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Rhun ap Iorwerth
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“You make an obvious point, really, that you have to build up the capacity, but isn't it true at the same time that we need an assurance from the UK Government that the funding will be put there in its entirety to push forward with that work in as timely a way as possible, because this is urgent?”
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“A pha fath o becyn ariannol fydd yn cael ei ystyried, fel ei fod o'n barod i fynd pan fydd, gobeithio, yr achos llawn yn cael ei gyflwyno a'r cais llawn hwnnw am arian yn dod ar ddesg y Gweinidog?”
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“Thank you very much for that response. I raised this issue some weeks ago, a few days before Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board came to a decision on the outline case. I and many residents in Holyhead and the area were very pleased that the health board at that point had agreed to approve that step, and that that has now been passed to Government for consideration. I don't need to remind the Cabinet Secretary of how important it is that we can proceed as a matter of urgency to stabilise and develop primary healthcare in Holyhead and the surrounding area. So, can I ask, on the timetable, when is the Welsh Government likely to come to conclusions on this stage of the development, as regards ensuring funding? And what kind of financial package will be considered, so that it's ready to go when, hopefully, the full case is presented and that full bid for funding arrives on the Minister's desk?”
Original: “Diolch yn fawr iawn am yr ymateb yna. Mi godais i'r achos yma rai wythnosau yn ôl, ychydig ddyddiau cyn i Fwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Betsi Cadwaladr ddod i benderfyniad ar yr achos amlinellol. Roeddwn i a llawer o drigolion Caergybi a’r ardal yn falch iawn fod y bwrdd iechyd bryd hynny wedi cytuno i gymeradwyo’r cam hwnnw, a bod hynny bellach wedi’i basio i’r Llywodraeth er ystyriaeth. Does dim angen i fi atgoffa’r Ysgrifennydd Cabinet o ba mor bwysig ydy hi ein bod ni'n gallu bwrw ymlaen ar fyrder i sefydlogi a datblygu gofal iechyd sylfaenol yng Nghaergybi a’r ardal. Felly, gaf i ofyn, ynglŷn â’r amseru, ba bryd fydd Llywodraeth Cymru’n debyg o ddod i gasgliadau ynglŷn â'r cyfnod yma yn y datblygiad, ynglŷn â sicrhau'r arian?”
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“5. Will the Cabinet Secretary provide an update on plans to develop an integrated health and well-being centre in Holyhead? OQ61949”
Original: “5. A wnaiff yr Ysgrifennydd Cabinet roi diweddariad ar y cynlluniau i ddatblygu canolfan iechyd a lles integredig yng Nghaergybi? OQ61949”
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“Oherwydd mae'r arafwch o hyd yn ymateb Llywodraeth Cymru i'r angen am ateb i broblemau traffig ar bont Britannia a phroblemau resilience ar bont Britannia yn cael effaith economaidd ar yr ynys. Beth fydd yr Ysgrifennydd Cabinet dros yr economi yn ei wneud i roi pwysau ar yr Ysgrifennydd Cabinet dros drafnidiaeth i sortio'r broblem yma allan unwaith ac am byth?”
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“Thank you for that response. There is great disquiet on Anglesey in terms of this change of timetable. When the work was paused over this winter, people assumed that that meant that things were ahead of schedule. Then, of course, there was an announcement that the work that was supposed to be concluded by the end of next summer will continue until Christmas. Now, that's not just inconvenient, it has an economic impact on communities on the island and on the island as a whole. So, what will the Cabinet Secretary do to look at how to provide more support for businesses that will now miss out in the period leading up to Christmas 2025, when they assumed that things would be back to normal, and to look at the situation around the Britannia bridge? Because the sluggishness in the Welsh Government's response to the need for a solution to the traffic problems on the Britannia bridge and the resilience problems on that bridge is having an economic impact on the island. What will the Cabinet Secretary for the economy do to put pressure on the Cabinet Secretary for transport to sort this problem out once and for all?”
Original: “Diolch am yr ymateb yna. Mae yna anniddigrwydd mawr yn Ynys Môn ynglŷn â'r newid amserlen yma. Pan gafodd y gwaith ei oedi dros y gaeaf yma, roedd pobl yn cymryd bod hynny'n golygu bod pethau o flaen amser. Wedyn, wrth gwrs, mi gyhoeddwyd bod y gwaith oedd i fod i orffen tua diwedd yr haf nesaf yn mynd i fod yn cario ymlaen tan y Nadolig. Rŵan, nid dim ond anghyfleustra ydy hynny, mae o'n cael effaith economaidd ar gymunedau o fewn yr ynys ac ar yr ynys gyfan. Felly, beth fydd yr Ysgrifennydd Cabinet yn ei wneud i edrych ar sut i gynnig rhagor o gefnogaeth i fusnesau a fydd rŵan yn colli allan yn y cyfnod yn arwain at y Nadolig 2025, pan oedden nhw'n cymryd y byddai pethau nôl i'r arfer erbyn hynny, a hefyd i edrych ar y sefyllfa o gwmpas pont Britannia?”
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“7. What is the Welsh Government's assessment of the impact that extending the Menai Bridge repair programme will have on businesses in Anglesey? OQ61951”
Original: “7. Beth yw asesiad Llywodraeth Cymru o'r effaith fydd ymestyn rhaglen waith atgyweirio Pont y Borth yn ei gael ar fusnesau Ynys Môn? OQ61951”
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“Mae cyfathrebu gwael gan Lywodraeth Cymru wedi arwain at ddrwgdybiaeth ac at lawer iawn, iawn o rwystredigaeth. Mae’r newidiadau a gafodd eu cyhoeddi ddoe yn gam ymlaen, dwi’n sicr o hynny, ond dim ond os gwelwn ni newid gwirioneddol mewn agwedd gan Lywodraeth hefyd. Mae'n rhaid dod â ffermwyr, onid oes, ar y daith yma, achos, heb eu cefnogaeth nhw, mi fydd y cynllun yma yn methu â chyflawni ei uchelgeisiau economaidd ac ar gyfer dyfodol amaethyddiaeth ac, wrth gwrs, ar gyfer yr amgylchedd.”
