English: Counsel General, you'll have heard it said before that access to justice is a bit like owning a Rolls Royce - everyone can have one. And I think our planning system is a bit like that at the moment. I've recently had inquiries where large development companies, represented by QCs and a host of expensive experts, are stood against the Ramblers' Association and local citizens. And it seems to me - . Why are they paying those vast amounts of money? Well, the first thing is they can. Some of our housing development companies are robbing the population, exploiting the shortage of housing. The fact that one particular company is recently reported as making £66,000 per house as a profit - no wonder they're able to pay their chief executive £32 million per annum. So, it seems to me that we have a system that is being bought up by those who stand to make enormous profits out of it, and the issue is not about the procedural fairness of the process, but the ability of people to be fairly represented and to have a fair say within that process. And I think those of us from all parties who engage in this process will see a gross injustice. The planning system has been bought up by the incredibly wealthy corporate companies, and what I'd ask is not so much the fairness of the process, but perhaps the mechanism of representation. Why isn't it the case that one of these big housing development companies, who stand to make tens of millions of pounds out of their developments, should also pay into a fund to enable local representation of local communities and local groups, because, until something is done, we have a gross unfairness within the system?
Welsh: Cwnsler Cyffredinol, byddwch chi wedi clywed hyn yn cael ei ddweud o'r blaen fod mynediad i gyfiawnder yn debyg i fod yn berchen ar Rolls Royce - gall pawb gael un. Ac rwyf i o'r farn bod ein system gynllunio ni yn eithaf tebyg i hynny ar hyn o bryd. Rwyf wedi cael ymchwiliadau yn ddiweddar lle mae cwmnïau datblygu mawr, yn cael eu cynrychioli gan Gwnsleriaid y Frenhines a llu o arbenigwyr costus, yn sefyll yn erbyn Cymdeithas y Cerddwyr a dinasyddion lleol. Ac mae'n ymddangos i mi - . Pam maen nhw'n talu'r symiau enfawr hynny o arian? Wel, y peth cyntaf yw eu bod yn gallu fforddio i wneud hynny. Mae rhai o'n cwmnïau datblygu tai yn lladrata oddi ar y boblogaeth, gan fanteisio i'r eithaf ar brinder tai. Mae'r ffaith bod un cwmni, fel yr adroddir yn ddiweddar, yn gwneud elw o £66,000 ar bob tŷ - does dim rhyfedd eu bod nhw'n gallu talu £32 miliwn y flwyddyn i'w prif weithredwr. Felly, mae'n ymddangos i mi fod gennym ni system a gaiff ei phrynu gan y rhai sy'n gallu disgwyl gwneud elw enfawr allan ohoni, ac nid yw'r broblem yn ymwneud â thegwch trefniadol y broses, ond gallu pobl i gael cynrychiolaeth gyfiawn a chael dweud eu dweud yn deg o fewn y broses honno. Ac rwyf i o'r farn y bydd y rhai ohonom ni o'r pleidiau i gyd sy'n cymryd rhan yn y broses hon yn gweld yr anghyfiawnder dybryd. Mae'r system gynllunio wedi cael ei phrynu gan y cwmnïau corfforaethol sy'n hynod ariannog, a'r hyn y byddwn i'n ei ofyn yw nid yn gymaint am degwch y broses, ond am fecanwaith y gynrychiolaeth efallai. Pam na ddylai un o'r cwmnïau datblygu tai mawr hyn, sy'n gallu disgwyl ennill degau o filiynau o bunnoedd o'u datblygiadau, dalu i gronfa hefyd i alluogi cynrychiolaeth leol i gymunedau lleol a grwpiau lleol, oherwydd, hyd nes y gwneir rhywbeth, mae gennym annhegwch dybryd yn y gyfundrefn?