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English: Since your Government has taken over this franchise, services have got worse, and that's just in a month, First Minister. Now, the previous franchise agreement made no allowance for growth in passenger numbers and no provisions for extra train capacity. Since that franchise was first let in 2003, passenger numbers have increased by around 75 per cent. This created chronic congestion, a lack of appropriate rolling stock and years of underinvestment in relation to rail services across Wales. You were asked repeatedly to publish the tender specification against which the potential rail operators were to bid in order to win the current contract. You have repeatedly refused to make that document public. Transparency is, of course, a key component in ensuring that the Welsh public have faith in Transport for Wales going forward. First Minister, in light of these deteriorating services, will you now release that tender specification in full. in order to help restore the public's confidence in your Government's oversight of rail services in Wales, and so that we can fully assess your Government's role in this continuation of failing of Welsh commuters?
Welsh: Ers i'ch Llywodraeth gymryd y fasnachfraint hon drosodd, mae gwasanaethau wedi gwaethygu, ac mae hynny mewn dim ond mis, Prif Weinidog. Nawr, nid oedd y cytundeb masnachfraint blaenorol yn gadael unrhyw le ar gyfer twf i niferoedd teithwyr a dim darpariaethau ar gyfer capasiti trenau ychwanegol. Ers gosod y fasnachfraint honno gyntaf yn 2003, mae niferoedd y teithwyr wedi cynyddu gan tua 75 y cant. Creodd hyn dagfeydd cronig, diffyg cerbydau priodol a blynyddoedd o danfuddsoddi o ran gwasanaethau rheilffyrdd ledled Cymru. Gofynnwyd i chi dro ar ôl tro gyhoeddi manyleb y tendr y byddai'r darpar weithredwyr rheilffordd yn gwneud cais yn ei herbyn er mwyn ennill y contract presennol. Rydych chi wedi gwrthod dro ar ôl tro gwneud y ddogfen honno yn gyhoeddus. Mae tryloywder, wrth gwrs, yn elfen allweddol o ran sicrhau bod gan gyhoedd Cymru ffydd yn Nhrafnidiaeth Cymru yn y dyfodol. Prif Weinidog, yng ngoleuni'r gwasanaethau hyn sy'n dirywio, a wnewch chi gyhoeddi'r fanyleb dendro honno'n llawn nawr, er mwyn helpu i adfer ffydd y cyhoedd yn nhrosolwg eich Llywodraeth o wasanaethau rheilffyrdd yng Nghymru, ac fel y gallwn asesu swyddogaeth eich Llywodraeth o ran y parhad hwn o siomi cymudwyr Cymru?
English: The document will be published. We always said it would be - suitably redacted, of course. But, I mean, really, four weeks into the franchise, he is critical - after 15 years of the franchise being run from Whitehall, after eight years of a Conservative Government when no extra money was put into rail investment in Wales, no extra money was put into infrastructure, no extra money was put into rolling stock, no money was allocated for electrification. We've seen the shambles in England with some of the franchises there. Chris Grayling has been hauled over the coals for it. There's no vision in England. There's no money being set to one side. Despite that fact that we have called for rail infrastructure to be devolved, with an appropriate Barnett consequential, which will be 6.2 per cent, the Tories have refused, because they're happy with a situation, it seems, where Wales gets 1 per cent of rail infrastructure investment. That is absolutely wrong given the fact that Scotland gets a far, far better deal. What we've offered the people of Wales is a vision for the future. We've said that by the end of next year, the pacer trains will go, there will be partial electrification, there will be new trains, they will all be air conditioned, and people will be able to experience a service that's far, far superior than the service the Tories tolerated for so long from 2010 onwards.
