English: Like others, I'd like to start my contribution this afternoon by thanking those people who gave evidence to the committee, and thanking the committee secretariat for the work they've done in producing this report. I think the report is very timely. It deals with some of the more fundamental issues that we face as a country, and, like Tom Giffard, I'm very grateful to the Minister for accepting all but two of our recommendations. In many ways, the committee report states what we already know - it states the obvious that costs have increased - and we've seen the impact of those increases in costs, and we can describe in different ways how those cost increases have affected arts, culture and sport in our own constituencies. But I want to make a somewhat different point this afternoon. Whilst it's fair to argue that increased costs have similar impacts across the face of the country - the increased costs of electricity are the same here as they would be in Blaenau Gwent - what I would argue, though, is that the impact on people and places is different. If a Government's response is simply to treat all places and people equally, then they're not addressing the real issues that affect people in different parts of the country. We had a conversation in topical questions about the nature of equality in rugby, but the point I want to make this afternoon is that there's an important and fundamental nature of equality in all that we do in terms of arts, culture and sport, and that at the moment, I believe that we are failing the basic test of equality. We had a conversation with the Minister last week over the Welsh Government's budget, and the Minister made the correct and clear case that it is a matter for different bodies, such as Sport Wales and the Arts Council of Wales, to distribute funding according to the remit letter that is set for them, and that the remit letter covers the next five years. I accept and I agree with that, and that is the correct answer to the question, but it misses the point. Because the Government has a responsibility in setting out that remit letter, so that the constituents I represent in Blaenau Gwent, and that, in fact, she represents in Merthyr, are treated equally as the people represented here by - Jenny Rathbone always catches my eye as I look across the Chamber, and I don't mean to pick on you, Jenny - but the people Jenny represents in the centre of Cardiff. So, it is important, therefore, that people who are unable to pay the additional costs charged to access cultural or sporting activity have additional help to do so. It is important that those venues and facilities that are unable to sustain their programme of activities or their opening hours for the general public are able to do so, wherever they may be. And there is a greater reliance on Government help and Government support and the role and place of Government in places like Blaenau Gwent than in places like Cardiff. Therefore, if the test that we want to set for the Government is equality, then I want to see the Government doing more where there is greatest need and less where there is less need. And that is a difficult point to make for Government, because the Government likes to tell us that everywhere in Wales is having a little piece of jam, and we've been doing this for the 15 years I've been here. However, that means that some people are still left needing greater support whilst others receive support that perhaps they don't fully need. And it is the test of equality that I want to set for the Minister in debating and discussing this report, because it is important, and it does relate to the conversation we had earlier about equality. Because what we are seeking to achieve in Wales is cultural change, cultural change in terms of sporting activity, so that people like me, who look like me - and, let's face it, I've bought a new suit every year for the last 15 years - are able to reduce their weight and are able to increase their fitness levels. But you're unable to do it if you're locking people out of sporting and fitness activities because they can't afford the costs of accessing them. We want to see cultural change whereby everybody has the same opportunity to express who they are, their cultural identity, their own background. But if they don't access the cultural venues that they need to in order to do that, you are locking them out from the culture of our country. So, if we do want to see the change that I think we all want to see, on all sides of the Chamber, as it happens, then that means that the Government cannot stand back and say, 'I wrote a letter last year, and I'll come back to you in another five years.' It means that the Government has to be an activist Government, intervening in these matters, month after month and week after week and year after year. And that means that the Government, if it is serious about equality and serious about achieving its ambitions of equality, has to take tough decisions, and that, Minister, is what I want to hear in your reply to this debate. I'm grateful to Members.
