English: I have a number of comments to make on the second supplementary budget. It's always a disadvantage to follow Llyr Gryffudd and Nick Ramsay, who serve on the same committee as I do, because an awful lot of the things I was going to say, they've already said, and I don't think people want to hear them a second time. I'd like to reply to something Adam Price said about small and medium-sized enterprises - something I've been making a fuss about for a very long time. One of the weaknesses we have in small and medium-sized enterprises in Wales is that when they become medium sized, far too many of them sell out to much larger companies. And we've seen in the last 12 months Alun Griffiths (Contractors) Ltd being taken over by a much larger company and in Carmarthenshire, we saw Princes Gate being taken over by a much larger company. So, we grow to medium sized, then somebody else takes over and that's a problem with our economy that really does need addressing. The other thing is - we talk about these hundreds of millions of pounds as if they're trivial sums. They're not trivial sums; they're of great importance to the Welsh economy. If we look at the increase in additional financing from the UK Government - a consequential of £155.3 million and the extra £138.6 million for health and social services, which I'm going to go through in some detail, because I want to raise something at the end of it: £47.3 million in NHS pay; £24 million in doctors and dentists' pay; Welsh risk pool - £30 million; additional funding to develop and implement sustainable plans for orthopaedics and ophthalmology at Betsi Cadwaladr university health board - £24 million; winter pressures funding for social services - £4 million; and transitional costs associated with the Bridgend boundary change - £3 million. So, can, perhaps, people give some thought to the fact that merging things is not cost-neutral and there are certain expenses to it? People seem to talk as if mergers will save lots of money. If that were the case, this would be cost-neutral, because it's only moving from one health board to another. It hasn't been cost-neutral; there are further costs in change. The point I want to make, though, is that only £4 million of the health and social services budget has gone to social services, or just over £1 for everyone living in Wales. To be added to that, £15.6 million for teachers' development support, including £8.1 million to fund additional costs of the teachers' pay award from nursery to year 11; £7.5 million to help local authorities meet educational cost pressures; £50 million for the first installment of a £100 million three-year capital package; £20 million for the first installment of a three-year £60 million public highways refurbishment package; and £26 million for the local transport fund. So, add all those up now; local government has again come out of the second supplementary budget badly. Local government comes out of most budgets badly. We talk about the foundation economy; everybody talks about the foundation and how important it is. There is nothing more important in a foundation society than local government services supported by local government expenditure. I think that we really do need to get back to thinking that if we want to improve our economy, getting better educated people will help us, improving the number of people with skills will help us, and undertaking a huge number of things that local authorities do, including improving the transport links, will help us. On the M4, I share the committee's concern about the level of funding being committed to a project where so much uncertainty exists, and I support the recommendation that the Welsh Government provide additional details on the planning for the