English: Thank you, Mark. We did rehearse a little bit of this during my recent appearance at the local government committee, during which I was answering some scrutiny questions on the response to COVID-19. So the answer to that is contained in the answer I've just given to a number of Members earlier, which is that we are working with each individual local authority to enable us to understand their very specific circumstances: what their reserve position is; what they would have expected to receive in fees and charges and council tax and national non-domestic rates; what their reduction in income looks like; what their additional costs are; what their particular circumstances in that particular local authority are, in order to be able to assist them in making claims for the hardship fund, which, as I've emphasised on a number of occasions, is paid out on actuals, rather than any kind of formula-driven approach, so that we can understand where each local authority is and understand its resilience plans and so on. There are a large number of reasons why different levels of reserve are held in different authorities: as a result of locally determined policies; as a result of earmarked reserves for particular capital projects; and a large number of other reasons too numerous to mention here. So I'm confident, at the moment, that we are on top of that and that we are not in a position where any local authority in Wales faces any particular financial crisis, but, of course, much depends on the UK Government's attitude to budgets going forward. I'd very much hoped that we would have a comprehensive spending review that would have allowed us to give some certainty over a three-year, at least, budget, but that doesn't look like it's going to be so now, and obviously if you have to plan on a year-on-year basis for local authorities that's much more difficult to do in terms of long-term planning and leads to some undesirable short-term effects. But we've worked very well with local authorities; we've co-operated very well. I'm very grateful indeed to the officers of the local authorities and the WLGA and to all my officials who've worked extremely hard through this period to make sure that we have resilient local government in Wales.
Welsh: Diolch, Mark. Buom yn trafod rhywfaint ar hyn yn ystod fy ymddangosiad diweddar yn y pwyllgor llywodraeth leol, lle roeddwn yn ateb cwestiynau craffu ar yr ymateb i COVID-19. Felly mae'r ateb i hynny wedi'i gynnwys yn yr ateb rwyf newydd ei roi i nifer o'r Aelodau yn gynharach, sef ein bod yn gweithio gyda phob awdurdod lleol unigol i'n galluogi i ddeall eu hamgylchiadau penodol iawn: beth yw eu sefyllfa o ran cronfeydd wrth gefn; yr hyn y byddent wedi disgwyl ei gael mewn ffioedd a thaliadau a'r dreth gyngor ac ardrethi annomestig cenedlaethol; beth yw eu sefyllfa o ran gostyngiad mewn incwm; beth yw eu costau ychwanegol; beth yw eu hamgylchiadau penodol yn yr awdurdod lleol penodol hwnnw, er mwyn gallu eu cynorthwyo i wneud hawliadau am y gronfa galedi, sydd, fel rwyf wedi'i bwysleisio droeon, yn cael ei dalu ar sail costau gwirioneddol, yn hytrach nag unrhyw fath o ddull wedi'i lywio gan fformiwla, fel y gallwn ddeall beth yw sefyllfa pob awdurdod lleol a deall eu cynlluniau cydnerthedd ac yn y blaen. Mae nifer fawr o resymau pam y cedwir gwahanol lefelau o gronfeydd wrth gefn mewn gwahanol awdurdodau: o ganlyniad i bolisïau a bennir yn lleol; o ganlyniad i gronfeydd wrth gefn a glustnodwyd ar gyfer prosiectau cyfalaf penodol; a nifer fawr o resymau eraill sy'n rhy niferus i'w crybwyll yma. Felly rwy'n hyderus ar hyn o bryd fod gennym reolaeth ar hynny ac nad ydym mewn sefyllfa lle mae unrhyw awdurdod lleol yng Nghymru yn wynebu unrhyw argyfwng ariannol penodol, ond wrth gwrs, mae llawer yn dibynnu ar agwedd Llywodraeth y DU at gyllidebau yn y dyfodol. Byddwn wedi gobeithio'n fawr y byddem wedi cael adolygiad cynhwysfawr o wariant a fyddai wedi ein galluogi i roi rhywfaint o sicrwydd dros gyllideb dair blynedd, fan lleiaf, ond nid yw'n ymddangos y bydd hynny'n digwydd yn awr, ac yn amlwg os oes rhaid i chi gynllunio ar sail flynyddol ar gyfer awdurdodau lleol, mae'n llawer anos i'w wneud o ran cynllunio hirdymor ac mae'n arwain at rai effeithiau tymor byr annymunol. Ond rydym wedi gweithio'n dda iawn gydag awdurdodau lleol; rydym wedi cydweithredu'n dda iawn. Rwy'n ddiolchgar iawn i swyddogion yr awdurdodau lleol a CLlLC ac i fy holl swyddogion sydd wedi gweithio'n eithriadol o galed drwy'r cyfnod hwn i sicrhau bod gennym lywodraeth leol gadarn yng Nghymru.