English: I call for a statement on support for bed-and-breakfast businesses in Wales. Many small bed-and-breakfast businesses have contacted me after the Welsh Government again excluded them from financial support to help them survive the pandemic; this time barred from the third round of the economic resilience fund. They were also deemed ineligible in previous rounds and have been denied small business grants, unlike their counterparts in England and Scotland. Their comments over very recent days include: 'This fund, once again, leaves us, as thousands of small businesses, out in the cold'; 'Once again, we seem to have slipped through the net with this new economic resilience fund'; 'Cancellations have decimated our bookings. Can I ask you to bring this up at the Senedd?'; 'Having a turnover last year of £65,000 to just £5,000, there's no way we can keep our business afloat'; 'The eligibility checker for the latest phase of the economic resilience fund states that microbusinesses will be able to apply for up to £10,000 on condition that they match this with their own investment of at least 10 per cent, and for tourism and hospitality microbusinesses, there'll be discretion for grant awards of 100 per cent. I started to work my way through the checker only to find that, as a microbusiness, we do not quality. I believe that the same will be true for many, if not most, microbusinesses. Are you able to bring your input to bear on the Welsh Government to change their criteria and please, please look into this loophole that we fall into? We're absolutely desperate and do not understand why the Welsh Government has denied support to this vital part of local tourism economies across Wales.' I therefore call for a statement that addresses the reality and urgency of this situation.
Welsh: Rwy'n galw am ddatganiad ar gefnogaeth i fusnesau gwely a brecwast yng Nghymru. Mae llawer o fusnesau gwely a brecwast bach wedi cysylltu â mi ar ôl i Lywodraeth Cymru eu heithrio eto o gymorth ariannol i'w helpu i oroesi'r pandemig; y tro hwn wedi'u gwahardd o drydedd rownd y gronfa cadernid economaidd. Cawsant eu hystyried yn anghymwys mewn cylchoedd blaenorol a chafodd grantiau busnesau ei gwrthod, yn wahanol i'w cymheiriaid yn Lloegr a'r Alban. Mae eu sylwadau yn ystod y dyddiau diwethaf yn cynnwys: 'Mae'r gronfa hon, unwaith eto, yn ein gadael ni, fel miloedd o fusnesau bach, allan yn yr oerfel'; 'Unwaith eto, mae'n ymddangos ein bod wedi llithro drwy'r rhwyd gyda'r gronfa cadernid economaidd newydd hon'; 'Mae canslo wedi dinistrio ein harchebion am lefydd. A gaf i ofyn ichi godi hyn yn y Senedd?'; 'Cael trosiant o £65,000 llynedd i lawr nawr i £5,000 yn unig, does dim ffordd y gallwn ni gadw ein busnes ar agor'; 'Mae'r gwiriwr cymhwysedd ar gyfer cam diweddaraf y gronfa cadernid economaidd yn datgan y bydd microfusnesau'n gallu gwneud cais am hyd at £10,000 ar yr amod eu bod yn cyfateb hyn â'u buddsoddiad eu hunain o 10 y cant o leiaf, ac ar gyfer microfusnes twristiaeth a lletygarwch, bydd disgresiwn ar gyfer dyfarniadau grant o 100 y cant. Dechreuais weithio fy ffordd drwy'r gwiriwr dim ond i ganfod nad ydym ni, fel microfusnes, yn gymwys. Rwy'n credu y bydd yr un peth yn wir am lawer o ficrofusnesau, os nad y rhan fwyaf ohonyn nhw. A allwch chi bwyso ar Lywodraeth Cymru i newid eu meini prawf ac a wnewch chi archwilio'r bwlch hwn yr ydym ni wedi syrthio trwyddo, os gwelwch yn dda? Rydym yn gwbl anobeithiol ac nid ydym yn deall pam mae Llywodraeth Cymru wedi gwrthod cefnogaeth i'r rhan hanfodol hon o economïau twristiaeth lleol ledled Cymru.' Rwy'n galw felly am ddatganiad sy'n mynd i'r afael â realiti a brys y sefyllfa hon.