English: I'm very grateful to have had the opportunity to participate in the evidence sessions that have led to this report, and, like other Members, I'm very grateful for the evidence that we've received. I think we must be fair and say - . At the beginning of my contribution, I want to say that the emergency response that the Welsh Government has taken was broadly welcomed by most of our witnesses. Of course, things aren't perfect; there was an acknowledgement that there were gaps, and I think the Minister understands that himself. But there was a sense that there had been some real co-operation with the sector and with social partners and that this had been something of a - to use a bit of a cliché - team Wales effort. But, I know that the Minister understands that there is a lot more to do, and our evidence proves that. I want today, Dirprwy Lywydd, to make some general comments in response to the three reports and then to highlight some particular things in the areas of skills. We know - the evidence was really clear to us - that there are going to be some businesses that will require longer term support. Those might include some transport providers, they will certainly include some hospitality businesses, that may not be able to partially open or may not be able to open profitably. They will certainly include businesses in the culture sector, things like cinemas and theatres where, again, even if social distancing allows them to open, they can't open and make any money, and that will apply to some other tourist attractions too. It's really important for these businesses - they acknowledge that they've received, many of them, short-term support - to know now what the longer term plans are so that they can plan. And I'm sure that none of us in this Senedd would want to lose some of those crucial parts of our tourism and hospitality infrastructure that will be so important for our economy as we recover. We acknowledge, of course, that some of that support should come from the UK Government, and I want to ask the Minister again today about what progress he's had in asking for more flexible furlough support for some of those businesses that might not otherwise survive, that can't open, and particularly whether he can raise again the issue of those people who were changing jobs at the time. If there are to be changes to the furlough scheme, that would be the time to give some kind of recompense to the new-start furlough citizens who just were so unfortunate to be changing jobs at that time. Looking further at hospitality businesses, we have, of course, supported Welsh Government's cautious approach to lifting the lockdown. We feel that it's the right thing to do. From the point of view of businesses, it would, of course, have been catastrophic to lift the lockdown too quickly and then see a spike and lead to another lockdown again. But I hope that the Minister understands that it's very difficult for some of the business owners that have been talking to me in recent days to see that McDonald's is open and people are eating their meals in the McDonald's car park and sometimes leaving a hideous mess afterwards, but good-quality local Welsh hospitality businesses have yet to be able to take advantage of those opportunities that some outside opening may be able to provide. I know that the Minister is aware that local authorities are looking at how they might facilitate this with road closures, with extensions of pavements. I've been speaking, for example, to Ceredigion council. There is, of course, a complex pattern around licensing and around planning, and I want to ask the Minister today to commit to working closely with local authorities so that we can open up some of those spaces, while of course acknowledging the points that the First Minister made earlier - that that has to be done in such a way that doesn't, for example, negatively impact on people who are blind and partially sighted. If I might briefly turn, then, Dirprwy Lywydd, to some of the points in the skills report specifically. Russell George has already referred to our recommendation around health and care apprentices. What those people, many of them young people, have done in the last few months is nothing short of extraordinary, and we do want