English: Now, there are bits of the Conservative motion that are pretty hard to disagree with: for example, 'that coronavirus restrictions that impact upon employers are proportionate.' Well, of course, the contrary would be to urge that the restrictions were disproportionate, which makes no sense. But I ask Conservative Members of this Senedd: proportionate to what? Proportionate to the scale of the pandemic challenge, I assume, whilst balancing that against the need to protect jobs; the balance between protecting lives and protecting livelihoods. Now, I agree, it goes without saying, you can't disagree with that, but that is why I will be supporting the Labour amendment, which notes that 'the Welsh Government is dedicating more than £4 billion to its response to COVID-19, a sum greater than the Barnett consequentials received from the UK Government.' The Conservative motion mentioned the UK Government contribution of course, but somehow forgot to mention the added Welsh Government contribution. The Labour motion also accurately recognises the Welsh Government's £1.7 billion package of COVID-19 support for business, which is the best anywhere in the UK, including a £500 million economic resilience fund, which is helping to protect in excess of 100,000 jobs. The Conservative motion failed to mention this; it's a regrettable error. Somehow, they also forgot to mention, let alone welcome, the Welsh Government's £140 million plans for the third phase of the economic resilience fund, including £20 million dedicated for tourism and hospitality, or to note that Welsh businesses continuing to trade are able to receive support under the ERF3 rapid reaction fund, which is not the case in relation to business support in restricted local areas in England. So, thank goodness, therefore, that the Labour motion corrects these additional Conservative oversights, and that Darren, and his colleagues, will be able to vote with the Labour benches as we provide an accurate record of the full support for businesses in Wales in extremely difficult times. But, I do still have businesses and employers who are not able to gain support from any of the schemes available at national, UK, Wales or local level, and that's why I want the UK Government - because surely this is what the UK Government is for at times of UK-wide crises like these - to reach deeper into the pockets of the Treasury to provide additional support for those who've fallen between the cracks, and that would include those who fall just outside the criteria of current UK and Welsh schemes. So, Minister, I will continue to bring individual cases to you to seek adjustments here and at UK level. For example, my constituent Chris who runs a gym, a small gym, he's seen three iterations of the ERF scheme pass by with frustration, because every time he works his way through the computer form, he gets to the bit that says he has to have a £50,000 turnover and he's actually got a £46,000 turnover, and computer says 'no'. So, I would look for extending the reach of these schemes with funding for people like Chris. So, in this, I have some sympathy, actually, with some of the amendments of Siân Gwenllian, but I ask the Minister for assurance that these criteria in Wales will be constantly reviewed to match Welsh needs and feedback from Members of the Senedd of all parties. And I would join the cause on the UK Government, from Welsh Government and from the UK Labour Party, to make available a comprehensive package of funding for local areas subject to additional restrictions to tackle the virus. And even at this very late stage, I would join this Welsh Government and UK Labour in urging Boris Johnson and Chancellor Rishi Sunak to reconsider their decision to terminate the job retention scheme, because the replacement job support scheme does not give enough incentive to employers in the most vulnerable sectors to retain employees through this crisis, including, by the way, for north Wales colleagues, those in tourism and hospitality, which affects us as well. And on that basis, and on the basis that the Government's motion supports an ethical approach to partnership in business, putting fair work at the heart of Welsh Government's response with every recipient of business support signing up to the principles of the economic contract, I support the Government amendment to this debate, and would urge others to do so.
