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English: Can I thank Mandy Jones for her question and say that I entirely agree that the fortitude and innovation and the responsibility of businesses within the tourism and hospitality sector has been quite astonishing during the course of this pandemic? We wish to support businesses in every way that we possibly can to remain viable, to get through this pandemic. Of course, the risk of transmission in a regulated space is now less than the risk within a domestic dwelling, where there is the risk of multiple households mixing. Nonetheless, there still is the risk. And during the firebreak in particular, we had to make sure that any areas of activity where there is a risk involved in transmitting the virus - that that risk was either eliminated or brought down to an absolute minimum. That's why we took action for a very short period of time. It was based on the scientific evidence from the technical advisory cell, which publishes the documents that provide the evidence to Ministers. And, of course, as we now move forward following the firebreak, those businesses that have shown responsibility are now back operating again, and we hope that that short firebreak has given us headroom to get through to the end of the year.
Welsh: A gaf fi ddiolch i Mandy Jones am ei chwestiwn a dweud fy mod yn cytuno'n llwyr fod dewrder ac arloesedd a chyfrifoldeb busnesau yn y sector twristiaeth a lletygarwch wedi bod yn anhygoel yn ystod y pandemig hwn? Rydym yn dymuno cefnogi busnesau ym mhob ffordd y gallwn i barhau i fod yn hyfyw, i oroesi'r pandemig hwn. Wrth gwrs, mae'r risg o drosglwyddiad mewn gofod wedi'i reoli bellach yn llai na'r risg mewn annedd ddomestig, lle ceir risg y bydd nifer o aelwydydd yn cymysgu. Serch hynny, mae'r risg yn bodoli o hyd. Ac yn ystod y cyfnod atal byr yn enwedig, bu'n rhaid inni sicrhau bod unrhyw feysydd gweithgarwch lle ceir risg mewn perthynas â throsglwyddo'r feirws - fod y risg honno naill ai'n cael ei dileu neu ei gostwng i'r lefel isaf bosibl. Dyna pam y gwnaethom gymryd camau gweithredu am gyfnod byr iawn. Roedd yn seiliedig ar y dystiolaeth wyddonol o'r gell cyngor technegol, sy'n cyhoeddi'r dogfennau sy'n darparu'r dystiolaeth i Weinidogion. Ac wrth gwrs, wrth inni symud ymlaen nawr ar ôl y cyfnod atal byr, mae'r busnesau hynny sydd wedi dangos cyfrifoldeb yn ôl yn weithredol unwaith eto erbyn hyn, ac rydym yn gobeithio bod y cyfnod atal byr wedi rhoi hyblygrwydd i ni rhwng nawr a diwedd y flwyddyn.
English: Minister, those businesses may be allowed to operate, but 90 per cent of their customers live in a part of the UK from which they are not allowed to leave and come into Wales. Do you accept that the travel restrictions are having such an impact, particularly on our tourism-related businesses - and any business, in fact, that relies on the visitor economy such as those in my own constituency of Clwyd West? Do you accept that they do need specific additional and extra support, over and above that which is currently provided by the economic resilience fund? You'll be aware that those businesses in that particular corner of north-east Wales not only faced the firebreak lockdown, they also faced three weeks' worth of local restrictions on top. So, that's five weeks' worth of severe restrictions, travel restrictions, that have eaten into their businesses. They need all the support that they can get, and I'm afraid that, in spite of the generosity of the Welsh Government through its economic resilience fund, that support is not yet sufficient.