Welsh: Bydd y ddogfen yn cael ei chyhoeddi. Dywedwyd gennym erioed y byddai - â rhannau priodol wedi eu dileu, wrth gwrs. Ond, hynny yw, mewn gwirionedd, pedair wythnos i mewn i'r fasnachfraint, mae e'n feirniadol - ar ôl 15 mlynedd o redeg y fasnachfraint o Whitehall, ar ôl wyth mlynedd o Lywodraeth Geidwadol pan na roddwyd unrhyw arian ychwanegol i mewn i fuddsoddiad rheilffyrdd yng Nghymru, ni roddwyd unrhyw arian ychwanegol ar gyfer seilwaith, ni roddwyd unrhyw arian ychwanegol ar gyfer cerbydau, ni ddyrannwyd unrhyw arian ar gyfer trydaneiddio. Rydym ni wedi gweld y llanastr yn Lloegr gyda rhai o'r masnachfreintiau yno. Mae Chris Grayling wedi cael ei feirniadu'n hallt am hynny. Nid oes unrhyw weledigaeth yn Lloegr. Nid oes unrhyw arian yn cael ei neilltuo. Er gwaethaf y ffaith ein bod ni wedi galw am i seilwaith rheilffyrdd gael ei ddatganoli, gyda swm canlyniadol Barnett priodol, a fydd yn 6.2 y cant, mae'r Torïaid wedi gwrthod, gan eu bod nhw'n hapus â'r sefyllfa, mae'n debyg, lle mae Cymru yn cael 1 y cant o fuddsoddiad mewn seilwaith rheilffyrdd. Mae hynny'n gwbl anghywir o ystyried y ffaith bod yr Alban yn cael bargen well o lawer. Yr hyn yr ydym ni wedi ei gynnig i bobl Cymru yw gweledigaeth ar gyfer y dyfodol. Rwyf i wedi dweud y bydd y trenau pacer wedi mynd erbyn diwedd y flwyddyn nesaf, y bydd trydaneiddio rhannol, y bydd trenau newydd, byddant i gyd wedi eu haerdymheru, a bydd pobl yn gallu cael gwasanaeth sy'n llawer iawn gwell na'r gwasanaeth a oddefwyd gan y Torïaid am gyhyd o 2010 ymlaen.
English: Diolch, Llywydd. First Minister, there is an ever-increasing list of building projects in Cardiff dealing, supposedly, with student accommodation. In the last three years, there have been 23 separate developments opened, approved or put under construction in Cardiff. If you stand on the junction of City Road and Newport Road in Cardiff, you can see eight separate developments, either under construction or newly opened. There are also now instances in both Newport and Cardiff of blocks of so-called student accommodation where the flats are being rented out commercially. The flats inside these blocks do not go to students because there isn't a big enough demand from students. Do you think that a suspicious pattern may be developing whereby universities and private developers are gaining planning permission for so-called student developments and then deliberately changing their use afterwards?
Welsh: Diolch, Llywydd. Prif Weinidog, ceir rhestr sy'n tyfu'n barhaus o brosiectau adeiladu yng Nghaerdydd yn ymdrin, mae'n debyg, â llety myfyrwyr. Agorwyd, cymeradwywyd neu dechreuwyd adeiladu 23 o ddatblygiadau ar wahân yn y tair blynedd diwethaf yng Nghaerdydd. Os gwnewch chi sefyll ar gyffordd City Road a Heol Casnewydd yng Nghaerdydd, gallwch chi weld wyth gwahanol datblygiad, naill ai'n cael eu hadeiladu neu newydd agor. Ceir enghreifftiau hefyd erbyn hyn yng Nghasnewydd a Chaerdydd o flociau a elwir yn llety myfyrwyr lle mae fflatiau yn cael eu gosod yn fasnachol. Nid yw'r fflatiau y tu mewn i'r blociau hyn yn mynd i fyfyrwyr oherwydd nad oes digon o alw ymhlith myfyrwyr. A ydych chi'n meddwl y gallai patrwm amheus fod yn datblygu lle mae prifysgolion a datblygwyr preifat yn cael caniatâd cynllunio ar gyfer datblygiadau sydd i fod ar gyfer myfyriwr ac yna'n newid eu defnydd yn fwriadol wedyn?
English: Of course, a change of use requires an application to the local authority. If he has any evidence at all to back up what he's saying, I'd be glad to hear it.
Welsh: Mae'n rhaid gwneud cais i'r awdurdod lleol ar gyfer newid defnydd, wrth gwrs. Os oes ganddo unrhyw dystiolaeth o gwbl i gefnogi'r hyn y mae'n ei ddweud, byddwn yn falch o'i chlywed.
