English: I'm also pleased to contribute to this afternoon's debate on the first supplementary budget, both as shadow Finance Minister on this side of the Chamber and also as a member of the Finance Committee. It will come as no surprise to the Minister that, as per the Welsh Conservative tradition, we will not be supporting this supplementary budget. On the basis that we did not support the original budget to which it's supplementary, we will be abstaining. Now, as the Minister said, there are a number of technical changes and transfers and the like within this budget, which are to be expected. That said, there are a couple of issues of concern surrounding this budget, many of which have been touched on by the Chair of the Finance Committee. As Llyr Gruffydd has said, the committee was particularly concerned by the lack of clarity surrounding the budget, particularly in relation to the ambitions and funding for the M4 commission. We know that that £20 million allocated to the M4 black route has now transferred back, or transferred into reserves. But just how the commission will have the first call on that funding was less than clear. That money is apparently not ring-fenced. Perhaps the Minister can give us some answers to those questions. We didn't get all those answers that we would have liked during our evidence sessions. Now, okay, the black route has bitten the dust, but surely there should be a much stronger financial framework at this point to give the commission a free hand in recommending the best solution of those left on the table, whether that be enhanced public transport, the metro or an engineering solution, such as new tunnels at Brynglas, carriageway realignment and the like or, indeed, more likely a combination of some of these options. There's also the question surrounding the issue of borrowing. It's not just capital that is being used here or intended to be used. Borrowing is apparently going to continue at previous levels needed to fund the black route in the absence of the road and in the absence of any tangible projects in its place. So, perhaps the Minister can set the record straight there in terms of what her intentions are with that level of borrowing. The Finance Committee certainly didn't feel that we'd got to the bottom of it. How long will the commission will be in place? When will the next steps, which are talked about, be implemented? When will the financial arrangements be put in place for that? The people of south-east Wales are obviously looking to the Welsh Government now to provide a solution to the congestion on the M4. In the meantime, it would have been nice to have seen some more work being done in the absence of that road scheme, looking at other possible congestion-relieving schemes in the south-east Wales area - my shopping list, as the First Minister once referred to it: a Chepstow bypass, potentially a new junction on the M48, the renewal of the road surface between Abergavenny and Raglan on the A40 - . I've been through them many times before. But there are other possible schemes as well, which I know other Members have an interest in. So, yes, we accept that many of these changes are technical and necessary, but I think there could have been a little bit more direction in this budget and pointing a way to the future. As for the other issues that have been dealt with and touched on by the supplementary budget report done by the Finance Committee, we broadly were supportive of the increase in the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales's budget for 2019-20, the Assembly Commission budget and the Auditor General for Wales - the increase in revenue. As I said at the start of my contribution, the Welsh Conservatives will not be supporting this budget. We will be abstaining for the reasons I stated previously.
