English: I think it stands to reason, with £10 million available to assist small businesses, that this Government will help, wherever possible, with the challenge that some small businesses face due to revaluation. We will continue to do that and we will assess any means of assisting those businesses that are hardest hit. But revaluation is not a tax-raising measure, and I think the Member himself would recognise that it simply redistributes the rates payable between properties based on their relative values at the time of revaluation. That said, £10 million is being made available for a relief scheme, and we will look at any other way that we possibly can to assist those businesses that, as I say, are hardest hit. Another important element of our support, of course, is enterprise zones, and that features in this debate, and a number of Members have spoken about enterprise zones and the potential to create a single enterprise zone for the whole of Wales. As Neil Hamilton identified, scale is an important consideration. The larger the scale of an enterprise zone, the greater the budgetary and deliverability implications, and the greater the risk that any added focus is diluted to the detriment of overall impact, unless there is significantly more financial resource available. Whilst existing zones are spread across Wales, the specific geographic footprint of each enterprise zone allows us to focus and target activity in a practical way. That said, I am keen to examine objectively all of our interventions as part of the work being undertaken on the prosperous and secure strategy for Wales. Of course, I will consider change wherever necessary. Adam Price spoke about the potential development of a hallmark for Welsh products - a buy local hallmark. It's a very interesting idea. I recall when I was a member of the enterprise committee, under the chairmanship of Nick Ramsay, I think I proposed a similar idea of a Welsh wheel that would not only capture, on food and drink products, sugar, fat, calorific content and salt, but also environmental impact, which, of course, would be heavily influenced by whether a product is derived, produced and packaged within the UK. Simon Thomas raised the town of Narberth, which I recall was visited by the former enterprise committee. I think the only other Member in the Chamber - . Ah, David Rees was with us on that occasion as well, with Nick Ramsay. We learnt a lot on that expedition. We learnt that scale is important. The larger the town centre, the more difficult it can be to adjust to modern shopping practices. One problem we know that many high streets face is that, with bank closures and so forth, and shop closures, sometimes you can have, in a high street, a post office at one end, you can have a pharmacy at another, and you can have vacant shops in between. It doesn't make for a desirable shopping environment. The key to Narberth's success is that it's contained in an area whereby there are no vacant premises, or very few vacant premises, but it's easily accessible, and it's easy to navigate around. I think Bethan Jenkins made the very important point that quality of place is essential to the success of a town centre and high street. Again, this is something that was very clear in the visit to Narberth. As highlighted in the short debate a couple of weeks ago, microbusinesses and small and medium-sized enterprises are the backbone of local economies the length and breadth of this country, and they provide a vital role in creating jobs, and in increasing productivity and driving growth right across Wales. That's why we will always ensure that the interests of small and medium-sized businesses are given due weight in the work of the national infrastructure commission and the development bank of Wales. I'm also taking the opportunity to take a fresh look at what our economic priorities should be in this fifth Assembly term. I started the process by calling on people, businesses, trade unions and organisations across Wales to feed in their views. There is a remarkable consensus around the importance of skills, of infrastructure, and the influence of wider levers like procurement and planning. These priorities will feed into the four cross-cutting strategies that will set the framework for this term of government. I think we can all agree - and it's been shown today by all Members' contributions - that we have to use all tools available to us to provide support to town centres and high streets across Wales to help stimulate local economies.
