English: In rising to speak in support of this motion today, I will focus my remarks on the experiences of my constituents - my constituents who live not just on unadopted roads, but, as so many of my colleagues here have stressed today, on unadopted estates. I want to talk about the impact that the failure of developers to bring these estates up to adoptable standards is having on my constituents. Indeed, I don't think it's being overly dramatic to talk about the misery that this is causing. I am at present dealing with three sizeable housing estates of so-called 'executive homes', all built by the same developer. This is one of the so-called 'big four' UK developers. I know other AMs have talked about the problems caused when house builders go into liquidation, but I am talking about a company here that remains one of the big four UK house builders. So, far from being unable to sort these issues out, they are too busy going on to build more houses in other locations, making millions and millions of pounds, before they complete estates to proper adoptable standards. I'm not going to name the developer here today, but the comments that I make later on may hint at their identity. As the motion notes, one of the most pressing problems relates to roads on these housing estates. As the roads have not been adopted, they're in an unsafe condition. This can cause damage to residents' cars, which I've taken on numerous pieces of casework about, but also injury to residents, too. Again, I've taken on numerous cases involving that. In particular, in this example, it is not just the road that the developer has not bothered to finish: residents of the same estate of over 150 properties have had issues with their broadband provision; a promised playground has not been built; landscaping hasn't taken place; and a pumping station hasn't been completed. All of this has a negative impact - a very negative impact - on householders. And in this case where the housing estate was completed four years ago, it has left residents feeling very disappointed that the shiny, brand-spanking-new homes that they were promised have been dumped in what resembles little more than a building site. Some of the householders are so disappointed they've told me they want to move, but the poor condition of the estate means that they cannot do this because their homes have been devalued. I'm dealing with two other estates, built by the same big housing developer. Here, residents face similar problems. In one case, the work needed to bring the estate up to an adoptable state hasn't been completed 17 years after the houses were built. I want to re-emphasise that point - 17 years, by a major UK house builder. That is just not acceptable. Now, I've spoken to the house builder. I've met with their executives and received a warm and mollifying response. But in terms of action, nothing has changed. No progress has been made. My residents' queries, pleas and complaints have fallen on deaf years. And what makes these matters all the more galling is that the developer is already looking at a new site in my constituency. Yes, we need homes, but there is no duty on large-scale builders to ensure that works are completed before they move on, and I think this is very wrong.
Welsh: Wrth godi i siarad i gefnogi'r cynnig hwn heddiw, byddaf yn canolbwyntio fy sylwadau ar brofiadau fy etholwyr - fy etholwyr sy'n byw nid yn unig ar ffyrdd heb eu mabwysiadu, ond fel y mae cynifer o fy nghyd-Aelodau yma wedi pwysleisio heddiw, ar ystadau sydd heb eu mabwysiadu. Rwyf am sôn am yr effaith a gaiff methiant datblygwyr i sicrhau bod yr ystadau hyn yn cyrraedd safonau mabwysiadwy ar fy etholwyr. Yn wir, nid wyf yn credu ei bod yn rhy ddramatig i siarad am y dioddefaint y mae hyn yn ei achosi. Ar hyn o bryd rwy'n ymdrin â thair ystâd sylweddol o dai 'executive' fel y'u gelwir, pob un wedi'i hadeiladu gan yr un datblygwr. Mae'n un o'r 'pedwar datblygwr mawr' fel y'u gelwir yn y DU. Gwn fod ACau eraill wedi sôn am y problemau a achosir pan fo adeiladwyr tai yn mynd i'r wal, ond rwy'n sôn am gwmni yma sy'n parhau i fod yn un o bedwar adeiladwr tai mawr y DU. Felly, ymhell o fethu gallu datrys y materion hyn, maent yn rhy brysur yn mynd ymlaen i adeiladu mwy o dai mewn lleoliadau eraill, gwneud miliynau ar filiynau o bunnoedd, cyn cwblhau ystadau i safonau mabwysiadwy. Nid wyf yn mynd i enwi'r datblygwr yma heddiw, ond mae'n bosibl y bydd y sylwadau a wnaf yn nes ymlaen yn awgrymu pwy ydynt. Fel y noda'r cynnig, mae un o'r problemau mwyaf dybryd yn ymwneud â ffyrdd ar yr ystadau tai hyn. Gan na fabwysiadwyd y ffyrdd, maent mewn cyflwr anniogel. Gall hyn achosi niwed i geir y trigolion, ac mae gennyf nifer o enghreifftiau o hynny yn fy llwyth achosion, ac anaf i drigolion hefyd. Unwaith eto, rwyf wedi ymwneud â nifer o achosion o hynny. Yn benodol, yn yr enghraifft hon, nid y ffordd yn unig y mae'r datblygwr heb drafferthu ei gorffen: mae trigolion yr un ystâd o dros 150 o dai wedi cael problemau gyda'u darpariaeth band eang; ni chafodd maes chwarae a addawyd mo'i adeiladu; ni wnaed gwaith tirlunio; ac ni orffennwyd y gwaith ar orsaf bwmpio. Mae hyn i gyd wedi cael effaith negyddol - effaith negyddol iawn - ar ddeiliaid tai. Ac yn yr achos hwn lle y cwblhawyd yr ystâd dai bedair blynedd yn ôl, mae wedi gwneud i'r trigolion deimlo'n siomedig iawn fod y cartrefi newydd sbon danlli a addawyd iddynt wedi eu dympio yn yr hyn sy'n fawr gwell na safle adeiladu o ran ei olwg. Mae rhai o'r deiliaid tai mor siomedig fel eu bod wedi dweud wrthyf eu bod am symud, ond mae cyflwr gwael yr ystâd yn golygu na allant wneud hynny am fod gwerth eu cartrefi wedi gostwng. Rwy'n ymdrin â dwy ystâd arall, a godwyd gan yr un datblygwr tai mawr. Yma, mae trigolion yn wynebu problemau tebyg. Mewn un achos, nid yw'r gwaith sydd ei angen i sicrhau bod yr ystâd mewn cyflwr mabwysiadwy wedi'i gwblhau 17 mlynedd ar ôl adeiladu'r tai. Hoffwn ailbwysleisio'r pwynt hwnnw - 17 mlynedd, gan un o brif adeiladwyr tai y DU. Nid yw hynny'n dderbyniol o gwbl. Nawr, rwyf wedi siarad â'r adeiladwr tai. Rwyf wedi cyfarfod â'u prif swyddogion a derbyn ymateb cynnes a chymodlon. Ond o ran gweithredu, nid oes dim wedi newid. Ni wnaed unrhyw gynnydd. Mae ymholiadau, apeliadau a chwynion fy mhreswylwyr wedi disgyn ar glustiau byddar. A'r hyn sy'n gwneud y materion hyn yn anos byth i'w stumogi yw bod y datblygwr eisoes yn edrych ar safle newydd yn fy etholaeth. Oes, mae angen cartrefi arnom, ond nid oes unrhyw ddyletswydd ar adeiladwyr tai ar raddfa fawr i sicrhau bod gwaith wedi'i gwblhau cyn iddynt symud ymlaen, ac rwy'n credu bod hynny'n gwbl anghywir.