English: Well, I thank the Member for that question. I completely agree with her, of course, that criminalisation is not the answer to homelessness and rough-sleeping. I thank the Member, as well, for drawing attention to the figures published today. Some Members here will remember the debate we had last year when the figures went down, when there was a general feeling, from people's lived experience of seeing a rise in street homelessness, that it was hard to square a falling figure with what we are seeing. And, as a result of the discussions we had here, the methodology for this year has been revised and improved, and I think you can see some of that in the figures that were published today. They show, as ever, a mixed picture: five local authorities showing falls in the number of rough-sleepers, including Gwynedd, Wrexham and Cardiff, with significant falls, and then rises in other parts of Wales as well. The Welsh Government is investing record sums in responding to homelessness. We have new ways in which we are trying to respond to rough-sleeping through the Housing First initiative, which is already helping over 60 people over this winter to go directly into accommodation. We do it in the teeth of the gale of austerity, which is the underlying cause of people losing their homes, losing their livelihoods, and finding themselves in this desperate situation. We will use the figures published today to work with our colleagues in local authorities, in the third sector, to see what more can be done, using the report that was commissioned by Julie James for this winter, chaired by the chief executive of Crisis, so we can learn lessons from elsewhere as well.
Welsh: Wel, diolchaf i'r Aelod am y cwestiwn yna. Rwy'n cytuno'n llwyr â hi, wrth gwrs, nad troseddoli yw'r ateb i ddigartrefedd a chysgu ar y stryd. Diolchaf i'r Aelod hefyd am dynnu sylw at y ffigurau a gyhoeddwyd heddiw. Bydd rhai Aelodau yn y fan yma yn cofio'r ddadl a gawsom y llynedd pan aeth y ffigurau i lawr, pryd yr oedd teimlad cyffredinol, o brofiad personol pobl o weld cynnydd mewn digartrefedd ar y stryd, ei bod yn anodd cysoni ffigur is gyda'r hyn yr ydym ni'n ei weld. Ac, o ganlyniad i'r trafodaethau a gawsom ni yn y fan yma, mae'r fethodoleg ar gyfer eleni wedi cael ei diwygio a'i gwella, ac rwy'n credu y gallwch chi weld rhywfaint o hynny yn y ffigurau a gyhoeddwyd heddiw. Maen nhw'n dangos, fel bob amser, darlun cymysg: gostyngiad i nifer y rhai sy'n cysgu ar y stryd mewn pum awdurdod lleol, gan gynnwys Gwynedd, Wrecsam a Chaerdydd, lle cafwyd gostyngiadau sylweddol, ac yna cynnydd mewn rhannau eraill o Gymru hefyd. Mae Llywodraeth Cymru yn buddsoddi'r symiau mwyaf erioed mewn ymateb i ddigartrefedd. Mae gennym ni ffyrdd newydd yr ydym ni'n rhoi cynnig arnyn nhw i ymateb i gysgu ar y stryd drwy'r fenter Tai yn Gyntaf, sydd eisoes yn helpu dros 60 o bobl dros y gaeaf hwn i fynd yn syth i lety. Rydym ni'n gwneud hynny yn nannedd tymestl cyni cyllidol, sef yr hyn sydd wrth wraidd pobl yn colli eu cartrefi, yn colli eu bywoliaeth, ac yn canfod eu hunain yn y sefyllfa enbyd hon. Byddwn yn defnyddio'r ffigurau a gyhoeddwyd heddiw i weithio gyda'n cydweithwyr mewn awdurdodau lleol, yn y trydydd sector, i weld beth arall y gellir ei wneud, gan ddefnyddio'r adroddiad a gomisiynwyd gan Julie James ar gyfer y gaeaf hwn, dan gadeiryddiaeth prif weithredwr Crisis, fel y gallwn ddysgu gwersi o fannau eraill hefyd.