English: Or Home Secretary. Oh, Home Secretary's gone. [ Laughter. ] Sorry. There is a need for common sense in your dealings with the VOA. I know how frustrated you must get, because when I try to work on behalf of a constituent on valuations, it can take up to two years. I've raised it with the valuation office, and if I'm having difficulty, it must be difficult, but, somehow, you must pursue those conversations. All businesses on Mostyn Street will have to go to appeal, of course, when the new rateable values are published. And I just think that the VOA appeal process, as I've mentioned - . I've even got some businesses at the moment in Aberconwy waiting five years for their appeals to be heard. So, somehow, there has to be some liaison. Now, I've had this out over the years with the First Minister, and other Ministers, and their argument to me is, 'Oh, the VOA, it's a UK Government department'. But, I'm sorry, it's the Welsh Government that's procuring the service of the VOA from the VOA. So, in my book, if I'm tendering for or if I'm procuring a service myself, I have a say in how good or bad that service is. So, I don't think the excuse is good enough, for you as a Welsh Government to say, 'Well, it's UK Government, the VOA, it doesn't come under us'. You are procuring, using taxpayers' money, so I firmly believe that you should have some levels of expectation on the standard of their workings. We know that we've got a climate and energy crisis. I've already mentioned today some of the unbelievable costs that some of my businesses are facing. I've had people writing to me about this, and I've had to say, 'Well, actually, energy comes under the UK Government'. But they come back to me straight away, and say, 'But I'm asking what will the Welsh Government do to help us as businesses'. And to me, business rates is a no-brainer. That is one of the ways in which you can actually help those businesses that are really suffering. The fact remains that the businesses in Wales, the businesses across the UK, are the backbone of the economy of our country. Not only do they want to pay their own way, provide a good service, but they want to employ. It's become a lot more difficult now for apprenticeships going through retail, going through the hospitality sector - it is now, right now. There's been lots of focus on what the UK Government is doing. Where business rates are concerned, I genuinely believe that you could pioneer a way forward for businesses - that's if you have the appetite and the will to do it. Diolch.
Welsh: Neu'n Ysgrifennydd Cartref. O, mae'r Ysgrifennydd Cartref wedi mynd. [ Chwerthin. ] Mae'n ddrwg gennyf. Mae angen synnwyr cyffredin wrth ymdrin gydag Asiantaeth y Swyddfa Brisio. Gwn pa mor rhwystredig y teimlwch, rwy'n siŵr, oherwydd pan fyddaf yn ceisio gweithio ar ran etholwr ar brisiadau, gall gymryd hyd at ddwy flynedd. Rwyf wedi codi'r mater gyda'r swyddfa brisio, ac os wyf fi'n ei chael hi'n anodd, mae'n rhaid ei fod yn anodd, ond rywsut, mae'n rhaid ichi gael y sgyrsiau hynny. Bydd yn rhaid i bob busnes ar Stryd Mostyn apelio, wrth gwrs, pan gaiff y gwerthoedd ardrethol newydd eu cyhoeddi. A chredaf fod proses apelio Asiantaeth y Swyddfa Brisio, fel rwyf wedi sôn - . Mae gennyf rai busnesau yn Aberconwy ar hyn o bryd yn aros pum mlynedd i'w hapeliadau gael eu clywed. Felly, rywsut, mae'n rhaid cael rhywfaint o gyswllt. Nawr, rwyf wedi dadlau ynglŷn â hyn dros y blynyddoedd gyda'r Prif Weinidog, a Gweinidogion eraill, a'u dadl hwy yw, 'O, Asiantaeth y Swyddfa Brisio, mae'n adran o Lywodraeth y DU'. Ond, mae'n ddrwg gennyf, Llywodraeth Cymru sy'n caffael gwasanaeth Asiantaeth y Swyddfa Brisio gan Asiantaeth y Swyddfa Brisio. Felly, yn fy marn i, os wyf yn tendro am wasanaeth neu'n caffael gwasanaeth fy hun, mae gennyf lais o ran pa mor dda neu ddrwg yw'r gwasanaeth hwnnw. Felly, ni chredaf fod yr esgus yn ddigon da, i chi fel Llywodraeth Cymru ddweud, 'Wel, mae Asiantaeth y Swyddfa Brisio yn rhan o Lywodraeth y DU, nid yw'n ddim i'w wneud â ni'. Rydych yn caffael, gan ddefnyddio arian trethdalwyr, felly credaf yn gryf y dylai fod gennych lefel o ddisgwyliad ynghylch safon eu gwaith. Gwyddom fod gennym argyfwng hinsawdd ac ynni. Rwyf eisoes wedi sôn heddiw am rai o'r costau anghredadwy y mae rhai o fy musnesau'n eu hwynebu. Mae pobl wedi ysgrifennu ataf ynglŷn â hyn, ac rwyf wedi gorfod dweud, 'Wel, Llywodraeth y DU sy'n gyfrifol am ynni'. Ond maent yn fy ateb yn syth, gan ddweud, 'Ond rwy'n gofyn beth fydd Llywodraeth Cymru yn ei wneud i'n helpu ni fel busnesau'. Ac i mi, mae ardrethi busnes yn gwbl amlwg. Dyna un o'r ffyrdd y gallwch chi helpu'r busnesau hynny sy'n dioddef yn enbyd. Erys y ffaith mai busnesau yng Nghymru, busnesau ledled y DU, yw asgwrn cefn economi ein gwlad. Nid yn unig eu bod yn dymuno talu eu ffordd eu hunain, darparu gwasanaeth da, maent hefyd am gyflogi pobl. Mae wedi dod yn llawer anoddach bellach i gynnig prentisiaethau ym maes manwerthu, yn y sector lletygarwch - nawr, ar hyn o bryd. Mae llawer o ffocws wedi bod ar yr hyn y mae Llywodraeth y DU yn ei wneud. O ran ardrethi busnes, rwy'n credu o ddifrif y gallech arloesi a chreu ffordd ymlaen i fusnesau - hynny yw, pe bai gennych awydd ac ewyllys i wneud hynny. Diolch.