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English: Okay. Thank you for that, Minister. In terms of the culture change that's needed, obviously, it's not just the staff of local authorities who design and commission services who need that understanding and that compassion that you've just been alluding to. Recently, there's been - . We've seen some unfortunate comments from a local authority councillor in northern Wales that seem to imply that people with 'chaotic lifestyles', as that councillor said, were not deserving of services that were 'expensive', again using that councillor's words. This is, of course, despite the fact that preventing and solving homelessness is always cheaper than letting it happen, and it's still unfortunate that people making these decisions don't understand this. So, I'd ask you finally, Minister: what steps will you take to tackle prejudice amongst local authority councillors? Surely, we need compassion not villainisation.
Welsh: Iawn. Diolch ichi am hynny, Weinidog. O ran y newid diwylliant sydd ei angen, yn amlwg, nid staff awdurdodau lleol, sy'n cynllunio ac yn comisiynu gwasanaethau, yn unig sydd angen y ddealltwriaeth honno a'r tosturi rydych newydd gyfeirio ato. Yn ddiweddar, mae - . Rydym wedi gweld sylwadau anffodus gan gynghorydd awdurdod lleol yng ngogledd Cymru sydd fel pe baent yn awgrymu nad oedd pobl sydd â 'ffyrdd caotig o fyw', fel y dywedodd y cynghorydd hwnnw, yn haeddu gwasanaethau 'drud', a defnyddio geiriau'r cynghorydd hwnnw unwaith eto. Mae hyn, wrth gwrs, er gwaethaf y ffaith bod atal a datrys digartrefedd bob amser yn rhatach na gadael iddo ddigwydd, ac mae'n dal i fod yn anffodus nad yw pobl sy'n gwneud y penderfyniadau hyn yn deall hynny. Felly, hoffwn ofyn i chi yn olaf, Weinidog: pa gamau y gwnewch chi eu cymryd i fynd i'r afael â'r rhagfarn ymhlith cynghorwyr awdurdodau lleol? Tosturi sydd ei angen, onid e, nid creu dihirod o'r bobl hyn.
English: Diolch, Llywydd. I agree - there is no political argument amongst the big parties regarding this issue. The recent Building Communities Trust report, 'Building Stronger Welsh Communities: opportunities and barriers to community action in Wales' is about harnessing the strength and skills of local people so that they can build the social infrastructure and shape the services they want and need in their area. After facilitating a national conversation with over 250 people who attended 20 events held across the length and breadth of Wales to influence decisions affecting their local area - [ Inaudible. ] - worthy words are not being backed up by action, public bodies are doing to not with people - [ Inaudible. ] - communities, and that entrenched public lack of trust, risk aversion, silo working, professional bias and staff demotivation are significant barriers to greater community action. And certainly my casework supports that in droves. How will you therefore be engaging with them to design, deliver and monitor a better way of local government working across Wales?
Welsh: Diolch, Lywydd. Rwy'n cytuno - nid oes dadl wleidyddol ymysg y pleidiau mawr ynglŷn â'r mater hwn. Mae adroddiad diweddar yr Ymddiriedolaeth Adeiladu Cymunedau, 'Building Stronger Welsh Communities: opportunities and barriers to community action in Wales' yn ymwneud â harneisio cryfderau a sgiliau pobl leol fel y gallant adeiladu'r seilwaith cymdeithasol a llunio'r gwasanaethau y maent eu heisiau ac y maent eu hangen yn eu hardal. Ar ôl hwyluso sgwrs genedlaethol gyda thros 250 o bobl a fynychodd 20 o ddigwyddiadau a gynhaliwyd ar hyd a lled Cymru i ddylanwadu ar benderfyniadau sy'n effeithio ar eu hardal leol - [ Anghlywadwy. ] - nad yw geiriau teilwng yn cael eu hategu gan gamau gweithredu, fod cyrff cyhoeddus yn gwneud i bobl yn hytrach na chyda phobl - [ Anghlywadwy. ] - cymunedau, ac mae diffyg ymddiriedaeth sylfaenol y cyhoedd, ynghyd ag osgoi mentro, gweithio mewn seilos, rhagfarn broffesiynol a diffyg cymhelliad i staff yn rhwystrau sylweddol i fwy o weithredu cymunedol. Ac yn sicr mae fy ngwaith achos yn cefnogi hynny'n gryf. Sut felly y byddwch yn ymgysylltu â hwy i gynllunio, darparu a monitro ffordd well o gyflawni gwaith llywodraeth leol ledled Cymru?