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“Rydym ni hefyd yn aros, wrth gwrs, am asesiad effaith economaidd o’r modelu diweddaraf o’r SFS. Beth fydd yn digwydd os bydd yr asesiad hwnnw’n dal i ragweld colledion swyddi sylweddol a difrod i gymunedau gwledig? A fydd y Llywodraeth yn barod i feddwl eto mewn ffordd sylfaenol am rai o’u cynlluniau? Lywydd, mae’n rhaid i ni, drwy hyn i gyd, gofio gwerth ffermio i Gymru. Rydym ni’n sôn am sector sy’n asgwrn cefn i gymunedau gwledig ond sydd hefyd yn gonglfaen economaidd a diwylliannol. Mae bwyd a ffermio yn werth £9.3 biliwn i economi Cymru, dros 200,000 o swyddi, dros 50,000 yn cael eu cyflogi’n uniongyrchol ar ffermydd, ac eto, er ei holl bwysigrwydd economaidd a chymdeithasol, mae ffermwyr wedi bod yn teimlo eu bod nhw ar y cyrion yn ystod y saith mlynedd o ddatblygu’r cynllun yma.”
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“Heb eglurder am cyllid, dim ond rhestr o ddyheadau sydd gennym ni mewn difrif, felly a wnaiff Llywodraeth Cymru gyflwyno achos cryf i Keir Starmer i wrthdroi’r toriadau welson ni dros flynyddoedd gan Lywodraethau Ceidwadol a sicrhau cyllid teg i amaeth yng Nghymru, a pha sicrwydd y gall ef ei roi y bydd cynllun y taliad sylfaenol yn cael ei warchod y flwyddyn nesaf, gan bod hwnnw, wrth gwrs, yn gosod y llinell sylfaen ar gyfer taliadau yn ystod y cyfnod pontio i’r SFS? Ac wrth gwrs, mae bygythiad Barnettisation ar y gorwel hefyd, sy’n golygu, dros amser, y bydd ffermydd yng Nghymru yn gweld gostyngiad sylweddol yn eu cyllid. Mae angen inni glywed Gweinidog amaethyddol Llafur yng Nghymru yn brwydro’n galed iawn, iawn yn erbyn cynlluniau Barnettisation gan Lafur yn Whitehall.”
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“Mi fydd cyflwyno’r haenau dewisol a chydweithredol fesul cam— phased introduction —yn gosod llawer o'r cyfrifoldeb amgylcheddol ar yr haenau ychwanegol yma. A all Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet gadarnhau a fydd y rheini wedi’u datblygu’n llawn ac yn barod i’w rhoi ar waith erbyn mis Mawrth 2026, ochr yn ochr â’r haen gyffredinol? Mae pryderon, wrth gwrs, am gyllidebau yn parhau yn rhai eithaf sylfaenol.”
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“Cymerwch, er enghraifft, y targed cynllun cyfan newydd yma ar gyfer gorchudd coed; er ein bod ni'n croesawu dileu y targed mympwyol 10 y cant hwnnw ar lefel fferm, mae yna gwestiynau'n parhau ar sut bydd y cynllun cyfan hwnnw yn cael ei bennu, a thra bo gofyn pellach i ffermwyr greu cynllun cyfle coed a gwrychoedd, beth yn union mae dangos cynnydd wrth weithredu’r cynllun erbyn 2030 yn ei olygu? Mae yna bryderon yn parhau hefyd am y broses asesu fferm gyfan a data mapio ar gyfer gorchudd coed a chynefinoedd, a heb fapio ac asesiadau cywir a chyfredol all ffermwyr ddim cynllunio’n effeithiol. Felly, a oes gan y Llywodraeth y gweithlu angenrheidiol a'r adnoddau i gynnal asesiadau ac i ddarparu data mapio addas i bwrpas?”
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“Rydyn ni'n symud i'r cyfeiriad cywir, felly, ond mae llawer mwy o waith, dwi'n meddwl, i'w wneud i sicrhau ei fod yn cyflawni ar gyfer ffermwyr Cymru, ar gyfer cymunedau gwledig yn ehangach, ac wrth gwrs yr amgylchedd, ac mae'n amlwg bod yna bryderon sylweddol i'w hystyried o hyd. Mae'r sector ffermio yng Nghymru, rydym ni'n gwybod, yn teimlo o dan warchae ar hyn o bryd, a'r pwysau yn dod o sawl cyfeiriad wrth gwrs—y rheoliadau NVZ, chwyddiant, TB, newid hinsawdd ei hun, Brexit wrth gwrs—a hynny ar ben yr ansicrwydd o gwmpas yr SFS. Ac mae ffermwyr, dwi'n meddwl, yn llygaid eu lle i gwestiynu sut y bydd Llywodraeth Cymru yn lliniaru rhai o'r beichiau yma sydd arnyn nhw, tra yn gofyn iddyn nhw wneud mwy o ran ysgwyddo cyfrifoldebau amgylcheddol a chymdeithasol ychwanegol.”
