English: There are two points that I'd make on this one. The first is that, of course, when we're comparing opportunities to use general taxation, we're not yet in a position to do so. But I do recently note a study picked up by the BBC that noted that, in Wales, citizens have a much more generous level of support from this Government for their social care needs than citizens across the border in England. So, we are making real choices even in a time of austerity to put real money into supporting social care. The second point is I don't want to spike the work that I'm actually doing by peremptorily announcing before my ministerial colleagues have considered all the evidence what those options might look like. And we do need to think about maximising the level of income to come in through a levy or any other means, and what that actually means in terms of what we can then do. We need to think about what our powers allow us to do, and how then best to use them, including difficult questions around intergenerational fairness, who accesses support and at what time? There are different answers around the roles. There's a report from both the select committees in Parliament, the joint select committees - the communities committee about housing and local government and also the health select committee - that I'm sure you're aware of, which may come up with an answer that would require a rise in general taxation across the United Kingdom. They've even had Conservative backbenchers signing up to a tax rise, which is unusual. So, we need to think about what the whole taxation base is and what choices we then make. And the second question we can't avoid either, I think, is whether or not we're prepared to have an element of ring-fencing or hypothecation, because I think there are real issues about whether politicians should be trusted to raise taxes, or whether that money should be protected, and whether that would be acceptable to the public over a longer period of time to make different choices about how we use taxation to fund the future of social care.
Welsh: Mae dau bwynt y buaswn yn eu gwneud ynglŷn â hyn. Y cyntaf, wrth gwrs, yw pan fyddwn yn cymharu cyfleoedd i ddefnyddio trethiant cyffredinol, nid ydym mewn sefyllfa i wneud hynny eto. Ond yn ddiweddar, nodaf astudiaeth a gafodd sylw gan y BBC a nodai, yng Nghymru, fod dinasyddion yn cael lefel fwy hael o lawer o gymorth gan y Llywodraeth hon ar gyfer eu hanghenion gofal cymdeithasol na dinasyddion dros y ffin yn Lloegr. Felly, rydym yn gwneud dewisiadau go iawn hyd yn oed mewn cyfnod o gyni i roi arian go iawn tuag at gefnogi gofal cymdeithasol. Yr ail bwynt yw nad wyf am amharu ar y gwaith a wnaf drwy gyhoeddi unrhyw beth cyn i fy nghyd-Weinidogion ystyried yr holl dystiolaeth ynglŷn â'r dewisiadau hynny. Ac mae angen i ni feddwl am sicrhau'r lefel fwyaf o incwm a fyddai'n dod i mewn drwy ardoll neu unrhyw fodd arall, a beth y mae hynny'n ei olygu mewn gwirionedd o ran yr hyn y gallwn ei wneud wedyn. Mae angen inni feddwl am yr hyn y mae ein pwerau yn caniatáu inni ei wneud, a'r ffordd orau o'u defnyddio, gan gynnwys cwestiynau anodd ynghylch tegwch rhwng cenedlaethau, pwy sy'n cael cymorth a phryd? Ceir gwahanol atebion mewn perthynas â'r rolau. Rwy'n siŵr eich bod yn ymwybodol o'r adroddiad gan y ddau bwyllgor dethol yn y Senedd, y cyd-bwyllgorau dethol - y pwyllgor cymunedau ar dai a llywodraeth leol a'r pwyllgor dethol ar iechyd - a allai gynnig ateb a fyddai'n galw am gynyddu trethiant cyffredinol ledled y Deyrnas Unedig. Maent hyd yn oed wedi cael Ceidwadwyr ar y meinciau cefn yn ymrwymo i godiad treth, sy'n anghyffredin. Felly, mae angen i ni feddwl beth yw'r sylfaen drethu gyfan honno a pha ddewisiadau a wnawn wedyn. A'r ail gwestiwn na allwn ei osgoi chwaith yn fy marn i yw p'un a ydym yn barod i gael elfen o glustnodi neu neilltuo, gan y credaf fod problemau gwirioneddol yn codi ynglŷn ag a ddylid ymddiried mewn gwleidyddion i godi trethi, neu a ddylid diogelu'r arian hwnnw, ac a fyddai hynny'n dderbyniol i'r cyhoedd dros gyfnod hwy o amser i wneud gwahanol ddewisiadau ynglŷn â'r modd y defnyddiwn drethiant i ariannu gofal cymdeithasol yn y dyfodol.