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English: We will reconvene at 2 o'clock - a shorter lunch break than envisaged due to my generosity in calling as many of you, as Members, as possible. So, we'll reconvene at 2 p.m.
Welsh: Fe wnawn ni ailymgynnull am 2 o'r gloch - egwyl ginio fyrrach na'r un a ragwelwyd oherwydd fy haelioni yn galw ar gymaint â phosibl ohonoch chi, fel Aelodau. Felly, fe wnawn ni ailymgynnull am 2 p.m.
English: Welcome back to the Plenary.
Welsh: Croeso nôl i'r Cyfarfod Llawn.
English: We continue our agenda with item 4, which is questions to the Minister for Housing and Local Government. Question 1 is Helen Mary Jones.
Welsh: Rydym yn parhau â'n hagenda ar gyfer eitem 4, sef cwestiynau i'r Gweinidog Tai a Llywodraeth Leol. Cwestiwn 1 yw Helen Mary Jones.
English: Thank you for the question, Helen Mary. I have worked very closely with local authorities throughout the crisis. They have played a central role in meeting the essential needs of children, young people and their families. We will continue our collaboration over the coming months to ensure addressing child poverty is an integral part of the Wales-wide recovery planning.
Welsh: Diolch am y cwestiwn, Helen Mary. Rwyf wedi gweithio'n agos iawn gydag awdurdodau lleol drwy gydol yr argyfwng. Maent wedi chwarae rhan ganolog yn y gwaith o ddiwallu anghenion hanfodol plant, pobl ifanc a'u teuluoedd. Byddwn yn parhau i gydweithio dros y misoedd nesaf er mwyn sicrhau bod trechu tlodi plant yn rhan annatod o'r broses o gynllunio adferiad Cymru gyfan.
English: Thank you for your answer, Minister. I'm sure that you'd agree with me that there are many factors in this crisis that actually risk exacerbating what is already a very serious child poverty crisis here in Wales, and was before COVID, and those include things like issues with access to childcare when women may not be able to go back to work if schools are not full time - everything from that to children who are digitally excluded from remote education. Can I ask you today, Minister, to continue to work with local authorities and to re-emphasise to them that they should put tackling child poverty and raising children out of poverty right at the heart of their agendas as they begin to plan for building back better after the COVID crisis?
Welsh: Diolch i chi am eich ateb, Weinidog. Rwy'n siŵr y byddech yn cytuno bod llawer o ffactorau yn yr argyfwng sydd, mewn gwirionedd, mewn perygl o waethygu'r hyn sydd eisoes yn argyfwng tlodi plant difrifol iawn yma yng Nghymru, ac roedd hynny'n wir cyn COVID, ac mae'r rheini'n cynnwys pethau fel problemau o ran cael gafael ar ofal plant pan na fydd menywod yn gallu dychwelyd i'r gwaith o bosibl os nad yw ysgolion ar agor ar sail amser llawn - popeth o hynny i blant sydd wedi'u hallgáu'n ddigidol rhag addysg o bell. A gaf fi ofyn i chi heddiw, Weinidog, i barhau i weithio gydag awdurdodau lleol ac i ail-bwysleisio iddynt y dylent roi trechu tlodi plant a chodi plant allan o dlodi wrth wraidd eu hagendâu wrth iddynt ddechrau cynllunio ar gyfer adeiladu nôl yn well ar ôl yr argyfwng COVID?
English: Thank you, Deputy Llywydd. Minister, analysis published by the End Child Poverty coalition earlier in this pandemic showed that, across Wales as a whole - reporting 2015 to 2019 - that child poverty fell marginally. During this pandemic, the Welsh Government have responded to the crisis with additional and very substantial investment to the Wales-only discretionary assistance fund, which you've just mentioned, which provides help for those facing desperate financial crisis, as well as allowing greater flexibility for those accessing the discretionary assistance fund, and in addition to the local hardship fund announcement, and, obviously, the critical, major Wales economic resilience fund. Minister, whilst we know, in a capitalistic economy, that child poverty is heavily influenced by earned incomes and the now slashed UK welfare benefit levels for families, what support have our partners in local government asked for, and what additional support can the Welsh Labour Government give to blocking and stopping the evil of child poverty?