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“Thank you to the Cabinet Secretary for the statement. I'm pleased to respond to it and to ask half a dozen questions, I'm sure. I want to start by recognising that this latest version of the sustainable farming scheme does show progress in many important areas. It's good to see that many of the key questions asked by Plaid Cymru—the removal of the 10 per cent tree cover, reducing the number of universal actions, introducing a social value payment—have been accepted, and these changes all show the value of constructive engagement with farmers and the wider agricultural sector. We are moving in the right direction, therefore, but there's a lot more work to be done, I think, to ensure that it delivers for Welsh farmers, for rural communities more broadly, and of course the environment, and it's clear that there are significant concerns to be taken into account still. The farming sector in Wales, we know, feels under siege at the moment, and the pressure is coming from a number of different areas—the NVZ regulations, inflation, TB, climate change itself, Brexit—and that's in addition to the uncertainty around the SFS. Farmers, I think, are quite right in questioning how the Welsh Government will mitigate some of these burdens that they're facing, whilst asking them to do more in terms of shouldering environmental and social responsibilities too. If you take the new whole-scheme target for tree cover, although we welcome the removal of the arbitrary 10 per cent target at a farm level, questions remain as to how that whole scheme will be designated, and whilst there are further requirements for farmers to create hedgerow and tree cover opportunities, how exactly do you show progress against that by 2030—what does that mean? There are still concerns about the whole-farm assessment process and the data mapping for tree cover and habitat, and without mapping and an accurate and up-to-date assessment farmers can't plan effectively. So, does the Government have the necessary workforce and resources in place to conduct these assessments and to provide appropriate and fit-for-purpose mapping data? A phased introduction of the optional and collaborative layers will place much of the environmental responsibility on these additional layers. Can the Cabinet Secretary confirm whether those will have been fully developed and be ready to be put in place by March 2026, alongside the universal layer? There are concerns, of course, about budgets, and they are quite fundamental. Without clarity on funding, this is just a list of aspirations in reality, so will the Government introduce a strong case to Keir Starmer to overturn the cuts that we've seen over a number of years from Conservative Governments and secure fair funding for agriculture in Wales, and what assurance can he give that the basic payment will be safeguarded for next year, as that, of course, provides a baseline for payments during the transition to the SFS? And of course, there's the threat of Barnettisation on the horizon, which will mean that, over time, farms in Wales will see a significant reduction in their funding. We need to hear the Labour agricultural Minister in Wales fighting very hard against those Barnettisation plans from Labour in Whitehall. We are also, of course, waiting for an economic impact assessment of the latest modelling of the SFS. What will happen if that assessment still anticipates significant job losses and damage to rural communities? Will the Government be willing to think again in a fundamental way about some of its proposals? Llywydd, through all of this, we have to bear in mind the value of farming to Wales. We are talking about a sector that is the backbone of rural communities but is also an economic cornerstone as well as being a cultural cornerstone. Food and farming is worth £9.3 billion to the Welsh economy, over 200,000 jobs, over 50,000 employed directly on farms, and yet, despite its huge economic and social importance, farmers have felt that they have been on the periphery over the seven years of the development of this scheme. Poor communication by the Welsh Government has led to suspicion and to a great deal of frustration. The changes announced yesterday are a step forward, I am certain of that, but only if we see a real change in attitude from Government too. We do have to bring farmers on this journey, because, without their support, this scheme will fail to deliver its ambitions economically and for the future of agriculture and, of course, for the environment too.”
Original: “Diolch i Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet am y datganiad. Dwi'n falch o gael ymateb iddo fo a gofyn rhyw hanner dwsin o gwestiynau bach, mae'n siŵr. Dwi am ddechrau drwy gydnabod bod y fersiwn ddiweddaraf yma o'r cynllun ffermio cynaliadwy yn cynrychioli cynnydd mewn sawl maes pwysig. Mae o'n dda gweld bod rhai o gwestiynau allweddol Plaid Cymru—dileu y gofyniad gorchudd coed o 10 y cant, lleihau nifer yr universal actions , cyflwyno taliad gwerth cymdeithasol—wedi cael eu derbyn, ac mae'r newidiadau yma hefyd, dwi'n meddwl, yn dangos gwerth ymgysylltu yn adeiladol efo ffermwyr a'r sector amaethyddol ehangach.”
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“These tips need to be made safe, and urgently, so will she now be asking Keir Starmer to foot the whole bill for making these tips safe?”
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“I'll move on to anxiety over the landslip in the former mining community of Cwmtillery. We've now had three First Ministers, I think, in post since the idea of introducing coal tip safety legislation was first raised in the Senedd. And we in Plaid Cymru have long argued that Westminster should be footing the bill for making tips safe. These tips predate devolution itself; our communities shouldn't have to live with the risk that they pose or have to pay for their removal. Estimates suggest that making tips safe could cost maybe up to £600 million over 10 to 15 years. Yet, with a fanfare, the new UK Labour Government announced that they were making just £25 million available. This week, the First Minister has admitted that that is all she asked for.”
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“NRW reckon that flood spending needs to more than triple because of climate change, and I'm interested in knowing how the First Minister intends to reflect that kind of warning in the forthcoming budget. But let's focus on what's needed right now. I hope to hear later on today what financial support is going to be made available, and, meanwhile, businesses in flood risk areas being unable to get insurance is a major problem. We've raised it many times on these benches—is the First Minister willing to address that now? But, on immediate spending, UK Government has said there may be more resource available if and when it is needed. Does the First Minister agree with me that it's not a matter of 'if', it's, 'We need it now, and let's get down to talking how much'?”
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“It's quite an assessment that the First Minister has been able to make in just a day or two. I'm sure there are lessons that have been learnt. We'll need to know exactly what happened. Was there less rain this time? Why did some of the warnings not come from NRW on time and so on? But the flooding will have caused, of course, significant financial hardship for families, for businesses and for other organisations, not least local authorities themselves. They're looking for both short-term and more medium- to long-term responses now. The First Minister said again now that hundreds of millions of pounds have been put into flood defences. What she has forgotten to say is that there's been an £8.5 million cut to flood risk management in this year's budget.”
