English: And I'm frankly still reeling from a quite extraordinary meeting that I had yesterday alongside Ken Skates and Jeremy Miles with the Minister at the Ministry of Housing and Local Government and the Secretary of State for Wales, where we were essentially treated to a stakeholder briefing on the levelling up fund, and there's been absolutely zero engagement with the Welsh Government on that in the period up until now. I was amazed when the Minister at MHLG told me, very proudly, that he was looking to install some people to be working in Cardiff so that there were people on the ground who knew and understood Wales, and so, of course, I had to tell him, 'Well, we already have people in Wales who know and understand Wales. That's the Welsh Government, it's our partners, it's the Senedd, and this is where those decisions need to be taken, as per the devolution settlement.' And what we're seeing essentially is an appalling assault on that, and everything that Alun Davies said in his contribution about the way in which the internal market Act is being used to circumvent the Welsh Government really did resonate with me. I do want to address some of the comments that were made in relation to the tax decisions that I've taken at this final budget. Of course, in the final budget, we've announced an extension to the land transaction tax temporary tax reduction period in Wales until 30 June. Since last July, all homebuyers here that have been subject to the main rates of LTT on properties costing more £180,000 have benefited from a tax reduction of up to £2,450, and those paying no more than £250,000 have paid no tax at all. So, only around 25 per cent of people purchasing their homes have been paying tax in that regard. And, of course, if the individuals who Mark Isherwood referred to want to come back to move into Wales, but to do so need to buy that bridging property, well, of course, they can have the additional tax that they pay back if they make that move and sell that additional property within three years. So, we do have those safeguards within the system to ensure that our tax here in Wales is progressive. If you want to know what's not progressive, again, as I've mentioned previously this afternoon, we only have to look at what the Chancellor has done in terms of the personal allowance rates, which will hit the lowest paid workers hardest. And, of course, it will be the lowest paid people who are paying the highest price for the coronavirus pandemic. I'm really pleased that the Welsh Government has been able to provide 12 full months of rate relief for businesses in the retail, tourism and hospitality sectors. And, of course, I was astonished to hear Mark Isherwood's criticism of that, because the offer that we're making to businesses here goes well beyond that which the Chancellor has offered to his businesses across the border. And I think that we can be very, very proud of our record of supporting business here in Wales. We've said on a number of occasions that the Welsh Government has provided more financial support to businesses than we've received in consequential funding from the UK Government, and so that means that £1.9 billion is now in the bank accounts of businesses here across Wales. And more than £1 billion has been delivered through 178,000 grant awards in an unique partnership, working with local authorities who have done astonishingly good work helping us deliver those grants. And more than £520 million has been provided directly through the Welsh Government and Business Wales. Combined, that business support has helped to protect more than 165,000 jobs here in Wales, through a combination of grant and loan support. And I think that just speaks to the priority that this Government has put on saving people's jobs and their livelihoods through what we all recognise to be an economic crisis. And moving forward, the