English: Before you ask your supplementary, Mark Isherwood, just for you to know that your broadband connection is quite unstable. You have been cutting out quite a bit. So, we'll try your next question, but if it's not understood in the Chamber, then we may have to skip over your questions for this week. But, try again and we'll see where we get to this time.
Welsh: Cyn i chi ofyn eich cwestiwn atodol, Mark Isherwood, dylech wybod bod eich cysylltiad band eang yn eithaf ansefydlog. Rydych wedi bod yn torri allan gryn dipyn. Felly, rhown gynnig ar eich cwestiwn nesaf, ond os nad yw'n ddealladwy yn y Siambr, efallai y bydd rhaid inni adael eich cwestiynau ar gyfer yr wythnos hon. Ond rhowch gynnig arall arni ac fe gawn weld ble y cyrhaeddwn ni y tro hwn.
English: Okay, well, I hope you can hear better and I hope that answer meant that you will be engaging them and communities not only in the design, but in the delivery and monitoring, where, as you know, I've referred a number of cases to you recently, but you felt that the Welsh Government could not intervene appropriately. As we heard, BBC Wales reported last week that nearly a quarter of the rough-sleepers given temporary housing here during Wales's first COVID lockdown were living on the streets again. Yes, it said that more than 3,566 people were in temporary accommodation, but 101 were sleeping rough on those dates in August, compared with April when temporary placements were found for all 407 people known to be sleeping rough in Wales. The charity Shelter Cymru, who are working with real, affected individuals, said it was desperately disappointing, adding that it's the pressure on temporary accommodation that is leading some councils to have incredibly strict policies. The charity, The Wallich said that many councils were again turning homeless people away from help because of a lack of space, adding, 'We didn't solve poverty, we didn't end homelessness, we haven't solved substance misuse or mental health crises.' And the charity Crisis is calling for a national cross-Government plan to end homelessness in a decade. How will you, therefore, be engaging with the sector to design, deliver and monitor a better, more sustainable way of addressing this?
Welsh: Iawn, wel, rwy'n gobeithio y gallwch glywed yn well ac rwy'n gobeithio bod yr ateb hwnnw'n golygu y byddwch yn eu cynnwys hwy a chymunedau nid yn unig yn y broses gynllunio, ond yn y gwaith o gyflawni a monitro, ac fel y gwyddoch, rwyf wedi cyfeirio nifer o achosion atoch yn ddiweddar, ond roeddech yn teimlo na allai Llywodraeth Cymru ymyrryd yn briodol. Fel y clywsom, adroddodd BBC Wales yr wythnos diwethaf fod bron i chwarter y rhai a oedd yn cysgu ar y stryd ac a gafodd dai dros dro yn ystod y cyfyngiadau symud COVID cyntaf yng Nghymru bellach yn cysgu ar y stryd eto. Do, dywedodd fod dros 3,566 o bobl mewn llety dros dro, ond roedd 101 yn cysgu ar y stryd ar y dyddiadau hynny ym mis Awst, o'i gymharu â mis Ebrill pan gafwyd hyd i leoliadau dros dro ar gyfer pob un o'r 407 o bobl y gwyddem eu bod yn cysgu ar y stryd yng Nghymru. Dywedodd yr elusen Shelter Cymru, sy'n gweithio gydag unigolion go iawn yr effeithiwyd arnynt, ei bod yn sefyllfa siomedig dros ben, gan ychwanegu mai'r pwysau ar lety dros dro sy'n arwain rhai cynghorau i fabwysiadu polisïau llym iawn. Dywedodd elusen The Wallich fod llawer o gynghorau unwaith eto'n troi pobl ddigartref i ffwrdd oddi wrth gymorth oherwydd diffyg lle, gan ychwanegu, Ni wnaethom ddatrys tlodi, ni wnaethom roi diwedd ar ddigartrefedd, nid ydym wedi datrys camddefnyddio sylweddau nac argyfyngau iechyd meddwl. Ac mae'r elusen Crisis yn galw am gynllun cenedlaethol trawslywodraethol i roi diwedd ar ddigartrefedd mewn degawd. Sut y byddwch chi, felly, yn ymgysylltu â'r sector i gynllunio, cyflawni a monitro ffordd well a mwy cynaliadwy o fynd i'r afael â hyn?
