure that that's used as the baseline then to develop those new approaches, to drive up the involvement of local suppliers in expenditure. So, a really important piece of work and a new way of working and, as I say, we should be able to say more about the agreement of plans to take that forward later on this month.
Welsh: Rwy'n hapus i ddarparu'r diweddariad hwnnw. Felly, mae fy nghyd-Aelod Lee Waters wedi bod yn arwain ar waith gwirioneddol bwysig ar yr economi sylfaenol, ac fel rhan o'r gwaith hwnnw, comisiynwyd y Ganolfan Strategaethau Economaidd Lleol gennym i weithio gyda ni i sicrhau y gallwn nodi clystyrau o fyrddau gwasanaethau cyhoeddus ledled Cymru a gweithio gyda hwy i ystyried ffyrdd newydd o weithio a sut y gallant fanteisio i'r eithaf ar y cyfleoedd caffael mewn economïau lleol. Nawr, mae COVID wedi effeithio ar y gwaith hwnnw, ond bydd cynlluniau gweithredu'n cael eu cytuno erbyn diwedd y mis hwn. A'r amcan sylfaenol ar gyfer hynny yw nodi meysydd caffael sy'n llifo allan o'r rhanbarth ar hyn o bryd neu allan o Gymru yn wir, a sicrhau bod hynny'n cael ei ddefnyddio fel y llinell sylfaen i ddatblygu'r dulliau newydd, er mwyn cynyddu cyfranogiad cyflenwyr lleol mewn gwariant. Felly, gwaith gwirioneddol bwysig a ffordd newydd o weithio ac fel y dywedais, dylem allu dweud mwy ynglŷn â chytuno ar gynlluniau ar gyfer datblygu hynny yn ddiweddarach y mis hwn.
English: Thank you, and I look forward to hearing that information later this month. I appreciate that officials' time and your own time and the Government's time over recent time has been preoccupied with the pandemic and dealing with that, but if I can, in my final question to you, ask how this whole issue of procurement can be seen in terms of the issue of building back better, and renewing the culture that we have in Wales. Procurement surely does have a huge part to play in achieving the building back better process, given the huge amounts of money that we are talking about here - the £6 billion I mentioned before, but there's additional money as well. It's also important, I'm sure you'll agree, that procurement policy is in alignment with the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015. The commissioner has called on the Welsh Government to factor in the Act at the very start of the procurement process, or even, importantly, at a pre-procurement stage. This is, as I said before, Minister, about changing the whole culture of how we deal with procurement in Wales. It's a massive area, but do you agree that, along with tax policy, actually - another big change in recent times to the way that this place operates - it can be one of the key levers at your disposal in providing value for money for the taxpayer, supporting the Welsh economy and helping in that process of building back better?
Welsh: Diolch, ac edrychaf ymlaen at glywed y wybodaeth honno yn ddiweddarach y mis hwn. Rwy'n sylweddoli bod amser swyddogion a'ch amser eich hun ac amser y Llywodraeth dros y cyfnod diweddar wedi'i neilltuo'n bennaf ar gyfer y pandemig ac ymdrin â hynny, ond yn fy nghwestiwn olaf i chi, os caf ofyn sut y gellir gweld holl fater caffael yn nhermau adeiladu'n ôl yn well, ac adnewyddu'r diwylliant sydd gennym yng Nghymru. Mae'n sicr fod gan gaffael ran enfawr i'w chwarae yn y broses o adeiladu'n ôl well, o gofio'r symiau enfawr o arian rydym yn sôn amdanynt yma - y £6 biliwn y soniais amdano yn flaenorol, ond ceir arian ychwanegol hefyd. Rwy'n siŵr y cytunwch ei bod hefyd yn bwysig fod polisi caffael yn cyd-fynd â Deddf Llesiant Cenedlaethau'r Dyfodol (Cymru) 2015. Mae'r comisiynydd wedi galw ar Lywodraeth Cymru i ystyried y Ddeddf ar ddechrau'r broses gaffael, neu hyd yn oed, yn bwysig, ar gam cyn caffael. Mae hyn, fel y dywedais o'r blaen, Weinidog, yn ymwneud â newid holl ddiwylliant y ffordd rydym yn ymdrin â chaffael yng Nghymru. Mae'n faes enfawr, ond a ydych yn cytuno, ynghyd â pholisi treth - newid mawr arall yn ddiweddar i'r ffordd y mae'r lle hwn yn gweithredu - y gall fod yn un o'r prif ysgogiadau at eich defnydd o ran darparu gwerth am arian i'r trethdalwr, cefnogi economi Cymru a helpu yn y broses o adeiladu'n ôl yn well?
