English: Can I thank the Minister for his statement today and the advanced copy, as always? I think, from my perspective, Minister, any additional support for Welsh businesses has to be welcomed, so, certainly, from my perspective, I and colleagues welcome the additional support for the Development Bank of Wales. There are large elements of what you said that I can agree with. Clearly, I'm going to focus on some areas that I think that you've missed in your plan and statement today. What the statement doesn't set out today is clarity for businesses in terms of coming out of the lockdown. That's not just my view, that is the view of the Federation of Small Businesses, business groups. I had an example this morning of a retail business operating a number of outlets in my constituency: 'Can we order stock or not?' They order seasonal stock. So, they believe that their comparison companies in other parts of the UK have got more of a plan of where they're going than they do here in Wales. And they accept that dates change and priorities change, but to have that indicative plan in place. Minister, you say that the new funding for the Development Bank of Wales will improve the supply for the long term of accessible business finance. That is something that I think is desperately needed, so I agree with that. I think what is disappointing is that the Government's been slow on the implementation of the fourth phase of business support. Businesses are crying out for clarity, for you to provide an aspirational timetable for a route out of this crisis. I think what businesses do need is, they need to hear from you on extending the business rates holiday, providing additional support for the hospitality sector, for example, and by using the underspend from the sector-specific fund to ensure that any unused financial support is allocated quickly and where needed. So, of course, I welcome your comments on that. You refer to health, well-being, decarbonisation, foundational economy, digital skills, regenerating town centres, green economy, all these areas are right, and I agree with all that you've said in that regard. But what your statement doesn't talk about - and there seems to be a lack of information in your plan, your mission, with regard to supporting the productivity and the competitiveness and job creation. And, if I'm honest, what I was most disappointed in, actually, is there's no mention of entrepreneurship, the support for start-ups, and there's very little detail in the 30-page document. So, how are you going to do this? When we came out of the first lockdown across the UK, there was great entrepreneurial spirit across the UK, and that needs to be enhanced. Those who are bringing forward that entrepreneurial spirit need to be encouraged. So, other parts of the UK have schemes that do that; what are you doing in Wales in terms of encouraging that entrepreneurship here in Wales? You were quite optimistic, Minister, when I previously referred to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development report and setting up an arm's length body: you said that that is something to explore and examine. So, I very much welcomed that at the time. I think we do need an arm's length body to sell Wales to the world, support our indigenous businesses, promote Wales, bring forward that inward investment. I agree with the OECD report in terms of that arm's length agency, and I do think we need cross-party support if we're going to bring back such an agency as well. So, I'd welcome your views on that. Minister, I'd ask you how you would respond to this morning's analysis from Professor Dylan Jones-Evans, who has said that he is perplexed that the Welsh Government does not consider productivity as a key issue for the economy, given that Wales is the least productive country in the UK without a clear strategy to close the gap. You say, Minister, that you've outlined plans to work with the tourism and hospitality sectors to develop a recovery plan to provide short-term support to develop resilience and profitability over the longer term. Can you set out your thinking on what the recovery plan might include on the short-term support from Welsh Government, and in terms of the long term in providing through that plan? And finally, your plan, or your mission, sets out plans to repurpose town centres away from the traditional high street as, as you said, we no longer rely on retail alone. How will you balance the support for repurposing town and city centres with supporting the retail sector, so that it can continue to play a key role in the Welsh economy?