English: I think I've pretty comprehensively covered some of this in my answer to Delyth Jewell, but I'll just add, for completeness, that, of course, we are following the plan set out for us by the housing action group, which has Shelter, The Wallich and Crisis all sitting on it as advisers to the Welsh Government in terms of how we structure our policies going forward. And what the pandemic did, obviously, was accelerate our response to those recommendations. So, we've completely followed the recommendations of the housing action group, including all of the organisations you've set out there, Mark, and we've been working with them, alongside them, right through the pandemic. I think the Crisis document that you mentioned is actually Crisis talking about the UK Governments as a whole, not just in Wales, and we've been working very closely with those in terms of how we structure both the response to the pandemic and our response to homelessness going forward.
Welsh: Rwy'n credu fy mod wedi ymdrin â rhywfaint o hyn yn eithaf cynhwysfawr yn fy ateb i Delyth Jewell, ond fe ychwanegaf, er mwyn bod yn drylwyr, ein bod, wrth gwrs, yn dilyn y cynllun a nodwyd ar ein rhan gan y grŵp gweithredu ar gyfer tai, sy'n cynnwys Shelter, The Wallich a Crisis fel cynghorwyr i Lywodraeth Cymru ynglŷn â sut rydym yn strwythuro ein polisïau wrth symud ymlaen. A'r hyn a wnaeth y pandemig, yn amlwg, oedd cyflymu ein hymateb i'r argymhellion hynny. Felly, rydym wedi dilyn argymhellion y grŵp gweithredu ar gyfer tai yn llwyr, gan gynnwys yr holl sefydliadau a nodwyd gennych yno, Mark, ac rydym wedi bod yn gweithio gyda hwy, ochr yn ochr â hwy, drwy'r pandemig. Credaf fod y ddogfen Crisis y sonioch chi amdani mewn gwirionedd yn sôn am Lywodraethau'r DU yn gyffredinol, nid Cymru'n unig, ac rydym wedi bod yn gweithio'n agos iawn gyda'r rheini o ran sut rydym yn strwythuro'r ymateb i'r pandemig a'n hymateb i ddigartrefedd wrth symud ymlaen.
English: Carry on, Mark.
Welsh: Ewch chi, Mark.
English: I hope that means -
Welsh: Gobeithio bod hynny'n golygu -
English: Carry on.
Welsh: Ewch chi.
English: Can you hear?
Welsh: A ydych chi'n gallu clywed?
English: Yes. Carry on.
Welsh: Gallwn. Ewch chi.
English: Thank you. Well, I hope that means that you will also be engaging with them on delivery and monitoring. Crisis did issue the report you referred to, but they've also raised a number of Welsh-specific questions. They estimate that, on any given night, around 5,200 households in Wales were experiencing some form of homelessness in 2017, and that the housing need for people with an experience of homelessness and for people on low incomes is 4,000 new social homes each year. People with experience of homelessness, they say, can find it challenging accessing and maintaining a permanent home, both in the private and social rented rectors. They say the Welsh Government's phase 2 response focused on innovation, building and remodelling to transform homelessness services to a rapid rehousing model with £15 million financial support. But they said that transformation will require long-term planning and change. So, they asked what plans the Minister has, therefore, both to ensure that people with experience of homelessness are able to access a safe and secure home and the support they need to maintain a home, and for the long-term and increased funding of homelessness services to transition to rapid rehousing and meet demand. They asked me to ask those of you yesterday.