Welsh: Rwyf hefyd yn falch o gyfrannu at y ddadl y prynhawn yma ar y gyllideb atodol gyntaf, a minnau'n Weinidog Cyllid yr wrthblaid ar yr ochr hon i'r Siambr a hefyd yn aelod o'r Pwyllgor Cyllid. Ni fydd yn syndod i'r Gweinidog na fyddwn ni, yn ôl traddodiad y Ceidwadwyr Cymreig, yn cefnogi'r gyllideb atodol hon. Ar y sail na wnaethom ni gefnogi'r gyllideb wreiddiol y mae'n atodol iddi, byddwn yn ymatal. Nawr, fel y dywedodd y Gweinidog, mae nifer o newidiadau a throsglwyddiadau technegol ac ati yn y gyllideb hon, sydd i'w disgwyl. Wedi dweud hynny, mae rhai materion sy'n peri pryder ynglŷn â'r gyllideb hon, ac mae Cadeirydd y Pwyllgor Cyllid wedi cyfeirio at lawer ohonyn nhw. Fel y dywedodd Llyr Gruffydd, roedd y pwyllgor yn arbennig o bryderus ynglŷn â'r diffyg eglurder ynghylch y gyllideb, yn enwedig o ran yr uchelgeisiau a'r cyllid ar gyfer comisiwn yr M4. Gwyddom fod yr £20 miliwn hwnnw a ddyrannwyd i lwybr du'r M4 bellach wedi'i drosglwyddo'n ôl, neu wedi'i drosglwyddo i gronfeydd wrth gefn. Ond nid yw hi'n glir sut yn union y bydd y comisiwn yn cael y dewis cyntaf o ran yr arian hwnnw. Mae'n debyg nad yw'r arian hwnnw wedi'i glustnodi. Efallai y gall y Gweinidog roi atebion inni i'r cwestiynau hynny. Ni chawsom yr holl atebion hynny y byddem wedi hoffi eu cael yn ystod ein sesiynau tystiolaeth. Nawr, o'r gorau, mae'r llwybr du wedi mynd i'r gwellt, ond siawns na ddylid cael fframwaith ariannol llawer cryfach ar hyn o bryd i roi rhwydd hynt i'r comisiwn argymell yr ateb gorau o blith y dewisiadau eraill, boed hynny ar ffurf trafnidiaeth gyhoeddus well, y metro neu ddatrysiad peirianyddol, fel twneli newydd ym Mryn-glas, adlinio'r briffordd ac ati neu, yn wir, yn fwy tebygol, cyfuniad o rai o'r dewisiadau hyn. Mae cwestiwn hefyd ynglŷn â benthyca. Nid dim ond cyfalaf sy'n cael ei ddefnyddio yn hyn o beth neu y bwriedir ei ddefnyddio. Yn ôl pob tebyg, mae benthyca yn mynd i barhau ar lefelau blaenorol angenrheidiol i ariannu'r llwybr du yn absenoldeb y ffordd ac yn absenoldeb unrhyw brosiectau diriaethol yn ei lle. Felly, efallai y gall y Gweinidog egluro'r sefyllfa yn hynny o beth o ran beth yw ei bwriadau gyda'r lefel honno o fenthyca. Yn sicr, nid oedd y Pwyllgor Cyllid yn teimlo ein bod wedi mynd at wraidd y peth. Am ba hyd fydd y comisiwn yn ei le? Pryd gaiff y camau nesaf, y sonnir amdanyn nhw, eu rhoi ar waith? Pryd gaiff y trefniadau ariannol eu rhoi ar waith ar gyfer hynny? Mae pobl y de-ddwyrain yn amlwg yn edrych at Lywodraeth Cymru nawr i ddarparu ateb i'r tagfeydd ar yr M4. Yn y cyfamser, byddai wedi bod yn braf gweld mwy o waith yn cael ei wneud yn niffyg y cynllun ffordd hwnnw, gan edrych ar gynlluniau posib eraill i liniaru tagfeydd yn ardal y de-ddwyrain - fy rhestr siopa i, fel y cyfeiriodd y Prif Weinidog ati unwaith: ffordd osgoi Cas-gwent, cyffordd newydd ar yr M48 o bosib, adnewyddu arwyneb y ffordd rhwng y Fenni a Rhaglan ar yr A40 - . Rwyf wedi bod drwyddynt lawer gwaith o'r blaen. Ond mae cynlluniau posib eraill hefyd, y gwn i fod gan Aelodau eraill ddiddordeb ynddynt. Felly, ydym, rydym ni'n derbyn bod llawer o'r newidiadau hyn yn dechnegol ac yn angenrheidiol, ond credaf y gellid bod wedi cael ychydig mwy o gyfeiriad yn y gyllideb hon a thynnu sylw at y dyfodol. O ran y materion eraill yr ymdriniwyd â nhw ac y cyffyrddwyd â nhw gan yr adroddiad ar y gyllideb atodol a wnaed gan y Pwyllgor Cyllid, roeddem yn gyffredinol yn cefnogi'r cynnydd yng nghyllideb Ombwdsmon Gwasanaethau Cyhoeddus Cymru ar gyfer 2019-20, cyllideb Comisiwn y Cynulliad ac Archwilydd Cyffredinol Cymru - y cynnydd mewn refeniw. Fel y dywedais ar ddechrau fy nghyfraniad, ni fydd y Ceidwadwyr Cymreig yn cefnogi'r gyllideb hon. Byddwn yn ymatal am y rhesymau a nodwyd gennyf o'r blaen.