English: Yes. Oh my gosh, I find myself in agreement with the Conservative spokesperson on that issue. Absolutely, procurement can play a huge role in terms of building back better in ensuring that spend is kept in our local communities. You'll be familiar with the foundational economy challenge fund. That's been really important in terms of identifying local areas where improvement can be made. So, an example would be the forest nation centre, and that's testing the concept of using skilled, value-added manufacturing approaches to increase the use of Welsh timber within housing, and that's something of interest across several portfolios in Government. And also the controlled environment agriculture pilot, and that's exploring the development of community, old agriculture facilities. So, lots of different ways in which we can ensure that spend is kept more locally for the benefit of local people, and that challenge fund I think has been really instrumental in bringing forward new innovative ways of working on which inevitably we will want to build as we come out of the crisis.
Welsh: Ydw. Mawredd, dyma fi'n cytuno â llefarydd y Ceidwadwyr ar y mater hwnnw. Yn sicr, gall caffael chwarae rhan enfawr yn y broses o adeiladu'n ôl yn well drwy sicrhau bod gwariant yn cael ei gadw yn ein cymunedau lleol. Fe fyddwch yn gyfarwydd â chronfa her yr economi sylfaenol. Mae wedi bod yn bwysig iawn wrth nodi meysydd lleol lle gellir gwella. Felly, un enghraifft fyddai canolfan cenedl y goedwig, sy'n profi'r cysyniad o ddefnyddio dulliau gweithgynhyrchu medrus i ychwanegu gwerth er mwyn cynyddu'r defnydd o bren o Gymru mewn tai, ac mae hynny o ddiddordeb i sawl portffolio yn y Llywodraeth. A hefyd y cynllun peilot amaethyddiaeth amgylchedd rheoledig, sy'n archwilio datblygiad hen gyfleusterau amaethyddol cymunedol. Felly, llawer o wahanol ffyrdd y gallwn sicrhau bod gwariant yn cael ei gadw'n fwy lleol er budd pobl leol, ac rwy'n credu bod y gronfa her honno wedi bod yn allweddol wrth gyflwyno ffyrdd newydd arloesol o weithio y byddwn yn anochel yn awyddus i adeiladu arnynt wrth inni ddod allan o'r argyfwng.
English: Thank you, Llywydd. With a quarter of the Welsh population now under higher level restrictions as a result of the pandemic, I was pleased to see new measures announced last night to support people financially. I'm referring mainly to the £500 payment for those on lower incomes and support for employers to continue to employ people who are unwell. I think it's very important that we have the details of this scheme as soon as possible. Could we have those details now, and are we likely to see further announcements on support specifically for those areas identified as needing more restrictions in place?
Welsh: Diolch, Llywydd. Efo chwarter poblogaeth Cymru erbyn hyn dan gyfyngiadau uwch yn sgil y pandemig ar hyn o bryd, mi roeddwn i'n falch o weld mesurau newydd yn cael eu cyhoeddi neithiwr i gefnogi pobl yn ariannol. Dwi'n cyfeirio'n bennaf at y taliad o £500 i bobl ar incwm isel a chefnogaeth hefyd i gyflogwyr allu parhau i gyflogi pobl sydd yn sâl. Dwi'n meddwl ei bod hi'n bwysig iawn ein bod ni'n cael manylion y cynllun yma cyn gynted â phosib. Oes posib cael y manylion hynny rŵan? Ac, a ydyn ni'n debyg o gael rhagor o gyhoeddiadau am gefnogaeth yn benodol i ardaloedd sydd yn cael eu hadnabod fel y rhai sydd angen bod mewn mesurau mwy cyfyng?