Welsh: Diolch, Ddirprwy Lywydd. Weinidog, mae dadansoddiad a gyhoeddwyd gan y gynghrair Dileu Tlodi Plant yn gynharach yn y pandemig hwn wedi dangos, ar draws Cymru gyfan - gan adrodd rhwng 2015 a 2019 - fod tlodi plant wedi gostwng ychydig bach. Yn ystod y pandemig hwn, mae Llywodraeth Cymru wedi ymateb i'r argyfwng gyda buddsoddiad ychwanegol a sylweddol iawn i gronfa cymorth dewisol ar gyfer Cymru'n unig, cronfa rydych newydd ei chrybwyll, sy'n rhoi cymorth i'r rhai sy'n wynebu argyfwng ariannol enbyd, yn ogystal â chaniatáu mwy o hyblygrwydd i'r rhai sy'n defnyddio'r gronfa cymorth dewisol, ac yn ychwanegol at y cyhoeddiad am y gronfa galedi leol, ac yn amlwg, y gronfa fawr a phwysig, cronfa cadernid economaidd Cymru. Weinidog, gan ein bod yn gwybod, mewn economi gyfalafol, fod yr incwm a enillir, ynghyd â lefelau budd-dal lles y DU i deuluoedd, sydd bellach wedi'u torri, yn dylanwadu'n drwm ar dlodi plant, pa gymorth y mae ein partneriaid mewn llywodraeth leol wedi gofyn amdano, a pha gymorth ychwanegol y gall Llywodraeth Lafur Cymru ei roi i rwystro ac atal melltith tlodi plant?
English: Yes, Rhianon, you very accurately represent the real scourge of poverty in a young person's life, and, well before this crisis, in the months leading up, in fact, to the crisis - although we didn't know they were leading up to the crisis at the time - I commissioned a review to explore what more Welsh Government could do to reduce costs and boost incomes for families across Wales. The review also looked at investment in programmes and services that contribute to tackling poverty for children and young people, to ensure that, as far as possible, they were improving the outcomes for people who find themselves in poverty. The impact of the coronavirus pandemic on levels of poverty, including child poverty, in the short to medium term, is unfortunately likely to be substantial. It's against that backdrop and alongside recovery plans that recommendations following the review have been identified and subsequently discussed by Cabinet. Details of the agreed actions, along with the key findings of the review, will be published before the end of July. Local authorities from across Wales have contributed valuable evidence to that review via a range of engagement activities, and they're obviously a key partner as we start to implement the recommendations. These include practical steps we can take to maximise income and reduce essential living costs for families living in poverty across Wales.
Welsh: Ie, Rhianon, rydych yn disgrifio gwir felltith tlodi ym mywyd person ifanc, ac ymhell cyn yr argyfwng hwn, yn y misoedd yn arwain at yr argyfwng mewn gwirionedd - er nad oeddem yn gwybod eu bod yn arwain at yr argyfwng ar y pryd - comisiynais adolygiad i archwilio beth arall y gallai Llywodraeth Cymru ei wneud i leihau costau a hybu incwm i deuluoedd ledled Cymru. Roedd yr adolygiad hefyd yn edrych ar fuddsoddi mewn rhaglenni a gwasanaethau sy'n trechu tlodi plant a phobl ifanc, er mwyn sicrhau eu bod, cyn belled ag y bo modd, yn gwella'r canlyniadau i bobl sy'n byw mewn tlodi. Yn anffodus, mae effaith y pandemig coronafeirws ar lefelau tlodi, gan gynnwys tlodi plant, yn y tymor byr i ganolig, yn debygol o fod yn sylweddol. Yn erbyn y cefndir hwnnw ac ar y cyd â chynlluniau adfer yr aethpwyd ati i nodi'r argymhellion yn sgil yr adolygiad a'u trafod gan y Cabinet wedyn. Bydd manylion y camau y cytunwyd arnynt, ynghyd â chanfyddiadau allweddol yr adolygiad, yn cael eu cyhoeddi cyn diwedd mis Gorffennaf. Mae awdurdodau lleol o bob cwr o Gymru wedi cyfrannu tystiolaeth werthfawr i'r adolygiad hwnnw drwy amrywiaeth o weithgareddau ymgysylltu, ac mae'n amlwg eu bod yn bartner allweddol wrth inni ddechrau gweithredu'r argymhellion. Mae'r rhain yn cynnwys camau ymarferol y gallwn eu cymryd i gynyddu incwm a lleihau costau byw hanfodol i deuluoedd sy'n byw mewn tlodi ledled Cymru.