Welsh Government budget for the next financial year does set aside £200 million in reserves for additional business support next year, to respond to the evolving challenges of the pandemic, and I'm very pleased that we've been able to do that. Interesting to hear Plaid Cymru's fresh idea about a guarantee. Well, of course, Welsh Government announced our guarantee for young people much earlier on in the crisis, where we've guaranteed young people that we will support them to gain either a job or further forms of education, or support them into self-employment. I was really pleased in my opening remarks today to be announcing £18.7 million to extend business incentives to recruit more apprentices here in Wales. This is an extension of the scheme that we launched in the autumn, which has already seen more than 1,300 new apprenticeships delivered here in Wales. Of course, climate change has been a theme that has run right through our budget deliberations this year. I remember at the budget last year, the big story then was that we were delivering the biggest package ever of support for the environment through our investment in decarbonisation and biodiversity. Well, this year, we've kept the vast majority of that funding in place, but we've gone further and allocated nearly £80 million additional capital funding to deliver interventions that promote decarbonisation and further enhance our rich biodiversity here in Wales, alongside an additional £17 million of revenue to support the interventions. Those things include, for example, £20 million extra for active travel, bringing our investment in active travel to £50 million in the next financial year; £26.6 million to boost the circular economy; £20 million for Nest, to enhance that, and Arbed and our clean energy schemes; and £5 million for the national forest, which I think is something that we're all particularly excited about. That takes the overall budget to £32 million in the next financial year, and that's alongside other interventions, such as £5 million for taking forward the delivery of a carbon-zero pilot project that will be seeking to decarbonise schools and colleges in Wales. So, you can see that our focus on climate change and addressing the climate emergency has not been diminished by the pandemic. So, just to start to draw my remarks to a close, I'm really proud of the record of this administration. Despite a decade of austerity, we're investing further in our NHS, bringing our total investment over this term of Government to £37 billion, with more than £8.4 billion in 2021-22, excluding COVID support. We're providing local authorities with a total investment over this term to more than £25 billion with a further £16.6 billion of funding in 2021-22, and, again, excluding the additional support as a result of COVID-19. And we're delivering on the key spending pledges that we made to the people of Wales in 2016. We've invested more than £200 million on our childcare offer; £689 million on all-age apprenticeships, alongside substantial EU funding into 2021-22; £100 million on improving school standards; the £80 million new treatment fund; and more than £610 million into 2021-22 providing rates relief for small businesses. And as I've just set out, we're taking serious and sustained action to tackle the climate emergency. Over this Senedd term, £2 billion has been invested in housing, delivering more than 20,000 affordable homes, with a further £200 million for social housing in 2021-22 to provide 3,500 additional new homes. And we're investing in the areas where we will have the greatest impact on prevention, and that is very much at the heart of our approach, and you'll see that with our continued record levels of investment in the pupil deprivation grant of more than £100 million in 2021-22. So -
