English: Can I thank the Cabinet Secretary for Finance for his statement, and also for the co-operation he has given, both to me during the budget-forming process and with the Chair of the Finance Committee and the members of that committee? I have to say that I did find your speech a rather strange mixture, Cabinet Secretary, and I would say that it was a little bit like the budget, good in parts and not so good in other parts, in that you did speak about the negative effect you think that the UK Government and its programme has had on the Welsh budget. And whilst I accept that there have been cuts over the last number of years - and we won't go into the whys and wherefores of those cuts - I do have in front of me the written statement by yourself, issued today, I believe, where you speak about the consequentials that have come to the Welsh Government from the UK Government as a result of that budget, which are increasing extra spending within Wales, and which you have allocated in a way that you would expect Welsh Government to do. So, I do think that the overtly negative tone of your contribution was probably more political than it was realistic, but I suppose we are in a political Chamber, so you would expect that. Now, I don't want to go over too much ground that I set out in the draft budget debate before Christmas. However, back in December, I did pose the primary question, 'What is the Welsh Government budget seeking to achieve?' Is it simply trying to allocate funding to different budgets or is it trying to do more than that to address longer-term challenges and to seek a fundamental economic change to the economy? Now, given the new fiscal powers that Simon Thomas mentioned that are coming to the Welsh Government - borrowing, and, indeed, tax power devolution - I would have thought that the latter should be our goal, as I believe the Chair of the Finance Committee believes. Sadly, I think that this budget falls short of this. Now, I appreciate that it is still early days and those powers are still in the process of transferring, but I would expect the Welsh Government to be looking at ways that those powers can be utilised, and given that by the time of the next budget the Assembly and Welsh Government will have significant extra financial powers, I think that this budget has fallen short in making use of those. If I can just refer to some of the points that were made by the Finance Committee report on the draft budget, there have been ongoing concerns around transparency, and these are key to some of our concerns. The links between the budget allocations and the programme for government simply aren't strong enough. From 2019 to 2020, we know that there will be a single grant for a number of projects, including Flying Start and Supporting People, and the Finance Committee took evidence from a number of organisations. I think Cymorth Cymru were strongest in their concerns in saying that it becomes increasingly difficult to track the funding that is currently coming through Supporting People under the new regime, and that is a source of concern. Things seem to be going backwards in some areas in terms of transparency, rather than forwards. If I can turn to the big part of the Welsh Government budget, the health service, which you mentioned additional funding for - as a result of UK Government consequentials - in your written statement today. Of course, we all welcome any additional funding for our NHS. Welsh Conservatives have, of course, been calling for this for a long time - back, in fact, when there were some real-terms cuts being made to the Welsh health service budget during the last Welsh Assembly. However, I do agree with points that have been made by Mike Hedges and others that you do have to strategically plan where that money is going and the sort of benefits that you're going to get out of it. And there's no doubt at all that there is certainly a perception, at the very least, that money that has been funnelled into the NHS over the last months and year or so - is that going to actually develop proper transformational change within the NHS or is it going to be absorbed by some of the budget holes that our health boards have been suffering from? I think that the general consensus out there is that currently the latter is probably more likely to be the case. So, that won't lead to the sort of transformational change that we want to see. Prevention hasn't been mentioned, and yet it is mentioned in many debates that we have in this place about the health service. If, at the same time, you're saying that prevention is a very important part of keeping future health costs down, it doesn't seem to make sense that local government is facing severe cuts, which will then impact on leisure centres and will impact on sport, the other part of the health brief, which, ultimately, is going to lead to a problem with promoting prevention - it's not going to improve it. So, as I said at the start of my contribution -