Welsh: Weinidog, efallai y caniateir i'r busnesau hynny weithredu, ond mae 90 y cant o'u cwsmeriaid yn byw mewn rhan o'r DU na chaniateir iddynt ei gadael a dod i mewn i Gymru. A ydych yn derbyn bod y cyfyngiadau teithio yn cael cymaint o effaith, yn enwedig ar ein busnesau sy'n gysylltiedig â thwristiaeth - ac unrhyw fusnes, mewn gwirionedd, sy'n dibynnu ar yr economi ymwelwyr, fel y rheini yn fy etholaeth i yng Ngorllewin Clwyd? A ydych yn derbyn bod angen cymorth penodol ychwanegol arnynt, yn ychwanegol at yr hyn a ddarperir ar hyn o bryd gan y gronfa cadernid economaidd? Fe fyddwch yn ymwybodol fod y busnesau hynny yn y gornel honno o ogledd-ddwyrain Cymru nid yn unig wedi wynebu'r cyfnod atal byr, ond hefyd wedi wynebu tair wythnos o gyfyngiadau lleol ar ben hynny. Felly, dyna bum wythnos o gyfyngiadau difrifol, cyfyngiadau teithio, sydd wedi bwyta i mewn i'w busnesau. Mae arnynt angen yr holl gymorth y gallant ei gael, ac mae arnaf ofn, er gwaethaf haelioni Llywodraeth Cymru drwy ei chronfa cadernid economaidd, nad yw'r gefnogaeth honno'n ddigonol eto.
English: Yes, of course. Our current £200 million package of lockdown business grants is open for applications. Meanwhile, we're assessing applications received for our £100 million business development grants fund, which included £20 million of ring-fenced funding for tourism and hospitality businesses. That fund is intended to support businesses in developing projects for longer-term prosperity.
Welsh: Gwnaf, wrth gwrs. Mae ein pecyn presennol o £200 miliwn o grantiau i fusnesau dan gyfyngiadau symud yn agored i geisiadau. Yn y cyfamser, rydym yn asesu ceisiadau a wnaed i'n cronfa gwerth £100 miliwn ar gyfer grantiau datblygu busnes, a oedd yn cynnwys £20 miliwn o gyllid wedi'i glustnodi ar gyfer busnesau twristiaeth a lletygarwch. Bwriad y gronfa honno yw cefnogi busnesau i ddatblygu prosiectau er mwyn iddynt allu ffynnu yn y tymor hwy.
English: Minister, accommodation businesses are in utter despair in Aberconwy. The occupancy rate has collapsed to zero in some cases because it is fact that 80 per cent of trade is from England. Bearing in mind that Conwy had a local lockdown also, the reality is that businesses in Aberconwy will not have been able trade for some eight weeks by the end of England's restrictions. Seventy-five per cent of respondents to North Wales Tourism's survey did not make the sudden cut-off for ERF phase 3 - that 75 per cent. What assistance does the Minister propose to support those that are now on a cliff edge? Will you provide financial grants to back tourism businesses that are experiencing a collapse in customer numbers this month? And is there any funding left over from the £20 million ring-fenced to support tourism and hospitality businesses as part of the ERF phase 3? Thank you.
Welsh: Weinidog, mae busnesau lletygarwch mewn anobaith llwyr yn Aberconwy. Mae'r gyfradd o eiddo llety sy'n llawn wedi gostwng i ddim mewn rhai achosion, gan ei bod yn ffaith bod 80 y cant o'r fasnach yn dod o Loegr. O gofio bod Conwy wedi cael cyfyngiadau lleol hefyd, y gwir amdani yw na fydd busnesau yn Aberconwy wedi gallu masnachu ers oddeutu wyth wythnos erbyn i gyfyngiadau Lloegr ddod i ben. Ni wnaeth 75 y cant o'r ymatebwyr i arolwg Twristiaeth Gogledd Cymru lwyddo i wneud cais cyn y dyddiad cau sydyn ar gyfer cam 3 y gronfa cadernid economaidd - 75 y cant. Pa gymorth y mae'r Gweinidog yn ei gynnig i gefnogi'r rheini sydd bellach ar ymyl y dibyn? A wnewch chi ddarparu grantiau ariannol i gefnogi busnesau twristiaeth sy'n dioddef cwymp yn nifer y cwsmeriaid y mis hwn? Ac a oes unrhyw arian yn weddill o'r £20 miliwn a glustnodwyd i gefnogi busnesau twristiaeth a lletygarwch fel rhan o gam 3 y gronfa cadernid economaidd? Diolch.
