Mae nifer o’r camau oedd yn eu lle ar gyfer ymadael heb gytundeb y llynedd, wedi helpu i lunio ein hymateb i bandemig COVID. Rydym wedi rhoi arian sylweddol yn yr economi ac wedi rhoi ystod o fesurau ar waith i gefnogi’r bobl fwyaf agored i niwed yn ein cymunedau. Mae’r rhain wedi bod yn hollbwysig wrth ymdrin â’r materion sy’n deillio o sefyllfa o’r natur hon. Mewn cyferbyniad â hynny, mae’r canlyniadau a ddaw yn sgil gadael y Cyfnod Pontio ar yr adeg hon ac yn y ffordd hwn, yn deillio o ddewisiadau Llywodraeth y DU ac yn ganlyniad i’w dull o negodi gyda’r UE. Ni fyddai wedi bod angen nifer o’r camau rydym wedi’u hamlinellu yng Nghynllun Gweithredu Diwedd y Cyfnod Pontio pe bai Llywodraeth y DU wedi dewis dull llai dogmatig o ymdrin â’r negodiadau yn unol â’r safbwyntiau rydym wedi’u hybu ers tro.
Many of the actions we had in place for a no deal exit last year have helped shape our response to the Covid pandemic. We have provided significant funding for the economy and put in place a range of measures to support those most vulnerable in our communities. These have been essential in dealing with the consequences of a situation of this nature. By contrast, the consequences of leaving the Transition Period at this time and in this way, are the choice of the UK Government and the result of their approach to the negotiations with the EU. Many of the actions we have set out in the End of Transition Action Plan would have been unnecessary had the UK Government chosen a less dogmatic approach to the negotiations in line with the positions we have long advocated.