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“Thank you, Llywydd. The floods have again caused substantial damage and have led to loss of life, and our sympathies go out to the family of that individual and everyone who has suffered the worst of the impacts of storm Bert. And I'm very grateful, on behalf of the Plaid Cymru group, to the agencies and volunteers who have responded urgently.”
Original: “Diolch, Llywydd. Mae'r llifogydd, unwaith eto, wedi achosi difrod sylweddol a cholli bywyd, ac mae ein cydymdeimlad ni'n fawr efo teulu'r unigolyn hwnnw a phawb sydd wedi dioddef gwaethaf o effeithiau storm Bert, a dwi'n ddiolchgar iawn ar ran grŵp Plaid Cymru i'r asiantaethau a'r gwirfoddolwyr hynny sydd wedi ymateb ar frys.”
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“Mi soniais i am rai o'r dewisiadau amgen y bues i'n cyfeirio atyn nhw yn ystod yr etholiad eleni, a dwi'n parhau i wneud rŵan, ynglŷn ag, ie, dod â rhagor o arian i'r coffrau er mwyn sicrhau bod gwasanaethau cyhoeddus yn cael eu cyllido yn iawn, ond disgyn i'r trap o ddilyn yn ôl traed y Ceidwadwyr mae Llafur wedi'i wneud. Wedi sôn ydw i, a'm cyd-Aelodau i ar y meinciau yma, am y problemau ymarferol sylweddol sydd yn cael eu creu oherwydd y newidiadau yma, a hynny i gyrff cyhoeddus, sefydliadau sy'n cynnig gwasanaethau hanfodol, a busnesau preifat, a oedd mewn sefyllfa fregus yn barod ar ôl yr holl flynyddoedd hynny o lymder. Mi wnaf i droi at sylwadau'r Ysgrifennydd Cabinet.”
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“Ond llymder Llafur ydy hyn, yn dod yn ei le. A dim rhyfedd bod pobl sydd wedi bod yn driw i Lafur cyhyd yn teimlo mor siomedig yn gweld yr hyn sydd yn digwydd. Mi wnaeth Hefin David awgrymu ein bod ni, drwy siarad am hyn, yn creu poen meddwl. Ond nid siarad am lymder sydd yn creu poen meddwl, y llymder ei hun sydd yn creu poen meddwl, a dyna pam fy mod i'n apelio ar Hefin David, a'i gyd-Aelodau o ar y meinciau Llafur, i'n cefnogi ni i alw am newid cyfeiriad gan ei benaethiaid o o fewn y Blaid Lafur. Ac mae o hefyd yn disgyn i'r trap o ddweud bod yna ddim dewis, ond wrth gwrs bod yna ddewis.”
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“Thank you, Llywydd, and I'm grateful to everyone who has participated in this debate this afternoon. As I said at the outset, there are very grave concerns across public sectors and private sectors on the impact of the changes announced by the Labour Party to national insurance contributions. It was pledged that a change of Government would protect ordinary people, would protect our communities, after all of those years of austerity imposed by the Conservatives. But this change is going to perpetuate that austerity for so many people in a practical sense. Austerity has undermined public services over the past 15 years. This will also undermine public services. Austerity has taken money out of people’s pockets for over a decade and more. That will happen again now. The Conservative-imposed austerity was painful. It had a grave impact on some of the most vulnerable people that we represent. But this is Labour austerity replacing it. And it’s not surprising that people who have been faithful to Labour for so long are so disappointed in seeing what’s happening. Hefin David suggested that, by talking about this, we were creating anxiety. But it's not talking about austerity that generates that anxiety, it's the austerity itself that does that, and that is why I appeal to Hefin David, and his fellow Members on the Labour benches, to support us in calling for a change of direction from his bosses within the Labour Party. And he is also falling into the trap of saying that there is no choice, but of course there is a choice. I talked about some of the alternative choices that I referred to during the election campaign this year, and I'm continuing to do so now, about, yes, bringing more money into the coffers in order to ensure that public services are properly funded, but Labour has fallen into the trap of following in the footsteps of the Conservatives. My fellow Members on these benches and I have set out the significant practical problems generated by these changes, and those are to public bodies, institutions that provide key services, and private businesses, who were in a very fragile state already after all of those years of austerity. I will turn to the comments made by the Cabinet Secretary.”
Original: “Diolch, Lywydd, ac dwi'n ddiolchgar i bawb sydd wedi cymryd rhan yn y ddadl yma y prynhawn yma. Fel dywedais i ar y dechrau, mae yna bryderon difrifol ar draws sectorau cyhoeddus a phreifat am effaith y newidiadau y mae Llafur wedi’u cyhoeddi i yswiriant gwladol. Mi addawyd bod newid Llywodraeth yn mynd i warchod pobl gyffredin, gwarchod ein cymunedau ni, ar ôl yr holl flynyddoedd o lymder Ceidwadol. Ond mae’r newid yma yn mynd i barhau’r llymder i gymaint o bobl mewn ffordd ymarferol. Mae llymder wedi tanseilio gwasanaethau cyhoeddus dros y 15 mlynedd diwethaf. Mae hyn yn mynd i danseilio gwasanaethau cyhoeddus. Mae llymder wedi tynnu arian allan o bocedi pobl dros ddegawd a mwy. Mi fydd hynny’n digwydd eto rŵan. Mi oedd llymder y Ceidwadwyr yn boenus. Mi gafodd effaith drom ar rai o’r bobl fwyaf bregus rŷn ni yn eu cynrychioli.”