English: Can I thank Janet Finch-Saunders for her question? I'm sure that she would agree with me that the pressure that accommodation providers are under because there is the lockdown in England is regrettable, obviously, but it's necessary. It is necessary that the virus is brought under control in England, as we have been bringing it under control in Wales, in order to secure the rest of the 2020 season for businesses and to ensure that we give the NHS the headroom to get through to the new year. We have been providing, and we will continue to provide those businesses that have been severely affected, with financial support. There's the £200 million lockdown business grants fund that is still available to businesses - those businesses that were affected not just during the firebreak but also during the period preceding that, where there were local lockdown arrangements in place. That fund is still available. I'd encourage all Members to point to that fund when businesses get in touch with them. And whilst it's highly unlikely that there will be a significant underspend in terms of the ring-fenced £20 million development grants fund, we are looking, as I said in response to previous questions, at how we can utilise a £35 million underspend from the first phase of the economic resilience fund to support businesses, and I'm keen to make sure that we give local authorities the discretion to be able to make awards to businesses using that underspend, that £35 million. That's my preference.
Welsh: A gaf fi ddiolch i Janet Finch-Saunders am ei chwestiwn? Rwy'n siŵr y byddai'n cytuno â mi fod y pwysau ar ddarparwyr llety o ganlyniad i'r cyfyngiadau symud yn Lloegr yn anffodus, yn amlwg, ond mae'n angenrheidiol. Mae'n angenrheidiol dod â'r feirws dan reolaeth yn Lloegr, fel y buom yn ei ddwyn dan reolaeth yng Nghymru, er mwyn diogelu gweddill tymor 2020 i fusnesau ac er mwyn sicrhau ein bod yn rhoi hyblygrwydd i'r GIG rhwng nawr a'r flwyddyn newydd. Rydym wedi bod yn darparu, a byddwn yn parhau i ddarparu cymorth ariannol i'r busnesau a effeithiwyd yn ddifrifol. Mae'r gronfa gwerth £200 miliwn i fusnesau dan gyfyngiadau symud yn dal i fod ar gael i fusnesau - y busnesau yr effeithiwyd arnynt nid yn unig yn ystod y cyfnod atal byr ond hefyd yn ystod y cyfnod cyn hynny, pan oedd trefniadau cyfyngiadau lleol ar waith. Mae'r gronfa honno ar gael o hyd. Byddwn yn annog pob Aelod i gyfeirio at y gronfa honno pan fydd busnesau'n cysylltu â hwy. Ac er ei bod yn annhebygol iawn y ceir tanwariant sylweddol yn y gronfa grantiau datblygu sydd wedi'i chlustnodi ac sy'n werth £20 miliwn, fel y dywedais mewn ymateb i gwestiynau blaenorol, rydym yn ystyried sut y gallwn ddefnyddio tanwariant o £35 miliwn o gam cyntaf y gronfa cadernid economaidd i gefnogi busnesau, ac rwy'n awyddus i sicrhau ein bod yn rhoi'r disgresiwn i awdurdodau lleol fel y gallant roi arian i fusnesau gan ddefnyddio'r tanwariant hwnnw, y £35 miliwn hwnnw. Dyna fyddai orau gennyf.
English: Thank you. As I've said to other Members, our current £200 million package of lockdown business grants is open for applications, and £40 million has already been paid to more than 14,000 business across Wales since the firebreak was introduced.
Welsh: Diolch. Fel rwyf wedi'i ddweud wrth Aelodau eraill, mae ein pecyn presennol o £200 miliwn o grantiau i fusnesau dan gyfyngiadau symud yn agored i geisiadau, ac mae £40 miliwn eisoes wedi'i dalu i fwy na 14,000 o fusnesau ledled Cymru ers dechrau'r cyfnod atal byr.
English: Thank you, Minister. My signal here is absolutely appalling, so I haven't been able to follow what you've been saying up until now. So, I'm going to give you some cases that I've got and you can perhaps explain what these people can do. I've been contacted by many in the six weeks that Caerphilly was in lockdown and under restrictions - by businesses whose incomes have been severely affected. One guest house owner in Caerphilly town wasn't able to access support from phase 3 of the economic resilience fund because, he told us, Business Wales's grant eligibility checker excludes self-employed sole proprietors such as himself. A hairdresser in Bargoed who's self-employed and rents her premises - the first floor of a town-centre building - didn't receive any support earlier in the year and has not been able to obtain support from the ERF phase 3 either. These are just two businesses who've contacted me sharing their frustration at the process of applying for much-needed support from the ERF phase 3, which was fully subscribed in under 48 hours after going live. What is the Welsh Government going to do to ensure that these constituents and businesses don't fall through those gaps?