English: Thank you. As you say, last night, the First Minister made the announcement about the £500 payment for people on low incomes who are required to self-isolate. As he said earlier on in the First Minister's statement, we're still working on the details of that, looking at the delivery mechanisms. The First Minister talked about the potential for using the discretionary assistance fund as a mechanism for that. Other options are available and are also being considered. And we're also looking in detail at what the eligibility criteria will be as well. So, I'm afraid I can't give you all of those details today because some modelling work is being undertaken by Welsh Treasury on that, but, as soon as we do have more details about the scheme, obviously, I'll be very, very keen to share that.
Welsh: Diolch. Fel y dywedwch, neithiwr, cyhoeddodd y Prif Weinidog y bydd taliad o £500 yn cael ei roi i bobl ar incwm isel a fydd yn gorfod hunanynysu. Fel y dywedodd yn gynharach yn natganiad y Prif Weinidog, rydym yn dal i weithio ar fanylion hynny, gan edrych ar y mecanweithiau darparu. Soniodd y Prif Weinidog am y potensial i ddefnyddio'r gronfa cymorth dewisol fel mecanwaith ar gyfer gwneud hynny. Mae opsiynau eraill ar gael ac yn cael eu hystyried hefyd. Ac rydym hefyd yn edrych yn fanwl ar beth fydd y meini prawf cymhwysedd. Felly, mae arnaf ofn na allaf roi'r holl fanylion hynny i chi heddiw gan fod gwaith modelu ar y gweill gan Drysorlys Cymru ar hynny, ond cyn gynted ag y bydd gennym fwy o fanylion am y cynllun, yn amlwg, byddaf yn awyddus iawn i rannu hynny.
English: I appreciate that you are still working on the details, but I remember another £500 payment that was announced some months ago for workers in the care sector, and it took an exceptionally long time to work out how that payment should be made, and that process isn't completed even today. Local authorities, if I could move forward, have done heroic work during this pandemic. I am concerned to hear about some uncertainty among local government leaders regarding funding for councils as we face the winter months, which are going to be a strain, of course. According to one council, they managed to reclaim first quarter losses quite easily, but the story is very different with the second quarter. So, can I have confirmation of the additional support that's ready to be provided to compensate councils and confirmation that processes are being hastened to ensure that losses incurred already are paid back as a matter of urgency, or councils are going to face great stresses very, very soon?
Welsh: Dwi'n gwerthfawrogi bod yna waith gweithio ar y manylion, ond dwi'n cofio taliad arall o £500 a gafodd ei gyhoeddi rai misoedd yn ôl i weithwyr yn y sector gofal, ac mi gymerwyd amser hirfaith i weithio allan sut i wneud y taliad hwnnw, a dyw'r broses ddim drosodd eto. Mae awdurdodau lleol, os caf i symud ymlaen, wedi gwneud gwaith arwrol yn ystod y pandemig yma. Dwi yn bryderus o glywed am gryn ansicrwydd ymhlith arweinwyr llywodraeth leol ynglŷn â chyllid i gynghorau wrth inni wynebu'r gaeaf, sy'n mynd i fod yn straen, wrth gwrs. Yn ôl un cyngor yn benodol, mi lwyddwyd i hawlio colledion chwarter 1 yn ôl yn ddigon rhwydd, ond mae'r stori'n wahanol iawn efo chwarter 2. Felly, gaf i gadarnhad o'r gefnogaeth ychwanegol sy'n barod i fynd i goffrau cynghorau i'w digolledu nhw, a chadarnhad bod prosesau'n cael eu prysuro i sicrhau bod colledion sydd wedi cael eu gweld yn barod yn cael eu talu nôl ar fyrder, neu fe fydd cynghorau'n wynebu'r straen yn fuan iawn, iawn?
