English: Thank you. It's not often I start with a splash. [ Laughter.] Thank you for your statement. As you said, events in Ukraine can have a direct impact on the number of Ukrainians who may arrive in Wales. You referred to the UK Government figures showing that more than 8,450 visas have now been granted to people from Ukraine who have sponsors in Wales, and that just over 6,100 Ukrainians sponsored by the Welsh Government and Welsh households had arrived in Wales by 15 November. What, therefore, is the current position regarding housing for these Ukrainian people seeking sanctuary in Wales in terms of welcome centres, hotels, private homes and emergency provision? When I responded to your Ukraine statement four weeks ago, I referred again to discussions you had or were planning to have with the UK Government regarding a possible uplift to the monthly £350 payment to people housing Ukrainians in their own homes. In your statement today, you said that you urgently need confirmation of year 2 and 3 funding to support the delivery of public services, as well as continued and uplifted host 'thank you' payments, stating that the latter would ensure hosting arrangements could continue despite cost-of-living impacts. But you also added that you're pleased to have heard from the new lead UK Minister for Homes for Ukraine, Felicity Buchan, last week. Will you, therefore, keep us updated on progress regarding both this hopefully developing engagement with the UK Government and the meeting convened for Thursday with the Scottish Government Minister Neil Gray MSP regarding your financial position with this? We support you in your continued focus on supporting people into longer term accommodation so that they can have more settled lives. However, how would you address the statement made by a local authority housing representative at this month's meeting of the cross-party group for north Wales - and I quote - that 'there is incredible additional pressure because of homelessness and having also welcomed refugees from Ukraine, and if refugees from Ukraine are housed by housing associations, this can create a perception to others that certain groups are being housed ahead of them', highlighting the will of local authorities to help, but the concern about how some in the public may respond? You rightly state that Putin's current atrocities in Ukraine are part of a long-term pattern of aggression against the people of Ukraine stretching back many decades. This November marks the start of the ninetieth anniversary of the Holodomor in Ukraine, the man-made Soviet famine which caused millions to die. Although we welcome your organisation of a Holodomor commemoration event in Cardiff next Saturday, we also recognise the need for similar commemorations elsewhere in Wales. What consideration will you therefore give to organising such events, either alone or with regional partners, in the future in north Wales and other Welsh regions? Responding to your Ukraine statement last month, I again referred to the document I sent to you produced by the Polish Integration Support Centre, or PISC, in Wrexham, detailing their humanitarian efforts to help Ukrainian refugees and their proposal for consolidated and sustainable support for Ukrainian people, including the construction of temporary housing, and asked you what engagement have you or your officials therefore subsequently had with them regarding this. Yesterday, I again attended a meeting with PISC, local government and business representatives, other agencies and volunteers, to discuss continuation of the humanitarian corridor organised by PISC to get vital supplies to specific charities supporting people in Ukraine, and in particular their Christmas Bridge project collecting shoebox donations for delivery to someone in need in Ukraine this Christmas, particularly 3,000 orphans living in basements due to air raids, but also older people, disabled people and soldiers in the trenches. They told me that they had not yet been contacted by you or your officials and asked me to ask you both whether you can use your position to help with their Christmas bridge project and whether you will meet them in the new year to discuss their continuing projects. I'd therefore be grateful in conclusion if you could also respond to these questions. Diolch.