Welsh: Diolch, Weinidog. Mae fy signal yma yn gwbl warthus, felly nid wyf wedi gallu dilyn yr hyn rydych chi wedi bod yn ei ddweud hyd yma. Felly, rwyf am nodi rhai achosion sydd gennyf, ac efallai y gallwch egluro beth y gall y bobl hyn ei wneud. Mae nifer wedi cysylltu â mi yn ystod y chwe wythnos y bu Caerffili dan gyfyngiadau lleol - busnesau yr effeithiwyd yn ddifrifol ar eu hincwm. Ni lwyddodd un perchennog tŷ llety yn nhref Caerffili i gael mynediad at gymorth drwy gam 3 y gronfa cadernid economaidd oherwydd, fel y dywedodd wrthym, mae gwiriwr cymhwysedd grantiau Busnes Cymru yn gwahardd unig berchnogion hunangyflogedig fel yntau. Ni chafodd triniwr gwallt ym Margoed sy'n hunangyflogedig ac sy'n rhentu ei heiddo - llawr cyntaf adeilad yng nghanol y dref - unrhyw gefnogaeth yn gynharach yn y flwyddyn ac nid yw wedi gallu cael cefnogaeth drwy gam 3 y gronfa cadernid economaidd chwaith. Dau fusnes yn unig yw'r rhain sydd wedi cysylltu â mi i rannu eu rhwystredigaeth gyda'r broses o wneud cais am gymorth mawr ei angen drwy gam 3 y gronfa cadernid economaidd, cronfa a oedd wedi'i dihysbyddu o fewn llai na 48 awr i agor. Beth y mae Llywodraeth Cymru yn mynd i'w wneud i sicrhau nad yw'r etholwyr a'r busnesau hyn yn cwympo drwy'r bylchau hynny?
English: I thank Hefin David for his questions. I'll be as succinct as I possibly can be. Those businesses that are registered to pay business rates will automatically receive grants. All they need to do is update their details. If they are looking towards receiving a discretionary top-up, then they'll need to make a very short application, but those awards are automatic once a business has updated their details, for any businesses that are registered for business rates up to the value of £50,000. And then with regard to the businesses that he pointed to - those who are self-employed or sole traders - there's also the £25 million discretionary fund that's being operated by local authorities to assist those sorts of businesses. So, again, I would point them towards the local authority in Caerphilly, who are operating the discretionary fund. It's worth saying that in terms of the support that we've been able to get to Caerphilly so far as part of the economic resilience fund phase 3, more than 1,200 awards have already been made to businesses in Caerphilly. A huge number of businesses have received funding, and an astonishing 5,000 jobs have been supported through the third phase of the economic resilience fund in Caerphilly alone up to this point. That's an astonishing figure, given that the vast majority of financial support is still to get to businesses.
Welsh: Diolch i Hefin David am ei gwestiynau. Byddaf mor gryno ag y gallaf. Bydd y busnesau sydd wedi cofrestru i dalu ardrethi busnes yn derbyn grantiau yn awtomatig. Y cyfan sydd angen iddynt ei wneud yw diweddaru eu manylion. Os hoffent dderbyn ychwanegiad disgresiynol, bydd angen iddynt wneud cais byr iawn, ond mae'r dyfarniadau hynny'n awtomatig pan fydd busnes wedi diweddaru eu manylion, ar gyfer unrhyw fusnesau sydd wedi cofrestru ar gyfer ardrethi busnes gwerth hyd at £50,000. Ac yna o ran y busnesau y cyfeiriodd atynt - y rheini sy'n hunangyflogedig neu'n unig fasnachwyr - mae cronfa ddewisol o £25 miliwn ar gael sy'n cael ei gweithredu gan awdurdodau lleol i gynorthwyo'r mathau hynny o fusnesau. Felly, unwaith eto, byddwn yn eu cyfeirio tuag at yr awdurdod lleol yng Nghaerffili, sy'n gweithredu'r gronfa ddewisol. Mae'n werth dweud, o ran y cymorth rydym wedi gallu ei roi i Gaerffili hyd yn hyn fel rhan o gam 3 y gronfa cadernid economaidd, fod mwy na 1,200 o ddyfarniadau eisoes wedi'u gwneud i fusnesau yng Nghaerffili. Mae nifer enfawr o fusnesau wedi derbyn cyllid, ac mae 5,000 o swyddi, sy'n ffigur rhyfeddol, wedi cael eu cefnogi drwy drydydd cam y gronfa cadernid economaidd yng Nghaerffili yn unig hyd yn hyn. Mae hwnnw'n ffigur rhyfeddol, o ystyried nad yw'r rhan helaethaf o'r cymorth ariannol wedi cyrraedd busnesau eto.