to ask the Welsh Government to be aware of the need to protect their welfare and to ensure that they are given the support they need to get over what might, for some of them, have been complex and traumatic. Recommendations 3 and 4 of the skills report that focus on work experience and youth unemployment are incredibly important. Those of us who are old enough to remember what happened to the Welsh economy in the 1980s will remember that there was a whole lost generation in many of our communities, who, having had a year or 18 months out of work, never really recovered, never made up that economic gap. We must not allow that to happen to those individuals, but we also cannot afford, as a nation, to waste those talents. That's therefore incredibly important that Welsh Government come forward with some really far-reaching schemes to address those issues. Our recommendation 8 asks the Welsh Government to link up the skills agenda to economic development, to business support, and to business improvement, and, of course, crucially, to the fair work agenda. This is what needs to change now. The Welsh Government has done, I think, on the whole, a pretty good job in terms of emergency response, but now we have to, as the Minister often says, build back better, and that means building up in a joined-up manner. I would say, Dirprwy Lywydd, that this crisis has shown us who we actually need when it comes to our workforce. We need carers, we've needed shop workers, we've needed delivery drivers, we've needed healthcare staff. Much of this, of course, work that tends to be done by women. Now, we've tended, in the past, to refer to those people as 'low skilled', and I don't know if anybody else in this Chamber has had the opportunity of looking after a sick or disabled relative themselves, but I can certainly tell you that the people - on the whole, women - who do that work are anything other than low skilled, having tried to do it myself to support family members. We need to change -
Welsh: Rwy'n ddiolchgar iawn o fod wedi cael y cyfle i gymryd rhan yn y sesiynau tystiolaeth sydd wedi arwain at yr adroddiad hwn, ac, fel Aelodau eraill, rwy'n ddiolchgar iawn am y dystiolaeth yr ydym ni wedi'i chael. Rwy'n credu bod yn rhaid i ni fod yn deg a dweud - . Ar ddechrau fy nghyfraniad, hoffwn i ddweud bod ymateb brys Llywodraeth Cymru wedi ei groesawu ar y cyfan gan y rhan fwyaf o'n tystion. Wrth gwrs, nid yw pethau'n berffaith; cafwyd cydnabyddiaeth fod diffygion, ac rwy'n credu bod y Gweinidog yn deall hynny ei hun. Ond roedd yna ymdeimlad y cafwyd rhywfaint o gydweithredu â'r sector ac â phartneriaid cymdeithasol ac y bu hyn yn rhywfaint o - i ddefnyddio ystrydeb - yn ymdrech tîm Cymru. Ond, gwn fod y Gweinidog yn deall bod llawer mwy i'w wneud, ac mae ein tystiolaeth yn profi hynny. Hoffwn i heddiw, Dirprwy Lywydd, wneud rhai sylwadau cyffredinol mewn ymateb i'r tri adroddiad ac wedyn tynnu sylw at rai pethau penodol ym meysydd sgiliau. Rydym ni'n gwybod - roedd y dystiolaeth yn eglur iawn i ni - y bydd angen cymorth tymor hirach ar rai busnesau. Gallai'r busnesau hynny gynnwys rhai darparwyr trafnidiaeth, byddan nhw yn sicr yn cynnwys rhai busnesau lletygarwch, na fyddan nhw o bosibl yn gallu agor yn rhannol neu efallai na fyddan nhw yn gallu agor yn broffidiol. Byddan nhw yn sicr yn cynnwys busnesau yn y sector diwylliant, pethau fel sinemâu a theatrau lle, unwaith eto, hyd yn oed os bydd cadw pellter cymdeithasol yn caniatáu iddyn nhw agor, ni fyddan nhw'n gallu agor a gwneud unrhyw arian, a bydd hynny'n berthnasol i rai atyniadau twristaidd eraill hefyd. Mae'n wirioneddol bwysig i'r busnesau hyn - maen nhw'n cydnabod eu bod nhw, llawer ohonyn nhw, wedi cael cymorth tymor byr - wybod yn awr beth yw'r cynlluniau tymor hirach er mwyn iddyn nhw allu cynllunio. Ac rwy'n siŵr na fyddai neb ohonom ni yn y Senedd hon yn dymuno colli rhai o'r rhannau hollbwysig hynny o'n seilwaith twristiaeth a lletygarwch a fydd mor bwysig i'n heconomi wrth i ni adfer. Rydym yn cydnabod, wrth gwrs, y dylai rhywfaint o'r cymorth hwnnw ddod oddi wrth Lywodraeth y DU, a hoffwn i ofyn i'r Gweinidog unwaith eto heddiw am ba gynnydd y mae wedi ei wneud wrth ofyn am gymorth ffyrlo mwy hyblyg i rai o'r busnesau hynny na fyddan nhw'n goroesi o bosibl