English: Well, it is, as you say, a matter for the relevant local authority in part, but I feel that this is an area where the Welsh Government should be concerned. I think you do have an important role to play in monitoring this. I have raised this issue with your housing Minister, who said she's keeping an eye on this, but she did point out that it may fall close to the remit of your planning Minister. So, there is a danger, in my view, that this could fall through the cracks. We do need to look at why there has been such an increase in this so-called student accommodation. Currently, student accommodation is exempt from business rates. This is because the student flats are classed as domestic dwellings and therefore fall under the council tax regime rather than business rates. Business owners on Maindy Road in Cardiff recently found out that they will have to leave their business units to make way for a six-storey building comprising 143 student flats. There's a motor repair garage that has been at this site for 40 years. Not only will this change have a detrimental effect on the local community, but the taxpayer will lose thousands of pounds due to business rates not being paid by the owners of the student flats. Is this not a case, First Minister, of universities and developers exploiting loopholes in the planning rules simply to maximize their profits?
Welsh: Wel, fel y dywedwch, mae'n fater i'r awdurdod lleol perthnasol yn rhannol, ond teimlaf fod hwn yn faes y dylai Llywodraeth Cymru fod yn bryderus yn ei gylch. Rwy'n credu bod gennych chi ran bwysig i'w chwarae o ran monitro hyn. Rwyf i wedi codi'r mater hwn gyda'ch Gweinidog Tai, a ddywedodd ei bod hi'n cadw llygad ar hyn, ond dywedodd y gallai fod yn agos at fod yn rhan o gylch gwaith eich Gweinidog cynllunio. Felly, ceir perygl, yn fy marn i, y gallai hyn syrthio drwy'r rhwyd. Mae angen i ni ystyried pam y bu cymaint o gynnydd yn y llety sydd i fod ar gyfer myfyrwyr . Ar hyn o bryd, mae llety myfyrwyr wedi'i eithrio o ardrethi busnes. Mae hyn oherwydd bod y fflatiau myfyriwr yn cael eu dosbarthu fel anheddau domestig ac felly'n dod o dan y gyfundrefn treth gyngor yn hytrach nag ardrethi busnes. Canfu perchnogion busnesau ar Heol Maendy yng Nghaerdydd yn ddiweddar y bydd yn rhaid iddyn nhw adael eu hunedau busnes i wneud lle ar gyfer adeilad chwe llawr yn cynnwys 143 o fflatiau myfyriwr. Ceir garej trin ceir sydd wedi bod ar y safle hwn ers 40 mlynedd. Nid yn unig y bydd y newid hwn yn cael effaith andwyol ar y gymuned leol, ond bydd y trethdalwr yn colli miloedd o bunnoedd gan nad yw ardrethi busnes yn cael eu talu gan berchnogion y fflatiau myfyrwyr. Onid yw hwn yn achos, Prif Weinidog, o brifysgolion a datblygwyr yn camfanteisio ar elfennau amwys yn y rheolau cynllunio dim ond i sicrhau'r elw mwyaf posibl?
English: He seems to think that people who live in private flats pay business rates. They don't. They pay council tax, just as students do. There's no difference. So, I can't see what point he's trying to make there. If somebody purchases a flat in a block of flats that has just been built, they pay council tax, not business rates.
Welsh: Mae'n ymddangos ei fod yn credu bod pobl sy'n byw mewn fflatiau preifat yn talu ardrethi busnes. Dydyn nhw ddim. Maen nhw'n talu treth gyngor, yn union fel y mae myfyrwyr yn ei wneud. Nid oes unrhyw wahaniaeth. Felly, ni allaf weld y pwynt y mae'n ceisio ei wneud yn y fan yna. Os bydd rhywun yn prynu fflat mewn bloc o fflatiau sydd newydd gael ei adeiladu, maen nhw'n talu treth gyngor, nid ardrethi busnes.
