English: Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. Minister, as we've just been hearing, millions of people across the UK are going to be put in a situation of incredible stress because of the price cap on bills going up by 54 per cent. Parts of Wales are set to be hardest hit in all of the UK. Local authority areas, including Ceredigion, will be looking at £972, Gwynedd £904, Carmarthenshire £853, Powys £848. Those are Office for National Statistics figures. Fourteen of the 22 local authorities in Wales will be affected worse than the average price rise of £693. Some of those areas are already areas that have some of the lowest wages in the UK as well and, obviously, as we often discuss, behind all of those figures are going to be truly terrifying situations for individuals and for families. This comes at a time, of course, when millions are already struggling to make ends meet, to put food on the table, to pay phone bills, broadband bills, transport cost, housing costs, education-related costs - the list just goes on and on and on, doesn't it? One step the Welsh Government, I think, really needs to take is to reduce the overall costs of living in order to counteract some of the steeper price rises. I know that you've been alluding to this a little already. I'm very glad to hear that the summit will be going ahead on 17 February. Of course, that comes as a result of the Senedd voting in favour of Plaid Cymru's recent motion calling for an emergency plan. I really welcome this. Could I ask you what sorts of measures will be on the table for discussion at this summit? You said that it will include meetings with front-line services and key groups, and I do really welcome that, but could you offer us, please, some assurance that this summit will include voices of people who are going to be directly impacted by this cost-of-living crisis, and how their voices might be heard as part of that? Fuel poverty, of course, is not a new problem. People are already struggling to stay warm and well, and the price-cap increase is going to push them deeper into trouble. As Care & Repair Cymru have expressed, people are changing their behaviours, and this is going to impact on their health. They're going to be cutting back on heating and using less electricity out of a fear of going into energy debt. The cold is responsible for many health conditions. It causes hospital admissions and more deaths. Could I ask you, Minister, what targeted measures the Welsh Government is going to be employing in order to ensure support reaches the people who are most vulnerable and who are going to be most vulnerable to these rises? I'd be particularly interested to hear what the Welsh Government will be doing in terms of preventing and responding to debt when it comes to energy bills, in addition to what you've already laid out, of course. I'm really keen, and I know that I've talked about this before, to hear more about how people on pre-payment meters are going to be supported, because they could face having their energy turned off if they run out of money. So, are there specific measure that you're exploring that could help people in that really dire situation, please? And finally, this is an area that's already come up in your exchange with Janet, of course, to turn to housing. As we've been hearing, we have the oldest housing stock in the UK and some of the least energy-efficient homes as well. The latest estimate for homes in fuel poverty in Wales is already 12 per cent, which is one in every 10 homes or something, and I think that that estimate is from 2019, so that could well underestimate the problem. A colleague of mine in Westminster has been talking about how there are 275,000 homes in Wales - nearly a fifth of all households - that aren't connected to the gas grid. That figure is, I think, from 2020. And in rural areas, like Ceredigion, that figure goes up to as much as 80 per cent. In Wales we seem to have a series of unique challenges that are going to make this crisis, or these coalescing crises, even more acute, in terms of housing, in terms of heating, and we do really need to get to grips with that now more than ever. I recognise the questions have already been answered in this session already, but in your statement you did make reference to this situation. Could you please provide an update on progress to improve the energy efficiency of homes during the Senedd term and inform the Senedd of any future plans to make the Wales housing stock more energy efficient, particularly, perhaps, when we're talking about off-grid homes? Thank you very much.