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“Ac efo lefelau cyflogaeth ar eu hisaf ers bron i ddegawd, yn is nag unrhyw le arall yn y Deyrnas Unedig, mae'r baich ychwanegol ar gyflogwyr yn siŵr o gael effaith anghymesur ar gyflogwyr Cymru.”
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“Mae hynny, onid ydy, wedi cael ei brofi'n wir yn yr hyn sy'n cael ei amlygu rŵan yn dilyn y gyllideb, ac yn anwybyddu ein galwadau ni i gyflwyno mesurau mwy blaengar i godi refeniw, trethi ar gyfoeth—mae yna gymaint sydd ddim wedi cael ei ymchwilio iddo fo yn y maes hwnnw—neu opsiynau mwy pellgyrhaeddol ar enillion cyfalaf, o bosib. Mae Llafur wedi creu twll iddyn nhw eu hunain, a phobl Cymru sydd yn mynd i dalu'r pris. Nid am y tro cyntaf, mae mesurau Sir Keir Starmer yn diystyru anghenion Cymru. Mae'r newidiadau i gyfraniadau yswiriant gwladol cyflogwyr yn adlais o'r ffordd mae'r Prif Weinidog wedi cosbi pensiynwyr drwy dynnu'r lwfans tanwydd oddi arnyn nhw yn ddisymwth, a'r penderfyniad i amharchu Cymru drwy beidio â sicrhau fformiwla ariannu deg a'n hamddifadu o arian HS2.”
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“Yn ôl asesiad yr OBR, mi fydd dros tri chwarter o'r gost yn cael ei basio ymlaen i weithwyr, naill ai drwy wasgfa ar gyflogau neu grebachu ar y gweithlu ei hun, gan niweidio cyfleon am greu cyflogaeth a chadw cyflogaeth, ac mae hynny, yn ei dro, yn siŵr o erydu safonau byw. Ac i'n busnesau domestig ni, asgwrn cefn ein heconomi, mae'r codiad yn eu cyfraniadau yswiriant gwladol yn golygu bil ychwanegol ar gyfartaledd o £900 i bob gweithiwr yn flynyddol. Fel y dywedais i, mi wnes i a fy nghyd-Aelodau ar y meinciau yma rybuddio'n gyson yng nghyfnod yr etholiad nad oedd cynlluniau gwario Llafur yn dal dŵr, ac y byddan nhw'n arwain at fwy o lymder.”
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“Dro ar ôl tro mi glywsom ni Lafur yn addo peidio â chodi trethi ar weithwyr, ond dyma ni, gwta pedwar mis i mewn i oes y Llywodraeth newydd, ac mae Keir Starmer wedi mynd yn ôl ar ei air a tharo pocedi gweithwyr. Achos dyna sydd yn digwydd yma—rhywbeth yr oedd o wedi addo ei warchod. Ac nid dehongliad pleidiol gwleidyddol ydy hynny. Mae yna ddadleuon ynglŷn â lefelau trethiant wastad, ond mae sylwebwyr uchel iawn eu parch fel Paul Johnson o'r IFS yn dweud bod codi cyfraniadau yswiriant gwladol cyflogwyr yn torri addewid maniffesto'r Blaid Lafur mewn ffordd ddigamsyniol.”
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“Thank you very much, Dirprwy Lywydd. Today's debate relates to the practical and far-reaching impacts of poor decisions made by Government, and it also relates to honesty in politics. Many will remember the warnings given by Plaid Cymru and others during the general election campaign this year that there was a lack of honesty displayed by Labour and the Conservatives in terms of their tax and spend plans. They will remember the IMF warning that there was a conspiracy of silence between the two parties about the reality of a financial black hole of tens of billions of pounds in the plans that they put forward to constituents. Time and time again we heard Labour promising not to increase taxes on workers, but here we are, just four months into a new Government, and Keir Starmer has gone back on his word and hit the pockets of workers. Because that's what's happening here—something that he had pledged would not happen. And this isn't a party political analysis. There are arguments about taxation levels always, of course, but very highly respected commentators, such as Paul Johnson from the IFS, say that increasing the national insurance contributions of employers is breaking the Labour Party's manifesto pledge. According to the Office for Budget Responsibility assessment, over three quarters of the cost will be passed on to workers, either through a squeeze on salaries or a reduction in the workforce itself, damaging opportunities to create employment and to retain employment, and that, in turn, is sure to erode living standards. And for our domestic businesses, the backbone of our economy, the increase in their NI contributions mean an added bill, on average, of £900 for every worker annually. As I said, I and my fellow Members on these benches did consistently warn during the election campaign that Labour's spending plans didn't hold water, and that they would lead to greater austerity. That has been borne out in what is emerging now, following the budget, and it's ignoring our demands to introduce bolder measures to increase revenue, a tax on wealth—there is so much that hasn't been looked into in that area—or more far-reaching options on capital gains. So, Labour has dug itself a hole, and it's the people of Wales who will pay the price. Not for the first time, Sir Keir Starmer's measures ignore the needs of Wales. The changes to employer NI contributions are an echo of how the Prime Minister has punished pensioners by removing the fuel allowance from them without warning, and the decision to disrespect Wales by not giving a fair funding formula and depriving us of HS2 funding. Employment levels are at their lowest for almost a decade, lower than anywhere else in the UK, and the additional burden on employers is sure to have a disproportionate impact on employers in Wales.”