English: The next item is questions to the Counsel General and Minister for European Transition in respect of his European transition responsibilities. The first question is from Joyce Watson.
Welsh: Yr eitem nesaf, felly, yw cwestiynau i'r Cwnsler Cyffredinol a'r Gweinidog Pontio Ewropeaidd yn rhinwedd ei gyfrifoldebau am bontio Ewropeaidd. Mae'r cwestiwn cyntaf gan Joyce Watson.
English: I've already had an introductory meeting with the UK Minister of State for trade, Greg Hands. I plan to continue to build on the pattern of engagement that my predecessor established and will be holding regular bilateral discussions with the UK Government, including sitting on the ministerial forum for trade.
Welsh: Rwyf eisoes wedi cael cyfarfod cychwynnol gyda Gweinidog Gwladol y DU dros fasnach, Greg Hands. Rwy'n bwriadu parhau i adeiladu ar y patrwm o ymgysylltu a sefydlwyd gan fy rhagflaenydd a byddaf yn cynnal trafodaethau dwyochrog rheolaidd gyda Llywodraeth y DU, gan gynnwys bod yn rhan o'r fforwm gweinidogol ar gyfer masnach.
English: I thank you for that answer, but there are specific concerns. Last month, the UK Government rejected the amendments to the Agriculture Bill that the House of Lords had laid requiring trade deals to at least meet UK food safety standards and animal welfare standards. I've had significant representation by farmers and their groups, and also from industries like the hospitality sector, who are really, really, genuinely concerned about what that might mean for UK food standards, and also unfair competition. The concerns are that if trade deals are reached with countries that have much lower food-producing standards than we currently have - what that might mean for them. So, I'm pleased that you said that you are having meetings, but what assessment have you made about the potential of that substandard food flooding the UK, but particularly Wales, and affecting our market and the production of our food, and the impact, the knock on, for those food producers here, particularly in my constituency?
Welsh: Diolch am eich ateb, ond ceir pryderon penodol. Y mis diwethaf, gwrthododd Llywodraeth y DU y gwelliannau i'r Bil Amaethyddiaeth a osodwyd gan Dŷ'r Arglwyddi a oedd yn ei gwneud yn ofynnol i gytundebau masnach fodloni safonau diogelwch bwyd a safonau lles anifeiliaid y DU o leiaf. Rwyf wedi cael cryn dipyn o sylwadau gan ffermwyr a'u grwpiau, yn ogystal â diwydiannau fel y sector lletygarwch, sy'n wirioneddol bryderus am yr hyn y gallai hynny ei olygu i safonau bwyd y DU, a chystadleuaeth annheg hefyd. Y pryder yw, os gwneir cytundebau masnach â gwledydd a chanddynt safonau cynhyrchu bwyd is o lawer nag sydd gennym ni ar hyn o bryd - yr hyn y gallai hynny ei olygu iddynt hwy. Felly, rwy'n falch eich bod wedi dweud eich bod yn cael cyfarfodydd, ond pa asesiad a wnaethoch o'r posibilrwydd y bydd y bwyd is-safonol hwnnw'n llifo i'r DU, ac i Gymru'n benodol, gan effeithio ar ein marchnad a chynhyrchiant ein bwyd, a'r effaith, y sgil effaith, ar gynhyrchwyr bwyd yma, yn enwedig yn fy etholaeth i?