Welsh: Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. Gweinidog, fel rydyn ni newydd ei glywed, bydd miliynau o bobl ledled y DU yn cael eu rhoi mewn sefyllfa o straen anhygoel oherwydd y cap prisiau ar filiau sy'n codi 54 y cant. Bydd rhannau o Gymru ymhlith y rhannau fydd yn cael eu taro waethaf yn y DU gyfan. Bydd ardaloedd awdurdodau lleol, gan gynnwys Ceredigion, yn edrych ar £972, Gwynedd £904, sir Gaerfyrddin £853, Powys £848. Ffigurau'r Swyddfa Ystadegau Gwladol yw'r rheini. Bydd 14 o'r 22 awdurdod lleol yng Nghymru yn cael eu heffeithio'n waeth na'r cynnydd cyfartalog mewn prisiau o £693. Mae rhai o'r ardaloedd hynny eisoes yn ardaloedd sydd â rhai o'r cyflogau isaf yn y DU hefyd ac, yn amlwg, fel rydyn ni'n ei drafod yn aml, y tu ôl i'r holl ffigurau hynny, bydd sefyllfaoedd gwirioneddol frawychus i unigolion ac i deuluoedd. Daw hyn ar adeg, wrth gwrs, pan fydd miliynau eisoes yn ei chael hi'n anodd cael dau ben llinyn ynghyd, i roi bwyd ar y bwrdd, i dalu biliau ffôn, biliau band eang, costau trafnidiaeth, costau tai, costau sy'n gysylltiedig ag addysg - mae'r rhestr yn mynd ymlaen ac ymlaen ac ymlaen, on'd ydy? Un cam mae angen i Lywodraeth Cymru ei gymryd, rwy'n credu, yw lleihau costau byw cyffredinol er mwyn lleddfu rhywfaint o'r cynnydd mewn prisiau mwy serth. Gwn eich bod chi wedi bod yn cyfeirio at hyn ychydig yn barod. Rwy'n falch iawn o glywed y bydd yr uwchgynhadledd yn mynd yn ei blaen ar 17 Chwefror. Wrth gwrs, daw hynny o ganlyniad i'r Senedd yn pleidleisio o blaid cynnig diweddar Plaid Cymru yn galw am gynllun argyfwng. Rwy'n croesawu hyn yn fawr. A gaf i ofyn i chi pa fathau o fesurau fydd yn cael eu trafod yn yr uwchgynhadledd hon? Fe wnaethoch chi ddweud y bydd yn cynnwys cyfarfodydd gyda gwasanaethau rheng flaen a grwpiau allweddol, ac rwy'n croesawu hynny'n fawr, ond a allech chi gynnig rhywfaint o sicrwydd i ni, os gwelwch yn dda, y bydd yr uwchgynhadledd hon yn cynnwys lleisiau pobl sy'n mynd i gael eu heffeithio'n uniongyrchol gan yr argyfwng costau byw hwn, a sut y gellid clywed eu lleisiau fel rhan o hynny? Nid yw tlodi tanwydd, wrth gwrs, yn broblem newydd. Mae pobl eisoes yn ei chael hi'n anodd cadw'n gynnes ac yn iach, ac mae'r cynnydd mewn capiau prisiau yn mynd i'w gwthio'n ddyfnach i drafferthion. Fel mae Gofal a Thrwsio Cymru wedi'i fynegi, mae pobl yn newid eu hymddygiad, ac mae hyn yn mynd i effeithio ar eu hiechyd. Maen nhw'n mynd i dorri'n ôl ar wresogi a defnyddio llai o drydan allan o ofn mynd i ddyled ynni. Mae'r oerfel yn gyfrifol am lawer o gyflyrau iechyd. Mae'n achosi derbyniadau i'r ysbyty a mwy o farwolaethau. A gaf i ofyn i chi, Gweinidog, pa fesurau wedi'u targedu y bydd Llywodraeth Cymru yn eu rhoi ar waith er mwyn sicrhau bod cymorth yn cyrraedd y bobl sydd fwyaf agored i niwed ac sy'n mynd i fod fwyaf agored i'r cynnydd hwn? Byddai gennyf ddiddordeb arbennig mewn clywed beth y bydd Llywodraeth Cymru yn ei wneud o ran atal ac ymateb i ddyled o ran biliau ynni, yn ogystal â'r hyn rydych chi eisoes wedi'i nodi, wrth gwrs. Rwy'n awyddus iawn, a gwn fy mod wedi siarad am hyn o'r blaen, i glywed mwy am sut y bydd pobl ar fesuryddion rhagdalu yn cael eu cefnogi, oherwydd gallent wynebu eu ynni yn cael ei ddiffodd os byddan nhw'n rhedeg allan o arian. Felly, a oes mesur penodol rydych chi'n ei archwilio a allai helpu pobl yn y sefyllfa wirioneddol enbyd honno, os gwelwch chi'n dda? Ac yn olaf, mae hwn yn faes sydd eisoes wedi codi yn eich sgwrs â Janet, wrth gwrs, i droi at dai. Fel rydyn ni wedi bod yn ei glywed, mae gennym y stoc dai hynaf yn y DU a rhai o'r cartrefi lleiaf ynni-effeithlon hefyd. Mae'r amcangyfrif diweddaraf ar gyfer cartrefi mewn tlodi tanwydd yng Nghymru eisoes yn 12 y cant, sy'n un ym mhob 10 cartref neu rywbeth, ac rwy'n credu bod yr amcangyfrif hwnnw o 2019, felly gallai hynny danbrisio'r broblem yn sicr. Mae cydweithiwr i mi yn San Steffan wedi bod yn sôn am sut mae 275,000 o gartrefi yng Nghymru - bron i un rhan o bump o'r holl aelwydydd - nad ydyn nhw wedi'u cysylltu â'r grid nwy. Rwy'n credu bod y ffigur hwnnw o 2020. Ac mewn ardaloedd gwledig, fel Ceredigion, mae'r ffigur hwnnw'n codi cymaint ag i 80 y cant. Yng Nghymru, mae'n ymddangos bod gennym ni gyfres o heriau unigryw sy'n mynd i wneud yr argyfwng hwn, neu'r argyfyngau hyn sy'n ymdoddi, hyd yn oed yn fwy difrifol, o ran tai, o ran gwresogi, ac mae gwir angen i ni fynd i'r afael â hynny'n awr yn fwy nag erioed. Rwy'n cydnabod bod y cwestiynau eisoes wedi'u hateb yn y sesiwn hon, ond yn eich datganiad fe wnaethoch chi gyfeirio at y sefyllfa hon. A allech chi roi'r wybodaeth ddiweddaraf am y cynnydd i wella effeithlonrwydd ynni cartrefi yn ystod tymor y Senedd a rhoi gwybod i'r Senedd am unrhyw gynlluniau yn y dyfodol i wneud stoc tai Cymru'n fwy effeithlon o ran ynni, yn enwedig, efallai, pan fyddwn ni'n sôn am gartrefi oddi ar y grid? Diolch yn fawr iawn.