English: I thank you for your answer, but there has been a certain amount of concern about this, even within Cardiff council. Cardiff council's planning officer, Lawrence Dowdall, has recently stated that Cardiff may now have an oversupply of student accommodation. Planning committee member Wendy Congreve, who is a Lib Dem member, described one recent development as 'a cynical use of the planning process. It's nothing less than a commercial development through the back door and must be resisted. 'We developed too many of this type of accommodation, and surprise, surprise they are now being turned into commercial, lucrative developments.' I think you do need to be concerned about this, because this possible flouting of the rules may affect your ambitions for affordable housing in Wales. Commercial developers, when they build new housing estates, have a legal obligation to provide an element of affordable housing. Developers building so-called student blocks are under no such obligation. So, you could have universities working with private developers to get their properties on the commercial market by the back door, while all the time avoiding the need to provide affordable housing. Do you think your Government should be having a word with the developers or monitoring this situation in any way?
Welsh: Diolchaf i chi am eich ateb, ond bu cryn dipyn o bryder ynglŷn â hyn, hyd yn oed o fewn cyngor Caerdydd. Dywedodd swyddog cynllunio cyngor Caerdydd, Lawrence Dowdall, yn ddiweddar y gallai fod gan Gaerdydd or-gyflenwad o lety myfyrwyr erbyn hyn. Disgrifiodd aelod o'r pwyllgor cynllunio, Wendy Congreve, sy'n aelod o'r Democratiaid Rhyddfrydol, un datblygiad diweddar fel defnydd sinigaidd o'r broses gynllunio. Nid yw'n ddim llai na datblygiad masnachol drwy'r drws cefn ac mae'n rhaid ei wrthsefyll. Datblygwyd gormod o'r math hwn o lety gennym, ac nid yw'n ddim syndod eu bod nhw'n cael eu troi'n ddatblygiadau masnachol, proffidiol erbyn hyn. Rwy'n credu bod angen i chi fod yn bryderus am hyn, oherwydd gallai'r achos posibl hwn o ddiystyru'r rheolau effeithio ar eich uchelgeisiau ar gyfer tai fforddiadwy yng Nghymru. Mae gan ddatblygwyr masnachol, pan fyddant yn adeiladu ystadau tai newydd, rwymedigaeth gyfreithiol i ddarparu elfen o dai fforddiadwy. Nid oes unrhyw rwymedigaeth o'r fath ar ddatblygwyr sy'n adeiladu blociau myfyriwr tybiedig. Felly, gallech chi gael prifysgolion yn gweithio gyda datblygwyr preifat i gael eu heiddo ar y farchnad fasnachol drwy'r drws cefn, gan osgoi'r angen i ddarparu tai fforddiadwy ar yr un pryd. A ydych chi'n credu y dylai eich Llywodraeth fod yn cael gair gyda'r datblygwyr neu fod yn monitro'r sefyllfa hon mewn unrhyw ffordd?
English: Well, I think he should be careful here, because he's effectively accusing universities of being part of a scam, in effect, without any evidence. I come back to the point I made earlier on: he has made suggestions, and I've not seen any evidence from him to back up any of his suggestions, apart from what he says, but nothing to back it up. But I'm pretty sure our universities are not engaged in commercial property development when they have many, many thousands of students to house anyway. We should celebrate the fact that Cardiff and other universities across Wales have been so successful in attracting students from around the world, because they add to the research and learning capacity of those universities and, ultimately, add to our economy. Universities are huge drivers of the economy because they attract so many students, and I've not seen any evidence that suggests that universities are deliberately trying to build student accommodation with a view to then changing the use of that accommodation to make money through commercial property.
Welsh: Wel, rwy'n credu y dylai fod yn ofalus yn y fan yma, oherwydd i bob pwrpas mae'n cyhuddo prifysgolion o fod yn rhan o dwyll, i bob pwrpas, heb unrhyw dystiolaeth. Dychwelaf at y pwynt a wneuthum yn gynharach: mae wedi gwneud awgrymiadau, ac nid wyf i wedi gweld unrhyw dystiolaeth ganddo i gefnogi unrhyw un o'i awgrymiadau, ac eithrio'n hyn y mae'n ei ddweud, ond dim byd i'w gefnogi. Ond rwy'n eithaf siŵr nad yw ein prifysgolion yn ymgymryd â datblygu eiddo masnachol pan fo ganddyn nhw filoedd lawer iawn i ganfod llety ar eu cyfer beth bynnag. Dylem ddathlu'r ffaith bod Caerdydd a phrifysgolion eraill ledled Cymru wedi bod mor llwyddiannus o ran denu myfyrwyr o bedwar ban byd, gan eu bod nhw'n ychwanegu at allu ymchwil a dysgu'r prifysgolion hynny ac, yn y pen draw, yn ychwanegu at ein heconomi. Mae prifysgolion yn ysgogwyr enfawr o'r economi gan eu bod nhw'n denu cynifer o fyfyrwyr, ac nid wyf i wedi gweld unrhyw dystiolaeth sy'n awgrymu bod prifysgolion yn ceisio adeiladu llety myfyrwyr yn fwriadol gyda'r bwriad o newid defnydd y llety hwnnw wedyn i wneud arian trwy eiddo masnachol.
