English: Thank you for the statement, which comes in very difficult circumstances, of course. If we look at the incredible year we've lived through, it's become more apparent than ever that the restrictions that the UK Treasury places on the Welsh Government and its ability to forward plan is a very serious problem for us here in Wales, and the frustrations around that are the greatest fiscal characteristic of this pandemic without a doubt. In looking at the draft budget before us, there are a number of things to be welcomed, certainly, in terms of expenditure. If we look at some of the headline figures: the additional £40 million for the housing support grant; £20 million to support active travel, which I support and welcome; over £20 million to respond to demographic pressures on sixth form and further education, which is essential; funding to support changes to the curriculum, to mental health services in the community and in schools. There is significant funding - some £274 million - allocated for the railway and metro system, but it would be a good thing, if I may request it at this early stage, if we were to have some details from the Minister as to how that is to be spent. Also, we in Plaid Cymru certainly welcome the Government's decision on the land transaction tax. The impact of second homes on our communities is an issue that Plaid Cymru has campaigned on for many years. We will continue to do that. I'm pleased that the Government is willing to have discussions with us, and is having discussions with us, on the range of steps that we'd want to see taken in order to safeguard our housing market beyond the land transaction tax changes. We need urgent action in this area, and I make that appeal once again to the Minister. Llywydd, if I may turn now to the consequential funding for Wales in order to deal with the pandemic specifically. Before doing that, may I point out that every independent nation can make its own decisions on increasing expenditure in exceptional times such as these? Wales doesn't have that right to increase expenditure on health, for example. We can only access additional funding to deal with the health challenges of the pandemic when England decides to spend more and we get the consequential. That clearly is unacceptable. It's true for all areas of public expenditure too, and it's important that people should understand that, because it's a fundamental argument in favour of independence for Wales, and we have virtually no borrowing powers either, which would provide more flexibility to us. But in returning to the use of those consequentials that have come to Wales, in the Finance Committee the Minister for Finance explained how £766 million of consequential funding had been provided to Government. Some 10 per cent of that - £77 million - has already been allocated. Now, it's not my job to defend the Government, but I do believe that the Government is right to be very careful in allocating these funds, and should ensure that reserves are maintained for use over the next year. There is a pandemic that is throwing new challenges at us, time and time again, and we do need reserves that we can turn to, particularly given the lack of flexibility available to us in fiscal terms, as I've already mentioned. I know that the Conservatives would argue that all of the funds should be allocated. I don't think that that's sensible at this particular point and perhaps they should persuade their masters in England to give us a better settlement here in Wales. So, yes, the Government is right to hold