Original: “Diolch yn fawr iawn, Dirprwy Lywydd. Mae'r ddadl heddiw yn ymwneud ag effeithiau ymarferol a phellgyrhaeddol penderfyniadau gwael gan Lywodraeth, ac mae hi hefyd yn ymwneud â gonestrwydd mewn gwleidyddiaeth. Mi fydd llawer yn cofio rhybuddion Plaid Cymru ac eraill yn ystod ymgyrch yr etholiad cyffredinol eleni fod yna ddiffyg gonestrwydd yn cael ei arddangos gan Lafur a'r Ceidwadwyr ynglŷn â chynlluniau gwario a threthu. Mi fyddan nhw'n cofio rhybudd yr IMF fod yna gynllwyn o gyfrinachedd, neu conspiracy of silence, rhwng y ddwy blaid am y gwirionedd bod yna dwll o ddegau o biliynau o bunnau yn y cynlluniau roedden nhw'n eu cyflwyno i etholwyr.”
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“Mae gwasanaethau a oedd yn rhagorol wedi cael eu dad-wneud, a phobl y gogledd sy'n talu'r pris am hynny. Mi oedd canfyddiadau'r arolygiaeth gofal iechyd o gynnydd mewn gwasanaethau fasgiwlar yn y gogledd dros y flwyddyn diwethaf yn galonogol—hynny ydy, dwi yn chwilio am arwyddion positif. Ond beth rydym ni'n ei weld yn fan hyn, a'r hyn roeddem ni'n ei hofni, ydy cam mawr arall yn ôl. Felly, a gaf i, gan yr Ysgrifennydd Cabinet, wybod beth ydy'r amserlen? Beth ydy'r amserlen rŵan o ran dychwelyd y gwasanaethau yma yn ôl i ogledd Cymru? Ac yn bwysicach oll, pryd fydd yr addewidion a gafodd eu gwneud nôl yn 2018 am y buddiannau o ganoli gwasanaethau fasgiwlar arbennig yn Ysbyty Glan Clwyd yn dwyn ffrwyth? Achos ychydig iawn ohonom ni wnaeth gredu ar y pryd mai gwella fyddai'r gwasanaeth o ganlyniad i'r penderfyniad hwnnw.”
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“Ond beth sy'n creu y rhwystredigaeth fwyaf yn fan hyn, dwi'n meddwl, ydy hanes diweddar y ffordd mae bwrdd iechyd Betsi Cadwaladr wedi trin gwasanaethau fasgiwlar a'r ffaith bod ymgyrchwyr lleol, a ninnau ar y meinciau yma, wedi rhybuddio dro ar ôl tro am y peryg o'r hyn a wnaed, ac y byddai fo yn arwain at ddirywiad gwirioneddol hirdymor mewn gwasanaethau fasgiwlar a oedd yn rhagorol. Y cyfiawnhad gawsom ni dros gau'r uned fasgiwlar byd-enwog yn Ysbyty Gwynedd ac i ganoli gwasanaethau yn Ysbyty Glan Clwyd oedd y byddai fo'n arwain at ganlyniadau gwell i gleifion gogledd Cymru. Doedd yna neb ohonom ni yn credu hynny. Chwe blynedd yn ddiweddarach, nid yn unig mae gwasanaethau fasgiwlar Betsi Cadwaladr mewn mesurau arbennig, maen nhw hefyd yn cael eu gyrru rŵan i Loegr, heb unrhyw sôn am ailgyflwyno'r gwasanaeth am y dyfodol rhagweladwy.”
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“The news of the cuts to operations for open abdominal aortic aneurysm came as another blow to a region that has seen real deficiencies in vascular services over recent years. I don't need to say that moving services over the border to Stoke is going to be inconvenient. It'll be inconvenient for those living in the north-east, but for anyone living in my constituency on Anglesey, or further west on the Llŷn peninsula, for example, this decision will have a very real impact on the accessibility of this key surgery. But what creates the greatest frustration here, I think, is the recent history and the way that Betsi Cadwaladr has treated vascular services, and the fact that local campaigners, and ourselves on these benches, had warned time and time again about the risk in terms of what was done, and that it would lead to a very real long-term decline in vascular services that were excellent. The justification that we received for the closure of the world-famous vascular unit in Ysbyty Gwynedd, and to centralise services at Ysbyty Glan Clwyd, was that it would lead to better outcomes for patients in north Wales. None of us believed that. Six years later, not only have vascular services within Betsi Cadwaladr been placed in special measures, they are now sent to England without any talk of reintroducing the service in the foreseeable future. So, services that were excellent have been in decline, and it's the people of north Wales who are paying the price for that. The progress report into vascular services in north Wales over recent years was encouraging—I am looking for the positives here. But what we see here and what we feared is a great retrograde step. So, can the Cabinet Secretary inform me what the timetable is in terms of returning these services to north Wales? And most importantly, when will the pledges made back in 2018 about the benefits of centralising vascular services at Ysbyty Glan Clwyd bear fruit? Because very few of us believed that the service would improve at that time as a result of that decision.”
Original: “Mi ddaeth y newyddion am y toriadau i lawdriniaethau abdominal aortic aneurysm fel ergyd drom arall, mae gen i ofn, i ranbarth sydd wedi gweld diffygion gwirioneddol mewn gwasanaethau fasgiwlar dros y blynyddoedd diwethaf. Does dim angen i fi ddweud, nac oes, bod symud gwasanaethau ar draws y ffin i Stoke am fod yn anghyfleus. Mae'n mynd i fod yn anghyfleus i bobl sy'n byw yn y gogledd-ddwyrain, ond i rywun sy'n byw yn fy etholaeth i, yn Ynys Môn, neu ymhellach draw i'r gorllewin, pen draw Llŷn, o bosib, mae'r penderfyniad yma am gael effaith wirioneddol ar hygyrchedd y lawdriniaeth allweddol yma.”
