English: Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer. I would like to be able to welcome today's debate from the Welsh Conservatives because I do think that local government is facing its toughest period since devolution in 1999, but it would be to ignore the elephant in the room to thank the Tories for the opportunity to talk about this because it is their austerity agenda, that political choice to starve services of funding, that has led to the situation we find ourselves in today. Nowhere is that duplicity more obvious than in the final point of the Tory motion, calling for a review of the local government funding formula, as though a review of the formula might suddenly increase the quantum available to councils in Wales. It will not. As though the formula isn't under constant review between Welsh Government and the Welsh Local Government Association. It is. As though any independent review would ever recommend moving money away from poorer communities to more affluent, Tory-run councils. How could it possibly? Even a cursory glance at the reforms that have been introduced by the UK Government over the last eight years will show that the poorest areas of Wales have been hit hardest by those changes. Relative child poverty in Wales is estimated to increase substantially with reforms pushing an extra 50,000 children into poverty by the time they're fully implemented: your party. The latest analysis shows the changes since 2010 have a disproportionately negative impact on the incomes of several protected groups, including disabled people, certain ethnic groups, women, and particularly negative impacts on intersectional groups who experience multiple disadvantage. It simply follows that any local government funding review would have to take that into account. In contrast, the issues that the Tories often cite about challenges to the councils they run and seek to run, rurality and travel time, for example, have not changed and will not change - [ Interruption.]
Welsh: Diolch ichi, Ddirprwy Lywydd. Hoffwn allu croesawu'r ddadl heddiw gan y Ceidwadwyr Cymreig oherwydd rwy'n credu bod llywodraeth leol yn wynebu ei chyfnod anoddaf ers datganoli yn 1999, ond anwybyddu'r eliffant yn yr ystafell fyddai diolch i'r Torïaid am y cyfle i siarad am hyn oherwydd mai eu hagenda cyni hwy, y dewis gwleidyddol hwnnw i amddifadu gwasanaethau o gyllid, sydd wedi arwain at y sefyllfa rydym ynddi heddiw. Mae'r dichell hwnnw i'w weld yn fwyaf amlwg ym mhwynt olaf cynnig y Torïaid, sy'n galw am adolygiad o'r fformiwla ariannu llywodraeth leol fel pe bai adolygiad o'r fformiwla yn sydyn yn mynd i gynyddu'r cyfanswm sydd ar gael i gynghorau yng Nghymru. Ni fydd yn gwneud hynny. Fel pe na bai'r fformiwla o dan adolygiad cyson rhwng Llywodraeth Cymru a Chymdeithas Llywodraeth Leol Cymru. Mae o dan adolygiad cyson. Fel pe bai unrhyw adolygiad annibynnol yn mynd i argymell symud arian oddi wrth gymunedau tlotach i gynghorau mwy cefnog, sy'n cael eu rhedeg gan y Torïaid. Sut y gallai wneud hynny? Bydd hyd yn oed cipolwg bras ar y diwygiadau a gyflwynwyd gan Lywodraeth y DU dros yr wyth mlynedd diwethaf yn dangos mai ardaloedd tlotaf Cymru sydd wedi eu taro galetaf gan y newidiadau hynny. Amcangyfrifir y bydd tlodi plant cymharol yng Nghymru yn cynyddu'n sylweddol gyda diwygiadau'n gwthio 50,000 o blant ychwanegol i fyw mewn tlodi erbyn yr adeg y cânt eu gweithredu'n llawn: eich plaid chi. Mae'r dadansoddiad diweddaraf yn dangos bod effaith anghymesur o negyddol gan y newidiadau ers 2010 ar incwm pobl mewn nifer o grwpiau gwarchodedig, gan gynnwys pobl anabl, rhai grwpiau ethnig, menywod, ac effeithiau arbennig o negyddol ar grwpiau croestoriadol sy'n wynebu anfanteision lluosog. Mae'n dilyn y byddai unrhyw adolygiad o gyllid llywodraeth leol yn gorfod ystyried hynny. Mewn cyferbyniad, nid yw'r materion y mae'r Torïaid yn aml yn cyfeirio atynt ynghylch heriau i'r cynghorau y maent yn eu harwain ac yn dymuno eu harwain, natur wledig ac amser teithio, er enghraifft, wedi newid ac ni fyddant yn newid - [ T orri ar draws.]