Welsh: Diolch. Nid yn aml yr wyf yn dechrau gyda sblash. [ Chwerthin.] Diolch am eich datganiad. Fel y dywedoch chi, gall digwyddiadau yn Wcráin gael effaith uniongyrchol nifer yr Wcrainiaid a allai gyrraedd Cymru. Fe gyfeirioch chi at ffigyrau Llywodraeth y DU sy'n dangos bod mwy na 8,450 o fisas wedi'u rhoi bellach i bobl o Wcráin sydd â noddwyr yng Nghymru, a bod ychydig dros 6,100 o Wcráin a noddir gan Lywodraeth Cymru ac aelwydydd Cymru wedi cyrraedd Cymru erbyn 15 Tachwedd. Beth, felly, yw'r sefyllfa bresennol o ran tai i'r bobl hyn o Wcráin sy'n chwilio am noddfa yng Nghymru o ran canolfannau croesawu, gwestai, cartrefi preifat a darpariaeth frys? Pan wnes i ymateb i'ch datganiad ar Wcráin bedair wythnos yn ôl, cyfeiriais eto at drafodaethau oedd gennych neu'n bwriadu eu cael gyda Llywodraeth y DU ynghylch cynnydd posibl i'r taliad misol o £350 i bobl sy'n lletya Wcrainiaid yn eu cartrefi eu hunain. Yn eich datganiad heddiw, fe ddywedoch chi eich bod angen cadarnhad o gyllid blwyddyn 2 a 3 ar frys i gefnogi darparu gwasanaethau cyhoeddus, yn ogystal â thaliadau 'diolch' parhaus ac uwch, gan nodi y byddai'r olaf yn sicrhau y gallai trefniadau cynnal barhau er gwaethaf effeithiau costau byw. Ond fe wnaethoch hefyd ychwanegu eich bod yn falch eich bod wedi clywed gan arweinydd newydd y DU ar gyfer Cartrefi i Wcráin, Felicity Buchan, yr wythnos diwethaf. A fyddwch chi, felly, yn rhoi'r wybodaeth ddiweddaraf i ni ynghylch cynnydd, gobeithio o ran datblygu ymgysylltiad â Llywodraeth y DU a'r cyfarfod a drefnwyd ar gyfer dydd Iau gyda Gweinidog Llywodraeth yr Alban, Neil Gray ASP ynghylch eich sefyllfa ariannol? Rydym ni'n eich cefnogi chi yn eich pwyslais parhaus ar gefnogi pobl i lety tymor hirach er mwyn iddyn nhw gael bywydau mwy sefydlog. Fodd bynnag, sut fyddech chi'n ymdrin â'r datganiad a wnaed gan gynrychiolydd tai awdurdodau lleol yng nghyfarfod y mis hwn o'r grŵp trawsbleidiol ar gyfer y gogledd - ac rwy'n dyfynnu - bod 'pwysau ychwanegol anhygoel oherwydd digartrefedd ac ar ôl croesawu ffoaduriaid o Wcráin hefyd, ac os yw ffoaduriaid o Wcráin yn cael eu cartrefu gan gymdeithasau tai, gall hyn greu canfyddiad ymhlith eraill bod rhai grwpiau yn cael eu cartrefu o'u blaenau', gan amlygu'r ewyllys gan awdurdodau lleol i helpu, ond gyda'r pryder ynghylch sut y gall rhai o'r cyhoedd ymateb? Rydych yn datgan yn briodol bod erchyllterau presennol Putin yn Wcráin yn rhan o batrwm ymosodol tymor hir yn erbyn pobl Wcráin sy'n ymestyn yn ôl degawdau lawer. Mae'r mis Tachwedd hwn yn nodi naw deg o flynyddoedd ers yr Holodomor yn Wcráin, y newyn Sofietaidd a wnaed gan ddyn a achosodd i filiynau farw. Er ein bod yn croesawu'r ffaith eich bod yn sefydlu digwyddiad coffáu'r Holodomor yng Nghaerdydd ddydd Sadwrn nesaf, rydym hefyd yn cydnabod yr angen am goffáu tebyg mewn mannau eraill yng Nghymru. Pa ystyriaeth fyddwch chi felly yn ei rhoi i drefnu digwyddiadau o'r fath, naill ai ar eich pen eich hunain neu gyda phartneriaid rhanbarthol, yn y dyfodol yn y gogledd a rhanbarthau eraill o Gymru? Wrth ymateb i'ch datganiad ar Wcráin fis diwethaf, cyfeiriais eto at y ddogfen a anfonais atoch a luniwyd gan y Ganolfan Cymorth Integreiddio Pwyliaid neu PISC, yn Wrecsam, gan fanylu ar eu hymdrechion dyngarol i helpu ffoaduriaid o Wcráin a'u cynnig am gefnogaeth gyfunol a chynaliadwy i bobl o Wcráin, gan gynnwys adeiladu tai dros dro, a gofyn i chi pa ymgysylltiad a gawsoch chi neu'ch swyddogion felly wedi hynny â nhw ynghylch hyn. Ddoe, bûm mewn cyfarfod unwaith eto gyda PISC, llywodraeth leol a chynrychiolwyr busnes, asiantaethau a gwirfoddolwyr eraill, i drafod parhad y coridor dyngarol a drefnwyd gan PISC i gael cyflenwadau hanfodol i elusennau penodol sy'n cefnogi pobl yn Wcráin, ac yn arbennig eu prosiect Pont Nadolig yn casglu rhoddion bocs esgidiau ar gyfer eu dosbarthu i rywun sydd mewn angen yn Wcráin y Nadolig hwn, yn enwedig 3,000 o blant amddifad sy'n byw mewn isloriau oherwydd cyrchoedd awyr, ond hefyd pobl hŷn, pobl anabl a milwyr yn y ffosydd. Dywedon nhw wrthyf nad oeddech chi na'ch swyddogion wedi bod mewn cysylltiad gan ofyn i mi ofyn i chi a allwch chi ddefnyddio'ch sefyllfa i helpu gyda'u prosiect pont Nadolig ac a wnewch chi gwrdd â nhw yn y flwyddyn newydd i drafod eu prosiectau parhaus. Byddwn felly yn ddiolchgar wrth gloi pe baech hefyd yn ymateb i'r cwestiynau hyn. Diolch.