Welsh: A gaf i ddiolch i'r Gweinidog am ei ddatganiad heddiw a'r copi ymlaen llaw, fel bob amser? Credaf, o'm safbwynt i, Gweinidog, fod yn rhaid croesawu unrhyw gymorth ychwanegol i fusnesau Cymru, felly, yn sicr, o'm safbwynt i, rwyf i a'm cyd-Aelodau'n croesawu'r gefnogaeth ychwanegol i Fanc Datblygu Cymru. Gallaf gytuno â llawer iawn o'r hyn a ddywedoch chi. Yn amlwg, rwy'n mynd i ganolbwyntio ar rai meysydd y credaf eich bod wedi'u hesgeuluso yn eich cynllun a'ch datganiad heddiw. Yr hyn nad yw'r datganiad yn ei amlinellu heddiw yw eglurder i fusnesau o ran dod allan o'r cyfyngiadau symud. Nid fy marn i yn unig yw hynny, dyna farn y Ffederasiwn Busnesau Bach, grwpiau busnes. Cefais enghraifft y bore yma o fusnes manwerthu'n sy'n gweithredu nifer o allfeydd yn fy etholaeth: 'Allwn ni archebu stoc ai peidio?' Maen nhw'n archebu stoc dymhorol. Felly, maen nhw'n credu bod gan gwmnïau tebyg iddyn nhw mewn rhannau eraill o'r DU fwy o gynllun ar gyfer y dyfodol na sydd gan rai yng Nghymru. Ac maen nhw'n derbyn bod dyddiadau'n newid a blaenoriaethau'n newid, ond bod y cynllun dangosol hwnnw ar waith. Gweinidog, rydych chi'n dweud y bydd y cyllid newydd ar gyfer Banc Datblygu Cymru yn gwella'r cyflenwad ar gyfer cyllid busnes hygyrch yn y tymor hir. Mae hynny'n rhywbeth y credaf fod ei angen yn ddybryd, felly cytunaf â hynny. Credaf mai'r hyn sy'n siomedig yw y bu'r Llywodraeth yn araf ynghylch gweithredu pedwerydd cam y cymorth busnes. Mae busnesau'n crefu am eglurder, er mwyn ichi ddarparu amserlen uchelgeisiol ar gyfer llwybr allan o'r argyfwng hwn. Credaf mai'r hyn y mae ar fusnesau ei angen yw, mae angen iddyn nhw glywed gennych chi am ymestyn y cyfnod o hepgor ardrethi busnes, darparu cymorth ychwanegol i'r sector lletygarwch, er enghraifft, a thrwy ddefnyddio'r tanwariant o'r gronfa sector-benodol i sicrhau y caiff unrhyw gymorth ariannol na chafodd ei ddefnyddio ei ddyrannu'n gyflym ac i le y mae ei angen. Felly, wrth gwrs, croesawaf eich sylwadau ar hynny. Rydych chi'n cyfeirio at iechyd, llesiant, datgarboneiddio, economi sylfaenol, sgiliau digidol, adfywio canol trefi, economi werdd, mae'r holl feysydd hyn yn iawn, a chytunaf â'r cyfan yr ydych chi wedi'i ddweud yn hynny o beth. Ond yr hyn nad yw eich datganiad yn sôn amdano - ac mae'n ymddangos bod diffyg gwybodaeth yn eich cynllun, eich cenhadaeth, o ran cefnogi'r cynhyrchiant a chystadleurwydd a chreu swyddi. Ac, os ydw i'n onest, yr hyn yr oeddwn yn siomedig iawn ynddo, mewn gwirionedd, yw nad oes sôn am entrepreneuriaeth, y gefnogaeth i fusnesau newydd, ac ychydig iawn o fanylion sydd yn y ddogfen 30 tudalen. Felly, sut ydych chi'n mynd i wneud hyn? Pan ddaethom ni allan o'r cyfyngiadau symud cyntaf ledled y DU, roedd ysbryd entrepreneuraidd mawr ledled y DU, ac mae angen gwella hynny. Mae angen annog y rhai sy'n meithrin yr ysbryd entrepreneuraidd hwnnw. Felly, mae gan rannau eraill o'r DU gynlluniau sy'n gwneud hynny; beth ydych chi'n ei wneud yng Nghymru o ran annog yr entrepreneuriaeth honno yma yng Nghymru? Roeddech chi yn eithaf cadarnhaol, Gweinidog, pan gyfeiriais o'r blaen at adroddiad y Sefydliad ar gyfer Cydweithrediad a Datblygiad Economaidd a sefydlu corff hyd braich: fe ddywedoch chi fod hynny'n rhywbeth i'w ystyried a'i gloriannu. Felly, roeddwn yn croesawu hynny'n fawr ar y pryd. Credaf fod angen corff hyd braich arnom ni i werthu Cymru i'r byd, cefnogi ein busnesau cynhenid, hyrwyddo Cymru, cyflwyno'r mewnfuddsoddiad hwnnw. Cytunaf ag adroddiad y Sefydliad ar gyfer Cydweithrediad a Datblygiad Economaidd o ran yr asiantaeth hyd braich honno, ac rwyf yn credu bod angen cefnogaeth drawsbleidiol arnom ni os ydym ni eisiau ailsefydlu asiantaeth o'r fath hefyd. Felly, byddwn yn croesawu eich barn ar hynny. Gweinidog, byddwn yn gofyn i chi sut y byddech yn ymateb i ddadansoddiad y bore yma gan yr Athro Dylan Jones-Evans, sydd wedi dweud ei fod mewn dryswch ynglŷn â pham nad yw Llywodraeth Cymru yn ystyried cynhyrchiant yn fater allweddol i'r economi, o gofio mai Cymru yw'r wlad leiaf cynhyrchiol yn y DU heb strategaeth glir i gau'r bwlch. Rydych chi'n dweud, Gweinidog, eich bod wedi amlinellu cynlluniau i weithio gyda'r sectorau twristiaeth a lletygarwch i ddatblygu cynllun adfer i ddarparu cymorth tymor byr i ddatblygu cydnerthedd a phroffidioldeb dros y tymor hwy. A allwch chi roi eich barn am yr hyn y gallai'r cynllun adfer ei gynnwys ynglŷn â'r cymorth tymor byr gan Lywodraeth Cymru, ac o ran y tymor hir wrth ddarparu drwy'r cynllun hwnnw? Ac yn olaf, mae eich cynllun, neu eich cenhadaeth, yn amlinellu cynlluniau i roi diben newydd i ganol trefi a chefnu ar y stryd fawr draddodiadol gan nad ydym ni, fel y dywedoch chi, yn dibynnu mwyach ar fanwerthu yn unig. Sut y byddwch yn cydbwyso'r gefnogaeth i greu diben newydd i ganol trefi a dinasoedd â chefnogi'r sector manwerthu, fel y gall barhau i fod â rhan allweddol yn economi Cymru?