M4. Would the additional funding have been needed had a decision been made at the time it was originally intended in December? And how much additional money may need to be committed before a decision is taken? It appears to me that not taking a timely decision is an expensive option, and costs appear to be incurred if the final decision is to not proceed. My position has not changed. I'm a convincible sceptic - although, for the record, no attempt has been made to convince me that the M4 is a good idea. On the student loan fund, I'm going to be told this is non-Welsh Government cash, it's non-fiscal reserves; it doesn't really matter, because it doesn't affect the Welsh Government's ability to spend. What I will say is this: this is coming out of the Westminster total expenditure, so every time money comes out of this, then we end up with less money being available for our Barnettised proportion of the amount coming out. I mean, we see every year that this increases. I make a fuss about it every year; the First Minister will remember from when he was finance Minister. Although it's non-cash, it does have that effect. And I say it happens every year; the student loan programme is not working. People need to come to grips with that. At some stage, it's going to have to be written off, or written down or whatever way the accountants want to do it, but somebody's going to have to do something about it. It's becoming increasingly costly to the Westminster Treasury, and it's almost like having another Trident. Finally, I think we do need a discussion at some stage on transaction capital, which gets mentioned in every budget - normally fleetingly - and I think we do need to discuss where it's going, how it's being spent, and how it's going to be paid back.
Welsh: Mae gennyf nifer o sylwadau i'w gwneud ar yr ail gyllideb atodol. Mae bob amser yn anfantais dilyn Llyr Gruffydd a Nick Ramsay, sydd yn gwasanaethu ar yr un Pwyllgor â mi, gan fod llawer o'r pethau yr oeddwn i am eu dweud eisoes wedi eu dweud, a dwi ddim yn credu bod pobl eisiau eu clywed am yr eilwaith. Hoffwn ymateb i rywbeth ddywedodd Adam Price am fentrau bach a chanolig - rhywbeth yr wyf i wedi creu ffwdan amdano ers amser hir iawn. Un o'r gwendidau sydd gennym mewn busnesau bach a chanolig yng Nghymru yw, pan maen nhw'n mynd yn ganolig eu maint, mae llawer gormod ohonynt yn gwerthu i gwmnïau llawer mwy o faint. Ac rydym wedi gweld yn ystod y 12 mis diwethaf fod Alun Griffiths (Contractors) Ltd wedi cael eu cymryd drosodd gan gwmni llawer mwy, ac yn Sir Gaerfyrddin, gwelsom Princes Gate yn cael eu cymryd drosodd gan gwmni llawer mwy. Felly, rydym yn tyfu i fod yn ganolig, yna mae rhywun arall yn cymryd drosodd, ac mae hyn yn broblem gyda'n heconomi y mae angen inni fynd i'r afael â hi. Y peth arall yw - rydym yn sôn am y cannoedd o filiynau o bunnoedd hyn fel petaen nhw'n symiau dibwys. Dydyn nhw ddim yn symiau dibwys; maent o bwys mawr i economi Cymru. Os edrychwn ar y cynnydd yn y cyllid ychwanegol gan Lywodraeth y DU - swm canlyniadol o £155.3 miliwn a'r £138.6 miliwn ychwanegol ar gyfer iechyd a gwasanaethau cymdeithasol, ac rwyf yn mynd i fynd yn fanwl drwy hyn gan fy mod am godi rhywbeth ar y diwedd: £47.3 miliwn yng nghyflogau'r GIG; £24 miliwn yng nghyflogau meddygon a deintyddion; Cronfa Risg Cymru - £30 miliwn; arian ychwanegol i ddatblygu a gweithredu cynlluniau cynaliadwy ar gyfer orthopedeg ac offthalmoleg ym Mwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Betsi Cadwaladr - £24 miliwn; arian ar gyfer pwysau'r gaeaf i'r gwasanaethau cymdeithasol - £4 miliwn; a chostau trosiannol sy'n gysylltiedig â newid ffin Ogwr - £3 miliwn. Felly, a oes modd i bobl, efallai, roi rhywfaint o ystyriaeth i'r ffaith nad yw uno pethau yn niwtral o ran cost a