English: The committee's first recommendation sought to address the lack of accountability for international trade and Brexit implementation. Currently, these responsibilities are shared between the First Minister, the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Transport. There is a clear danger that shared responsibility can sometimes fall between two stools, or three stools in this case. So, the committee recommended that the First Minister, whoever that may be, should create a specific Cabinet post for Brexit and international trade. I was pleased that the Welsh Government was accepting of that recommendation. It's clearly up to the new First Minister to make that post available. The committee's focus on international trade found that, although export performance was strong, there were concerns that some SMEs were being crowded out of overseas roadshows as the slots made available by the Welsh Government are snapped up so quickly. So, it was unclear how ambitious small and medium-sized businesses that were not already on the Government's radar could get involved. Witnesses asked, 'How could we be sure that we were taking the A team on global trade missions if businesses were selected on a first-come-first-served basis?' I think committee members thought that was a fair question. The committee recommended that the Welsh Government develops an export growth strategy to prepare companies for international markets and increase the number of companies exporting. The economic action plan prioritises support for companies to export, but I will highlight the need to reach those businesses that are currently unable to secure a place on global trade missions. The committee considered the Welsh Government's overseas offices. Witnesses were unable to point to the impact the overseas offices have had on export. In fact, witnesses were unable to even define the role of them. The level of resourcing and personnel varies greatly from office to office, and there appears to be a lack of links between offices and local authorities, which could support each other, of course, in this area of work. Further offices have been opened in the past 12 months and more are planned, although the Cabinet Secretary does report to us that each office is now required to develop a business plan. But those are still not being shared with the wider world at large and, more importantly, key stakeholders. So, I would say to the Cabinet Secretary that publishing the contact details of your offices on a website isn't enough. If stakeholders are unaware of the remit of the offices and the support they could get from them, why would they get in touch? Maximising the use of these offices will go some way to increasing the value for money that they can deliver, so it's important that we get clarity on this. If I move on to tourism, Wales is the most tourism-dependent region of the whole of the UK. The 2013 'Partnership for Growth' strategy recognised the importance of the tourism industry and the need to work together with the private sector and other organisations to develop the industry further. As with the global trade missions I mentioned earlier, witnesses raised concerns that some businesses are being debarred from what they considered to be the Visit Wales family. Businesses felt left out of marketing opportunities and excluded from the brand. So, I am pleased that the Cabinet Secretary has accepted our recommendation to enable Welsh businesses to access that branding, and I welcome the work that had started to bring together a digital hub of guidance, tools and materials for businesses and organisations across Wales to use. I was also pleased to hear that the Cabinet Secretary will be considering a number of partnership options that are intended to help businesses develop bookable products. We know that bookable products are attractive to overseas visitors and that overseas visitors account for less than 5 per cent of visits but 10 per cent of spending, so it's important that we are able to compete in that market. Finally, I will reiterate the committee's call for air passenger duty to be devolved to Wales. We're not the first committee or group of politicians to call for this, and I suspect we won't be the last, but it's been devolved in Scotland and it should be devolved in Wales. I see that the Welsh Affairs Select Committee has launched an inquiry on this matter, and, of course, I look forward to seeing their conclusions. Deputy Presiding Officer, overall, the committee's inquiry uncovered pockets of good practice but they must be better aligned across portfolios and accessible to businesses if Wales is to meet its potential in this area. I look forward to the debate this afternoon.
