English: What I would say is that what most local authorities are trying to do this year is to try and balance the books by using reserves and making minor cuts and raising council tax in preparation for 2024-25. I think that's when we will see the real cuts kicking in to services. So, what we'll see is local authorities using reserves in order to prepare for that harder cut that's to come, because, as I noted earlier, we're all anticipating that next year will be even worse for us. What we're looking at is everything, but the challenge for us, as was noted earlier, is that non-statutory services do have an impact on statutory services - so, leisure and health are connected. If we close a leisure centre - and perhaps those that are least profitable are in the most deprived areas, and you could argue that that's where they're most needed, but that's where the costs are highest, and that's clear in areas such as Gwynedd and Anglesey, where child obesity levels are high - that's going to have an impact on health in years to come. We're also looking at things like economic development. We've seen that local authorities have tried to keep proceeding with proposals and with support for business developments, and so on. In a cost-of-living crisis, ensuring a strong economy is more important than ever, but, again, are we looking at cuts in that area because it's non-statutory? Public protection is an area that's seen a number of cuts over the past decade, but, during COVID, everyone started to understand the importance of the environmental health team more than ever. We just about managed through the crisis with the goodwill of those teams, but, again, if we make cuts there and see another similar crisis to COVID, then we couldn't cope with that. And that's the one message that comes through from the chief executives and leaders: if we see another COVID, then the resilience isn't within local government to deal with such a crisis again. That's the challenge. So, the simple response to Mabon is that local authorities have to look at absolutely everything and - I know that you're aware of this - as local authorities, we do have to balance the books statutorily. So, it's not a matter of hoping for the best; we have to ensure that our sums do add up and, unfortunately for us, we will have to make some very difficult decisions, perhaps, because we have do have that statutory responsibility to balance our books, unlike some other public bodies.
Welsh: Beth fuaswn i'n dweud yw mai beth mae'r rhan fwyaf o'r awdurdodau yn trio'i wneud eleni ydy trio balanso'r llyfrau wrth ddefnyddio arian wrth gefn, wrth wneud mân doriadau a chodi'r dreth gyngor yn barod erbyn 2024-25. Yr adeg yna, dwi'n meddwl, y byddwn ni'n gweld y gwir doriadau yna i wasanaethau. So, beth rydyn ni'n mynd i'w weld ydy awdurdodau'n defnyddio arian wrth gefn er mwyn paratoi i'r toriad caled yna sydd i ddod, achos, fel roeddwn i'n nodi gynnau, rydyn ni i gyd yn rhagweld y bydd y flwyddyn nesaf yn waeth arnom ni eto. Beth ydyn ni'n edrych arno ydy pob dim, ond yr her i ni, fel y nodwyd gynnau, ydy bod y gwasanaethau anstatudol yn cael effaith ar y gwasanaeth statudol, megis hamdden ac iechyd. Os ydyn ni'n cau canolfannau hamdden - ac efallai fod y rhai llai proffidiol i ni yn yr ardaloedd mwyaf difreintiedig, y gallwch chi ddadlau sydd eu hangen nhw fwyaf, ond eto efallai efo'r costau uchaf i ni; mae hynny'n amlwg mewn ardaloedd fel Môn a Gwynedd, sydd efo gordewdra plant a phobl ifanc yn uchel - mae hwnna'n mynd i gael effaith andwyol ar y gwasanaeth iechyd mewn nifer o flynyddoedd, onid ydy? Rydyn ni hefyd yn edrych ar faterion fel datblygu'r economi. Rydyn ni wedi gweld bod awdurdodau wedi trio dal gafael ar wneud cynlluniau, eu bod nhw'n codi unedau busnes y maen nhw'n eu cefnogi, ac mae'r rheini wedyn, yn amlwg - . Yn yr argyfwng costau byw, mae sicrhau'r economi yn fwy allweddol nag erioed, ond eto, gan nad ydy o'n statudol, ydyn ni'n edrych ar doriadau yn y maes yna? Mae gwarchod y cyhoedd yn un maes sydd wedi derbyn nifer o doriadau dros y degawd diwethaf, ond, yn ystod COVID, fe ddaeth pawb i weld parch i dîm iechyd yr amgylchedd fwy nag erioed. Felly, rydyn ni'n gwybod mai jest abówt manejo wnaethon ni yn yr argyfwng, gydag ewyllys da y timau yna, ond, eto, pe bydden ni'n torri yn fanna ac yn cael argyfwng o'r fath eto, fuasem ni ddim yn gallu delio efo argyfwng fel COVID. A hwnna yw'r un neges, dwi'n meddwl, sydd yn dod yn glir gan yr arweinyddion a'r prif weithredwyr: os daw argyfwng fel COVID eto, dydy'r gwydnwch ddim yn llywodraeth leol i ddelio efo argyfwng. Dyna ydy'r her. Felly, yr ateb syml i Mabon ydy bod yr awdurdodau'n gorfod edrych ar bob dim, ac, yn anffodus - a dwi'n gwybod eich bod chi'n gwybod hyn - fel awdurdodau lleol, rydyn ni'n gorfod balanso'r llyfrau'n statudol. Felly, nid mater o obeithio; mae'n rhaid inni wneud yn siŵr bod ein syms ni yn adio ac, yn anffodus i ni, efallai y byddwn ni'n gwneud penderfyniadau ofnadwy o anodd oherwydd bod yn rhaid i ni, yn statudol, falansio'r llyfrau, yn wahanol i rai cyrff cyhoeddus eraill. Diolch.