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“Can I also thank the Senedd 4 Ukraine group for their dedication and their work in standing in solidarity with Ukraine? It’s vital that we not only remember the Holodomor, but also reflect on the lessons that it still teaches us today. Those lessons, sadly, have yet to be fully learned, as we continue to see similar tragedies unfold in the world today. This debate today is a reminder of the heavy consequences of ignoring warnings from history and disregarding human rights.”
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“We've had a number of Wales Bills over the years that have become law, but Labour haven't actually brought one forward now for nearly 20 years. Here's how the last Conservative Wales Bill—by then, a Wales Act—was described in 2017: 'There is no disputing the fact that the Wales Bill...is a poorly drafted, complex, and rushed piece of legislation which will not...settle the issue of the relationship between Westminster and Cardiff Bay for a generation.' The words there of somebody who would surely feel that another Wales Bill is long overdue, and they were the words of the First Minister herself. So, will she join me in putting her view on record that Wales should have full parity with Scotland, and that a new comprehensive Wales Bill would be a way of achieving that?”
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“He's clearly not listening one bit to the First Minister of Wales, even though she's from his own party. I discussed HS2 with the Labour Secretary of State for Wales yesterday. She used to agree with us on the HS2 consequentials issue. I think the figure that she used to use was £4.5 billion owed to Wales, but she has changed her mind now. But I presented a way forward for her: let's have a new piece of legislation at Westminster, dealing with fair funding, yes, but also a host of other issues. A new Wales Bill would pave the way for devolving the Crown Estate, devolving policing and justice—matters that Labour used to agree with us wholeheartedly on, and, crucially, matters already devolved to Scotland. And surely, treating Wales equally with Scotland is the least that we should be able to expect from a UK Government.”
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“So, now that he has closed the door on HS2 consequentials, what is her next move? Keir Starmer has given up on Wales, but we can't afford to have a Welsh First Minister doing so.”
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“She should be demanding the consequentials. She's defending Keir Starmer again, instead of standing up for Wales. She's too busy waving her glow stick on the dance floor to shine a light on this injustice, perhaps. There's not a mile of HS2 in Wales, but we're paying for it. The First Minister, her Cabinet and Labour backbenchers, frankly, should be up in arms about Keir Starmer's attitude towards Wales. In last month's council of nations meeting, the First Minister said that Wales was being short-changed and needed fair play on rail infrastructure. To save face for her boss, she said that she didn't expect to see the cash in the Chancellor's first budget, saying, and I quote, 'We need more time for that.' But whilst she thought that it was a matter of 'when', for Keir Starmer it was clearly a matter of 'if'.”
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“When the Labour Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, announced on the eve of Labour's Welsh conference at the weekend that Wales would not be getting any HS2 consequentials, that consequentials just didn't apply because heavy rail isn't devolved, denying us the £4 billion owed to us, was that how she imagined her so-called partnership in power working?”
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“Yes, we're delighted to have got those things done, but we won't be supporting a motion that proclaims significant progress made by the new First Minister when, by any objective measure, nothing has fundamentally changed in those 100 days.”
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“The First Minister's proclaimed priorities are admirable—yes, we must bring down waiting lists; yes, we must prioritise creating green jobs; yes, we must raise standards in our schools and better connect our communities. But, 100 days in, the truth is that there's no plan and no sign of a plan. I'll end, Dirprwy Lywydd, by saying that the irony of Labour's amendment won't be lost on these benches—a list of things that happened to have crossed the line, as I say, during the First Minister's first 100 days in office, including ideas that came from Plaid Cymru and that Labour in the past tried to block or vote against.”
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“Our amendment expresses regret at the new First Minister failing to make the case for Wales on those issues, and on the dreadful winter fuel payment cut and on the two-child benefit cap. I'm afraid that what we've seen is Labour in Welsh Government, under the new First Minister, shifting into the mode of defending their masters at Westminster. Yes, we need Welsh Ministers, as Plaid Cymru Ministers would be, engaging positively with the UK Government, but we gain nothing by being in thrall to them. A fundamental difference between Plaid Cymru and Labour is that we will never let Westminster diktat hamper our ambitions for Wales.”
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“Now, this flies in the face of the Minister's assertion last week that, and I quote: 'The big picture in 2024 is that schools are getting the basics right.' They're clearly not. When the First Minister became the leader of Labour in Wales, she promised to turn the tables—'doing things differently', she said. But, her approach to dealing with the Prime Minister of the UK has been, in many ways, a backwards step. On the case for a needs-based funding formula, devolution of the Crown Estate and full HS2 consequentials, the Welsh Government have, at various junctures, come to agree with Plaid Cymru positions. But, now, with Labour in UK Government, the First Minister has singularly failed to move the dial.”
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“Again, we're talking about where is the change of direction, a change of tone, under a new First Minister. I'm not seeing that. We can refer to things that have happened in the last 100 days; that does not mean a change of direction under a new First Minister. But we call it a partnership—. We've had it referred to as a partnership of power, but you have to earn that descriptor; you just can't ascribe it to yourself unconditionally. For it to be justified, we have to see how a partnership in power benefits Wales. The least we expected was for the First Minister, for example, to put up a fight for steelworkers in Port Talbot. Now, on education, her first 100 days saw a damning report into how pupils are taught to read in Wales and how Welsh Government guidance has been severely lacking.”