English: Llyr, I think I got the gist of that question, but my translation didn't work, so I'll give it my best, but I hope it does work by the time your supplementary comes around. So, thank you for the question. Our priority has been to get local planning authorities working again, so business can progress any development proposals requiring planning permission through the planning system. To assist this, regulations were made on 19 May to enable developers to progress planning applications for major development.
Welsh: Llyr, rwy'n credu fy mod wedi deall byrdwn y cwestiwn, ond nid oedd fy nghyfieithiad yn gweithio, felly rwyf am wneud fy ngorau, ond rwy'n gobeithio y bydd yn gweithio erbyn eich cwestiwn atodol. Felly, diolch am y cwestiwn. Ein blaenoriaeth yw cael awdurdodau cynllunio lleol i weithio eto, fel y gall busnesau sicrhau bod unrhyw gynigion datblygu sydd angen caniatâd cynllunio yn gallu symud ymlaen drwy'r system gynllunio. I gynorthwyo gyda hyn, gwnaed rheoliadau ar 19 Mai i alluogi datblygwyr i fwrw ymlaen â cheisiadau cynllunio ar gyfer datblygiadau mawr.
English: Thank you for your answer. I hope that the translation equipment is working by now. We're all aware - . No, it isn't.
Welsh: Wel, diolch i chi am eich ateb. Dwi'n gobeithio bod yr offer cyfieithu'n gweithio erbyn hyn. Dŷn ni i gyd yn ymwybodol - . Na, dydy e ddim.
English: Yes, sorry.
Welsh: Ie, mae'n ddrwg gennyf.
English: We're very aware that the requirements of social distancing, whether it's 2m or 1m, actually, are causing a great deal of problems for many businesses that either have reopened or, of course, hope to reopen soon. Now, I'm sure we all know of examples where wide pavements outside of shops could be utilised in terms of cafes and coffee shops. There are parking spaces that could be used to prioritise the needs of those businesses over traffic, and there are town and village squares that could be utilised for cafes and coffee shops during the day and, potentially then, restaurants and, when the time comes, pubs in the evenings. So, I just want to understand, really, what you're doing in terms of working with local authorities to not only ensure that they can be as creative and as flexible as possible in allowing some of this to happen, but to actually encourage them, proactively, to make sure that it does.
Welsh: Rydym yn ymwybodol iawn fod gofynion cadw pellter cymdeithasol, boed yn 2m neu'n 1m, yn achosi cryn dipyn o broblemau i lawer o fusnesau sydd naill ai wedi ailagor neu, wrth gwrs, yn gobeithio ailagor yn fuan. Nawr, rwy'n siŵr ein bod i gyd yn gwybod am enghreifftiau lle gellid gwneud defnydd o balmentydd llydan y tu allan i gaffis a siopau coffi. Ceir mannau parcio y gellid eu defnyddio i flaenoriaethu anghenion y busnesau hynny dros draffig, a cheir sgwariau trefi a phentrefi y gallai caffis a siopau coffi wneud defnydd ohonynt yn ystod y dydd ac o bosibl wedyn, gallai bwytai, a thafarndai pan ddaw'r amser, wneud defnydd ohonynt gyda'r nos. Felly, hoffwn ddeall, mewn gwirionedd, beth rydych chi'n ei wneud o ran gweithio gydag awdurdodau lleol nid yn unig i sicrhau eu bod yn gallu bod mor greadigol ac mor hyblyg â phosibl wrth ganiatáu peth o hyn i ddigwydd, ond i'w hannog, mewn gwirionedd, yn rhagweithiol, i wneud yn siŵr ei fod yn digwydd.