Welsh: A gaf i ddiolch i Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Gyllid am ei ddatganiad, a hefyd am ei gydweithrediad yn ystod y broses o lunio cyllideb â Chadeirydd y Pwyllgor Cyllid ac aelodau'r pwyllgor hwnnw a chyda minnau hefyd? Mae'n rhaid i mi ddweud fy mod wedi cael eich araith yn gymysgedd ryfedd braidd, Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet, a byddwn yn dweud ei bod ychydig fel y gyllideb, yn dda mewn ambell i fan ond heb fod cystal mewn mannau eraill. Rydych wedi sôn am yr effaith negyddol y mae Llywodraeth y DU a'i rhaglen, yn eich barn chi, wedi ei chael ar gyllideb Cymru. Ac er fy mod yn derbyn bod toriadau wedi digwydd dros y blynyddoedd diwethaf - wnawn ni ddim mynd ar ôl pam a sut y daeth y toriadau hynny - mae gennyf i yma ddatganiad ysgrifenedig o'r eiddoch chi, wedi ei gyhoeddi heddiw, rwy'n credu, yn trafod y canlyniadau hynny sydd wedi dod gerbron Llywodraeth Cymru gan Lywodraeth y DU o ganlyniad i'r gyllideb honno. Mae'r rhain yn cynyddu gwariant ychwanegol yng Nghymru, ac mae'r gyllideb wedi ei dyrannu gennych mewn ffordd y byddech yn disgwyl i Lywodraeth Cymru ei gwneud. Felly, rwyf i o'r farn mai gwleidyddol yn ôl pob tebyg oedd naws negyddol eich cyfraniad yn hytrach na realistig. Ond gan ein bod mewn Siambr wleidyddol mae'n siŵr y byddech yn disgwyl hynny. Nawr, nid wyf yn awyddus i fynd dros ormod o dir a nodais i yn y ddadl ar y gyllideb ddrafft cyn y Nadolig. Er hynny, yn ôl ym mis Rhagfyr, gofynnais i'r cwestiwn sylfaenol, 'Beth mae cyllideb Llywodraeth Cymru yn ceisio ei gyflawni?' A yw'n ceisio dyrannu arian i wahanol gyllidebau neu a yw'n ceisio gwneud mwy na hynny i fynd i'r afael â heriau hirdymor a cheisio newid economaidd sylfaenol i'r economi? Nawr, o ystyried y pwerau cyllidol newydd y soniodd Simon Thomas eu bod ar fin dod i Lywodraeth Cymru - benthyca, ac, yn wir, ddatganoli grym i drethu - byddwn i o'r farn mai'r olaf ddylai fod yn nod i ni, ac rwy'n credu mai dyna farn Cadeirydd y Pwyllgor Cyllid. Yn anffodus, rwy'n credu bod y gyllideb hon yn ddiffygiol yn hyn o beth. Nawr, rwy'n sylweddoli eu bod yn dyddiau cynnar o hyd ac mae'r pwerau hynny yn aros yn y broses drosglwyddo. Ond byddwn i'n disgwyl i Lywodraeth Cymru fod yn edrych ar ffyrdd y gellir defnyddio'r pwerau hynny, ac o ystyried y bydd gan y Cynulliad a Llywodraeth Cymru bwerau ariannol ychwanegol sylweddol erbyn amser y gyllideb nesaf, credaf fod y gyllideb hon yn brin o wneud defnydd o'r rheini. Os caf i gyfeirio'n unig at rai o'r pwyntiau a wnaed gan adroddiad y Pwyllgor Cyllid ar y gyllideb ddrafft, cafwyd pryderon parhaus am dryloywder, ac mae'r rhain yn allweddol i rai o'n pryderon ni. Nid yw'r cysylltiadau rhwng dyraniadau'r gyllideb a'r rhaglen lywodraethu yn ddigon cryf. O 2019 i 2020, rydym yn gwybod y bydd un grant ar gyfer nifer o brosiectau, gan gynnwys Dechrau'n Deg a Chefnogi Pobl, ac fe gymerodd y Pwyllgor Cyllid dystiolaeth gan nifer o sefydliadau. Rwy'n credu mai Cymorth Cymru oedd gryfaf yn eu pryderon wrth ddweud ei bod yn fwyfwy anodd olrhain y cyllid sy'n dod ar hyn o bryd drwy Gefnogi Pobl dan y drefn newydd, ac mae hynny'n peri pryder. Ymddengys bod pethau yn mynd tuag yn ôl mewn rhai ardaloedd o ran tryloywder, yn hytrach nag ymlaen. Os caf i droi at ran fawr cyllideb Llywodraeth Cymru, y gwasanaeth iechyd, yr oeddech chi'n sôn am arian ychwanegol ar ei gyfer - o ganlyniad i symiau canlyniadol Llywodraeth y DU - yn eich datganiad ysgrifenedig heddiw. Wrth gwrs, rydym i gyd yn croesawu unrhyw arian ychwanegol i'r GIG. Mae'r Ceidwadwyr Cymreig, wrth gwrs, wedi galw am hynny ers amser maith - mewn gwirionedd yn ôl yn yr adeg pan oedd rhai toriadau gwirioneddol yn cael eu gwneud i gyllideb y gwasanaeth iechyd yng Nghymru yn ystod y Cynulliad diwethaf. Serch hynny, nid wyf i'n cytuno â'r pwyntiau a wnaeth Mike Hedges ac eraill fod yn rhaid cynllunio'n strategol i ble'r aiff yr arian hwnnw a'r math o fanteision yr ydych yn mynd i gael yn ei sgil. Ac nid oes unrhyw amheuaeth o gwbl fod ymdeimlad, o leiaf, yn sicr fod arian wedi ei sianelu i'r GIG dros y misoedd diwethaf a'r flwyddyn yn fras - a yw hwnnw'n mynd i ddatblygu newid trawsnewidiol priodol o fewn y GIG mewn gwirionedd, neu a yw'n mynd i gael ei lyncu gan rai o'r toraidau mewn cyllideb y mae ein byrddau iechyd wedi dioddef ohonynt. Rwyf i o'r farn mai'r consensws cyffredinol ar hyn o bryd yw mai'r olaf sydd fwyaf tebygol o fod yn wir. Felly, ni fydd hynny'n arwain at y math o newid trawsnewidiol yr ydym yn eiddgar i'w weld. Nid oes sôn wedi bod am atal, ac eto caiff hyn ei grybwyll mewn llawer dadl a gawn yn y lle hwn am y gwasanaeth iechyd. Os ydych chi'n dweud, ar yr un pryd, fod atal yn rhan bwysig iawn o gadw costau iechyd i lawr yn y dyfodol, nid yw'n ymddangos ei bod yn gwneud synnwyr fod Llywodraeth Leol yn wynebu toriadau difrifol, a fydd wedyn yn effeithio ar ganolfannau hamdden ac yn effeithio ar chwaraeon, rhan arall o'r briff iechyd, a fydd, yn y pen draw, yn arwain at broblem gydag hyrwyddo atal - ni fydd yn ei wella. Felly, fel y dywedais ar ddechrau fy nghyfraniad -