Welsh: Diolch. Wel, gobeithio bod hynny'n golygu y byddwch hefyd yn ymgysylltu â hwy ar gyflawni a monitro. Crisis wnaeth gyhoeddi'r adroddiad y cyfeirioch chi ato, ond maent hefyd wedi gofyn nifer o gwestiynau penodol i Gymru. Maent yn amcangyfrif, ar unrhyw noson benodol, fod tua 5,200 o aelwydydd yng Nghymru yn profi rhyw fath o ddigartrefedd yn 2017, a bod yr angen am dai ar gyfer pobl â phrofiad o ddigartrefedd a phobl ar incwm isel yn 4,000 o gartrefi cymdeithasol newydd bob blwyddyn. Dywedant fod pobl sydd â phrofiad o ddigartrefedd yn gallu ei chael yn anodd cael gafael ar gartref parhaol a'i gynnal, yn y sector tai preifat a'r sector rhentu cymdeithasol fel ei gilydd. Maent yn dweud bod ymateb cam 2 Llywodraeth Cymru wedi canolbwyntio ar arloesi, adeiladu ac ailfodelu i drawsnewid gwasanaethau digartrefedd yn fodel ailgartrefu cyflym gyda chymorth ariannol o £15 miliwn. Ond dywedasant y bydd trawsnewid yn galw am gynllunio a newid hirdymor. Felly, roeddent yn gofyn pa gynlluniau sydd gan y Gweinidog i sicrhau bod pobl sydd â phrofiad o ddigartrefedd yn gallu cael mynediad at gartref diogel yn ogystal â'r cymorth sydd ei angen arnynt i gynnal cartref, ac i sicrhau cyllid ychwanegol a hirdymor ar gyfer gwasanaethau digartrefedd er mwyn trosglwyddo i ailgartrefu cyflym a bodloni'r galw. Gofynasant i mi ofyn y cwestiynau hynny i chi ddoe.
English: Thank you, Mark. Obviously, I'm very aware of the report from Crisis because the chair of the housing action group was, in fact, Jon Sparkes, the chair of Crisis. So, he's been working with us all the way through this, both to design our response in the first instance to homelessness in Wales - because this was put in place well before the pandemic - and then, of course, our response to the pandemic and, indeed, our response going forward in terms of changing our policy completely so that we have that rapid rehousing approach in Wales. That's exactly what the housing action group report set out, and that's now being reflected in Crisis documents across the UK, and actually, if you read the whole thing, citing Wales as an example of what can be done when we all put our minds to it and pull together. So, absolutely we're working with them going forward, and, as I said to Delyth, we most certainly haven't solved this problem. What we've done is taken the first big step along the path to solving it and, as I also said, there's a consensus across the Chamber that we should continue to do so.
Welsh: Diolch, Mark. Yn amlwg, rwy'n ymwybodol iawn o'r adroddiad gan Crisis oherwydd cadeirydd y grŵp gweithredu ar gyfer tai, mewn gwirionedd, oedd Jon Sparkes, cadeirydd Crisis. Felly, mae wedi bod yn gweithio gyda ni drwy hyn i gyd, i gynllunio ein hymateb i ddigartrefedd yng Nghymru yn y lle cyntaf - oherwydd rhoddwyd hyn ar waith ymhell cyn y pandemig - ac yna, wrth gwrs, ein hymateb i'r pandemig ac yn wir, ein hymateb wrth symud ymlaen o ran newid ein polisi'n llwyr fel bod gennym y dull ailgartrefu cyflym hwnnw ar waith yng Nghymru. Dyna'n union a nodwyd yn adroddiad y grŵp gweithredu ar gyfer tai, ac mae hynny bellach yn cael ei adlewyrchu yn nogfennau Crisis ledled y DU, ac mewn gwirionedd, os ydych yn ei ddarllen o glawr i glawr, mae'n nodi Cymru fel enghraifft o'r hyn y gellir ei wneud pan fydd pawb ohonom yn rhoi ein meddyliau ar rywbeth ac yn gweithio gyda'n gilydd. Felly, yn sicr rydym yn gweithio gyda hwy wrth symud ymlaen, ac fel y dywedais wrth Delyth, yn bendant nid ydym wedi datrys y broblem hon. Yr hyn rydym wedi'i wneud yw cymryd y cam mawr cyntaf ar y llwybr tuag at ei ddatrys ac fel y dywedais hefyd, mae consensws ar draws y Siambr y dylem barhau i wneud hynny.
