English: Well, can I thank the Minister for his offer, and I'm certainly happy to take him up on that? I think the headlines from me, in terms of ideas, would be to make the criteria less restrictive on the economic resilience fund, to allow more businesses to apply. I appreciate that hospitality businesses on the high street might have got the non-domestic rate relief, but they weren't able to have any additional funding because of the restrictions in place for many of those types of businesses. I was interested in the evidence that you and your officials gave last week, of course, to the Economy, Infrastructure and Skills Committee. Your officials seemed to acknowledge that there is a large sum of money that the Welsh Government has not yet allocated. You also suggested that your department is perhaps reluctant to draw down or ask for further money from the finance Minister because you're fearful that you won't be able to design and deploy suitable funding schemes quickly enough in order for that money to be spent before the end of the financial year, which, again, would make me push for that to be less restrictive on the criteria, in terms of the economic resilience fund. From my perspective, businesses in non-essential retail, hospitality, tourism and leisure - a whole range of businesses - are crying out for additional support, and that money needs to be spent quickly, and every single bit of money that is available, that the Welsh Government has, has to be spent rather than lost, to ensure that struggling businesses survive through this pandemic.
Welsh: Wel, a gaf fi ddiolch i'r Gweinidog am ei gynnig, ac rwy'n sicr yn fwy na pharod i'w dderbyn? Rwy'n credu mai'r prif bethau gennyf fi, o ran syniadau, fyddai gwneud y meini prawf yn llai cyfyngol ar gyfer y gronfa cadernid economaidd, er mwyn caniatáu i fwy o fusnesau wneud cais. Rwy'n sylweddoli y gallai busnesau lletygarwch ar y stryd fawr fod wedi cael y rhyddhad ardrethi annomestig, ond nid oedd modd iddynt gael unrhyw arian ychwanegol oherwydd y cyfyngiadau sydd ar waith ar gyfer llawer o'r mathau hynny o fusnesau. Roedd gennyf ddiddordeb yn y dystiolaeth a roesoch chi a'ch swyddogion yr wythnos diwethaf, wrth gwrs, i Bwyllgor yr Economi, Seilwaith a Sgiliau. Roedd eich swyddogion i'w gweld yn cydnabod bod yna swm mawr o arian nad yw Llywodraeth Cymru wedi'i ddyrannu eto. Fe awgrymoch chi hefyd fod eich adran yn amharod efallai i dynnu rhagor o arian i lawr neu ofyn am ragor o arian gan y Gweinidog Cyllid gan eich bod yn ofni na fyddwch yn gallu llunio cynlluniau cyllido addas a'u rhoi ar waith yn ddigon cyflym er mwyn i'r arian hwnnw gael ei wario cyn diwedd y flwyddyn ariannol, a fyddai, unwaith eto, yn gwneud imi wthio am weld hynny'n llai cyfyngol ar y meini prawf, o ran y gronfa cadernid economaidd. O'm safbwynt i, mae busnesau ym maes manwerthu nad yw'n hanfodol, lletygarwch, twristiaeth a hamdden - ystod eang o fusnesau - yn ymbil am gymorth ychwanegol, ac yn dweud bod angen gwario arian yn gyflym, a bod angen gwario pob darn bach o arian sydd ar gael, sydd gan Lywodraeth Cymru, yn hytrach na'i golli, er mwyn sicrhau bod busnesau sy'n ei chael hi'n anodd yn goroesi'r pandemig hwn.