English: Thank you. I can tell you that Welsh Government officials have had no engagement from the UK Government on the levelling-up White Paper, despite economic development actually being a devolved competence. Our experience of this sort of inter-governmental partnership working on these particular matters has been, I would say, wholly unacceptable. Delivering the levelling-up agenda in Wales without any partnership with the Welsh Government not only disrespects the devolution settlement, but it also badly weakens the potential of any investment programme. It is recognised, the need to actually respect devolved Governments in terms of the implementation of the use of funding. The Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee noted: 'the apparent absence of any meaningful strategic engagement with the devolved administrations around the levelling up agenda, amplifies the lack of clarity and focus around this major policy.' And don't forget: the UK Government commissioned the Dunlop review to actually look into these issues and so on. The Dunlop review noted that 'funding by the UK Government in devolved areas must not replace core funding and must be applied with the support of the devolved governments.' I can only say that, so far, there has been a total failure in that particular respect, and we've seen that also by the examples of the use of levelling-up funding. The fact that we are certainly not receiving the level of funding that we were promised: the Welsh budget is set to be nearly £1 billion worse off by 2024 as a result of the UK Government's failure to honour its commitment that Wales would not lose a single penny as a result of the UK leaving the European Union.
Welsh: Diolch. Gallaf ddweud wrthych nad yw swyddogion Llywodraeth Cymru wedi cael unrhyw gysylltiad gyda Llywodraeth y DU ar y Papur Gwyn ar godi'r gwastad, er bod datblygu economaidd yn gymhwysedd datganoledig mewn gwirionedd. Mae ein profiad o'r math hwn o waith partneriaeth rhynglywodraethol ar y materion penodol hyn wedi bod yn gwbl annerbyniol yn fy marn i. Mae cyflawni agenda codi'r gwastad yng Nghymru heb unrhyw bartneriaeth â Llywodraeth Cymru nid yn unig yn amharchu'r setliad datganoli, mae hefyd yn gwanhau potensial unrhyw raglen fuddsoddi. Cydnabyddir yr angen i barchu Llywodraethau datganoledig mewn perthynas â gweithredu'r defnydd o gyllid. Nododd y Pwyllgor Busnes, Ynni a Strategaeth Ddiwydiannol: 'mae absenoldeb ymddangosiadol unrhyw ymgysylltiad strategol ystyrlon â'r gweinyddiaethau datganoledig ar agenda codi'r gwastad, yn amlygu'r diffyg eglurder a ffocws sy'n gysylltiedig â'r polisi pwysig hwn.' A pheidiwch ag anghofio: comisiynodd Llywodraeth y DU adolygiad Dunlop i ymchwilio i'r materion hyn ac yn y blaen. Nododd adolygiad Dunlop 'na ddylai cyllid gan Lywodraeth y DU mewn meysydd datganoledig gymryd lle cyllid craidd a rhaid ei gymhwyso gyda chefnogaeth y llywodraethau datganoledig.' Hyd yma, rhaid imi ddweud y bu methiant llwyr yn hynny o beth, ac rydym wedi gweld hynny hefyd yn yr enghreifftiau o'r defnydd o gyllid codi'r gwastad. Ar y ffaith nad ydym yn cael y lefel o gyllid a addawyd i ni, yn bendant: disgwylir i gyllideb Cymru fod bron i £1 biliwn yn waeth erbyn 2024 o ganlyniad i fethiant Llywodraeth y DU i anrhydeddu ei hymrwymiad na fyddai Cymru'n colli'r un geiniog o ganlyniad i ymadawiad y DU â'r Undeb Ewropeaidd.