English: I thank the Member for that supplementary and for her continued advocacy on behalf of food producers in her region. We have made the case consistently to the UK Government in the context of the international trade negotiations about how important it is to maintain food standards in defence of our food producers here in Wales. It is, in fact, an important part, not least of the reassurance that we give to consumers in Wales and other parts of the UK, but also of the Welsh brand internationally, as we seek to take advantage of further export opportunities into the future. So, we are very concerned at any possibility of a reduction in standards and the undercutting that that would potentially entail. We must not put our producers in a position where they face unfair competition. So, I will reassure the Member that we continue to make that case to UK Government Ministers. She will also know, of course, that the threat of lower standards, possibly indirectly as a consequence of imports from other parts of the world, is one of the reasons we have been so concerned about the UK Government's proposals in the internal market Bill, which, as she will know, is pretty much designed to ensure that the lowest standards across any part of UK prevail. I know that she will share our serious concerns about the impact of that Bill and our resistance to its provisions.
Welsh: Diolch i'r Aelod am ei chwestiwn atodol ac am ei chefnogaeth barhaus i gynhyrchwyr bwyd yn ei rhanbarth. Rydym wedi dadlau'r achos yn gyson i Lywodraeth y DU yng nghyd-destun y trafodaethau masnach rhyngwladol o ran pa mor bwysig yw cynnal safonau bwyd er mwyn amddiffyn ein cynhyrchwyr bwyd yma yng Nghymru. Mae'n rhan bwysig, mewn gwirionedd, nid yn unig o'r sicrwydd a roddwn i ddefnyddwyr yng Nghymru a rhannau eraill o'r DU, ond hefyd o frand Cymru yn rhyngwladol, wrth inni geisio manteisio ar gyfleoedd pellach i allforio yn y dyfodol. Felly, rydym yn bryderus iawn ynghylch unrhyw bosibilrwydd o ostwng safonau a'r tandorri prisiau y gallai hynny ei olygu o bosibl. Mae'n rhaid inni beidio â rhoi ein cynhyrchwyr mewn sefyllfa lle maent yn wynebu cystadleuaeth annheg. Felly, rwy'n rhoi sicrwydd i'r Aelod ein bod yn parhau i ddadlau'r achos hwnnw i Weinidogion Llywodraeth y DU. Fe fydd hi hefyd yn gwybod, wrth gwrs, fod y bygythiad o safonau is, yn anuniongyrchol o bosibl o ganlyniad i fewnforion o rannau eraill o'r byd, yn un o'r rhesymau pam ein bod wedi bod mor bryderus ynghylch cynigion Llywodraeth y DU yn y Bil marchnad fewnol, sydd, fel y gŵyr, wedi'i gynllunio i raddau helaeth i sicrhau mai'r safonau isaf a fydd i'w gweld ar draws unrhyw ran o'r DU. Gwn y bydd yn rhannu ein pryderon difrifol ynglŷn ag effaith y Bil hwnnw a'n gwrthwynebiad i'w ddarpariaethau.
English: Counsel General, you seem to have indicated in your answer to Joyce Watson that it is the UK Government that should be leading on trade negotiations with whatever party is engaged. In the past, you've bemoaned the fact that Wales may not be able to impose its own divergence in rules and regulations from those of the UK in general. Do you not agree that it's imperative that the UK shows a united front in these negotiations, in particular with the rules and regulations with regard to the import and export of goods and, indeed, services? And we must not forget that there have been many instances of very poor food products coming from the EU over the years.
Welsh: Gwnsler Cyffredinol, mae'n ymddangos eich bod wedi dweud yn eich ateb i Joyce Watson mai Llywodraeth y DU a ddylai fod yn arwain ar negodiadau masnach gyda pha barti bynnag sy'n cymryd rhan. Yn y gorffennol, rydych wedi cwyno nad yw Cymru'n gallu cyflwyno ei rheolau a'i rheoliadau gwahanol i rai'r DU yn gyffredinol. Onid ydych yn cytuno ei bod yn hanfodol fod y DU yn dangos safbwynt unedig yn y negodiadau hyn, yn enwedig gyda'r rheolau a'r rheoliadau mewn perthynas â mewnforio ac allforio nwyddau, a gwasanaethau yn wir? Ac mae'n rhaid inni beidio ag anghofio bod llawer o achosion wedi bod o gynhyrchion bwyd gwael iawn yn dod o'r UE dros y blynyddoedd.