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Mae diogelwch adeiladau yn flaenoriaeth i’r Llywodraeth hon. Ar 14 Gorffennaf cyhoeddais am ddatblygu Cam 1 Cronfa Diogelwch Adeiladau Cymru. Fel rhan o’r datganiad hwnnw, dywedais y byddai’r cynllun ar agor yr hydref hwn. Heddiw, gallaf gyhoeddi bod y cam hanfodol hwn ar agor o yfory ymlaen.


Rydym wedi gwneud cynnydd mewn perthynas â’r mater cymhleth hwn drwy sicrhau bod yr holl adeiladau y nodwyd bod cladin ACM arnynt wedi cael, neu y byddant yn cael eu hadfer yn fuan heb unrhyw gostau ychwanegol i lesddeiliaid, a drwy sicrhau bod £10\.5m ar gael y llynedd i adfer adeiladau yr effeithir arnynt yn y sector cymdeithasol. Er hynny, bydd y cam cyntaf hollbwysig hwn yn ein helpu i ddeall gwir raddfa’r broblem a’r atebion iawn i fynd i’r afael â’r broblem yn briodol. Bydd Personau Cyfrifol adeiladau preswyl canolig ac uchel yng Nghymru yn gallu cyflwyno Datganiad o Ddiddordeb i'r gronfa o yfory ymlaen.


I gynllunio'r cam cyntaf hwn, sefydlodd fy swyddogion grŵp Gorchwyl a Gorffen o weithwyr proffesiynol ac arbenigwyr allweddol yn y sector. Er mwyn sicrhau bod y cynnig ar gyfer Pasbort Adfer Adeiladau yn ymgorffori safbwyntiau tenantiaid/lesddeiliaid, roedd y grŵp yn cynnwys cynrychiolaeth o'r Gwasanaeth Cynghori ar Gyfranogiad Tenantiaid (TPAS). Cynrychiolwyd Cymdeithas Yswirwyr Prydain a Chyllid y DU hefyd yn y grŵp i sicrhau bod materion yn ymwneud ag yswiriant a morgeisi hefyd yn cael eu cynnwys. Hoffwn fanteisio ar y cyfle i ddiolch i holl aelodau'r grŵp hwnnw am eu hamser a'u harbenigedd.


Y rhaglen gymorth fesul cam hon yw'r ffordd orau o sicrhau ein bod yn targedu cyllid i adfer adeiladau'n effeithiol er mwyn cefnogi lesddeiliaid.


Mae gan ddatblygwyr rôl glir i'w chwarae o hyd o ran cyfrannu at fynd i'r afael â diffygion diogelwch lle maent yn bodoli er mwyn amddiffyn lesddeiliaid rhag costau, ac mae hon yn neges y byddaf yn ei chadarnhau yn fy nghyfarfod bord gron gyda nhw yr wythnos nesaf. Er fy mod wedi bod yn falch o weld nifer o ddatblygwyr yn neilltuo arian ar gyfer y gwaith hwn, credaf fod mwy y gellir, ac y dylai, gael ei wneud ganddynt.


Er gwaethaf fy holl ymdrechion, nid wyf wedi cael cadarnhad gan Lywodraeth y DU o hyd ar lefel ac amseriad unrhyw gyllid canlyniadol y gallai Cymru ei gael o ganlyniad i gyhoeddiadau gan Lywodraeth y DU yn gynharach eleni. Byddaf yn parhau i alw am hyn a byddaf yn hysbysu'r Aelodau pan fydd gennyf fwy o wybodaeth. Ond ni fyddaf yn caniatáu i'r oedi gan Lywodraeth y DU ein hymatal rhag bwrw ymlaen.







Translation:


 
Building safety is a priority for this Government.  On the 14 July I announced the development of Phase 1 of the Welsh Building Safety Fund (WBSF). As part of that statement I committed the scheme would open this autumn.  Today I am able to announce this essential phase for Responsible Persons of medium and high rise residential buildings in Wales to submit an Expressions of Interest will be open from tomorrow.


To design this first phase my officials established a Task and Finish group of key sector professionals and experts. To ensure the Building Remediation Passport proposal incorporated tenant/leaseholders’ viewpoints the group included representation from the Tenant Participation Advisory Service (TPAS). The Association of British Insurers and UK Finance were also represented on the group to ensure that issues in relation to insurances and mortgages were also covered. I would like to take the opportunity to thank all members of this group for their time and expertise.


While we have made progress on this highly complex issue by ensuring all identified buildings with ACM cladding have, or will soon be remediated at no additional costs to leaseholders and making £10\.5m available last year to remediate affected buildings in the social sector we do not yet know exactly how many buildings are affected by fire safety defects, and to what extent. This critically important first phase will help us understand the true scale of the problem and what are the right solutions in order to properly address it.


This phased programme of support is the best way to ensure that we target remediation funding effectively to support leaseholders.


Developers still have a clear role to play in contributing to addressing safety defects where they exist in order to protect leaseholders from costs and this is a message I will reinforce with them at my roundtable meeting next week. While I have been pleased to see a number of developers setting aside funds for this I believe there is more that can, and should, be done by them.


Despite all my efforts I still haven’t received confirmation from UK Government on the level and timing of any consequential funding Wales may receive as a result of announcements by the UK Government earlier this year. I will continue to call for this and will inform Members when I have more information. But I will not allow the UK Government’s delay to hold us up.