Welsh: Fel eraill, hoffwn ddechrau fy nghyfraniad y prynhawn yma drwy ddiolch i'r bobl a roddodd dystiolaeth i'r pwyllgor, a diolch i ysgrifenyddiaeth y pwyllgor am y gwaith a wnaethant yn cynhyrchu'r adroddiad hwn. Rwy'n credu bod yr adroddiad yn amserol iawn. Mae'n ymdrin â rhai o'r materion mwy sylfaenol sy'n ein hwynebu fel gwlad, ac fel Tom Giffard, rwy'n ddiolchgar iawn i'r Gweinidog am dderbyn pob un ond dau o'n hargymhellion. Mewn sawl ffordd, mae adroddiad y pwyllgor yn nodi'r hyn a wyddom eisoes - mae'n nodi'r amlwg, fod costau wedi cynyddu - a gwelsom effaith y cynnydd hwnnw mewn costau, a gallwn ddisgrifio mewn ffyrdd gwahanol sut mae'r cynnydd hwnnw wedi effeithio ar y celfyddydau, diwylliant a chwaraeon yn ein hetholaethau ein hunain. Ond rwyf eisiau gwneud pwynt ychydig yn wahanol y prynhawn yma. Er ei bod yn deg dadlau bod costau uwch yn cael effeithiau tebyg ar draws y wlad - yr un yw'r costau trydan cynyddol yma ag y byddent ym Mlaenau Gwent - yr hyn y byddwn i'n ei ddadlau serch hynny yw bod yr effaith ar bobl a lleoedd yn wahanol. Os mai ymateb Llywodraeth yn syml yw trin pob lle a phobl yn gyfartal, nid ydynt yn mynd i'r afael â'r problemau go iawn sy'n effeithio ar bobl mewn gwahanol rannau o'r wlad. Cawsom sgwrs yn y cwestiynau amserol am natur cydraddoldeb yn y byd rygbi, ond y pwynt rwy'n awyddus i'w wneud y prynhawn yma yw bod elfen bwysig a sylfaenol o gydraddoldeb ym mhopeth a wnawn o ran y celfyddydau, diwylliant a chwaraeon, ac ar hyn o bryd, rwy'n credu ein bod yn methu prawf sylfaenol cydraddoldeb. Fe gawsom sgwrs gyda'r Gweinidog yr wythnos diwethaf ynglŷn â chyllideb Llywodraeth Cymru, ac fe wnaeth y Gweinidog yr achos cywir a chlir mai mater i wahanol gyrff, fel Chwaraeon Cymru a Chyngor Celfyddydau Cymru, yw dosbarthu arian yn ôl y llythyr cylch gwaith a osodwyd ar eu cyfer, a bod y llythyr cylch gwaith yn ymdrin â'r pum mlynedd nesaf. Rwy'n derbyn ac rwy'n cytuno â hynny, a dyna'r ateb cywir i'r cwestiwn, ond mae'n methu'r pwynt. Oherwydd bod gan y Llywodraeth gyfrifoldeb i osod y llythyr cylch gwaith hwnnw, fel bod yr etholwyr rwy'n eu cynrychioli ym Mlaenau Gwent, a'r etholwyr y mae hi'n eu cynrychioli ym Merthyr Tudful mewn gwirionedd, yn cael eu trin yn gyfartal â'r bobl a gynrychiolir yma gan - Mae Jenny Rathbone bob amser yn dal fy llygad wrth imi edrych ar draws y Siambr, ac nid wyf yn pigo arnoch yn fwriadol, Jenny - ond y bobl y mae Jenny'n eu cynrychioli yng nghanol Caerdydd. Felly, mae'n bwysig fod pobl nad ydynt yn gallu talu'r costau ychwanegol a godir i gael mynediad at weithgaredd diwylliannol neu chwaraeon yn cael cymorth ychwanegol i wneud hynny. Mae'n bwysig fod y lleoliadau a'r cyfleusterau nad ydynt yn gallu cynnal eu rhaglen weithgareddau na'u horiau agor i'r cyhoedd yn gyffredinol yn gallu gwneud hynny, ble bynnag y bônt. Ac mae mwy o ddibyniaeth ar gymorth Llywodraeth a chefnogaeth y Llywodraeth a rôl a lle Llywodraeth mewn llefydd fel Blaenau Gwent na mewn llefydd fel Caerdydd. Felly, os mai'r prawf a osodwn ar gyfer y Llywodraeth yw cydraddoldeb, rwyf am weld y Llywodraeth yn gwneud mwy lle mae'r angen mwyaf a llai lle mae llai o angen. Ac mae hwnnw'n bwynt anodd i'w wneud i'r Llywodraeth, oherwydd mae'r Llywodraeth yn hoffi dweud wrthym fod pob man yng Nghymru'n cael ychydig bach o jam, ac rydym wedi bod yn gwneud hyn ers y 15 mlynedd y bûm yma. Fodd bynnag, mae hynny'n golygu bod rhai pobl yn dal i fod angen mwy o gymorth tra bod eraill yn cael cymorth nad ydynt ei angen yn llawn efallai. Ac rwyf am osod prawf cydraddoldeb i'r Gweinidog wrth ddadlau a thrafod yr adroddiad hwn, oherwydd mae'n bwysig, ac mae'n ymwneud â'r sgwrs a gawsom yn gynharach am gydraddoldeb. Oherwydd yr hyn y ceisiwn ei gyflawni yng Nghymru yw newid diwylliannol, newid diwylliannol o ran gweithgaredd chwaraeon, fel bod pobl fel fi, sy'n edrych fel fi - a gadewch inni ei wynebu, rwyf wedi prynu siwt newydd bob blwyddyn am y 15 mlynedd diwethaf - yn gallu colli pwysau ac yn gallu cynyddu eu lefelau ffitrwydd. Ond ni allwch ei wneud os ydych chi'n cloi pobl allan o weithgareddau chwaraeon a ffitrwydd am na allant fforddio'r gost o'u defnyddio. Rydym eisiau gweld newid diwylliannol lle mae pawb yn cael yr un cyfle i fynegi pwy ydynt, eu hunaniaeth ddiwylliannol, eu cefndir eu hunain. Ond os nad ydynt yn mynd i'r lleoliadau diwylliannol sydd eu hangen arnynt i wneud hynny, rydych chi'n eu cloi allan o ddiwylliant ein gwlad. Felly, os ydym am weld y newid y credaf ein bod i gyd eisiau ei weld, ar bob ochr i'r Siambr fel mae'n digwydd, mae hynny'n golygu na all y Llywodraeth sefyll yn ôl a dweud, 'Ysgrifennais lythyr y llynedd, ac fe ddof yn ôl atoch mewn pum mlynedd arall.' Mae'n golygu bod yn rhaid i'r Llywodraeth fod yn Llywodraeth weithredol, ac ymyrryd yn y materion hyn, fis ar ôl mis ac wythnos ar ôl wythnos, flwyddyn ar ôl blwyddyn. Ac mae hynny'n golygu bod yn rhaid i'r Llywodraeth wneud penderfyniadau anodd os yw o ddifrif ynglŷn â chydraddoldeb ac o ddifrif am gyflawni ei huchelgeisiau cydraddoldeb, a dyna rwyf am ei glywed yn eich ateb i'r ddadl hon, Weinidog. Diolch i'r Aelodau.