English: Diolch, Siân. We are taking an evidence-based, holistic approach, giving proper consideration to the broad range of interests involved. Across Government, we continue to review all the available evidence. Ministerial colleagues, my officials and I have met with a number of Senedd Members, local authorities and academics to further develop our whole-system response to the issues.
Welsh: Diolch, Siân. Rydym yn mabwysiadu dull cyfannol sy'n seiliedig ar dystiolaeth, gan roi ystyriaeth briodol i'r ystod eang o fuddiannau dan sylw. Ar draws y Llywodraeth, rydym yn parhau i adolygu'r holl dystiolaeth sydd ar gael. Mae cyd-Weinidogion, fy swyddogion a minnau wedi cyfarfod â nifer o Aelodau o'r Senedd, awdurdodau lleol ac academyddion i ddatblygu ein hymateb system gyfan i'r materion ymhellach.
English: I'm not going to apologise for raising this issue again. I'm very grateful to you for the recent discussions between our party and your Government, and I look forward to joining in a virtual meeting between the First Minister and representatives of the Hawl i Fyw Adra campaign next week. But it's one thing to have meetings and assessments and to make the right noises in terms of sympathising and understanding the problem, but it's another thing to take action to prevent the increase in second homes in so many of our areas in the west. Plaid Cymru has outlined some steps that could be taken immediately. So, does your Governments intend to take any specific steps to change the law in relation to planning or finance between now and the Senedd elections in May?
Welsh: Dydw i ddim am ymddiheuro am godi'r pwnc yma eto. Dwi'n ddiolchgar ichi am y trafod diweddar sydd wedi bod rhwng ein plaid ni a'ch Llywodraeth chi, a dwi'n edrych ymlaen at ymuno mewn cyfarfod rhithiol rhwng y Prif Weinidog a chynrychiolwyr yr ymgyrch Hawl i Fyw Adra o Ben Llŷn yr wythnos nesaf. Ond un peth yw cynnal cyfarfodydd ac asesiadau, a gwneud synau o gydymdeimlad a dweud eich bod yn deall y broblem; peth arall ydy gweithredu er mwyn atal y cynnydd mewn ail gartrefi mewn cynifer o'n broydd ni yn y gorllewin. Mae Plaid Cymru wedi amlinellu rhai camau y gellid eu cymryd yn syth. Ydy'ch Llywodraeth chi yn bwriadu cymryd unrhyw gamau penodol i newid y gyfraith cynllunio neu gyllidol rhwng rŵan ac ethol Senedd newydd ym mis Mai?
English: Thank you, Siân. As you know, it's a really complicated problem that we do have a lot of sympathy with, but there isn't a simple solution. We cannot take primary legislative powers between now and the election because we've simply run out of Senedd time in order to do that. So, that just physically isn't possible to do. We have a number of things that we really wanted to get through in this Senedd term and those have all had to be dropped, and we're all pretty heartbroken about it. So, there's no point in my trying to pretend otherwise. There's no chance of us getting new primary legislation through on this point, or any other point, actually, other than those that have already started their passage through the Senedd. We have already as you know done a large number of things in Wales, including differential land transaction charges and differential council tax regimes, and so on. You'll know that, in the cross-party group that met with us, we're looking again at the data issues to see if we can isolate particular types of housing that we could take action on. It's actually much more complex than it first appears when you try to isolate which particular set of houses you're actually talking about, as you know. And so, I do look forward to the meeting with the First Minister and the campaign group, but it's much more complex than just changing the planning law, for example. So, there are a number of issues, as we discussed at great length in the group last time, that would need to be taken into account.