English: Just to let everybody know, the translation connection's just dropped out, so we're checking on the back-up. So, just for the time being, I think we're without translation. Huw Irranca-Davies.
Welsh: Hoffwn roi gwybod i bawb fod y cysylltiad cyfieithu wedi methu, felly rydym yn archwilio'r trefniadau wrth gefn. Felly, nid wyf yn credu bod gennym gyfieithiad am y tro. Huw Irranca-Davies.
English: Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. Could I just add to what Llyr was just saying? It's great to see, in the last couple of days, some of the shops along Pencoed and Pontycymer and Maesteg reopening cautiously, and people coming out to cautiously spend money on our local high streets. But it is a real issue over the crowded pavement spaces and so on, and I just wonder what discussions both you and the Deputy Minister are having not just with local authorities, but with town and community councils - big and small - because they are very often best placed to understand the local environment. Now, they could feed into the work that's being done by local authorities to rebuild in a different way towards the new normal in our centres and give viable businesses - and lessen the risk of spreading the virus as well.
Welsh: Diolch, Ddirprwy Lywydd. A gaf fi ychwanegu at yr hyn roedd Llyr yn ei ddweud? Mae'n wych gweld bod rhai o'r siopau ym Mhen-coed, Pontycymer a Maesteg wedi ailagor yn ofalus dros yr ychydig ddyddiau diwethaf, a bod pobl yn dod allan yn ofalus i wario arian ar ein strydoedd mawr lleol. Ond mae'r palmentydd gorlawn yn broblem wirioneddol, ac rwy'n meddwl pa drafodaethau rydych chi a'r Dirprwy Weinidog yn eu cael, nid yn unig gydag awdurdodau lleol, ond gyda chynghorau tref a chymuned - mawr a bach - oherwydd yn aml iawn hwy sydd yn y sefyllfa orau i ddeall yr amgylchedd lleol. Nawr, gallent fwydo i mewn i'r gwaith sy'n cael ei wneud gan awdurdodau lleol i ailadeiladu mewn ffordd wahanol tuag at y normal newydd yn ein canolfannau a rhoi busnesau hyfyw - a lleihau'r risg o ledaenu'r feirws hefyd.
English: Yes, I entirely agree with you, Huw. Myself and Hannah have been working very hard with both the industry, with local authorities and town and community councils and with other stakeholders in the food and drink industry, and in the regeneration thing, to pull a number of strands together to get a better 'normal' when we finally come out of the pandemic. There are a number of things we're trying to achieve. We're obviously wanting our hospitality industry to be able to be up and running in a safe way that allows them to conduct their business, and frankly allows us to all get out and see our friends and family in a convivial setting while making sure that we all stay safe. But there's also something about regenerating our town centres and our small market towns and small villages that were already struggling in some respects, and it's about bringing those things together. So, my colleague Hannah Blythyn leads on that, but we've been working very hard across a number of sectors and stakeholders to do that. She's just currently taking part in a rapid review of that, of everything that pulls that together in order to do that. I'm sure she'd be more than happy to answer questions on that another time. She's been working very hard on it.
Welsh: Ie, rwy'n cytuno'n llwyr â chi, Huw. Rwyf fi a Hannah wedi bod yn gweithio'n galed iawn gyda'r diwydiant, gydag awdurdodau lleol a chynghorau tref a chymuned a chyda rhanddeiliaid eraill yn y diwydiant bwyd a diod, ac mewn perthynas ag adfywio, i ddod â nifer o elfennau at ei gilydd i sicrhau 'normal' gwell pan ddown allan o'r pandemig yn y pen draw. Rydym yn ceisio cyflawni nifer o bethau. Mae'n amlwg ein bod eisiau i'n diwydiant lletygarwch allu gweithredu mewn ffordd ddiogel sy'n caniatáu iddynt gyflawni eu busnes, a ffordd sy'n caniatáu i bawb ohonom mewn gwirionedd fynd allan a gweld ein ffrindiau a'n teuluoedd mewn lleoliad hwyliog tra'n sicrhau ein bod i gyd yn aros yn ddiogel. Ond roedd rhai agweddau ar adfywio canol ein trefi a'n trefi marchnad bach a phentrefi bach yn anodd eisoes, ac mae'n ymwneud â dod â'r pethau hynny at ei gilydd. Felly, mae fy nghyd-Aelod, Hannah Blythyn, yn arwain ar hynny, ond rydym wedi bod yn gweithio'n galed iawn ar draws nifer o sectorau a chyda nifer o randdeiliaid i wneud hynny. Ar hyn o bryd, mae'n cymryd rhan mewn adolygiad cyflym o hynny, o bopeth sy'n dod â hynny at ei gilydd. Rwy'n siŵr y bydd yn fwy na pharod i ateb cwestiynau ar hynny rywbryd eto. Mae wedi bod yn gweithio'n galed iawn arno.