Welsh: Ac rwy'n dal yn sigledig yn dilyn cyfarfod eithaf rhyfeddol a gawsom ddoe ochr yn ochr â Ken Skates a Jeremy Miles gyda'r Gweinidog yn y Weinyddiaeth Dai a Llywodraeth Leol ac Ysgrifennydd Gwladol Cymru, lle cawsom ein trin, yn y bôn, fel rhanddeiliaid mewn sesiwn friffio ar y gronfa codi'r gwastad, ac ni fu unrhyw ymgysylltu o gwbl â Llywodraeth Cymru ar hynny hyd yma. Synnais pan ddywedodd y Gweinidog yn y Weinyddiaeth Dai a Llywodraeth leol wrthyf, yn falch iawn, ei fod yn bwriadu gosod rhai pobl i weithio yng Nghaerdydd fel bod pobl ar lawr gwlad a oedd yn adnabod ac yn deall Cymru, ac felly, wrth gwrs, bu'n rhaid imi ddweud wrtho, 'Wel, mae gennym eisoes bobl yng Nghymru sy'n adnabod ac yn deall Cymru, sef Llywodraeth Cymru, ein partneriaid ni, y Senedd, a dyma lle mae angen gwneud y penderfyniadau hynny, yn unol â'r setliad datganoli.' A'r hyn yr ydym yn ei weld yn ei hanfod yw ymosodiad gwarthus ar hynny, ac mae popeth a ddywedodd Alun Davies yn ei gyfraniad am y ffordd y mae Deddf y farchnad fewnol yn cael ei defnyddio i osgoi Llywodraeth Cymru mewn gwirionedd yn taro tant. Mae arnaf eisiau rhoi sylw i rai o'r sylwadau a wnaed mewn cysylltiad â'r penderfyniadau treth yr wyf wedi'u gwneud yn y gyllideb derfynol hon. Wrth gwrs, yn y gyllideb derfynol, rydym wedi cyhoeddi estyniad i gyfnod gostyngiad treth dros dro'r dreth trafodiadau tir yng Nghymru tan 30 Mehefin. Ers mis Gorffennaf diwethaf, mae pob prynwr tai yma sydd wedi bod yn ddarostyngedig i brif gyfraddau'r Dreth Trafodiadau Tir ar eiddo sy'n costio mwy na £180,000 wedi elwa ar ostyngiad treth o hyd at £2,450, ac nid yw'r rhai sy'n talu mwy na £250,000 wedi talu unrhyw dreth o gwbl. Felly, dim ond tua 25 y cant o bobl sy'n prynu eu cartrefi sydd wedi bod yn talu treth yn hynny o beth. Ac, wrth gwrs, os yw'r unigolion y cyfeiriodd Mark Isherwood atynt eisiau symud yn ôl i Gymru, ond i wneud hynny mae angen iddyn nhw brynu'r eiddo pontio hwnnw, wel, wrth gwrs, gallant gael y dreth ychwanegol y maen nhw'n ei thalu yn ôl os gwnânt y symudiad hwnnw a gwerthu'r eiddo ychwanegol hwnnw o fewn tair blynedd. Felly, mae gennym y mesurau diogelu hynny o fewn y system i sicrhau bod ein treth yma yng Nghymru yn flaengar. Os ydych eisiau gwybod am yr hyn nad yw'n flaengar, unwaith eto, fel yr wyf wedi sôn o'r blaen y prynhawn yma, nid oes rhaid inni ond edrych ar yr hyn y mae'r Canghellor wedi'i wneud o ran cyfraddau'r lwfans personol, a fydd yn taro'r gweithwyr â'r cyflogau isaf galetaf. Ac, wrth gwrs, y bobl â'r cyflogau isaf fydd yn talu'r pris uchaf am bandemig y coronafeirws. Rwy'n falch iawn bod Llywodraeth Cymru wedi gallu darparu 12 mis llawn o ryddhad ardrethi i fusnesau yn y sectorau manwerthu, twristiaeth a lletygarwch. Ac, wrth gwrs, fe'm syfrdanwyd o glywed beirniadaeth Mark Isherwood ar hynny, oherwydd mae'r cynnig yr ydym yn ei wneud i fusnesau yma yn mynd ymhell y tu hwnt i'r hyn y mae'r Canghellor wedi'i gynnig i'w fusnesau dros y ffin. A chredaf y gallwn fod yn falch iawn o'n hanes o gefnogi busnes yma yng Nghymru. Rydym wedi dweud droeon fod Llywodraeth Cymru wedi rhoi mwy o gymorth ariannol i fusnesau nag yr ydym wedi'i gael mewn cyllid canlyniadol gan Lywodraeth y DU, ac felly mae hynny'n golygu bod £1.9 biliwn bellach yng nghyfrifon banc busnesau yma ledled Cymru. Ac mae dros £1 biliwn wedi'i ddarparu drwy 178,000 o ddyfarniadau grant mewn partneriaeth unigryw, gan weithio gydag awdurdodau lleol sydd wedi gwneud gwaith rhyfeddol o dda i'n helpu i ddarparu'r grantiau hynny. Ac mae dros £520 miliwn wedi'i ddarparu'n uniongyrchol drwy Lywodraeth Cymru a Busnes Cymru. Gyda'i gilydd, mae'r cymorth busnes hwnnw wedi helpu i ddiogelu mwy na 165,000 o swyddi yma yng Nghymru, drwy gyfuniad o gymorth grant a benthyciadau. A chredaf fod hynny'n dangos yn glir y flaenoriaeth y mae'r Llywodraeth hon wedi'i rhoi ar achub swyddi pobl a'u bywoliaeth drwy'r hyn yr ydym i gyd yn cydnabod sydd wedi bod yn argyfwng economaidd. Ac wrth symud ymlaen, mae