English: The answer is that it's this Welsh Government that is responsible for running public services in Wales. I don't defend everything that the UK Government do - I never have. I'm sure you don't defend everything that the UK Labour Party - . I know you don't defend everything the UK Labour Party did. [ Laughter.] So, we're probably quits on that score. But this is about the budget for Wales and there are certain tools and levers we don't have at our disposal, but we do have levers at our disposal here to improve the economic situation in Wales, not just in the short term, but in the medium and long term, as well. If I can just move on, we've spoken a lot about process, I'm aware of that, and I understand that that's because we are at a change in the way that the Assembly is dealing with its powers, but it is important to turn to some of the funding allocations in more detail, and, firstly, the health service, which Simon Thomas mentioned. Of course, we'd all welcome any additional funding for our NHS. Welsh Conservatives have called for that year after year, particularly during the last Assembly, during the real-terms cuts that the Welsh Government made at that time, before they saw the error of their ways. You have to ask: how much of this money - as Simon Thomas did - is simply going into plugging health board deficits? You didn't put it in quite those terms, Simon, but I think I got the drift of what you were saying. You have to look at where that money is going. Is it making up for a lack of sustainable medium-term financial planning, and, if that is the case, then those gaps have to be plugged; we have to make sure that the financial processes that health boards are undertaking are sustainable in the longer term, because, as Mike Hedges often says in committee, you can't simply pile more and more money into the NHS - or into anything in Wales - without making sure that the checks and balances are in place to make sure that that money is being made the most use of. Prevention hasn't been mentioned yet, at least I don't think it has. The Welsh Government places great emphasis on prevention, understandably, although there doesn't seem to be a hard and fast definition of what is actually meant by 'prevention'. We tried to fathom it out on the committee; we didn't have much luck either. But I would say that has led to sport being grouped with the health portfolio earlier in this Assembly, but, at the same time, cuts to sport and community assets, as a result of cuts to local government budgets, will inevitably harm that goal. So, it does seem that, on the one hand, we're saying very good things about prevention, but, on the other hand, the actions of Welsh Government in this regard aren't entirely going to be bearing fruit. In fact, in the words of the leader of Bridgend council, in Bridgend, the budget we commit to leisure centres and swimming pools is half what it was six years ago, and that's not just Bridgend; that's a common theme across local government. Indeed, the cuts to local government - I believe a cash reduction of around 0.5 per cent in 2018-19 - were mentioned by the Chair of the Finance Committee. Education is, of course, crucial to developing skills - . I'll give way.
Welsh: Yr ateb yw mai'r Llywodraeth Cymru hon sy'n gyfrifol am redeg gwasanaethau cyhoeddus yng Nghymru. Nid wyf yn amddiffyn popeth y mae Llywodraeth y DU yn ei wneud - nid wyf erioed wedi gwneud hynny. Rwy'n siwr nad ydych chi'n amddiffyn popeth a wnaeth Plaid Lafur y DU - . Rwy'n gwybod nad ydych chi'n amddiffyn popeth a wnaeth Plaid Lafur y DU. [ Chwerthin.] Felly, taw piau hi rhyngom ni fwy na thebyg ynglŷn â hynny. Ond mae hyn yn ymwneud â'r gyllideb ar gyfer Cymru ac mae rhai dulliau nad ydynt wrth law gennym i wella'r sefyllfa economaidd yng Nghymru, nid yn unig yn y tymor byr, ond yn y tymor canolig a hir, hefyd. Os caf i symud ymlaen, rydym ni wedi siarad llawer am y broses, rwy'n ymwybodol o hynny, ac rwy'n deall bod hynny oherwydd y newid yn y ffordd y mae'r Cynulliad yn ymdrin â'i phwerau. Ond mae'n bwysig troi at rai o'r dyraniadau cyllid yn fwy manwl, ac, yn gyntaf, y gwasanaeth iechyd, y soniodd Simon Thomas amdano. Wrth gwrs, byddai pob un ohonom yn croesawu unrhyw arian ychwanegol ar gyfer y GIG. Mae'r Ceidwadwyr Cymreig wedi galw am hynny flwyddyn ar ôl blwyddyn, yn arbennig yn y Cynulliad diwethaf, yn ystod y toriadau gwirioneddol a wnaeth Llywodraeth Cymru ar y pryd, cyn iddyn nhw weld eu camgymeriad. Mae'n rhaid ichi ofyn - fel y gwnaeth Simon Thomas - : faint o'r arian hwn sy'n cael ei ddefnyddio i wneud iawn am golledion y Bwrdd Iechyd? Nid y rheini oedd eich union eiriau chi, Simon, ond rwy'n credu fy mod wedi deall yr hyn yr oeddech chi'n ei awgrymu. Mae'n rhaid ichi edrych ar ble mae'r arian hwnnw'n mynd. A yw'n gwneud iawn am ddiffyg cynllunio ariannol tymor canolig cynaliadwy, ac, os yw hynny'n wir, mae'n rhaid gwneud iawn am y colledion hynny; mae'n rhaid inni wneud yn siŵr bod y prosesau ariannol y mae'r byrddau iechyd yn eu gweithredu yn gynaliadwy yn y tymor hwy, oherwydd, fel y dywed Mike Hedges yn aml yn y Pwyllgor, ni allwch chi roi mwy a mwy o arian i'r GIG - neu i unrhyw beth yng Nghymru - heb wneud yn siŵr bod trefniadau ar waith i gadw cydbwysedd a sicrhau y gwneir y defnydd gorau o'r arian. Nid yw atal wedi ei grybwyll eto, o leiaf nid wyf yn credu hynny. Mae Llywodraeth Cymru yn rhoi pwyslais mawr ar atal, mae hynny'n ddealladwy, er nad yw'n ymddangos bod yna diffiniad pendant o'r hyn a olygir mewn gwirionedd gan 'atal'. Rydym ni wedi ceisio dirnad hynny yn yn y Pwyllgor; ni chawsom ni fawr o hwyl arni chwaith. Ond byddwn yn dweud bod hynny wedi arwain at gynnwys chwaraeon gyda'r portffolio iechyd yn gynharach yn y Cynulliad hwn, ond, ar yr un pryd, bydd toriadau i chwaraeon ac asedau cymunedol, o ganlyniad i doriadau i gyllidebau Llywodraeth Leol, yn anochel yn niweidio'r nod hwnnw. Felly, ymddengys, ar y naill law, ein bod yn dweud pethau da iawn am atal, ond, ar y llaw arall, nid yw camau gweithredu Llywodraeth Cymru yn hyn o beth yn mynd i ddwyn ffrwyth yn llwyr. Yn wir, dywedodd arweinydd cyngor Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr bod y gyllideb y maen nhw'n ei ymrwymo i'w canolfannau hamdden a phyllau nofio yn hanner yr hyn ydoedd chwe blynedd yn ôl, ac nid yw hynny'n wir am Ben-y-bont yn unig; mae honno'n thema gyffredin ar draws llywodraeth leol. Yn wir, soniodd Cadeirydd y Pwyllgor Cyllid am y toriadau i Lywodraeth Leol - gostyngiad arian parod o tua 0.5 y cant yn 2018-19 rwy'n credu. Mae addysg, wrth gwrs, yn hanfodol er mwyn datblygu sgiliau - . Ildiaf