English: Whilst we can agree with many of the initiatives mentioned by Helen Mary in her introduction to the debate, we believe that asking the Welsh Government to effectively underwrite a job guarantee scheme for the young suffering unemployment as a result of the coronavirus crisis is an ill-thought-out concept. Firstly, it could have considerable financial implications, which, given the Government's already stretched resources due to their numerous intervention programmes with regard to coronavirus, is almost certainly practical. Secondly, it raises the question: why should only the young be included in this proposal? There are many thousands of people not considered to be young in this sense, but who have families to support as well as mortgages and other financial demands, demands that are not generally shared by many of our young people. We do agree - indeed, we would call upon the Welsh Government to implement as many retraining schemes as possible, but these should be open to all suffering redundancies due to this crisis, not just the young. We also cannot support the call for a citizen's assembly to establish how we should build the economy after coronavirus. It is we, as parliamentarians, who should be deciding how to go forward. We are the elected representatives of the people. We are charged by them to put in place the strategies and policies to invigorate the economy, not just after such crises but at all times whilst we exercise the power, whether directly, if we are the Government of the day, or by scrutiny and influence as the opposition. The establishment of a citizens' assembly will, of course, be an expensive exercise, and such expenditure cannot be justified in these times of extreme financial pressure. The last proposal in this debate seems to be part of an unattainable Welsh wish list. Where will the billions come from - raising taxes, borrowing, or, as Helen Mary suggested, the issue of Government bonds? We all acknowledge that the youth of this country will be facing tax increases for years, maybe decades, to come as a result of the coronavirus lockdown strategy. So, despite the assurance outlined by Delyth Jewell and Rhun ap Iorwerth, we cannot burden them with even more debt in order to rebuild the economy. I agree with Rhun's call to push the restart button, but unfortunately, all too often, the billions spent by Government has resulted in very little value for money. The economy must be built by hard work from the bottom up, not by the largesse of Government money.
Welsh: Er y gallwn gytuno â llawer o'r mentrau y soniodd Helen Mary amdanynt yn ei chyflwyniad i'r ddadl, credwn fod gofyn i Lywodraeth Cymru sicrhau cynllun gwarantu swyddi i'r bobl ifanc sy'n dioddef diweithdra o ganlyniad i argyfwng coronafeirws yn gysyniad byrbwyll. Yn gyntaf, gallai fod iddo oblygiadau ariannol sylweddol, sydd bron yn sicr o fod yn anymarferol o ystyried adnoddau'r Llywodraeth sydd eisoes yn brin oherwydd eu rhaglenni ymyrraeth niferus mewn perthynas â'r coronafeirws. Yn ail, mae'n codi'r cwestiwn: pam mai dim ond yr ifanc ddylai gael eu cynnwys yn y cynnig hwn? Mae miloedd lawer o bobl nad ystyrir eu bod yn ifanc yn yr ystyr hon, ond sydd â theuluoedd i'w cynnal yn ogystal â morgeisi a galwadau ariannol eraill, galwadau nad ydynt yn berthnasol fel y cyfryw i lawer o'n pobl ifanc. Rydym yn cytuno - yn wir, byddem yn galw ar Lywodraeth Cymru i weithredu cynifer o gynlluniau ailhyfforddi â phosibl, ond dylai'r rhain fod yn agored i bawb sy'n colli swyddi oherwydd yr argyfwng hwn, nid pobl ifanc yn unig. Ni allwn gefnogi'r alwad chwaith am gynulliad dinasyddion i sefydlu sut y dylem adeiladu'r economi ar ôl y coronafeirws. Ni, fel seneddwyr, a ddylai benderfynu sut i symud ymlaen. Ni yw cynrychiolwyr etholedig y bobl. Maent yn ymddiried ynom i roi'r strategaethau a'r polisïau ar waith i fywiogi'r economi, nid yn unig ar ôl argyfyngau o'r fath ond ar bob adeg tra byddwn yn arfer y pŵer, boed hynny'n uniongyrchol, os mai ni yw Llywodraeth y dydd, neu drwy graffu a dylanwadu fel gwrthblaid. Bydd sefydlu cynulliad dinasyddion, wrth gwrs, yn ymarfer drud, ac ni ellir cyfiawnhau gwariant o'r fath yn ystod y cyfnod hwn o bwysau ariannol eithafol. Mae'r cynnig olaf yn y ddadl hon yn edrych fel rhan o restr ddymuniadau Gymreig sy'n anghyraeddadwy. O ble y daw'r biliynau - codi trethi, benthyca, neu fel yr awgrymodd Helen Mary, drwy fondiau'r Llywodraeth? Rydym i gyd yn cydnabod y bydd pobl ifanc y wlad hon yn wynebu codiadau treth am flynyddoedd, efallai degawdau, i ddod o ganlyniad i strategaeth cyfyngiadau symud y coronafeirws. Felly, er gwaethaf y sicrwydd a amlinellwyd gan Delyth Jewell a Rhun ap Iorwerth, ni allwn eu llethu â mwy fyth o ddyled er mwyn ailadeiladu'r economi. Rwy'n cytuno â galwad Rhun i wthio'r botwm ailgychwyn, ond yn anffodus, yn llawer rhy aml, nid yw'r biliynau a wariwyd gan y Llywodraeth wedi arwain at lawer o werth am arian. Rhaid i'r economi gael ei hadeiladu drwy waith caled o'r gwaelod i fyny, nid drwy haelioni arian Llywodraeth.