English: In April, we introduced a grant scheme to provide hydropower project in Wales with grants towards their non-domestic rates bills. The scheme provides 100 per cent rates relief to community hydro projects and caps the increase in rates for other hydropower developments.
Welsh: Ym mis Ebrill, fe gyflwynom ni gynllun i roi grantiau i brosiectau ynni dŵr yng Nghymru i'w helpu â'u biliau ardrethi annomestig. Mae'r cynllun yn darparu 100 y cant o ryddhad ardrethi i brosiectau ynni dŵr cymunedol ac mae'n rhoi cap ar y cynnydd mewn ardrethi i ddatblygiadau ynni dŵr eraill.
English: And Plaid Cymru was very pleased to ensure that business rates relief for community energy projects as part of the budget agreement for this financial year with the Government, but there is no assurance to date that the business rate relief will be available for the next financial year or for ensuing years. These projects clearly need long-term assurances so that they can plan for their future, and without that assurance, it's difficult for them to plan and to collaborate with community groups and local charities, and, indeed, it's difficult for new initiatives to be set up. So, will you commit to ensuring that these business rate relief schemes are available permanently for these hydroenergy schemes?
Welsh: Ac roedd Plaid Cymru'n falch iawn o sicrhau'r cynllun rhyddhad ardrethi busnes yna ar gyfer prosiectau ynni cymunedol fel rhan o'r cytundeb ar y gyllideb ar gyfer y flwyddyn ariannol yma efo'r Llywodraeth. Ond nid oes yna ddim sicrwydd hyd yma y bydd y cynllun rhyddhad ar gael ar gyfer y flwyddyn ariannol nesaf, na chwaith ar gyfer blynyddoedd i ddod. Mae'r prosiectau yma yn amlwg angen sicrwydd hirdymor er mwyn iddyn nhw fedru cynllunio ar gyfer y dyfodol. Heb y sicrwydd yna, mae'n anodd iddyn nhw gynllunio a chydweithio efo grwpiau cymunedol ac elusennau lleol, ac, yn wir, mae'n anodd i fentrau newydd roi cychwyn arni. Felly, a wnewch chi ymrwymo i wneud y cynlluniau rhyddhad busnes yma ar gyfer prosiectau ynni cymunedol yn rhai parhaol?
English: Well, it's difficult to do that, of course. That is something for the next Government to consider and it depends on the amount of funding we receive from Westminster, but, of course, we understand how much of a help this has been for hydropower, and we will consider the situation when we know more about the financial position in the next financial year onwards.
Welsh: Wel, mae'n anodd gwneud hynny, wrth gwrs. Mae hynny'n rhywbeth i'r Llywodraeth nesaf ei ystyried, ac mae'n dibynnu ar yr arian sy'n dod o San Steffan. Ond, rydym ni'n deall, wrth gwrs, faint o gymorth mae hwn wedi bod i ynni hydro, a byddwn ni'n ystyried y sefyllfa pan ydym yn gwybod mwy am y sefyllfa ariannol yn y flwyddyn ariannol nesaf ymlaen.
English: First Minister, I think it's fair to say that we could be using the business rate regime far more imaginatively to target support, whether that be for hydroenergy projects, as Siân Gwenllian has alluded to, other renewable projects or, indeed, our high streets, and we know full well the problems that have afflicted some high street businesses in areas such as Monmouth in my constituency in the wake of revaluation. You mentioned your successor; will you leave a note for your successor, whoever that might be - I think that's the way it's done in Labour circles - to look again at this whole area of business rates and ways that the tax could be reformed to actually help rather than hinder the economy over the longer term, not just the next budget or next two budgets?