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“I certainly welcome any reference to the successful Plaid Cymru campaign to get that medical school in Bangor. I don't think, though, we can refer to the fact that that happened—happened to happen—during the first 100 days of the new First Minister's tenure as a sign of significant moves forward by the First Minister. So, no change of direction on health. Similarly, no plan for green jobs or growth. The Labour Party have called it a relationship, a partnership in power between Labour in Wales—”
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“Rŵan, dwi'n ddigon cymodlon i gydnabod byddai hi'n afresymol disgwyl i'r Prif Weinidog fod wedi trawsnewid bob un o'r meysydd yna o flaenoriaeth, ond mae hi'n deg gofyn lle mae'r weledigaeth a lle mae'r cynllun all arwain at newid. Does yna ddim cynllun i fynd i'r afael â'r argyfwng sy'n wynebu'r gwasanaeth iechyd; yr unig gyhoeddiad hyd yma, o lwyfan y gynhadledd Lafur, am berthynas drawsffiniol newydd wnaeth droi allan i beidio â bod yn berthynas drawsffiniol newydd o gwbl, wedi bod yn destun gwawd a gwrth-ddweud am yn ail. Ac, yn y cyfamser, mae rhestrau aros ar eu lefel uchaf erioed.”
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“Thank you, Dirprwy Lywydd. They do say that a week is a long time in politics—a great deal can happen in a very short period of time—but for those who were hoping that the new First Minister would mean a change of tone and a change of direction, if we look back over the first 100 days of the latest Labour First Minister, there is little evidence to support that saying. The First Minister took some weeks to decide what her priorities were and settled on these: cutting waiting lists in the NHS; creating green jobs to tackle the climate emergency; increasing educational standards; and connecting communities. Now, I am willing enough to accept that it would be unreasonable to expect the First Minister to have transformed all of those areas of priority by now, but it's fair to ask where the vision is and where the plan is that can lead to that change. There is no plan to tackle the crisis facing the health service; the only announcement so far, from the stage of the Labour conference, on a new cross-border relationship that turned out not to be a new cross-border relationship at all, has been the subject of ridicule and contradiction from the beginning. And, meanwhile, waiting lists are at their highest ever.”
Original: “Diolch, Ddirprwy Lywydd. Maen nhw'n dweud bod wythnos yn amser hir mewn gwleidyddiaeth—mae lot yn gallu digwydd mewn amser byr iawn—ond i'r rhai a oedd yn gobeithio y byddai'r Prif Weinidog yn golygu newid cywair go iawn, newid cyfeiriad go iawn, wrth inni edrych yn ôl dros 100 niwrnod cyntaf y Prif Weinidog Llafur diweddaraf, prin ydy'r dystiolaeth sy'n cefnogi'r hen ddihareb honno. Mi gymerodd y Prif Weinidog, wrth gwrs, rai wythnosau i benderfynu beth oedd ei blaenoriaethau hi a setlo ar y rhain: torri hyd restrau aros yr NHS; creu swyddi gwyrdd i daclo'r argyfwng hinsawdd; cynyddu safonau addysgiadol; a chysylltu cymunedau.”
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“We're still waiting, aren't we, for the statutory guidance around the Act that the RCN has long argued for, setting out how health boards and trusts should fulfil all their responsibilities under it. So, will the First Minister commit to strengthening the law on safe nursing staffing levels in Wales, so that the NHS provides an environment that is safer for patients and fairer for staff?”
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“Where’s the plan to bring more people in? And why cap that number now, unless you feel that there's no hope in setting more ambitious targets for bringing new students in? Let me highlight more figures from the 'Nursing in Numbers' report. There are around 2,000 nursing vacancies in the Welsh NHS. That's why we need to bring more nurses in. Nurses in Wales are working more than 73,000 extra hours a week. No wonder the RCN say that workforce planning in Wales is under-researched and under-resourced. For years, Welsh Government didn't even publish statistics for the vacancy numbers in Wales, and they have failed to put a comprehensive and sustainable workforce plan in place. Now, the Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016 was pioneering, but we can and should go further.”
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“The number of nursing degree places agreed to by Welsh Government this year represents only between 50 per cent and 69 per cent of what health boards requested. Why has Government decided to risk making the staffing crisis worse by cutting student places?”
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“We've had a description of what the Government says it has done, but, clearly, no plan, and I can't overemphasise how important it is that there is a plan now on pay, and on elements such as training and recruitment. The nursing agency bill, whilst it has come down a little, was still at a staggering £142 million last year. The RCN's 'Nursing in Numbers' report, published last week, tells us that that could pay for 4,677 full-time, newly registered nurses, and, if Labour fail to tackle the staffing crisis, that agency bill can only grow. Now, I'm pleased that the nursing bursary has been extended for the 2024-25 academic year, though nothing beyond that, but, in what can only be described as a backwards step, Welsh Government has cut places on all nursing undergraduate courses for the first time in a decade.”
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“The First Minister herself, as a former health Minister, accepts that the NHS in Wales isn’t where it should be after 25 years of Labour-led Governments: the waiting lists; the need for interventions in health boards; and staff, of course, have to work in more and more difficult circumstances. They are the heartbeat of the NHS, and effective recruitment, the ability to retain talent, is crucial, with fair salaries at the heart of that. Last week, nurses rejected the latest pay offer made by the Labour Government. The Royal College of Nursing said this:”
Original: “Diolch, Llywydd. Mae'r Prif Weinidog ei hun, cyn Weinidog iechyd, wrth gwrs, yn derbyn dyw'r NHS yng Nghymru ddim lle dylai fo fod ar ôl 25 mlynedd o Lywodraethau wedi’u harwain gan Lafur: y rhestrau aros; yr angen am ymyrraeth yn y byrddau iechyd; ac mae staff, wrth gwrs, yn gorfod gweithio mewn amgylchiadau mwy a mwy anodd. Nhw ydy curiad calon yr NHS, ac mae recriwtio effeithiol, y gallu i gadw talent, yn allweddol, efo cyflogau teg wrth wraidd hynny. Yr wythnos diwethaf mi wnaeth nyrsys wrthod cynnig cyflog diweddaraf y Llywodraeth Lafur. Mae'r Royal College of Nursing yn dweud hyn:”
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