English: Well, Welsh Government worked really closely alongside the Welsh Local Government Association and the Society of Welsh Treasurers through the early part of the summer to better understand the potential for lost income across the rest of the financial year. Lost income might come from things such as a lack of services that the council might normally provide - for example, car parking, theatres, and so on. So, a great deal of detailed work went on there and that's why I was very recently able to announce additional funding for local authorities in respect of items, including lost earnings, which brought the additional funding for local government up to nearly £500 million. So, I think we have worked with them beyond that first tranche of funding, which I recall was in the region of £70 million. But now we have provided funding that should look across to the end of the financial year. So, I'm concerned to hear that a local authority has suggested that this is an ongoing issue, but perhaps if you write to me we can get into a bit more of the detail of that.
Welsh: Wel, gweithiodd Llywodraeth Cymru yn agos iawn ochr yn ochr â Chymdeithas Llywodraeth Leol Cymru a Chymdeithas Trysoryddion Cymru drwy ddechrau'r haf i ddeall yn well y perygl o golli incwm ar draws gweddill y flwyddyn ariannol. Gallai incwm a gollwyd ddeillio o bethau fel diffyg gwasanaethau y byddai'r cyngor yn eu darparu fel arfer - er enghraifft, parcio ceir, theatrau, ac yn y blaen. Felly, aeth llawer iawn o waith manwl rhagddo ar hynny a dyna pam y bu modd i mi gyhoeddi'n ddiweddar iawn fod cyllid ychwanegol i'w roi i awdurdodau lleol mewn perthynas ag eitemau, gan gynnwys enillion a gollwyd, gan olygu bod cyllid ychwanegol i lywodraeth leol bellach bron yn £500 miliwn. Felly, credaf ein bod wedi gweithio gyda hwy y tu hwnt i'r gyfran gyntaf honno o gyllid y cofiaf ei fod oddeutu £70 miliwn. Ond nawr rydym wedi darparu cyllid a ddylai bara tan ddiwedd y flwyddyn ariannol. Felly, mae'n destun pryder fod awdurdod lleol wedi awgrymu bod hon yn broblem barhaus, ond os ysgrifennwch ataf, efallai y gallwn gael ychydig mwy o fanylion ynglŷn â hynny.
English: The concern is, of course, that it will be an ongoing issue for quite some time, and there are certainly concerns about what will happen over the winter months. And finally, I wanted to get something on record, if truth be told. As we face climbing out of the economic hole that we're in at present, it's become apparent during this pandemic that the fiscal arrangements of Wales are entirely inadequate. Can I have an assurance from you that there is discussion with the UK Government on the new rules and fiscal circumstances that you would like to see and that that will be a priority for you? And will you agree with me that this is certainly something that cannot be put to one side because of COVID - it's something that needs to be done more swiftly as a result of COVID and the economic problems caused by it?
Welsh: Y pryder ydy, wrth gwrs, ei fod o'n mynd i fod yn fater sydd yn parhau am amser maith, ac mae yna bryderon, yn sicr, dros beth ddigwyddiff dros y gaeaf. Yn olaf, dwi eisiau cael rhywbeth ar y cofnod, mewn difrif. Wrth inni wynebu dod allan o'r twll economaidd rydym ni ynddo fo ar hyn o bryd, mae wedi dod yn glir yn ystod y pandemig yma bod trefniadau ffisgal Cymru yn gwbl, gwbl annigonol. Gaf i sicrwydd gennych chi bod trafod efo Llywodraeth y Deyrnas Unedig y rheolau a'r amgylchiadau ffisgal newydd yr hoffech chi eu gweld yn mynd i fod yn flaenoriaeth i chi? A wnewch chi gytuno â fi dyw hyn yn sicr ddim yn rhywbeth sy'n gallu cael ei roi o'r neilltu oherwydd COVID, mae o'n rhywbeth sydd angen ei wneud yn gyflymach a'i brysuro oherwydd COVID a'r problemau economaidd sydd wedi dod yn sgil hynny?