Welsh: Prif Weinidog, rwy'n credu ei bod hi'n deg i ddweud y gallem ni fod yn defnyddio'r drefn ardrethi busnes gyda llawer mwy o ddychymyg i dargedu cymorth, boed hynny ar gyfer prosiectau ynni dŵr, fel y mae Siân Gwenllian wedi cyfeirio atyn nhw, prosiectau adnewyddadwy eraill neu, yn wir, ein strydoedd mawr, ac rydym ni'n gwybod yn iawn y problemau sydd wedi effeithio ar rai busnesau stryd fawr mewn ardaloedd fel Trefynwy yn fy etholaeth i yn sgil ailbrisio. Soniasoch am eich olynydd; a wnewch chi adael nodyn i'ch olynydd, pwy bynnag y gallai fod - rwy'n credu mai dyna'r ffordd y mae'r blaid Lafur yn gwneud pethau - i edrych eto ar yr holl faes ardrethi busnes hwn a'r ffyrdd y gellid diwygio treth i helpu yn hytrach na rhwystro'r economi dros y tymor hwy, nid y gyllideb nesaf neu'r ddwy gyllideb nesaf yn unig?
English: I think in the Conservative Party it's a gangplank that's used mainly, isn't it, to deal with changes of leadership? Any note or notes that I leave will, of course, be electronic. We are, of course, moving towards being a paperless Government. From our perspective, we will always try and use the non-domestic rates regime in innovative and imaginative ways. We've done it, of course, with the small business rate relief scheme, which helped so many businesses across Wales, and we will look to see what might be possible in the future, depending, of course, on what moneys are made available through the block grant.
Welsh: Rwy'n credu mai pompren a ddefnyddir yn bennaf yn y Blaid Geidwadol, onid e, i ymdrin â newidiadau mewn arweinydd? Bydd unrhyw nodyn neu nodiadau y byddaf i'n eu gadael yn electronig, wrth gwrs. Rydym ni, wrth gwrs, yn symud tuag at fod yn Llywodraeth ddi-bapur. O'n safbwynt ni, byddwn bob amser yn ceisio defnyddio'r gyfundrefn ardrethi annomestig mewn ffyrdd arloesol a llawn dychymyg. Rydym ni wedi gwneud hynny, wrth gwrs, gyda'r cynllun rhyddhad ardrethi busnesau bach, a gynorthwyodd cynifer o fusnesau ledled Cymru, a byddwn yn edrych i weld beth allai fod yn bosibl yn y dyfodol, yn dibynnu, wrth gwrs, ar ba gyllid sy'n cael ei roi ar gael drwy'r grant bloc.
English: First of all, can I thank the Member for the work that he has done on behalf of those workers? We have held discussions with Schaeffler, and an offer of a two-tier approach to support the company has been accepted. A meeting will be held in early December to develop a taskforce with members of the Schaeffler management team, and the consultation period is still in operation, of course, until early January. What the support is aimed at doing, of course, is to help those who work there at the moment and to see what beneficial uses for employment the site could be put to in the future.
Welsh: Yn gyntaf oll, a gaf i ddiolch i'r Aelod am y gwaith y mae wedi ei wneud ar ran y gweithwyr hynny? Rydym ni wedi cynnal trafodaethau gyda Schaeffler, a derbyniwyd cynnig o ddull dwy haen i gynorthwyo'r cwmni. Bydd cyfarfod yn cael ei gynnal ddechrau mis Rhagfyr i ddatblygu tasglu gydag aelodau o dîm rheoli Schaeffler, ac mae'r cyfnod ymgynghori yn dal i fod yn weithredol, wrth gwrs, tan ddechrau mis Ionawr. Bwriad y cymorth, wrth gwrs, yw helpu'r rhai sy'n gweithio yno ar hyn o bryd ac i weld pa ddefnyddiau manteisiol ar gyfer cyflogaeth a allai fod i'r safle yn y dyfodol.