English: Diolch, acting Deputy Presiding - Chair, I think is probably easier. I'm pleased to move the amendments today in the name of Paul Davies. Can I firstly welcome the UK Government's willingness to devolve business rates to the Welsh Government? We certainly in the Welsh Conservatives believe that that was a step in the right direction. Yes, we did have a certain amount of control over business rates prior to that, but the full devolution of business rates, we believe, brings a real opportunity for the Welsh Government to act in this area - another tool in the economic toolbox, as the First Minister and as the Cabinet Secretary for finance's predecessor were keen to call it. Having the tool is one thing, using it to improve the business rate regime is another, and this is where we feel that the Government amendment is not acceptable to us. A number of elements of the Government amendment we wouldn't disagree with. Certainly, the importance of small businesses - that stands to reason; I don't think anyone would stand up in this Chamber and say that small businesses aren't of vital importance to the Welsh economy, indeed as Caroline Jones has just made clear. The vital importance of cross-Government working is a key part of the Government amendment as well, and that's to be welcomed. In the previous debate, we heard about the importance of Governments working together. We need a joined-up framework between Governments, and the Welsh Government and the UK Government, particularly in the run-up to Brexit, during the Brexit negotiations, which I know many Members, including me, are concerned about. However, there we part company, you won't be surprised to know. We don't believe that the Labour amendment stresses the urgency of addressing the situation and giving businesses across Wales the support that they are crying out for, and have been crying out for for some time. So, as our amendment, amendment 5, makes clear, we need to see more businesses taken out of business rates altogether, and small businesses with a rateable value of up to £15,000 specifically removed from that. We agree with a large part of the UKIP motion in this area, actually. We've got differences on some detail, but you've also broadly recognised the importance of businesses being taken out of that burden. We would also, as the amendment makes clear, remove the multiplier. That's now within our grasp with the full devolution of business rates. Of course, all of this is designed to increase competitiveness and improve the economy; that's what this is all about. It's very easy to stand in this Chamber and talk about statistics as though we're in some sort of vacuum, and I can throw statistics at the Chamber and the Minister will throw them back, but I often feel that we don't really get to the core of the arguments by doing that. What this is about, as so many debates in this Chamber are about, is improving the lives of people out there, supporting businesses, improving people's lives, helping more people to support themselves. That's certainly what I'm here for, and I'm sure other Assembly Members are too. So, let's be mindful of the effect that the recent revaluation had on businesses across Wales. I won't forget, because I was inundated, as I'm sure many Assembly Members were, with correspondence, phone calls and e-mails from people who were really, really worried about the effect that the changes to the revaluation would have on their businesses. Of course, it wasn't a Welsh Government revaluation; the revaluation did happen across the spectrum, across the UK. So, we recognise that the Welsh Government were not to blame for the need to have a revaluation, of course - that's a necessary part of the economic and business cycle and that had to be addressed. But the way that the revaluation was handled and the way that it was communicated to people across Wales did concern us. As I said, I received many representations and, in fact, sadly - I checked on this recently - a couple of the businesses whose owners contacted me have already gone - they're empty, there are boards in the windows. I think that brought it home to me very clearly why I was involved in a petition at that time and why I wanted to help those business owners. So, it wasn't just scaremongering, as some of us are often accused of doing, it wasn't making a lot of noise for no reason - the actual results of that revaluation and the lack of proper support for businesses has already had an effect. As for our last amendment - there should be more support for free parking pilot schemes - I think the Government should be able to - well, I assume you should be able to - support this, because I know that you have already given some support for extending parking pilot schemes across Wales. We're simply saying that we think that's a good thing and it should be enhanced. So, we will be voting against the motion in order to get our amendments on the paper, but there's a lot of good stuff in this motion and I'm pleased that UKIP have brought it to the Chamber today and I hope that there will be support for our amendments.