bod yna dreuliau ynghlwm â'r peth? Mae pobl fel petaent yn dweud bod uno yn mynd i arbed llawer o arian. Pe bai hynny'n wir, byddai hyn yn niwtral o ran cost, oherwydd dim ond symud o un Bwrdd Iechyd i'r llall sy'n digwydd yma. Nid yw wedi bod yn niwtral o ran cost; mae yna gostau pellach wrth newid. Y pwynt yr wyf am ei wneud, fodd bynnag, yw mai dim ond £4 miliwn o'r gyllideb gwasanaethau iechyd a chymdeithasol sydd wedi mynd at y gwasanaethau cymdeithasol neu ychydig dros £1 ar gyfer pawb sy'n byw yng Nghymru. I'w ychwanegu at hwnnw, £15.6 miliwn i gefnogi datblygiad athrawon, gan gynnwys £8.1 miliwn i ariannu costau ychwanegol dyfarniad cyflog athrawon o'r meithrin i flwyddyn 11; £7.5 miliwn i helpu awdurdodau lleol i gyfarfod â phwysau costau addysg; £50 miliwn ar gyfer y rhandaliad cyntaf o becyn cyfalaf £100 miliwn dros dair blynedd; £20 miliwn ar gyfer y rhandaliad cyntaf o'r pecyn adnewyddu priffyrdd cyhoeddus £60 miliwn dros dair blynedd; a £26 miliwn ar gyfer y gronfa drafnidiaeth leol. Felly, adiwch y rheini at ei gilydd; mae llywodraeth leol wedi dod allan o'r ail gyllideb atodol yn wael unwaith eto. Daw llywodraeth leol allan o'r rhan fwyaf o gyllidebau yn wael. Rydym yn sôn am yr economi sylfaen; mae pawb yn sôn am y sylfaen a pha mor bwysig ydyw. Nid oes dim yn bwysicach mewn cymdeithas sylfaen na gwasanaethau llywodraeth leol a gefnogir gan wariant llywodraeth leol. Credaf fod gwir angen inni ddychwelyd at gredu, os ydym eisiau gwella ein heconomi, y bydd cael pobl wedi eu haddysgu'n well yn ein helpu, bydd gwella nifer y bobl sydd â sgiliau yn ein helpu, a bydd cynnal y nifer fawr iawn o bethau y mae'r awdurdodau lleol yn eu gwneud, gan gynnwys gwella'r cysylltiadau trafnidiaeth, yn ein helpu. Ynglŷn â'r M4, rwy'n rhannu pryder y Pwyllgor ynghylch lefel y cyllid sy'n cael ei ymrwymo i brosiect lle mae cymaint o ansicrwydd yn bodoli, a chefnogaf yr argymhelliad bod Llywodraeth Cymru yn darparu manylion ychwanegol ar gynllunio ar gyfer yr M4. A fyddai angen cyllid ychwanegol pe bai'r penderfyniad wedi'i wneud pryd y bwriadwyd ef yn wreiddiol ym mis Rhagfyr? A faint o arian ychwanegol o bosib fydd angen ei ymrwymo cyn gwneud penderfyniad? Mae'n ymddangos i mi fod peidio cymryd penderfyniad amserol yn ddewis drud, ac mae costau'n dod i'r amlwg os mai peidio â bwrw ymlaen yw'r penderfyniad terfynol. Nid yw fy safbwynt i wedi newid. Rwyf yn sgeptig o argyhoeddiad - er, rhaid dweud, nad oes unrhyw ymgais wedi bod i fy argyhoeddi i fod yr M4 yn syniad da. Ynglŷn â'r gronfa benthyciadau i fyfyrwyr, mae rhywun yn mynd i ddweud wrthyf nad arian parod Llywodraeth Cymru yw hwn, yn hytrach cronfeydd anghyllidol wrth gefn ydyw; nid yw hynny o bwys, gan nad yw'n effeithio ar allu Llywodraeth Cymru i wario. Yr hyn a ddywedaf yw hyn: mae'n dod o gyfanswm gwariant San Steffan, felly bob tro y daw arian allan o hwn, yn y pen draw mae gennym lai o arian ar gyfer ein cyfran fformiwla Barnett o'r swm a ddaw. Yn wir gwelwn bob blwyddyn fod hyn yn cynyddu. Rwy'n tynnu sylw at y peth bob blwyddyn; bydd y Prif Weinidog yn cofio am hyn pan oedd yn Weinidog Cyllid. Er nad yw'n arian parod, fe gaiff yr effaith honno. Ac rwyf yn dweud bod hyn yn digwydd bob blwyddyn; nid yw'r rhaglen benthyciad i fyfyriwr yn gweithio. Mae angen i bobl sylweddoli hynny. Rywbryd, bydd raid ei dileu, neu ei diddymu, neu beth bynnag y mae'r cyfrifwyr eisiau ei wneud, ond mae rhaid i rywun wneud rhywbeth yn ei gylch. Mae'n gynyddol gostus i Drysorlys San Steffan, ac mae bron fel cael Trident arall. Yn olaf, credaf fod angen inni gael trafodaeth ar ryw bwynt ar gyfalaf trafodiadau, sy'n cael ei grybwyll ym mhob cyllideb - yn frysiog fel arfer - a chredaf fod angen inni drafod i ble mae'n mynd, sut y caiff ei wario, a sut y bydd yn cael ei dalu'n ôl.