reserves. But, having said that, let me put my hat on as health spokesperson for one moment. I am eager to see how the £689 million that remains is to be targeted effectively, particularly when it comes to the vaccination programme. There can be no skimping on that particular programme. But we also need to have clear sight, now, of the post-pandemic period and the rebuilding work that will need to be done. We need to ensure that the green comprehensive regeneration fund, which is ambitious, is put in place. Now, perhaps the Minister can tell us to what extent some of the consequentials could be used to that purpose. In conclusion, I will refer to something I referred to at the outset, namely the frustrations in terms of the restrictions placed on the Welsh Government by the UK Treasury. The Minister will be highly aware of what I've been calling for since the beginning of our first lockdown, and I will reiterate the point: the UK Government must, at least temporarily, lift the restrictions placed on the Welsh Government's ability to borrow, to draw down funds from reserves and also to use capital funding for day-to-day expenditure. Give us the powers to look after the people of Wales. The Treasury still hasn't responded positively to that request, so can we have an update, please, on where exactly we are in terms of those negotiations? We needed urgent action at the beginning of the pandemic and we will need urgent action and the flexibility to act in that way when we rebuild. The grant is insufficient and the weaknesses of the fiscal settlement have also been highlighted. We need to re-equalise our economy and lift children out of poverty and we need to support our businesses and also, of course, we need to recognise the incomparable contribution of our front-line workers.
Welsh: Diolch am y datganiad ar y gyllideb, sydd wrth gwrs yn dod mewn amgylchiadau anodd tu hwnt. Os ydym ni'n edrych ar y flwyddyn ryfeddol sydd wedi bod, mae hi wedi dod yn gliriach nag erioed, efallai, fod y cyfyngiadau mae Trysorlys y Deyrnas Unedig yn eu rhoi ar Lywodraeth Cymru a'i gallu i gynllunio ymlaen yn broblem ddifrifol iawn i ni yma yng Nghymru, a'r rhwystredigaethau o gwmpas hynny ydy nodwedd ffisgal fwyaf amlwg y pandemig yma heb os. O edrych ar y gyllideb ddrafft o'n blaenau ni, mae yna nifer o bethau i'w croesawu, yn sicr, o ran gwariant. Os edrychwn ni ar rai o'r ffigurau pennawd: y £40 miliwn ychwanegol i'r grant cymorth tai; yr £20 miliwn i gefnogi teithio llesol dwi'n ei gefnogi a'i groesawu; dros £20 miliwn i ymateb i bwysau demograffeg ar addysg chweched dosbarth ac addysg bellach, sydd yn hanfodol; arian i gefnogi diwygiadau cwricwlwm, i wasanaethau iechyd meddwl cymunedol ac mewn ysgolion. Mae yna symiau sylweddol - rhyw £274 miliwn - wedi'u neilltuo ar gyfer y rhwydwaith rheilffordd a metro, er y buasai'n dda, os caf i ofyn hyn yn gynnar fel hyn, cael manylion gan y Gweinidog am sut y bydd hynny'n cael ei wario. Hefyd, rydym ni ym Mhlaid Cymru yn sicr yn croesawu penderfyniad y Llywodraeth ar y dreth trafodion tir. Mae impact ail gartrefi ar ein cymunedau ni yn fater y mae Plaid Cymru wedi ymgyrchu'n hir arno fo. Mi barhawn ni i wneud hynny. Dwi'n falch bod y Llywodraeth yn barod i drafod efo ni, ac yn trafod efo ni ar hyn o bryd, yr ystod o gamau rydym ni eisiau eu gweld yn cael eu cymryd i warchod ein marchnad dai ni, tu hwnt i'r newidiadau treth trafodion tir. Yn wir, mae angen gweithredu brys ar hyn, a dwi'n gwneud yr apêl yna eto i'r Gweinidog. Llywydd, gaf i droi at yr arian sydd wedi dod fel arian canlyniadol - arian consequential - i Gymru ar gyfer delio efo'r pandemig yn benodol? Cyn gwneud hynny, gaf i bwyntio allan bod pob gwlad annibynnol yn gallu gwneud ei phenderfyniadau ei hun ynglŷn â chynyddu gwariant ar adeg eithriadol fel yma? Does gan Gymru ddim yr hawl i gynyddu gwariant ar iechyd, er enghraifft. Rydym ni ond yn gallu cael arian ychwanegol i ddelio efo heriau iechyd y pandemig yma pan fo Lloegr yn penderfynu gwario mwy ac rydym ni'n cael arian canlyniadol. Mae hynny'n amlwg yn annerbyniol. Mae o'n wir ar gyfer pob maes o wariant cyhoeddus hefyd, wrth gwrs, ac mae'n bwysig bod pobl yn deall hynny, achos mae'n ddadl gwbl greiddiol o blaid annibyniaeth i Gymru, a does gennym ni prin ddim pwerau benthyg chwaith, a fuasai'n cynnig opsiwn arall o ran hyblygrwydd. Ond yn ôl at y defnydd o'r arian canlyniadol yna sydd wedi dod i Gymru, yn y Pwyllgor Cyllid mi eglurodd y Gweinidog Cyllid sut bod £766 miliwn o arian canlyniadol wedi cael ei roi i'r Llywodraeth. Mae rhyw 10 y cant, dwi'n meddwl, o hynny - £77 miliwn - wedi cael ei glustnodi. Rŵan, nid fy ngwaith i ydy amddiffyn y Llywodraeth, ond dwi'n credu bod y Llywodraeth yn iawn i fod yn ofalus iawn wrth glustnodi'r arian yma a gwneud yn siŵr bod arian wrth gefn, os leiciwch chi, yn cael ei gronni i'w wario dros y flwyddyn nesaf. Mae yna bandemig sy'n taflu heriau newydd atom ni dro ar ôl tro, ac mae angen cronfa i allu troi ati hi, yn enwedig o ystyried ein diffyg hyblygrwydd ffisgal, fel dwi wedi cyfeirio ato fo. Dwi'n gweld y Ceidwadwyr yn dadlau y dylid clustnodi'r holl arian. Dwi ddim yn credu bod hynny'n beth synhwyrol i'w wneud ar y pwynt yma ac efallai y dylen nhw drio perswadio eu meistri nhw yn Llundain i roi setliad gwell i Gymru. Felly, ydy, mae'r Llywodraeth yn iawn i gronni arian. Ond, wedi dweud hynny, gadewch imi roi fy het ymlaen fel llefarydd iechyd Plaid Cymru am funud hefyd. Dwi yn eiddgar iawn i weld sut mae'r £689 miliwn sy'n weddill yn cael ei dargedu'n effeithiol, yn enwedig pan mae'n dod at y rhaglen frechu. Does yna ddim sgimpo i fod ar y rhaglen honno. Ond mae hefyd, wrth gwrs, angen i ni fod â golwg clir, rŵan, ar y cyfnod ar ôl y pandemig a'r gwaith ailadeiladu sydd yna i'w wneud. Rydym ni angen sicrhau bod cronfa adfer werdd gynhwysfawr ac uchelgeisiol yn cael ei rhoi mewn lle. Efallai y gall y Gweinidog ddweud i ba raddau y gall peth o'r arian canlyniadol gael ei ddefnyddio i'r diben hwnnw. Gair eto, i gloi, am yr hyn y gwnes i gyfeirio ato fo ar y dechrau, sef y rhwystredigaeth ar y cyfyngiadau sy'n cael eu gosod ar Lywodraeth Cymru gan Drysorlys y Deyrnas Unedig. Bydd y Gweinidog yn gwybod yn iawn o'r hyn dwi wedi bod yn galw amdano fo ers dechrau y cyfnod clo cyntaf, ac mi wnaf ei ailadrodd eto: mae'n rhaid i Lywodraeth y Deyrnas Unedig godi, o leiaf dros dro, y cyfyngiadau sydd wedi'u gosod ar allu Llywodraeth Cymru i fenthyg, i dynnu arian i lawr o'r gronfa wrth gefn ac i allu defnyddio arian cyfalaf ar gyfer gwariant o ddydd i ddydd. Rhowch y pwerau inni edrych ar ôl pobl Cymru. Dydy'r Trysorlys yn dal ddim wedi ymateb yn bositif i hynny, felly gawn ni ddiweddariad, os gwelwch yn dda, ar lle rydym ni arni o ran y trafodaethau hynny? Mi oeddem ni angen gweithredu brys ar ddechrau'r pandemig ac mi fydd angen gweithredu brys a'r hyblygrwydd i allu gweithredu ar frys pan awn ni i mewn i'r mode adfer. Dydy'r grant ddim yn ddigonol ac mae gwendidau'r setliad ffisgal wedi dod i'r amlwg hefyd. Mae angen ailhafalu ein heconomi a chodi plant allan o dlodi a chefnogi'n busnesau ni a hefyd, wrth gwrs, cydnabod cyfraniad amhrisiadwy ein gweithwyr ar y rheng flaen.