Welsh: Rwy'n credu ei bod yn amlwg, gyda £10 miliwn ar gael i gynorthwyo busnesau bach, y bydd y Llywodraeth hon yn helpu, lle bynnag y bo modd, gyda'r her y mae rhai busnesau bach yn ei hwynebu o ganlyniad i ailbrisio. Byddwn yn parhau i wneud hynny a byddwn yn asesu unrhyw fodd o gynorthwyo'r busnesau sy'n dioddef fwyaf. Ond nid mesur ar gyfer codi trethi yw ailbrisio, ac rwy'n credu y byddai'r Aelod ei hun yn cydnabod mai ailddosbarthu'r ardrethi sy'n daladwy rhwng eiddo yn seiliedig ar eu gwerthoedd cymharol ar adeg yr ailbrisio y mae hyn yn ei wneud. Wedi dweud hynny, caiff £10 miliwn ei ddarparu ar gyfer cynllun rhyddhad, a byddwn yn edrych ar unrhyw ffordd arall bosibl y gallwn gynorthwyo'r busnesau sy'n cael eu taro galetaf, fel y dywedais. Elfen bwysig arall o'n cefnogaeth, wrth gwrs, yw ardaloedd menter, ac mae honno i'w gweld yn y ddadl hon, ac mae nifer o'r Aelodau wedi sôn am ardaloedd menter a'r potensial i greu un ardal fenter ar gyfer Cymru gyfan. Fel y nododd Neil Hamilton, mae maint yn ystyriaeth bwysig. Po fwyaf yw maint ardal fenter, y mwyaf yw'r goblygiadau o ran y gyllideb a pha mor gyflawnadwy ydyw, a'r mwyaf yw'r risg y bydd unrhyw ffocws ychwanegol yn cael ei wanhau er afles i'r effaith gyffredinol, oni bai bod llawer mwy o adnoddau ariannol ar gael. Er bod yr ardaloedd presennol wedi eu lledaenu ar draws Cymru, mae ôl troed daearyddol penodol pob ardal fenter yn ein galluogi i ganolbwyntio a thargedu gweithgarwch mewn ffordd ymarferol. Wedi dweud hynny, rwy'n awyddus i archwilio'n wrthrychol pob un o'n hymyriadau fel rhan o'r gwaith sy'n cael ei wneud ar y strategaeth ffyniannus a diogel ar gyfer Cymru. Wrth gwrs, byddaf yn ystyried newid lle bynnag y bo angen. Siaradodd Adam Price am y posibilrwydd o ddatblygu nod ar gyfer cynnyrch o Gymru - nod prynu'n lleol. Mae'n syniad diddorol iawn. Rwy'n cofio pan oeddwn yn aelod o'r pwyllgor menter, dan gadeiryddiaeth Nick Ramsay, rwy'n meddwl fy mod wedi cynnig syniad tebyg o olwyn Cymru a fyddai nid yn unig yn nodi, ar gynhyrchion bwyd a diod, y siwgr, y braster, y cynnwys caloriffig a'r halen, ond hefyd yr effaith amgylcheddol, a byddai pa un a yw cynnyrch yn deillio o'r DU, ac wedi'u gynhyrchu a'i becynnu yn y DU yn dylanwadu'n drwm ar hynny. Soniodd Simon Thomas am dref Arberth, ac rwy'n cofio bod y pwyllgor menter blaenorol wedi ymweld â'r dref. Rwy'n credu mai'r unig Aelod arall yn y Siambr - . A, roedd David Rees gyda ni ar yr achlysur hwnnw hefyd, gyda Nick Ramsay. Dysgasom lawer ar y daith honno. Dysgasom fod maint yn bwysig. Po fwyaf yw canol y dref, y mwyaf anodd y gall fod i addasu i arferion siopa modern. Un broblem y gwyddom fod llawer o strydoedd mawr yn ei hwynebu, gyda banciau'n cau ac yn y blaen, a siopau'n cau, weithiau gallwch gael, mewn stryd fawr, swyddfa bost ar un pen, fferyllfa ar y pen arall, a siopau gwag yn y canol. Nid yw'n creu amgylchedd siopa dymunol. Yr allwedd i lwyddiant Arberth yw ei bod yn ardal lle nad oes unrhyw adeiladau gwag, neu ychydig iawn o eiddo gwag, ond mae'n hygyrch iawn, ac yn hawdd dod o hyd i'ch ffordd o gwmpas. Rwy'n meddwl bod Bethan Jenkins wedi gwneud pwynt pwysig iawn pan ddywedodd fod ansawdd lleoliad yn hanfodol i lwyddiant canol y dref a'r stryd fawr. Unwaith eto, mae hyn yn rhywbeth a oedd yn glir iawn ar yr ymweliad ag Arberth. Fel yr amlygwyd yn y ddadl fer ychydig o wythnosau'n ôl, microfusnesau a busnesau bach a chanolig eu maint yw asgwrn cefn economïau lleol ar hyd a lled y wlad, ac mae ganddynt rôl hanfodol yn creu swyddi ac yn cynyddu cynhyrchiant a hybu twf ledled Cymru. Dyna pam y byddwn bob amser yn sicrhau bod buddiannau busnesau bach a chanolig eu maint yn cael sylw dyledus yng ngwaith y comisiwn seilwaith cenedlaethol a banc datblygu Cymru. Rwyf hefyd yn manteisio ar y cyfle i edrych o'r newydd ar yr hyn ddylai ein blaenoriaethau economaidd fod ym mhumed tymor y Cynulliad. Dechreuais y broses drwy alw ar bobl, busnesau, undebau llafur a sefydliadau ledled Cymru i gynnig eu barn. Mae yna gonsensws rhyfeddol ynglŷn â phwysigrwydd sgiliau, seilwaith, a dylanwad ysgogiadau ehangach megis caffael a chynllunio. Bydd y blaenoriaethau hyn yn bwydo i mewn i'r pedair strategaeth drawsbynciol a fydd yn gosod y fframwaith ar gyfer tymor y llywodraeth hon. Rwy'n credu y gallwn i gyd gytuno - a dangoswyd hynny heddiw yng nghyfraniadau'r holl Aelodau - fod yn rhaid i ni ddefnyddio'r holl offer sydd ar gael i ni i ddarparu cefnogaeth i ganol trefi a strydoedd mawr ledled Cymru er mwyn helpu i ysgogi economïau lleol.