cyllideb Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer y flwyddyn ariannol nesaf yn neilltuo £200 miliwn mewn cronfeydd wrth gefn ar gyfer cymorth busnes ychwanegol y flwyddyn nesaf, i ymateb i heriau esblygol y pandemig, ac rwy'n falch iawn ein bod wedi gallu gwneud hynny. Diddorol oedd clywed syniad newydd Plaid Cymru am warant. Wel, wrth gwrs, cyhoeddodd Llywodraeth Cymru ein gwarant i bobl ifanc yn llawer cynt yn yr argyfwng, pan wnaethom warantu i bobl ifanc y byddwn yn eu cefnogi i gael naill ai swydd neu fathau pellach o addysg, neu eu cefnogi i hunangyflogaeth. Roeddwn yn falch iawn yn fy sylwadau agoriadol heddiw o gyhoeddi £18.7 miliwn i ymestyn cymhellion busnes i recriwtio mwy o brentisiaid yma yng Nghymru. Mae hyn yn estyniad i'r cynllun a lansiwyd gennym yn yr hydref, sydd eisoes wedi gweld mwy na 1,300 o brentisiaethau newydd yn cael eu darparu yma yng Nghymru. Wrth gwrs, mae newid yn yr hinsawdd wedi bod yn thema barhaus yn ein trafodaethau ar y gyllideb eleni. Cofiaf yn y gyllideb y llynedd, y stori fawr bryd hynny oedd ein bod yn darparu'r pecyn o gefnogaeth fwyaf erioed i'r amgylchedd drwy ein buddsoddiad mewn datgarboneiddio a bioamrywiaeth. Wel, eleni, rydym wedi cadw'r mwyafrif helaeth o'r cyllid hwnnw ar waith, ond rydym wedi mynd ymhellach ac wedi dyrannu bron i £80 miliwn o gyllid cyfalaf ychwanegol i ddarparu ymyriadau sy'n hyrwyddo datgarboneiddio ac yn gwella eto ein bioamrywiaeth gyfoethog yma yng Nghymru, ochr yn ochr â £17 miliwn ychwanegol o refeniw i gefnogi'r ymyriadau. Mae'r pethau hynny'n cynnwys, er enghraifft, £20 miliwn yn ychwanegol ar gyfer teithio llesol, gan ddod â'n buddsoddiad mewn teithio llesol i £50 miliwn yn y flwyddyn ariannol nesaf; £26.6 miliwn i hybu'r economi gylchol; £20 miliwn ar gyfer Nyth, i wella hwnnw ac Arbed, a'n cynlluniau ynni glân; a £5 miliwn ar gyfer y goedwig genedlaethol, sydd, yn fy marn i, yn rhywbeth yr ydym i gyd yn arbennig o gyffrous yn ei gylch. Mae hynny'n mynd â'r gyllideb gyffredinol i £32 miliwn yn y flwyddyn ariannol nesaf, ac mae hynny ochr yn ochr ag ymyriadau eraill, megis £5 miliwn ar gyfer bwrw ymlaen â chyflawni prosiect treialu di-garbon a fydd yn ceisio datgarboneiddio ysgolion a cholegau yng Nghymru. Felly, gallwch weld nad yw ein pwyslais ar newid hinsawdd a mynd i'r afael â'r argyfwng hinsawdd wedi'i leihau gan y pandemig. Felly, er mwyn dechrau dwyn fy sylwadau i ben, rwy'n falch iawn o hanes y weinyddiaeth hon. Er gwaethaf degawd o gyni, rydym yn buddsoddi ymhellach yn ein GIG, gan ddod â chyfanswm ein buddsoddiad dros dymor hwn y Llywodraeth i £37 biliwn, gyda mwy nag £8.4 biliwn yn 2021-22, ac eithrio cymorth COVID. Mae cyfanswm y buddsoddiad a roddwn i awdurdodau lleol dros y tymor hwn yn fwy na £25 biliwn gyda £16.6 biliwn arall o gyllid yn 2021-22, ac, unwaith eto, mae hyn heb gynnwys y cymorth ychwanegol o ganlyniad i COVID-19. Ac rydym yn cyflawni'r addewidion gwariant allweddol a wnaethom i bobl Cymru yn 2016. Rydym wedi buddsoddi mwy na £200 miliwn ar ein cynnig gofal plant; £689 miliwn ar brentisiaethau pob oed, ochr yn ochr ag arian sylweddol gan yr UE i mewn i 2021-22; £100 miliwn ar wella safonau ysgolion; y gronfa driniaeth newydd gwerth £80 miliwn; a mwy na £610 miliwn i mewn i 2021-22 gan ddarparu rhyddhad ardrethi i fusnesau bach. Ac fel yr wyf newydd ei nodi, rydym yn cymryd camau difrifol a pharhaus i fynd i'r afael â'r argyfwng hinsawdd. Yn ystod tymor y Senedd hon, mae £2 biliwn wedi'i fuddsoddi mewn tai, gan ddarparu dros 20,000 o dai fforddiadwy, gyda £200 miliwn arall ar gyfer tai cymdeithasol yn 2021-22 i ddarparu 3,500 o gartrefi newydd ychwanegol. Ac rydym yn buddsoddi yn yr ardaloedd lle byddwn yn cael yr effaith fwyaf ar atal, ac mae hynny wrth wraidd ein dull gweithredu, a byddwch yn gweld hynny gyda'n lefelau buddsoddi uchaf erioed yn y grant amddifadedd disgyblion o fwy na £100 miliwn yn 2021-22. Felly -