English: We currently have a situation where Jeremy Corbyn has more in common in terms of policy with the immediate post-war Governments of Churchill, Eden and Macmillan than either Boris Johnson or Jeremy Hunt as the Westminster Conservatives are changing into the British version of the Republican Party. Regarding this first supplementary budget on housing, I welcome that an extra £50 million has been allocated to support the delivery of up to 650 affordable homes, although £67,000 as the cost of each home would appear to me, at least, on the low side. But I welcome the following statement by the finance Minister at the Finance Committee - to quote: 'So, the funding for affordable housing will be allocated using the standard social housing grant formula, which means that every local authority will receive their share of the additional funding, and, again, this funding was determined to be a priority because there were projects that could be started in-year, and we would expect schemes from local authorities' programme'. And specifically, the thing I was most pleased with - the response to the following question: 'Can local authorities use this money to build council houses?' The finance Minister's response was, 'Yes, and I would like them to.' This is something that I am sure will be welcomed by local authorities and by all of us who believe that the current housing crisis can only be solved via the building of council houses. Can I further welcome the passing on of the additional money for pensions received from Westminster into ministerial portfolios? I join everybody else in being concerned that it was £36 million less than we needed, and that does get me at least to partially understand the Government's reluctance to take over things from Westminster, where, unless the amount of money to run it and the amount of money needed is passed on, we are regularly shortchanged by Westminster over these. But there was agreed, when Mark Drakeford was the finance Minister, an appeals procedure where, if we thought we'd been treated badly by the Treasury, there was an independent appeals procedure and not just going back to the Treasury and saying, 'We don't like it' and they'll say, 'Well, that's tough; that's where you are.' There's meant to be an independent appeals procedure, and I would hope that the Government would use that. Teachers' pension support is really necessary. Without it, there'd have been a school crisis. With it, there are school problems; without it, there would've been a school crisis. But remember, the school year and the financial year are different and that the school year runs, as everybody knows, from September right the way through to the middle of July, and the financial year runs from April. So, there's a need for an indication from the Government they will continue to support this for the rest of the school year, otherwise there's going to be a problem with schools in terms of their budgets in-year. And I think a number of people here either have been, or are, governors and are well aware of the problems that can occur in-year if, in April, the money that was coming this year doesn't come through next year, and then, all of a sudden, you've got limited opportunity to start making savings in that year, and it does cause huge financial problems. I am personally very disappointed at the failure to support the increase in pension contributions for non-teaching staff in schools. That's another cost that has fallen on schools, over which they've had no control. Sometimes you do think they employ more staff or the employer negotiates pay rises - 'Well, you did it, you pay it.' But this is something over which they had no control whatsoever, and I'm disappointed the Welsh Government haven't been able to cover that because it's substantially less than the teachers' pay. It's fine to pay pension contributions from the employer, but £5,000, £10,000, £15,000 a school does make a lot of difference. So, I'm really concerned about that. Can I just finally welcome the £20 million for local government capital? Local authorities can always spend capital. You've got twenty-first century schools, you've got capital maintenance, you've got roads. That money can always be used. I can see no change to finance transaction capital in this supplementary budget. Can I ask that, at some stage, the Minister can report back on how it is being spent with a profile of expenditure and repayment, and an explanation of the underlying strategy for its use? We know what we can't use it for. We lack, perhaps, an understanding of what we are using it for. And the future of electric cars and the increased use of renewables is dependent upon improvements in battery technology. Whoever masters improved battery technology in terms of size, length of time the charge is held, minimising loss of electrical energy to other forms such as heat, and the speed of recharge, will revolutionise the industry and, most importantly, create a new industry for our area. So, I hope that money spent on battery technology will work and we become the place where people go to to get batteries.
