English: Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. I'm pleased to open today's debate on the Equality, Local Government and Communities Committee report on fire safety in private sector high-rise residential buildings. I would like to thank all those who contributed to our inquiry. We can all agree that the safety of the place you call 'home' is one of the most important foundations to a happy and healthy life. Everybody was shocked and horrified by the tragic events at Grenfell Tower in June 2017. Since then, we as a committee have been looking at the safety of high-rise residential buildings in Wales to help prevent such a terrible event happening again. Initially, we focused on the social housing sector. After taking evidence from the key partners and the Welsh Government, we were reassured that the necessary steps were being taken, but, as we continued to look at fire safety in more detail, it became increasingly clear that, in the private sector, there continued to be concerns - for example, ACM cladding on buildings less than a stone's throw away from the Senedd - and there were wider developments, such as the publication of the Hackitt review. We therefore turned our attention to high-rise residential buildings in the private sector. Our report has been produced to help inform the work of the building safety expert group and the Welsh Government's response to any recommendations by this group. We understand that the group is expected to publish a road map setting out how we in Wales should respond to the recommendations in the Hackitt review. This was expected early this year, and I would appreciate an update from the Minister today on how this work is progressing and when we can expect it to be published. It is absolutely vital that there is no complacency about issues around building and fire safety. The Grenfell Tower fire and previous fires, such as the fatal fire in Lakanal House, show that these things can and do happen and that it is absolutely vital that lessons are learned and changes are implemented as quickly as possible.
Welsh: Diolch, Ddirprwy Lywydd. Rwy'n falch o agor y ddadl heddiw ar adroddiad y Pwyllgor Cydraddoldeb, Llywodraeth Leol a Chymunedau ar ddiogelwch tân mewn adeiladau preswyl uchel iawn yn y sector preifat. Hoffwn ddiolch i bawb a gyfrannodd at ein hymchwiliad. Gallwn i gyd gytuno bod diogelwch y lle rydych yn ei alw 'gartref' yn un o'r sylfeini mwyaf pwysig i fywyd hapus ac iach. Cafodd pawb eu harswydo gan ddigwyddiadau trasig Tŵr Grenfell ym mis Mehefin 2017. Ers hynny, rydym ni fel pwyllgor wedi bod yn ystyried diogelwch adeiladau preswyl uchel iawn yng Nghymru i helpu i atal digwyddiad mor ofnadwy rhag digwydd eto. I ddechrau, fe ganolbwyntiwyd ar y sector tai cymdeithasol. Ar ôl cymryd tystiolaeth gan y partneriaid allweddol a Llywodraeth Cymru, cawsom ein sicrhau bod y camau angenrheidiol yn cael eu cymryd, ond wrth inni barhau i edrych ar ddiogelwch tân yn fwy manwl, daeth yn fwyfwy amlwg fod pryderon yn parhau yn y sector preifat - er enghraifft, cladin ACM ar adeiladau lai na thafliad carreg o'r Senedd - a chafwyd datblygiadau ehangach, megis cyhoeddi adolygiad Hackitt. Rydym felly wedi troi ein sylw at adeiladau preswyl uchel iawn yn y sector preifat. Cynhyrchwyd ein hadroddiad i helpu i lywio gwaith y grŵp arbenigol ar ddiogelwch adeiladau ac ymateb Llywodraeth Cymru i unrhyw argymhellion gan y grŵp hwn. Rydym yn deall bod disgwyl i'r grŵp gyhoeddi map i nodi sut y dylem ni yng Nghymru ymateb i argymhellion adolygiad Hackitt. Mae disgwyl i hwn ddod i law yn gynnar eleni, a buaswn yn gwerthfawrogi'r wybodaeth ddiweddaraf gan y Gweinidog heddiw ynglŷn â sut y mae'r gwaith hwn yn mynd rhagddo a phryd y gallwn ddisgwyl iddo gael ei gyhoeddi. Mae'n gwbl hanfodol nad ydym yn hunanfodlon ynglŷn â materion yn ymwneud â diogelwch adeiladau a thân. Dengys tân Tŵr Grenfell a thanau blaenorol, fel y tân angheuol yn Lakanal House, y gall y pethau hyn ddigwydd, a'u bod yn digwydd, ac mae'n gwbl hanfodol ein bod yn dysgu gwersi a bod newidiadau'n cael eu rhoi ar waith cyn gynted â phosibl.