Welsh: Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd dros dro - rwy'n credu y byddai Cadeirydd yn haws yn ôl pob tebyg. Rwy'n falch o gynnig y gwelliannau heddiw yn enw Paul Davies. A gaf fi yn gyntaf groesawu parodrwydd Llywodraeth y DU i ddatganoli ardrethi busnes i Lywodraeth Cymru? Yn sicr, rydym ni yn y Ceidwadwyr Cymreig yn credu bod hwnnw'n gam i'r cyfeiriad iawn. Oedd, roedd gennym rywfaint o reolaeth dros ardrethi busnes cyn hynny, ond mae datganoli ardrethi busnes yn llawn, yn ein barn ni, yn dod â chyfle gwirioneddol i Lywodraeth Cymru weithredu yn y maes hwn - offeryn arall yn y blwch offer economaidd, fel yr oedd y Prif Weinidog a rhagflaenydd Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros gyllid yn awyddus i'w alw. Mae cael yr offeryn yn un peth, a'i ddefnyddio i wella'r gyfundrefn ardrethi busnes yn fater arall, a dyma ble y teimlwn nad yw gwelliant y Llywodraeth yn dderbyniol i ni. Mae nifer o elfennau yng ngwelliant y Llywodraeth na fuasem yn anghytuno â hwy. Yn sicr, pwysigrwydd busnesau bach - wrth reswm; nid wyf yn credu y byddai unrhyw un yn sefyll yn y Siambr hon i ddweud nad yw busnesau bach yn hanfodol bwysig i economi Cymru, fel y mae Caroline Jones yn wir newydd ei wneud yn glir. Mae pwysigrwydd hanfodol gweithio ar draws y Llywodraeth yn rhan allweddol o welliant y Llywodraeth hefyd, ac mae hynny i'w groesawu. Yn y ddadl flaenorol, clywsom am bwysigrwydd Llywodraethau'n gweithio gyda'i gilydd. Mae arnom angen fframwaith cydgysylltiedig rhwng Llywodraethau, a Llywodraeth Cymru a Llywodraeth y DU, yn enwedig yn y cyfnod sy'n arwain at Brexit, yn ystod y trafodaethau Brexit, y gwn fod llawer o'r Aelodau, gan fy nghynnwys i, yn bryderus yn eu cylch. Fodd bynnag, dyna ble'r ydym yn gwahanu, ni fydd yn syndod i chi glywed. Nid ydym yn credu bod gwelliant Llafur yn pwysleisio'r brys i fynd i'r afael â'r sefyllfa a rhoi'r gefnogaeth y maent yn crefu amdani, ac y maent wedi bod yn crefu amdani ers peth amser, i fusnesau ledled Cymru. Felly, fel y mae ein gwelliant, gwelliant 5, yn egluro, mae angen i ni weld mwy o fusnesau'n cael eu heithrio rhag gorfod talu ardrethi busnes yn gyfan gwbl, a busnesau bach sydd â gwerth ardrethol o hyd at £15,000 yn benodol yn cael eu tynnu allan o hynny. Rydym yn cytuno gyda rhan fawr o gynnig UKIP yn y maes hwn, mewn gwirionedd. Rydym yn anghytuno ar rai o'r manylion, ond rydych hefyd wedi cydnabod yn fras pa mor bwysig yw tynnu'r baich hwnnw oddi ar fusnesau. Byddem hefyd yn cael gwared ar y lluosydd, fel y mae'r gwelliant yn nodi. Gallwn wneud hynny bellach wrth i ardrethi busnes gael eu datganoli'n llawn. Wrth gwrs, mae hyn i gyd wedi ei gynllunio i gynyddu cystadleurwydd a gwella'r economi; ymwneud â hynny y mae hyn i gyd. Mae'n hawdd iawn sefyll yn y Siambr hon a siarad am ystadegau fel pe baem mewn rhyw fath o wactod, a gallaf daflu ystadegau at y Siambr a bydd y Gweinidog yn eu taflu'n ôl, ond rwy'n aml yn teimlo nad ydym yn mynd i wraidd y dadleuon drwy wneud hynny. Fel cymaint o'r dadleuon yn y Siambr hon, mae hyn yn ymwneud â gwella bywydau pobl allan yno, cefnogi busnesau, gwella bywydau pobl, helpu mwy o bobl i gynnal eu hunain. Yn sicr, dyna pam rwyf fi yma, ac rwy'n siŵr mai dyna pam y mae Aelodau Cynulliad eraill yma hefyd. Felly, gadewch i ni gofio'r effaith a gafodd yr ailbrisio diweddar ar fusnesau ledled Cymru. Nid anghofiaf i, gan fy mod wedi cael fy moddi, fel y cafodd llawer o Aelodau'r Cynulliad rwy'n siŵr, gan ohebiaeth, galwadau ffôn a negeseuon e-bost gan bobl a oedd yn poeni'n wirioneddol am yr effaith y byddai'r newidiadau i'r ailbrisio yn ei chael ar eu busnesau. Wrth gwrs, nid ailbrisiad Llywodraeth Cymru oedd hwn; roedd yr ailbrisio'n digwydd ar draws y sbectrwm, ar draws y DU. Felly, rydym yn cydnabod nad bai Llywodraeth Cymru oedd yr angen i gael ailbrisiad, wrth gwrs - mae'n rhan angenrheidiol o'r cylch economaidd a'r cylch busnes ac roedd yn rhaid mynd i'r afael â hynny. Ond roedd y ffordd yr ymdriniwyd â'r ailbrisio a'r ffordd y cafodd ei gyfathrebu i bobl ledled Cymru yn peri pryder i ni. Fel y dywedais, cefais lawer o sylwadau ac mewn gwirionedd, yn anffodus - archwiliais hyn yn ddiweddar - mae un neu ddau o'r busnesau y cysylltodd eu perchnogion â mi eisoes wedi mynd - maent yn wag, mae byrddau ar y ffenestri. Credaf fod hynny wedi crisialu'n glir i mi pam yr oeddwn yn ymwneud â deiseb ar y pryd a pham yr oeddwn eisiau helpu'r perchnogion busnes hynny. Felly, nid codi bwganod oedd hynny, fel y mae rhai ohonom yn aml yn cael ein cyhuddo o wneud, nid gwneud llawer o sŵn am ddim rheswm - mae canlyniadau gwirioneddol yr ailbrisiad a'r diffyg cefnogaeth briodol i fusnesau eisoes wedi cael effaith. Am ein gwelliant olaf - dylai fod mwy o gefnogaeth i gynlluniau peilot parcio am ddim - credaf y dylai'r Llywodraeth allu - wel, rwy'n tybio y dylech allu - cefnogi hyn, gan fy mod yn gwybod eich bod eisoes wedi rhoi rhywfaint o gefnogaeth i ymestyn cynlluniau peilot ledled Cymru ar gyfer parcio. Yr hyn a ddywedwn yn syml yw ein bod yn credu bod hynny'n beth da ac y dylid ei wella. Felly, byddwn yn pleidleisio yn erbyn y cynnig er mwyn cael ein gwelliannau ar y papur, ond mae llawer o bethau da yn y cynnig hwn ac rwy'n falch fod UKIP wedi ei gyflwyno i'r Siambr heddiw, ac rwy'n gobeithio y bydd cefnogaeth i'n gwelliannau.