Welsh: Ar hyn o bryd mae gennym ni sefyllfa lle mae gan Jeremy Corbyn fwy yn gyffredin o ran polisi, â llywodraethau Churchill, Eden a Macmillan yn syth ar ôl y rhyfel nag â Boris Johnson neu Jeremy Hunt wrth i Geidwadwyr San Steffan newid i fersiwn Brydeinig o'r Blaid Weriniaethol. O ran y gyllideb atodol gyntaf hon ar dai, rwy'n croesawu'r ffaith bod £50 miliwn ychwanegol wedi'i ddyrannu i gefnogi'r gwaith o ddarparu hyd at 650 o gartrefi fforddiadwy, er bod cost o £67,000 i bob cartref yn ymddangos i mi, o leiaf, braidd yn isel. Ond rwy'n croesawu'r datganiad canlynol gan y Gweinidog Cyllid yn y Pwyllgor Cyllid - i ddyfynnu: Felly, caiff yr arian ar gyfer tai fforddiadwy ei ddyrannu gan ddefnyddio'r fformiwla grant tai cymdeithasol safonol, sy'n golygu y bydd pob awdurdod lleol yn cael eu cyfran o'r arian ychwanegol, ac, unwaith eto, penderfynwyd bod yr arian hwn yn flaenoriaeth oherwydd roedd prosiectau y gellid eu dechrau yn ystod y flwyddyn, a byddem yn disgwyl cynlluniau o raglenni awdurdodau lleol. Ac yn benodol, y peth roeddwn i'n fwyaf balch ohono - yr ymateb i'r cwestiwn canlynol: A all awdurdodau lleol ddefnyddio'r arian hwn i adeiladu tai cyngor? Ymateb y Gweinidog Cyllid oedd: Gallant, a byddwn i'n hoffi iddyn nhw wneud hynny. Mae hyn yn rhywbeth yr wyf yn siŵr y caiff ei groesawu gan awdurdodau lleol a chan bob un ohonom ni sy'n credu mai dim ond drwy adeiladu tai cyngor y gellir datrys yr argyfwng tai presennol. A gaf i hefyd groesawu'r ffaith y caiff yr arian ychwanegol ar gyfer pensiynau a dderbynnir o San Steffan ei drosglwyddo i bortffolios Gweinidogol? Rwy'n ategu pryder pawb arall ei fod £36 miliwn yn llai nag yr oedd ei angen arnom ni, ac mae hynny'n peri imi ddeall yn rhannol amharodrwydd y Llywodraeth i gymryd pethau oddi ar San Steffan, lle, oni bai y trosglwyddir y swm o arian i'w cynnal a swm yr arian sydd ei angen, rydym ni ar ein colled yn rheolaidd o ran y rhain diolch i San Steffan. Ond cytunwyd, pan oedd Mark Drakeford yn Weinidog Cyllid, ar drefn apelio pryd, os oeddem yn credu ein bod wedi cael ein trin yn wael gan y Trysorlys, roedd yna weithdrefn apelio annibynnol ac nid dim ond mynd yn ôl i'r Trysorlys gan ddweud, 'Nid ydym yn fodlon' a byddan nhw'n dweud, 'Wel, hen dro; dyna'r sefyllfa' Mae gweithdrefn apelio annibynnol i fod yn ei lle, a byddwn yn gobeithio y byddai'r Llywodraeth yn defnyddio honno. Mae gwir angen cymorth o ran pensiwn athrawon. Hebddo, buasai argyfwng yn yr ysgolion. Gydag ef, mae problemau mewn ysgolion; hebddo, buasai argyfwng yn yr ysgolion. Ond cofiwch, mae'r flwyddyn ysgol a'r flwyddyn ariannol yn wahanol ac mae'r flwyddyn ysgol yn mynd, fel mae pawb yn gwybod, o fis Medi hyd at ganol mis Gorffennaf, ac mae'r flwyddyn ariannol yn mynd o fis Ebrill. Felly, mae angen cael arwydd gan y Llywodraeth y byddan nhw'n parhau i gefnogi hyn am weddill y flwyddyn ysgol, neu fel arall bydd problem gydag ysgolion o ran eu cyllidebau yn ystod y flwyddyn. Ac rwy'n credu bod nifer o bobl yma naill ai wedi bod, neu yn llywodraethwyr, ac yn ymwybodol iawn o'r problemau sy'n gallu digwydd yn ystod y flwyddyn os, ym mis Ebrill, na fydd yr arian a gafwyd eleni ar gael y flwyddyn nesaf, ac wedyn, yn sydyn iawn, mae gennych chi gyfle cyfyngedig i ddechrau gwneud arbedion yn y flwyddyn honno, ac mae'n achosi problemau ariannol enfawr. Rwy'n siomedig iawn yn bersonol am y methiant i gefnogi'r cynnydd mewn cyfraniadau pensiwn ar gyfer staff nad ydynt yn addysgu mewn ysgolion. Mae hynny'n gost arall a ddaeth i ran ysgolion, nad oes ganddyn nhw unrhyw reolaeth drosti. Weithiau, rydych chi yn credu eu bod yn cyflogi mwy o staff neu fod y cyflogwr yn negodi codiadau cyflog - 'Wel, chi wnaeth hynny, talwch chi.' Ond mae hyn yn rhywbeth nad oedd ganddyn nhw unrhyw reolaeth o gwbl drosto, ac rwy'n siomedig nad yw Llywodraeth Cymru wedi gallu ymdrin â hynny oherwydd ei fod yn sylweddol is na chyflogau'r athrawon. Mae'n briodol talu cyfraniadau pensiwn gan y cyflogwr, ond mae £5,000, £10,000, £15,000 yr ysgol yn gwneud llawer o wahaniaeth. Felly, rwy'n poeni'n fawr am hynny. A gaf i yn olaf groesawu'r £20 miliwn ar gyfer cyfalaf llywodraeth leol? Gall awdurdodau lleol bob amser wario cyfalaf. Mae gennych chi ysgolion yr unfed ganrif ar hugain, mae gennych chi gynnal a chadw cyfalaf, mae gennych chi ffyrdd. Gellir wastad defnyddio'r arian hwnnw. Ni allaf weld unrhyw newid i gyfalaf trafodion cyllid yn y gyllideb atodol hon. A gaf i ofyn a all y Gweinidog, rywbryd, adrodd yn ôl ynglŷn â sut y mae'n cael ei wario gyda phroffil o wariant ac ad-dalu, ac esboniad o'r strategaeth sylfaenol ar gyfer ei ddefnyddio? Rydym ni'n gwybod ar gyfer beth na allwn ni ei ddefnyddio. Efallai nad ydym yn deall ar gyfer beth yr ydym ni yn ei ddefnyddio. Ac mae dyfodol ceir trydan a'r defnydd cynyddol o ynni adnewyddadwy yn dibynnu ar welliannau mewn technoleg batri. Bydd pwy bynnag sy'n meistroli technoleg batri gwell o ran maint, hyd yr amser y cedwir y wefr, gan leihau'r ynni trydanol a gollir i ffurfiau eraill fel gwres, a chyflymder yr ailwefru, yn chwyldroi'r diwydiant ac, yn bwysicaf oll, yn creu diwydiant newydd ar gyfer ein hardal ni. Felly, rwy'n gobeithio y bydd yr arian sy'n cael ei wario ar dechnoleg batri yn gweithio ac mai ni fydd y lle y bydd pobl yn dod iddo i gael batris.