Welsh: Roedd argymhelliad cyntaf y pwyllgor yn ceisio mynd i'r afael â'r diffyg atebolrwydd mewn perthynas â masnach ryngwladol a gweithredu Brexit. Ar hyn o bryd, rhennir y cyfrifoldebau hyn rhwng y Prif Weinidog, Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Gyllid ac Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros yr Economi a Thrafnidiaeth. Mae yna berygl amlwg o syrthio rhwng dwy stôl wrth rannu cyfrifoldebau, neu dair stôl yn yr achos hwn. Felly, argymhellodd y pwyllgor y dylai'r Prif Weinidog, pwy bynnag y bydd, greu swydd benodol yn y Cabinet ar gyfer Brexit a masnach ryngwladol. Roeddwn yn falch fod Llywodraeth Cymru wedi derbyn yr argymhelliad hwnnw. Mae'n amlwg mai cyfrifoldeb y Prif Weinidog newydd yw sicrhau bod y swydd honno ar gael. Canfu ffocws y pwyllgor ar fasnach ryngwladol fod yna bryderon, er bod perfformiad allforio'n gryf, fod rhai busnesau bach a chanolig yn cael eu gwasgu allan o sioeau teithiol tramor gan fod y lleoedd a oedd ar gael gan Lywodraeth Cymru yn cael eu bachu mor gyflym. Felly, nid oedd yn glir sut y gallai busnesau bach a chanolig uchelgeisiol nad oeddent eisoes ar radar y Llywodraeth gymryd rhan. Gofynnai tystion, 'Sut y gallem fod yn sicr ein bod yn mynd â'r tîm gorau ar deithiau masnach byd-eang os oedd busnesau'n cael eu dewis ar sail y cyntaf i'r felin?' Credaf fod aelodau'r pwyllgor yn credu bod hwnnw'n gwestiwn teg. Roedd y pwyllgor yn argymell bod Llywodraeth Cymru yn datblygu strategaeth twf allforio i baratoi cwmnïau ar gyfer marchnadoedd rhyngwladol a chynyddu nifer y cwmnïau sy'n allforio. Mae'r cynllun gweithredu economaidd yn blaenoriaethu cymorth i gwmnïau allforio, ond rwyf am dynnu sylw at yr angen i gyrraedd y busnesau sy'n methu sicrhau lle ar deithiau masnach byd-eang ar hyn o bryd. Bu'r pwyllgor yn ystyried swyddfeydd tramor Llywodraeth Cymru. Nid oedd tystion yn gallu dangos yr effaith y mae swyddfeydd tramor wedi'i chael ar allforio. Yn wir, nid oedd tystion yn gallu diffinio'u rôl hyd yn oed. Mae lefel yr adnoddau a'r personél yn amrywio'n fawr o swyddfa i swyddfa, ac ymddengys bod diffyg cysylltiadau rhwng swyddfeydd ac awdurdodau lleol, a allai gefnogi ei gilydd, wrth gwrs, yn y maes gwaith hwn. Mae swyddfeydd pellach wedi'u hagor yn y 12 mis diwethaf ac mae rhagor yn yr arfaeth, er bod Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet wedi dweud wrthym fod angen i bob swyddfa ddatblygu cynllun busnes bellach. Ond nid yw'r rheini'n cael eu rhannu â gweddill y byd yn gyffredinol, ac yn bwysicach, â rhanddeiliaid allweddol. Felly, buaswn yn dweud wrth Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet nad yw cyhoeddi manylion cyswllt eich swyddfeydd ar wefan yn ddigon. Os nad yw rhanddeiliaid yn ymwybodol o gylch gorchwyl y swyddfeydd a'r cymorth y gallent ei gael ganddynt, pam y byddent yn dod i gysylltiad? Bydd manteisio i'r eithaf ar y defnydd o'r swyddfeydd hyn yn gymorth i gynyddu'r gwerth am arian y gallant ei gyflawni, felly mae'n bwysig ein bod yn sicrhau eglurder ar hyn. Os caf symud ymlaen at dwristiaeth, Cymru yw'r rhanbarth sy'n dibynnu fwyaf ar dwristiaeth yn y DU gyfan. Roedd strategaeth 'Partneriaeth ar gyfer Twf' 2013 yn cydnabod pwysigrwydd y diwydiant twristiaeth a'r angen i gydweithio gyda'r sector preifat a sefydliadau eraill i ddatblygu'r diwydiant ymhellach. Fel gyda'r teithiau masnach byd-eang y soniais amdanynt yn gynharach, mynegodd tystion bryderon fod rhai busnesau'n teimlo nad oeddent yn rhan o'r hyn a ystyrient yn deulu Croeso Cymru. Roedd busnesau'n teimlo eu bod yn cael eu hepgor o'r cyfleoedd marchnata a'u heithrio o'r brand. Felly, rwy'n falch fod Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet wedi derbyn ein hargymhelliad i alluogi busnesau Cymru i gael mynediad at y brand hwnnw, a chroesawaf y gwaith a oedd wedi dechrau ar greu canolbwynt digidol o ganllawiau, adnoddau a deunyddiau i fusnesau a sefydliadau ledled Cymru eu defnyddio. Roeddwn yn falch o glywed hefyd y bydd Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet yn ystyried nifer o opsiynau partneriaeth gyda'r bwriad o helpu busnesau i ddatblygu cynhyrchion y gellir eu harchebu. Rydym yn gwybod bod cynhyrchion y gellir eu harchebu yn ddeniadol i ymwelwyr o wledydd tramor ac mai 5 y cant yn unig o ymweliadau a wneir gan ymwelwyr o wledydd tramor ond hwy sydd i gyfrif am 10 y cant o'r gwariant, felly mae'n bwysig ein bod yn gallu cystadlu yn y farchnad honno. Yn olaf, rwyf am ailadrodd galwad y pwyllgor am ddatganoli'r doll teithwyr awyr i Gymru. Nid ni yw'r pwyllgor cyntaf na'r grŵp cyntaf o wleidyddion i alw am hyn, ac rwy'n tybio nad ni fydd yr olaf, ond mae wedi'i ddatganoli yn yr Alban a dylid ei ddatganoli yng Nghymru. Gwelaf fod y Pwyllgor Dethol ar Faterion Cymreig wedi lansio ymchwiliad ar y mater hwn, ac wrth gwrs, edrychaf ymlaen at weld eu casgliadau. Ddirprwy Lywydd, yn gyffredinol, mae ymchwiliad y pwyllgor wedi datgelu pocedi o arferion da ond mae'n rhaid iddynt gael eu cysoni'n well ar draws portffolios ac mae'n rhaid iddynt fod yn hygyrch i fusnesau os yw Cymru'n mynd i gyrraedd ei photensial yn y maes hwn. Edrychaf ymlaen at y ddadl y prynhawn yma.