English: Good afternoon, Minister. You will be aware that many developments that are granted planning permission are required to start within a certain time frame due to either specific conditions of the permission or through general conditions. They normally have a number of years in which they have to start. And you'll be aware that if work doesn't start, the permission will lapse. Applying for a fresh planning permission is time consuming and costly. One option to solve this problem could be for Welsh Government to introduce a new permitted development right to enable planning permission to be carried forward for a fixed time. I believe it is within competence, and I wondered if you would review this issue, because it's especially important to keep housing developments on track. I don't think that this was covered in your letter of 27 March to local authorities, or in the guidance to planning authorities - not as far as I could understand it, anyway.
Welsh: Prynhawn da, Weinidog. Fe fyddwch yn ymwybodol fod gofyn i lawer o ddatblygiadau sydd wedi cael caniatâd cynllunio ddechrau o fewn amserlen benodol oherwydd amodau penodol y caniatâd neu drwy amodau cyffredinol. Fel arfer mae ganddynt nifer o flynyddoedd cyn bod yn rhaid iddynt ddechrau. Ac fe fyddwch yn gwybod os na fydd y gwaith yn dechrau, y bydd y caniatâd yn darfod. Mae gwneud cais am ganiatâd cynllunio o'r newydd yn gostus ac yn cymryd amser. Un opsiwn i ddatrys y broblem hon fyddai i Lywodraeth Cymru gyflwyno hawl datblygu a ganiateir newydd er mwyn gallu cario caniatâd cynllunio ymlaen am gyfnod penodol. Credaf ei fod o fewn y cymhwysedd, ac roeddwn yn meddwl tybed a wnewch chi adolygu'r mater hwn, oherwydd mae'n arbennig o bwysig cadw datblygiadau tai ar y trywydd cywir. Nid wyf yn credu bod y mater hwn wedi ei gynnwys yn eich llythyr dyddiedig 27 Mawrth at awdurdodau lleol, nac yn y canllawiau i awdurdodau cynllunio - nid yn ôl yr hyn rwy'n ei ddeall, beth bynnag.
English: No, I don't think it was, but we have been working very hard with local authorities to understand what that might look like, and how many schemes might be caught up in that. We're looking not to have a blanket permitted development right across Wales for particular sorts of development, but to work with local authorities and their local development plans on identified housing sites to see what development rights need to be put in place, either in order to preserve a planning consent or to bring it forward rapidly, because as you know, we very much want to have a green housing-led recovery in that regard. So, we are working very hard with them, but on the basis of site-specific issues rather than a blanket across Wales, because that's completely unmanageable. So, yes, we have a number of funds and sites that we're looking at, and once we've got to the end of what we're doing, we'll be ready to put a statement out and then I'm very happy to share. But actually, Angela, if you've got any specific sites in question, we're very interested in looking at them, so if you want to just let me know what they are, I'd be very happy to share that with you.
