English: Yes. I'd like to emphasise that taxation is the key here. When we, or government, have, over the centuries, tried to create a disincentive to prevent people from doing something, be that smoking or drinking alcohol, they increase the tax on it. And perhaps that's what we need to do with second homes too when they are damaging to communities. That's why we need local taxes that acknowledge the problems within those communities where second homes have reached a high level. In terms of holiday homes, I agree with the fact that dwellings, if they've been primary residences at one time or another, should have full council tax rates payable on them. Perhaps it could be argued that some buildings will never be suitable as permanent dwellings and, therefore, there is a question about whether they should pay full council tax. But, anything that has been a home or a permanent dwelling, then the council tax liable should be the same. There should be no exemptions from council tax for those. I would say that land tax is the strongest and most powerful tool for the effective regulation of second homes, particularly given the rate at which they are being bought at the moment, where local people are being deprived of permanent homes. What land tax offers is a kind of disincentive for people from buying a holiday home and seeing it as an investment. If the land tax is going to be put forward specifically for those people who buy homes with a view to using them as holiday accommodation or a second home, then it will make all the difference. The consultation on land tax is very significant at the moment, because they propose creating a higher rate of tax - there is already a higher land tax, but there is an even higher rate being proposed for those who buy a house with a view to using it as holiday accommodation or a second home. And, if they buy with the intention of using a property as a permanent dwelling but then in future use it as a second home or a holiday home, they will be included in the higher rate of tax. I think that's a very good idea, and it will decrease the rate at which second homes and holiday homes are being purchased at present. Because the situation has never been as bad as it is currently, and that higher rate of land tax will control the market so that no more local people are excluded from owning homes. Thank you.
Welsh: Ie. Buaswn i'n licio pwysleisio mai trethiant ydy'r allwedd. Pan fuon ni, neu lywodraeth, ar hyd y canrifoedd, eisiau creu rhyw disincentive i bobl rhag gwneud rhywbeth neu'i gilydd, boed yn ysmygu neu'n yfed alcohol, maen nhw'n codi'r dreth arno fo. A syniad eithaf tebyg sydd ei eisiau efo ail gartrefi pan fyddan nhw'n niweidio cymunedau. Dyna pam mae angen trethi lleol sydd yn cyfarch y problemau hynny sydd o fewn y siroedd hynny lle mae ail dai wedi cyrraedd nifer uchel. O ran llety gwyliau, dwi'n cytuno efo'r ffaith, o ran preswylfeydd, neu rywbeth sydd wedi bod yn brif breswylfa ar un adeg neu'i gilydd, y dylai fod yna dreth gyngor llawn ar gyfer y rheini. Hwyrach fod modd dadlau na fydd rhai adeiladau fyth yn addas i fod yn dŷ annedd parhaol ac efallai'i fod yn gwestiwn a ddylai'r rheini dalu treth gyngor. Ond, unrhyw beth sydd wedi bod yn adeilad, sydd wedi bod yn gartref, yna ddylai'r dreth fod yr un fath, neu fod y dreth gyngor yn eu taro nhw'r un fath. Ni ddylai fod yna eithriad i dreth gyngor fel nad ydych chi'n gorfod ei thalu hi, felly. Buaswn i'n dweud mai treth dir ydy'r arf grymusaf i fedru rheoleiddio ail dai mewn ffordd effeithiol, ac yn enwedig o ran y gyfradd y maen nhw'n cael eu prynu ar hyn o bryd, lle maen nhw'n amddifadu pobl leol o dai parhaol. Beth mae treth dir yn cynnig ydy rhyw disincentive i bobl rhag prynu a gweld prynu tŷ haf yn rhywbeth sy'n mynd i fod yn fuddsoddiad. Os ydy'r dreth dir yn mynd i gael ei chynnig yn benodol ar gyfer pobl sydd yn prynu tŷ efo'r diben i'w prynu fel ail dŷ neu lety gwyliau, yna mae'n mynd i wneud byd o wahaniaeth. Mae'r hyn sydd yn yr ymgynghoriad ar dreth dir ar hyn o bryd yn rhywbeth arwyddocaol iawn, achos maen nhw'n cynnig creu treth uwch - mae yna dreth dir uwch yn barod, onid oes, ond mae yna dreth dir uwch byth yn cael ei chynnig ar gyfer y rheini sy'n prynu tŷ ar gyfer y pwrpas o'i brynu fo fel ail dŷ neu lety gwyliau. Ac os ydyn nhw'n prynu efo'r bwriad i'w ddefnyddio fel tŷ parhaol, ond yn y dyfodol yn ei ddefnyddio fo fel ail dŷ, yna maen nhw'n cael eu bachu nôl gan y dreth, a dwi'n meddwl bod hynny'n syniad da tu hwnt, ac mae'n sicr yn mynd i leihau'r raddfa mae'r tai haf yn cael eu prynu ar hyn o bryd. Achos dydyn ni erioed wedi gweld sefyllfa mor ddrwg, ac mi fydd codi treth dir yn ffordd o reoli'r farchnad i sicrhau nad oes mwy o bobl leol yn cael eu hamddifadu o dai. Diolch.