English: Diolch, Lywydd. It's a great pleasure to propose this motion in the name of my - we don't have honourable friends in this place, do we? But, he is a friend and he is quite honourable. [Laughter.] It's a timely debate, obviously, because we have the fourth national Small Business Saturday coming up, which is taking place across the four nations of the United Kingdom. It's a nationwide campaign in each of those countries, designed to encourage people to shop locally and support small businesses, and I'm sure that we're about to hear that it enjoys - I can fully anticipate probably - cross-party support in this Assembly. Of course, it's become something of a truism in politics to say that small businesses are the backbone of our economy. But it's demonstrably true, isn't it. When we look at the data, small and medium-sized enterprises account for 99 per cent of Welsh business stock, and they provide employment for well over half the private sector workforce. That's jobs for more than 0.5 million people. And, of course, we've seen, as Wales has endured waves - wave after wave, it often feels like - of structural economic change, as we've lost many of our heavy industries, and our large employers, unfortunately, have gone by the wayside, it's the small businesses and the medium-sized businesses of Wales that have had to take up the slack, and they've done that heroically in many cases, not under circumstances that anyone would choose, and certainly not of their choosing. So, this debate is about coming up with timely and innovative public policy proposals to support that core economic motor upon which we all rely. We can't achieve all the things that we want to in terms of the quality of our public services without this wealth-generating engine, which is the foundation of so much that we want to achieve as a nation and as a society. So, this debate is absolutely crucial. It seems to me that we are at a bit of one of those turning points in the economy. There are positive indicators. If you think about the potential role of small businesses, there are some things to be cheerful about because as a result of new technology - principally, but not exclusively of course, the internet - entry barriers for people who have a good idea and want to run with it have come down. They've come down in Wales and right across the world, and that is reflected in rising entrepreneurialism. It is reflected in the kind of buzzing start-up sub-cultures that we see in this city and in towns and cities right across Wales. So, that's one vision of the future. [Interruption.] Yes, I will give way.
Welsh: Diolch, Lywydd. Mae'n bleser mawr cael cynnig y cynnig hwn yn enw fy - nid oes gennym ffrindiau anrhydeddus yn y lle hwn, nac oes? Ond mae'n ffrind ac mae'n eithaf anrhydeddus. [Chwerthin.] Mae'n ddadl amserol, yn amlwg, gan y bydd y pedwerydd Dydd Sadwrn Busnesau Bach cenedlaethol yn cael ei gynnal cyn hir, digwyddiad a gynhelir ar draws pedair gwlad y Deyrnas Unedig. Mae'n ymgyrch genedlaethol ym mhob un o'r gwledydd hynny, a fe'i cynlluniwyd i annog pobl i siopa'n lleol a chefnogi busnesau bach, ac rwy'n siŵr ein bod am glywed ei fod yn cael - gallaf ragweld yn bendant yn ôl pob tebyg - cefnogaeth drawsbleidiol yn y Cynulliad hwn. Wrth gwrs, mae'n dipyn o wireb ym myd gwleidyddiaeth i ddweud mai busnesau bach yw asgwrn cefn ein heconomi. Ond mae'n amlwg yn wir, onid yw? Pan edrychwn ar y data, mentrau bach a chanolig eu maint sydd i gyfrif am 99 y cant o stoc busnes Cymru, ac maent yn cyflogi ymhell dros hanner y gweithlu yn y sector preifat. Dyna swyddi i dros 0.5 miliwn o bobl. Ac wrth gwrs, fe welsom, wrth i Gymru ddioddef tonnau - mae'n aml yn teimlo fel ton ar ôl ton - o newid economaidd strwythurol, wrth i ni golli llawer o'n diwydiannau trwm, ac wrth i'n cyflogwyr mawr gilio o'r neilltu, yn anffodus, busnesau bach a chanolig Cymru sydd wedi gorfod ysgwyddo'r baich, ac maent wedi gwneud hynny mewn modd arwrol mewn llawer o achosion, ac mewn amgylchiadau na fuasent hwy na neb arall yn eu dewis. Felly, mae'r ddadl hon yn ymwneud â chyflwyno cynigion polisi cyhoeddus amserol ac arloesol i gefnogi'r peiriant economaidd craidd hwnnw rydym i gyd yn dibynnu arno. Ni allwn gyflawni'r holl bethau y byddem yn dymuno o ran ansawdd ein gwasanaethau cyhoeddus heb y peiriant cynhyrchu cyfoeth hwn, sy'n sylfaen i gymaint o bethau rydym am eu cyflawni fel cenedl ac fel cymdeithas. Felly, mae'r ddadl hon yn gwbl hanfodol. Mae'n ymddangos i mi ein bod wedi cyrraedd un o'r trobwyntiau hynny yn yr economi. Mae yna ddangosyddion cadarnhaol. Os ydych yn meddwl am rôl bosibl busnesau bach, mae yna rai pethau sy'n destun llawenydd, oherwydd yn sgil technoleg newydd - y rhyngrwyd yn bennaf, ond nid yn unig wrth gwrs - mae'r rhwystrau sy'n atal mynediad i bobl sydd â syniad da ac sy'n awyddus i ddilyn trywydd y syniad hwnnw wedi diflannu. Maent wedi diflannu yng Nghymru ac ar draws y byd, a chaiff hynny ei adlewyrchu yn y cynnydd mewn entrepreneuriaeth. Caiff ei adlewyrchu yn y math o is-ddiwylliant busnes newydd bywiog a welwn yn y ddinas hon ac mewn trefi a dinasoedd ledled Cymru. Felly, dyna un weledigaeth ar gyfer y dyfodol. [Torri ar draws.] Iawn, fe ildiaf.