English: Thank you, Minister, for your statement this afternoon. I'll start by welcoming the remarks of the Conservative spokesperson, actually. I know how difficult these contributions can be, but you did seem to be struggling towards contrition. I hope that he's able to complete the journey over the coming weeks. We know that the failure of the UK Government to manage the overall economy is going to have real-terms consequences, and the Minister has outlined the devastating consequences for our public services as a part of that. However, I'd like to address other matters this afternoon. We also know that the UK budget, if you like, has a £40 billion Brexit hole in the middle of it, and whatever else we do in terms of economic decision making, unless we're able to trade freely with our closest neighbours we're always going to have an economy that's underperforming. I would hope that the Welsh Government will begin to look seriously now at how we start the journey towards rejoining the customs union and the single market to ensure that we're able to restart economic activity in the country, but also, Minister, that you lead a debate on taxation. You've answered, I thought, very fully the questions raised by Plaid Cymru this afternoon, but there does need to be a debate in Wales, in this place, about levels of taxation. We cannot deliver the services that we want to deliver and create the country we want to live in without the taxation income that's required in order to do that. Our levels of taxation, whatever penny here or penny there, are significantly below the levels in other comparable economies, and that means that our public sphere is always going to be underinvested in relative terms. I hope that we can begin that debate. As a part of that debate - and I won't press the patience of the Presiding Officer any further - there needs to be a debate on the financial powers available to this place. The First Minister was very clear in answer to a question from the Member for the Cynon Valley earlier that the borrowing powers available to the Welsh Government are far from adequate - in fact, they're entirely unsatisfactory and inadequate. But we need to look at borrowing powers amongst a suite of other powers available to this place and to the Welsh Government to ensure that we do have all the tools available to us that we require in order not just to deliver on our ambitions for the programme for government, but to defend Wales from the incompetence of a Tory Government in London that really doesn't care at all about us and our country.
Welsh: Diolch, Gweinidog, am eich datganiad chi'r prynhawn yma. Rwyf i am ddechrau drwy groesawu sylwadau llefarydd y Ceidwadwyr, mewn gwirionedd. Rwy'n gwybod pa mor anodd y gall y cyfraniadau hyn fod, ond roedd hi'n ymddangos eich bod chi'n llafurio tuag at edifeirwch. Rwy'n gobeithio y bydd yn gallu cwblhau'r daith dros yr wythnosau nesaf. Fe wyddom ni y bydd methiant Llywodraeth y DU i reoli'r economi gyffredinol yn cael canlyniadau gwirioneddol, ac mae'r Gweinidog wedi amlinellu'r canlyniadau dinistriol i'n gwasanaethau cyhoeddus ni yn rhan o hynny. Eto i gyd, fe hoffwn i fynd i'r afael â materion eraill y prynhawn yma. Rydym ni'n gwybod hefyd fod gan gyllideb y DU, os mynnwch chi, dwll o £40 biliwn yn ei chanol oherwydd Brexit, a beth bynnag arall yr ydym ni'n ei wneud o ran gwneud penderfyniadau economaidd, oni bai ein bod ni'n gallu masnachu yn ddidramgwydd gyda'n cymdogion agosaf fe fydd ein heconomi ni'n siŵr o danberfformio drwy'r amser. Fe fyddwn i'n gobeithio y bydd Llywodraeth Cymru yn dechrau edrych o ddifrif nawr ar y ffordd y byddwn ni'n cychwyn ar daith tuag at ailymuno â'r undeb tollau a'r farchnad sengl er mwyn sicrhau ein bod ni'n gallu ailddechrau gweithgarwch economaidd yn y wlad, ond hefyd, Gweinidog, eich bod chi'n arwain trafodaeth ar drethiant. Rydych chi wedi ateb, roeddwn i'n meddwl, y cwestiynau a godwyd gan Blaid Cymru'r prynhawn yma'n fanwl iawn, ond mae angen dadl yng Nghymru, yn y lle hwn, ynghylch cyfraddau trethiant. Ni allwn ni ddarparu'r gwasanaethau y dymunwn eu darparu na llunio'r wlad yr ydym ni'n dymuno byw ynddi hi heb yr incwm angenrheidiol o drethiant ar gyfer gwneud hynny. Mae ein cyfraddau ni o drethiant, pa geiniog bynnag yma neu acw, yn sylweddol is na'r cyfraddau mewn economïau eraill o'r fath, ac mae hynny'n golygu y bydd ein gwasanaethau cyhoeddus ni bob amser wedi'u tanfuddsoddi mewn termau cymharol. Rwy'n gobeithio y gallwn ni ddechrau'r ddadl honno. Yn rhan o'r ddadl honno - ac nid wyf i am drethu dim mwy ar amynedd y Llywydd - bydd angen dadl ynglŷn â'r pwerau ariannol sydd ar gael i'r lle hwn. Roedd y Prif Weinidog yn eglur iawn wrth ateb cwestiwn gan yr Aelod dros Gwm Cynon yn gynharach sef bod y pwerau benthyca sydd ar gael i Lywodraeth Cymru ymhell o fod yn ddigonol - mewn gwirionedd, maen nhw'n gwbl anfoddhaol ac annigonol. Ond mae angen i ni edrych ar bwerau benthyg ymysg cyfres o bwerau eraill sydd ar gael i'r lle hwn ac i Lywodraeth Cymru i sicrhau bod yr holl offer sydd ar gael i ni sydd ei angen arnom ni i gyflawni nid yn unig ein huchelgeisiau i'r rhaglen lywodraethu, ond ar gyfer amddiffyn Cymru rhag anallu Llywodraeth Dorïaidd yn Llundain nad yw hi'n malio o gwbl amdanom ni na'n cenedl ni mewn gwirionedd.