fel arall, na allant agor, ac yn benodol a oes modd iddo godi unwaith eto fater y bobl hynny a oedd yn newid swyddi ar y pryd. Os bydd newidiadau i'r cynllun ffyrlo, bryd hynny fyddai'r adeg i roi rhyw fath o ad-daliad i'r dinasyddion sydd ar ffyrlo mewn swyddi newydd a oedd mor anffodus i fod yn newid swyddi ar y pryd. Gan edrych yn fanylach ar fusnesau lletygarwch, rydym ni, wrth gwrs, wedi cefnogi dull gofalus Llywodraeth Cymru o godi'r cyfyngiadau symud. Rydym ni o'r farn mai dyna'r peth priodol i'w wneud. O safbwynt busnesau, byddai, wrth gwrs, wedi bod yn drychinebus codi'r cyfyngiadau symud yn rhy gyflym ac yna gweld pig arall gan arwain at gyfyngiadau symud eto. Ond rwy'n gobeithio bod y Gweinidog yn deall ei bod yn anodd iawn i rai o'r perchnogion busnes sydd wedi bod yn siarad â mi yn ystod y dyddiau diwethaf gweld bod McDonald's ar agor a bod pobl yn bwyta eu prydau ym maes parcio McDonald's ac weithiau yn gadael llanast erchyll wedyn, ond nid yw busnesau lletygarwch safonol lleol Cymru wedi gallu manteisio hyd yn hyn ar y cyfleoedd hynny y gall rhai sydd ar agor y tu allan eu darparu. Rwy'n gwybod bod y Gweinidog yn ymwybodol bod awdurdodau lleol yn edrych ar sut y gallen nhw hwyluso hyn drwy gau ffyrdd ac ymestyn palmentydd. Rwyf i wedi bod yn siarad â Chyngor Ceredigion er enghraifft. Mae yna, wrth gwrs, batrwm cymhleth o ran trwyddedu ac o ran cynllunio, a hoffwn i ofyn i'r Gweinidog heddiw ymrwymo i weithio'n agos gydag awdurdodau lleol er mwyn i ni allu agor rhai o'r lleoedd hynny, gan gydnabod, wrth gwrs, y pwyntiau a wnaeth y Prif Weinidog yn gynharach - fod yn rhaid gwneud hynny mewn modd nad yw, er enghraifft, yn cael effaith negyddol ar bobl sy'n ddall ac yn rhannol ddall. Os caf i droi yn fyr, felly, Dirprwy Lywydd, at rai o'r pwyntiau yn yr adroddiad sgiliau yn benodol. Mae Russell George wedi cyfeirio eisoes at ein hargymhelliad ynghylch prentisiaid iechyd a gofal. Mae'r hyn y mae'r bobl hynny, llawer ohonyn nhw yn bobl ifanc, wedi ei wneud yn ystod y misoedd diwethaf yn anhygoel a dweud y lleiaf, ac mae arnom ni eisiau gofyn i Lywodraeth Cymru fod yn ymwybodol o'r angen i warchod eu lles a sicrhau eu bod yn cael y gefnogaeth sydd ei hangen arnyn nhw i ymdopi â'r hyn a allai, i rai ohonyn nhw, fod yn brofiad cymhleth a thrawmatig. Mae argymhellion 3 a 4 yr adroddiad sgiliau sy'n canolbwyntio ar brofiad gwaith a diweithdra ymhlith pobl ifanc yn hynod o bwysig. Bydd y rhai hynny ohonom ni sy'n ddigon hen i gofio'r hyn a ddigwyddodd i economi Cymru yn y 1980au yn cofio bod cenhedlaeth gyfan a esgeuluswyd mewn llawer o'n cymunedau, nad oedden nhw, ar ôl cael blwyddyn neu 18 mis o fod yn ddiwaith, byth yn adfer mewn gwirionedd, byth yn cau y bwlch economaidd hwnnw. Rhaid i ni beidio â gadael i hynny ddigwydd i'r unigolion hynny, ond ni allwn ni ychwaith fforddio gwastraffu'r doniau hynny, fel cenedl. Felly, dyna pam ei bod hi'n hynod o bwysig bod Llywodraeth Cymru yn cyflwyno cynlluniau gwirioneddol bellgyrhaeddol i fynd i'r afael â'r materion hynny. Mae argymhelliad 8 o'n heiddo yn gofyn i Lywodraeth Cymru gysylltu'r agenda sgiliau â datblygu economaidd, cymorth i fusnesau, a gwella busnesau, ac, wrth gwrs, yn hollbwysig, â'r agenda gwaith teg. Dyma'r hyn y mae angen ei newid nawr. Mae Llywodraeth Cymru wedi gwneud, yn fy marn i, ar y cyfan, waith eithaf da o ran ymateb brys, ond nawr mae'n rhaid i ni, fel y mae'r Gweinidog yn ei ddweud yn aml, ailadeiladu yn well, ac mae hynny'n golygu datblygu mewn ffordd gydgysylltiedig. Byddwn i'n dweud, Dirprwy Lywydd, fod yr argyfwng hwn wedi dangos i ni pwy sydd ei angen arnom ni mewn gwirionedd o ran ein gweithlu. Mae angen gofalwyr arnom ni, bu angen gweithwyr siopau arnom ni, bu angen gyrwyr cludo nwyddau arnom ni, bu angen staff gofal iechyd arnom ni. Mae tuedd i lawer o'r gwaith hwn, wrth gwrs, gael ei wneud gan fenywod. Nawr, mae tuedd, yn y gorffennol, wedi bod i gyfeirio at y bobl hynny yn rhai 'â sgiliau isel', ac nid wyf yn gwybod a oes unrhyw un arall yn y Siambr hon wedi cael cyfle i ofalu am berthynas sâl neu anabl eu hunain, ond gallaf i ddweud wrthych yn sicr fod y bobl - menywod ar y cyfan - sy'n gwneud y gwaith hwnnw yn unrhyw beth ond â sgiliau isel, ar ôl ceisio ei wneud fy hun i gefnogi aelodau o'r teulu. Mae angen i ni newid -