Welsh: Diolch, Siân. Fel y gwyddoch, mae'n broblem gymhleth iawn ac rydym yn cydymdeimlo'n fawr, ond nid oes ateb syml. Ni allwn gymryd pwerau deddfu sylfaenol rhwng nawr a'r etholiad am nad oes gennym ddigon o amser Senedd ar ôl i wneud hynny. Felly, nid yw'n ffisegol bosibl inni wneud hynny mewn gwirionedd. Mae gennym nifer o bethau roeddem yn awyddus iawn i'w cyflawni yn ystod tymor y Senedd hon ac rydym wedi gorfod gadael y pethau hynny i gyd, ac rydym i gyd yn gresynu at hynny. Felly, nid oes unrhyw bwynt i mi geisio esgus fel arall. Nid oes gobaith cael deddfwriaeth sylfaenol newydd drwodd ar y pwynt hwn, nac ar unrhyw bwynt arall, mewn gwirionedd, ar wahân i'r rhai sydd eisoes wedi dechrau ar eu taith drwy'r Senedd. Fel y gwyddoch, rydym eisoes wedi gwneud nifer fawr o bethau yng Nghymru, gan gynnwys taliadau trafodion tir gwahaniaethol a chyfundrefnau gwahaniaethol ar gyfer y dreth gyngor, ac yn y blaen. Yn y grŵp trawsbleidiol a gyfarfu â ni, fe fyddwch yn gwybod ein bod yn edrych eto ar y materion data i weld a allwn nodi mathau penodol o dai y gallem weithredu arnynt. Mae'n llawer mwy cymhleth nag y mae'n ymddangos gyntaf pan fyddwch yn ceisio nodi pa set benodol o dai rydych yn sôn amdanynt mewn gwirionedd, fel y gwyddoch. Ac felly, rwy'n edrych ymlaen at y cyfarfod gyda'r Prif Weinidog a'r grŵp ymgyrchu, ond mae'n llawer mwy cymhleth na newid y gyfraith gynllunio yn unig, er enghraifft. Felly, byddai angen ystyried nifer o faterion, fel y trafodasom yn helaeth yn y grŵp y tro diwethaf.
English: Can I say I share Siân Gwenllian's concern about second homes, especially when we have a homelessness problem, as we discussed earlier? I will again urge the ending of council tax exemption of houses registered for private holiday letting, which then get business rate exemption and that means people don't pay anything. That doesn't need primary legislation; that just needs action. But student accommodation and short-term lets for employment have been counted into second-home numbers on some lists. That's not particularly helpful. And you know in your own constituency that somebody came up with a third of the houses as being second homes when they're virtually all student accommodation. Does the Government know how many properties are second homes, i.e. used only part of the year or registered for holiday letting?
Welsh: A gaf fi ddweud fy mod yn rhannu pryder Siân Gwenllian am ail gartrefi, yn enwedig pan fo gennym broblem ddigartrefedd, fel y trafodasom yn gynharach? Unwaith eto, rwy'n dadlau y dylid rhoi diwedd ar eithrio rhag talu'r dreth gyngor ar unrhyw dai sydd wedi'u cofrestru i gael eu gosod yn breifat ar gyfer gwyliau ac sydd wedyn yn cael eu heithrio rhag ardrethi busnes gan olygu nad yw pobl yn talu unrhyw beth o gwbl. Nid oes angen deddfwriaeth sylfaenol ar gyfer hynny, dim ond gweithredu. Ond mae llety myfyrwyr a thai a osodir yn fyrdymor ar gyfer gwaith wedi'u cyfrif yn y ffigurau ar gyfer ail gartrefi ar rai rhestrau. Nid yw hynny'n arbennig o ddefnyddiol. Ac rydych yn gwybod yn eich etholaeth eich hun fod rhywun wedi ystyried nodi bod traean o'r tai yn ail gartrefi er mai llety myfyrwyr yw bron y cyfan ohonynt. A yw'r Llywodraeth yn gwybod faint o eiddo sy'n ail gartrefi, h.y. cartrefi sydd ond yn cael eu defnyddio am gyfran o'r flwyddyn neu wedi'u cofrestru i'w gosod ar gyfer gwyliau?
English: Diolch, Adam. We've made a record investment of £2 billion in affordable housing during this Senedd term. The investment is having a significant impact on the delivery of housing that meets the real needs of Welsh communities, and we are on track to deliver our ambitious 20,000 affordable homes target this term.
Welsh: Diolch, Adam. Rydym wedi gwneud y buddsoddiad mwyaf erioed o £2 biliwn mewn tai fforddiadwy yn ystod y tymor Senedd hwn. Mae'r buddsoddiad yn cael effaith sylweddol ar ddarpariaeth tai sy'n diwallu anghenion gwirioneddol cymunedau Cymru, ac rydym ar y trywydd cywir i gyflawni ein targed uchelgeisiol o 20,000 o dai fforddiadwy y tymor hwn.