English: Now, if we look at another aspect, looking at funding for COVID-19 and dealing with the pandemic, far from proving the strength of the union, the UK's pandemic response was in fact one huge subsidy to the south of England. The Centre for Progressive Policy has calculated that the UK Government spent £1,000 more per London resident than in Wales, and £6.9 billion more on London than if each nation and region had been allocated emergency spending equally. Wales's current strategic planning regions are a response to Westminster priorities, including the UK Government's city and growth deals and shared prosperity funds. They write off three quarters of Wales in terms of economic and cultural viability, and continue to make our future dependent on the crumbs of somebody else's table, rather than serving as a vehicle to connect our communities north and south, east and west, and realise the potential of our own country. To turn to a sector highly affected by post-Brexit funding streams, the Conservatives have, once again, broken their promises made in their 2019 manifesto to rural and agricultural communities. We must hold the UK Government to account to commitments made on future funding for Welsh farming. The autumn budget and spending review announced that an average of £300 million a year would be allocated to Wales for agriculture and rural development, which is a full £37 million less than the budget allocated in 2019. This was when the Tory manifesto pledged to guarantee the current common agricultural policy budget to farmers in every year of the next Parliament. This will make Welsh agriculture around £248 million, nearly £0.25 billion, worse off by 2025. The current context has only resulted in further uncertainty for Welsh farmers, making it only harder for stakeholders and policy makers within the Welsh Government to provide the detail and clarity that our Welsh farmers need. Whilst the long-standing CAP system was often viewed by some farmers as a bureaucratic inhibitor to farm activity, its strengths in providing a level playing field across many countries could not be questioned. For years, CAP provided baseline support to farmers across Wales and Europe and protected them from market disruptions. As stated already, Brexit has taken this away. We're now rushing to fill the legislative void left by the UK's departure from the EU and, with it, CAP. And with respect to EU structural funds, as they were allocated on an objective assessment of need, historically that needs-based approach resulted in Wales receiving 24 per cent of UK structural funding, more per person than any of the devolved nations and English regions, reflecting the gap that exists between the poorest parts of Wales and the UK average. In its response to the Finance Committee's consultation on post-EU funding, the NFU has suggested that the Levelling Up Advisory Council, set up by the UK Government, should include specific Welsh and rural representation to give confidence that the EU funds will be replaced in full. They also go on to state that they believe that 'there should be formal consultation on future funding streams in order to ensure funds have effective strategic oversight so they can work for Wales, farming and our rural communities' as well.
Welsh: Nawr, os edrychwn ar agwedd arall, wrth edrych ar gyllid ar gyfer COVID-19 ac ymdrin â'r pandemig, ymhell o brofi cryfder yr undeb, ymateb y DU i'r pandemig mewn gwirionedd oedd un cymhorthdal enfawr i dde Lloegr. Mae'r Ganolfan Polisi Blaengar wedi cyfrifo bod Llywodraeth y DU wedi gwario £1,000 yn fwy y pen ar drigolion Llundain nag ar drigolion Cymru, a £6.9 biliwn yn fwy ar Lundain na phe bai gwariant argyfwng wedi'i ddyrannu'n gyfartal i bob gwlad a rhanbarth. Ymateb i flaenoriaethau San Steffan yw rhanbarthau cynllunio strategol presennol Cymru, gan gynnwys bargeinion dinesig a thwf Llywodraeth y DU a chronfeydd ffyniant cyffredin. Maent yn amddifadu tri chwarter Cymru o hyfywedd economaidd a diwylliannol, ac yn parhau i wneud ein dyfodol yn ddibynnol ar friwsion o fwrdd rhywun arall, yn hytrach na gwasanaethu fel cyfrwng i gysylltu ein cymunedau rhwng y gogledd a'r de, y dwyrain a'r gorllewin, a gwireddu potensial ein gwlad ein hunain. I droi at sector y mae ffrydiau ariannu ôl-Brexit yn effeithio'n fawr arno, mae'r Ceidwadwyr, unwaith eto, wedi torri'r addewidion a wnaed yn eu maniffesto yn 2019 i gymunedau gwledig ac amaethyddol. Rhaid inni ddwyn Llywodraeth y DU i gyfrif am ymrwymiadau a wnaed ynglŷn â chyllid ar gyfer ffermio yng Nghymru yn y dyfodol. Cyhoeddodd cyllideb yr hydref a'r adolygiad o wariant y byddai £300 miliwn y flwyddyn ar gyfartaledd yn cael ei ddyrannu i Gymru ar gyfer amaethyddiaeth a datblygu gwledig, sef £37 miliwn yn llai na'r gyllideb a ddyrannwyd yn 2019. Dyna pryd yr addawodd maniffesto'r Torïaid warantu cyllideb bresennol y polisi amaethyddol cyffredin i ffermwyr ym mhob blwyddyn o'r Senedd nesaf. Bydd hyn yn golygu bod amaethyddiaeth Cymru tua £248 miliwn, bron £0.25 biliwn, yn waeth ei byd erbyn 2025. Mae'r cyd-destun presennol wedi arwain at fwy o ansicrwydd i ffermwyr Cymru, gan ei gwneud yn anos i randdeiliaid a llunwyr polisi yn Llywodraeth Cymru ddarparu'r manylion a'r eglurder sydd eu hangen ar ffermwyr Cymru. Er bod rhai ffermwyr yn aml o'r farn fod system hirsefydlog y PAC yn rhwystr biwrocrataidd i weithgarwch ffermio, ni ellid amau ei chryfderau yn darparu chwarae teg ar draws llawer o wledydd. Am flynyddoedd, rhoddodd y PAC gymorth sylfaenol i ffermwyr ledled Cymru ac Ewrop a'u diogelu rhag aflonyddu ar y farchnad. Fel y nodwyd eisoes, mae Brexit wedi cael gwared ar hyn. Rydym bellach yn rhuthro i lenwi'r bwlch deddfwriaethol a adawyd ar ôl wrth i'r DU adael yr UE, a'r PAC yn sgil hynny. Ac o ran cronfeydd strwythurol yr UE, gan eu bod wedi'u dyrannu ar asesiad gwrthrychol o angen, yn hanesyddol, arweiniodd y dull hwnnw sy'n seiliedig ar anghenion at Gymru'n cael 24 y cant o gyllid strwythurol y DU, mwy y pen nag unrhyw un o'r gwledydd datganoledig a rhanbarthau Lloegr, gan adlewyrchu'r bwlch sy'n bodoli rhwng rhannau tlotaf Cymru a chyfartaledd y DU. Yn ei ymateb i ymgynghoriad y Pwyllgor Cyllid ar gyllid ôl-UE, mae'r NFU wedi awgrymu y dylai'r Cyngor Cynghori ar Ffyniant Bro, a sefydlwyd gan Lywodraeth y DU, gynnwys cynrychiolaeth benodol o Gymru a chefn gwlad er mwyn rhoi hyder y ceir arian yn lle arian yr UE yn llawn. Maent hefyd yn dweud eu bod yn credu 'y dylid ymgynghori'n ffurfiol ar ffrydiau ariannu yn y dyfodol er mwyn sicrhau bod arian yn cael ei oruchwylio'n strategol effeithiol fel y gall weithio i Gymru, ffermio a'n cymunedau gwledig' hefyd.