English: The people who suffer most from these letting agency charges are those who would, in the past, have been housed in council or housing association properties. It's the shortage of social housing as a result of the right-to-buy legislation and the failure to replace those homes with new homes that has driven people eligible for employment support allowance into the private rented sector. There are many vulnerable people in poor health, living on benefits, being forced to move every year, even if they are model tenants. The letting agency fee has to be paid out of their employment and support allowance - the money that's supposed to be used for food, heating and other essential items like clothing. So, there can be no justification for continuing with this fee, which, in any case, the letting agencies are charging both the tenants and the landlords for the same piece of work. What's more, they are outrageously overcharging the tenants for things that don't actually cost that much. So, it's merely because there is such a sellers' market that they are able to do this. So, the solution has to be to abolish letting agency fees and ensure that any fees that need to be charged are imposed on the landlord. Just as it happens with estate agents who are buying and selling properties, it is the seller who pays the fee. So, I hope that we will be able to resolve this matter. Obviously, I'm hoping that good luck will shine on me when the ballot for individual Members' Bills comes up in January, and that I might be chosen so that I can introduce such a Bill. But I hope that whoever is lucky on that day will also consider this very important matter.
Welsh: Y bobl sy'n dioddef fwyaf o'r taliadau hyn i asiantaethau gosod tai yw'r rhai a fyddai, yn y gorffennol, wedi cael cartref mewn tŷ cyngor neu eiddo cymdeithas dai. Prinder tai cymdeithasol yn sgil y ddeddfwriaeth hawl i brynu a methiant i adeiladu cartrefi newydd yn lle'r tai hynny sydd wedi gyrru pobl sy'n gymwys i gael lwfans cyflogaeth a chymorth i mewn i'r sector rhentu preifat. Mae yna lawer o bobl agored i niwed mewn iechyd gwael, sy'n byw ar fudd-daliadau, yn cael eu gorfodi i symud bob blwyddyn, hyd yn oed os ydynt yn denantiaid di-fai. Rhaid talu'r ffi i'r asiantaeth gosod tai o'u lwfans cyflogaeth a chymorth - yr arian sydd i fod i gael ei ddefnyddio ar gyfer bwyd, gwres ac eitemau hanfodol eraill fel dillad. Felly, ni all fod unrhyw gyfiawnhad dros barhau â'r ffi hon, sy'n cael ei chodi gan asiantaethau gosod tai ar denantiaid a'r landlordiaid am yr un gwaith. Ar ben hynny, maent yn codi gormod lawer ar y tenantiaid am bethau nad ydynt yn costio cymaint â hynny mewn gwirionedd. Felly, yr unig reswm y gallant wneud hyn yw am mai marchnad y gwerthwr yw hi i raddau helaeth iawn. Rhaid mai'r ateb, felly, yw diddymu ffioedd asiantaethau gosod tai a sicrhau bod unrhyw ffioedd sydd angen eu codi yn cael eu codi ar y landlord. Yn union fel y mae'n digwydd gyda gwerthwyr tai sy'n prynu a gwerthu eiddo, y gwerthwr sy'n talu'r ffi. Felly, rwy'n gobeithio y gallwn ddatrys y mater hwn. Yn amlwg, rwy'n gobeithio y bydd lwc dda'n gwenu arnaf pan ddaw'n adeg i bleidleisio dros Filiau Aelodau unigol ym mis Ionawr, ac y caf fy newis er mwyn i mi allu cyflwyno Bil o'r fath. Ond rwy'n gobeithio y bydd pwy bynnag sy'n lwcus ar y diwrnod hwnnw hefyd yn ystyried y mater pwysig hwn.