English: As Chair of the Equality, Local Government and Communities Committee, I very much welcome the Minister's statement today, along with the publication of the White Paper last week. The committee has taken a very close interest in all matters relating to fire safety since those horrific and tragic events at Grenfell in 2017, and in particular we've been pushing for necessary legislative change to be brought forward with pace, while also acknowledging the complexity of the issues and the need for a more coherent and whole-system approach. The publication of this White Paper I think is a very important stage in this ongoing work that will improve building safety across Wales. And, as a committee, we will be considering the White Paper in greater detail in the coming weeks and, as part of that, taking evidence from key stakeholders, including undertaking citizen engagement so that the most affected by the ongoing situation - residents and leaseholders - can give us their views directly. We will then respond formally as a committee to the White Paper. Can I say as well that I do welcome the pragmatic approach Welsh Government is taking, such as using UK Government legislation, so that we really can, hopefully, make some early progress on these matters? The Minister will be aware that we, as a committee, raised issues regarding the cost of remedial work and, obviously, as are others, we are very concerned at the incredible levels of stress and uncertainty at the moment on leaseholders, and that does need addressing urgently, as we've heard. I don't know if there's anything more you can say, Minister, in terms of your discussions with developers and how they're progressing and how close we are to some sort of movement in terms of developers, although we've heard of other possible ways of addressing these matters. We've also heard issues relating to building control at a local authority level and, again, we were very concerned at the level of cuts to regulatory services over many years and the impact that's had on local authorities. I just wonder whether there's anything else you could say today, Minister, in terms of perhaps a comprehensive study on resource and capacity and how that could be taken forward. But I very much -
Welsh: A minnau'n Gadeirydd y Pwyllgor Cydraddoldeb, Llywodraeth Leol a Chymunedau, croesawaf yn fawr ddatganiad y Gweinidog heddiw, ynghyd â chyhoeddi'r Papur Gwyn yr wythnos diwethaf. Mae'r pwyllgor wedi cymryd diddordeb mawr ym mhob mater sy'n ymwneud â diogelwch tân ers y digwyddiadau erchyll a thrasig hynny yn Grenfell yn 2017, ac yn arbennig rydym ni wedi bod yn pwyso am gyflwyno'r newid deddfwriaethol angenrheidiol yn gyflym, gan gydnabod hefyd gymhlethdod y materion a'r angen am ddull mwy cydlynol sy'n ystyried y system gyfan. Mae cyhoeddi'r Papur Gwyn hwn, yn fy marn i, yn gam pwysig iawn yn y gwaith parhaus hwn a fydd yn gwella diogelwch adeiladau ledled Cymru. Ac, fel pwyllgor, byddwn yn ystyried y Papur Gwyn yn fanylach yn ystod yr wythnosau nesaf ac, yn rhan o hynny, yn cymryd tystiolaeth gan randdeiliaid allweddol, gan gynnwys ymgysylltu â dinasyddion fel y gall y rhai y mae'r sefyllfa sydd ohoni yn effeithio arnyn nhw - trigolion a lesddeiliaid - roi eu barn inni'n uniongyrchol. Byddwn ni, y pwyllgor, wedyn yn ymateb yn ffurfiol i'r Papur Gwyn. A gaf i ddweud hefyd fy mod yn croesawu ffordd hirben Llywodraeth Cymru o fynd ynghylch hyn, megis defnyddio deddfwriaeth Llywodraeth y DU, fel y gallwn ni, gobeithio, wneud rhywfaint o gynnydd buan o ran y materion hyn? Bydd y Gweinidog yn ymwybodol ein bod ni'r pwyllgor wedi codi materion yn ymwneud â chost gwaith adfer ac, yn amlwg, fel eraill, rydym ni'n pryderu'n fawr am y straen a'r ansicrwydd anhygoel sydd ar hyn o bryd ar lesddeiliaid, ac mae angen mynd i'r afael â hynny ar frys, fel y clywsom ni. Dydw i ddim yn gwybod a oes unrhyw beth arall y gallwch chi ei ddweud, Gweinidog, o ran eich trafodaethau gyda datblygwyr a sut y maen nhw'n symud ymlaen a pha mor agos ydym ni at ryw fath o gynnydd o ran datblygwyr, er ein bod ni wedi clywed am ffyrdd posib eraill o fynd i'r afael â'r materion hyn. Rydym ni hefyd wedi clywed materion yn ymwneud â rheoli adeiladu ar lefel awdurdod lleol ac, unwaith eto, roeddem yn pryderu'n fawr am lefel y toriadau i wasanaethau rheoleiddio dros nifer o flynyddoedd a'r effaith a gafodd hynny ar awdurdodau lleol. Tybed a oes unrhyw beth arall y gallech ei ddweud heddiw, Gweinidog, o ran astudiaeth gynhwysfawr efallai ar adnoddau a chapasiti a sut y gellid bwrw ymlaen â hynny. Ond rwy'n falch iawn -