Welsh: Nawr, mae darnau o gynnig y Ceidwadwyr sy'n eithaf anodd anghytuno â hwy: er enghraifft, 'bod cyfyngiadau coronafeirws sy'n effeithio ar gyflogwyr yn gymesur.' Wel, wrth gwrs, y gwrthwyneb fyddai annog bod y cyfyngiadau'n anghymesur, ac nid yw hynny'n gwneud synnwyr. Ond gofynnaf i Aelodau Ceidwadol y Senedd hon: yn gymesur â beth? Rwy'n tybio bod hynny'n golygu bod yn gymesur â maint her y pandemig gan gydbwyso hynny yn erbyn yr angen i ddiogelu swyddi; y cydbwysedd rhwng diogelu bywydau a diogelu bywoliaeth. Nawr, afraid dweud fy mod yn cytuno na allwch anghytuno â hynny, ond dyna pam y byddaf yn cefnogi gwelliant Llafur, sy'n nodi 'bod Llywodraeth Cymru'n dyrannu mwy na £4 biliwn i'w hymateb i COVID-19, sy'n swm uwch na'r cyllid canlyniadol a dderbyniwyd gan Lywodraeth y DU drwy fformiwla Barnett.' Soniodd cynnig y Ceidwadwyr am gyfraniad Llywodraeth y DU wrth gwrs, ond rywsut anghofiodd sôn am gyfraniad ychwanegol Llywodraeth Cymru. Mae'r cynnig Llafur hefyd yn cydnabod yn gywir y pecyn gwerth £1.7 biliwn gan Lywodraeth Cymru o gymorth COVID-19 i fusnesau, sef y gorau yn unman yn y DU, gan gynnwys cronfa cadernid economaidd gwerth £500 miliwn, sy'n helpu i ddiogelu dros 100,000 o swyddi. Methodd cynnig y Ceidwadwyr sôn am hyn; mae'n gamgymeriad anffodus. Rywsut, fe wnaethant anghofio nodi hefyd, heb sôn am groesawu, cynlluniau £140 miliwn Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer trydydd cyfnod y gronfa cadernid economaidd, gan gynnwys £20 miliwn wedi'i neilltuo ar gyfer twristiaeth a lletygarwch, na nodi bod busnesau Cymru sy'n parhau i fasnachu yn gallu cael cymorth o dan gronfa ymateb cyflym cam 3 y gronfa cadernid economaidd, ac nid yw hynny'n digwydd mewn perthynas â chymorth busnes mewn ardaloedd dan gyfyngiadau lleol yn Lloegr. Felly, diolch byth fod y cynnig Llafur yn cywiro'r amryfusedd ychwanegol hwn gan y Ceidwadwyr, ac y bydd Darren a'i gyd-Aelodau yn gallu pleidleisio gyda'r meinciau Llafur wrth inni ddarparu cofnod cywir o'r gefnogaeth lawn i fusnesau yng Nghymru mewn cyfnod eithriadol o anodd. Ond mae gennyf fusnesau a chyflogwyr o hyd nad ydynt yn gallu cael cymorth gan unrhyw un o'r cynlluniau sydd ar gael ar lefel genedlaethol, y DU, Cymru na'r lefel leol, a dyna pam fy mod eisiau i Lywodraeth y DU - oherwydd does bosibl nad dyma yw diben Llywodraeth y DU ar adegau o argyfwng ar draws y DU fel hwn - estyn yn ddyfnach i bocedi'r Trysorlys i roi cymorth ychwanegol i'r rhai sydd wedi syrthio i'r craciau, a byddai hynny'n cynnwys y rhai sydd ychydig bach y tu allan i feini prawf cynlluniau presennol y DU a Chymru. Felly, Weinidog, byddaf yn parhau i ddod ag achosion unigol atoch i geisio addasiadau yma ac ar lefel y DU. Er enghraifft, mae fy etholwr Chris sy'n rhedeg campfa, campfa fach, wedi gwylio tri chylch o gynllun y gronfa cadernid economaidd yn mynd heibio mewn rhwystredigaeth, oherwydd bob tro y mae'n gweithio ei ffordd drwy'r ffurflen gyfrifiadurol, mae'n cyrraedd y darn sy'n dweud bod yn rhaid iddo gael trosiant o £50,000 ac mae ei drosiant yn £46,000 mewn gwirionedd, ac mae'r cyfrifiadur yn dweud 'na'. Felly, hoffwn weld y cynlluniau hyn yn ymestyn eu cyrhaeddiad gyda chyllid i bobl fel Chris. Felly, yn hyn o beth, mae gennyf rywfaint o gydymdeimlad mewn gwirionedd â rhai o welliannau Siân Gwenllian, ond gofynnaf i'r Gweinidog am sicrwydd y bydd y meini prawf hyn yng Nghymru yn cael eu hadolygu'n gyson i gyfateb i anghenion ac adborth yng Nghymru gan Aelodau o'r Senedd yn yr holl bleidiau. A byddwn yn cefnogi'r alwad ar Lywodraeth y DU gan Lywodraeth Cymru a Phlaid Lafur y DU i ddarparu pecyn cynhwysfawr o gyllid ar gyfer ardaloedd lleol yn amodol ar gyfyngiadau ychwanegol i fynd i'r afael â'r feirws. A hyd yn oed ar yr adeg hwyr iawn hon, byddwn yn ymuno â'r Llywodraeth hon yng Nghymru a Llafur y DU i annog Boris Johnson a'r Canghellor Rishi Sunak i ailystyried eu penderfyniad i derfynu'r cynllun cadw swyddi, gan nad yw'r cynllun cymorth swyddi newydd a ddaeth yn ei le yn rhoi digon o gymhelliant i gyflogwyr yn y sectorau mwyaf agored i niwed gadw gweithwyr drwy'r argyfwng hwn, gan gynnwys, gyda llaw, i gyd-Aelodau yng ngogledd Cymru, y rhai mewn twristiaeth a lletygarwch, sy'n effeithio arnom ni hefyd. Ac ar y sail honno, ac ar y sail fod cynnig y Llywodraeth yn cefnogi ymagwedd foesegol tuag at bartneriaeth mewn busnes, gan roi gwaith teg wrth wraidd ymateb Llywodraeth Cymru gyda phob un sy'n derbyn cymorth busnes yn ymrwymo i egwyddorion y contract economaidd, rwy'n cefnogi gwelliant y Llywodraeth i'r ddadl hon, ac yn annog eraill i wneud hynny.