Welsh: Na, nid wyf yn credu hynny, ond rydym wedi bod yn gweithio'n galed iawn gydag awdurdodau lleol i ddeall sut y gallai hynny edrych, a faint o gynlluniau a allai gael eu cynnwys yn hynny. Nid ydym eisiau hawl datblygu a ganiateir cyffredinol ar draws Cymru ar gyfer mathau penodol o ddatblygiad, ond yn hytrach rydym eisiau gweithio gydag awdurdodau lleol a'u cynlluniau datblygu lleol ar safleoedd tai a nodwyd i weld pa hawliau datblygu sydd angen eu rhoi ar waith, naill ai er mwyn cadw caniatâd cynllunio neu i'w gyflwyno'n gyflym, oherwydd fel y gwyddoch, rydym yn awyddus iawn i gael adferiad wedi'i arwain gan dai gwyrdd yn hynny o beth. Felly, rydym yn gweithio'n galed iawn gyda hwy, ond ar sail materion sy'n ymwneud â safleoedd penodol yn hytrach nag yn gyffredinol ledled Cymru, oherwydd mae'n gwbl amhosibl rheoli hynny. Felly, oes, mae gennym nifer o gronfeydd a safleoedd rydym yn edrych arnynt, a phan fyddwn wedi cwblhau yr hyn rydym yn ei wneud, byddwn yn barod i gyhoeddi datganiad ac yna byddaf yn hapus iawn i rannu. Ond mewn gwirionedd, Angela, os oes gennych unrhyw safleoedd penodol dan sylw, mae gennym ddiddordeb mawr mewn edrych arnynt, felly os ydych am roi gwybod i mi beth ydynt, byddwn yn hapus iawn i rannu hynny gyda chi.
English: Thank you. We'll now turn to spokespersons' questions, and the first this afternoon is Mark Isherwood.
Welsh: Diolch. Trown yn awr at gwestiynau'r llefarwyr, a Mark Isherwood yw'r cyntaf y prynhawn yma.
English: Diolch. Last Sunday, all Members of the Senedd received an e-mail from a Flintshire resident whose complaint against Flintshire council regarding a development in Flintshire had been upheld by the ombudsman for Wales, but who stated that there needs to be an inquiry into the approval of this development, with the officers involved being held to account. I've received several similar complaints regarding approved developments in Flintshire. How do you therefore respond to another Flintshire resident who said that county hall planning departments often struggle to defend existing green barrier demarcations when faced with demands from large scale speculative estate developers - [ Inaudible.] - of yet more swathes of of easy-to-build private houses on our precious fields and countryside? As we stand to lose yet more of our finite green barrier land, what measures can the Minister put in place that will urgently mandate that Welsh planning policy will affirm the robust conservation of all existing open spaces and defined green barriers?
Welsh: Diolch. Ddydd Sul diwethaf, derbyniodd pob Aelod o'r Senedd e-bost gan un o drigolion Sir y Fflint yr oedd ei gŵyn yn erbyn cyngor Sir y Fflint ynghylch datblygiad yn Sir y Fflint wedi cael ei chadarnhau gan ombwdsmon Cymru, ond dywedodd fod angen cynnal ymchwiliad i'r broses o gymeradwyo'r datblygiad hwn, a bod yn rhaid dwyn y swyddogion dan sylw i gyfrif. Rwyf wedi derbyn nifer o gwynion tebyg ynghylch datblygiadau a gymeradwywyd yn Sir y Fflint. Sut rydych chi'n ymateb felly i breswylydd arall yn Sir y Fflint a ddywedodd fod adrannau cynllunio neuadd y sir yn aml yn ei chael hi'n anodd amddiffyn y broses o bennu ffiniau blaenoriaethau rhwystr glas sy'n bodoli eisoes wrth wynebu galwadau gan hap-ddatblygwyr ystadau mawr - [ Anghlywadwy.] - llu yn rhagor eto o dai preifat hawdd eu hadeiladu yn ein hardaloedd gwledig ac ar ein caeau gwerthfawr? Wrth inni golli mwy a mwy o'n tir rhwystr glas cyfyngedig, pa fesurau y gall y Gweinidog eu rhoi ar waith a fydd yn rhoi mandad brys i sicrhau bod polisi cynllunio Cymru yn cadarnhau y dylai'r holl fannau agored a'r holl rwystrau glas diffiniedig sydd eisoes yn bodoli gael eu gwarchod yn gadarn?