English: Firstly, can I put on record my thanks to John Griffiths for his chairmanship in producing today's committee report on second homes, and also to my fellow colleagues on the committee, and the Minister, clerks and the committee support team who have come along and given evidence and supported us as a committee through this process? Of course, the issue around second homes has been a contentious issue for a long time in Wales, for a number of years, and that's why it's really important, as a committee, I believe, that we got stuck into this very early on in our formation as a committee. As we know, a lot of the Senedd's best work comes from committees and, in light of this, it was really encouraging to see, Minister, you accept 14 of the 15 recommendations, and accept one in principle as well. So, thank you for your engagement in this process as well. In my contribution today, I'd like to put on record also my acknowledgement that it's certainly a challenge with the proportion of second homes in some communities in Wales. This came through clearly in the work we carried out as a committee. But also what came through clearly was that this challenge is by no means evenly split across Wales. The example that struck me during our work as a committee was that, in Abersoch, you're looking at around 50 per cent of the properties there that are either second homes or holiday homes, whereas a few miles up the road in Caernarfon about 0.5 per cent of the properties there fall into that category. So, the differences across communities are vast in places that aren't that far apart. During our committee's work, we found that some of our coastal and rural areas have some of the highest numbers of second homes, and combined with formerly residential properties switching to short-term holiday accommodation and some of the issues around affordability of homes in communities, those communities were certainly feeling that their sustainability is under threat. It was data from August last year that showed that Gwynedd had the highest number of second homes - about 9.5 per cent of the properties there. Anglesey was at 8.1 per cent and Ceredigion at 5.2 per cent, certainly highlighting those rural and coastal communities having to deal with this challenge the most across the country. I was really grateful again to receive the amount of correspondence that I did from residents and from interested parties around this issue in their communities. I'm sure this is what also partly led us to recommendation 7 of our report, which states that 'The Welsh Government should clarify how local and national strategies will ensure a sufficient supply of housing that is of the appropriate type to meet local requirements and affordable in the context of local earnings.' I think it's a really important recommendation that that understanding of nuance across Wales is coming through in strategy and in policy. In addition to this, we've found out that the second homes issue has been exacerbated following the COVID-19 pandemic, of course. We certainly want to welcome people into Wales and give them a warm welcome. However, recommendation 13 that states that 'The Welsh Government should commission research on the impact ofthe Covid-19 pandemic on housing trends to assess the scale of movement from urban to rural and coastal areas.' I was really pleased to see that recommendation in our report. One thing I'd like to perhaps focus on is the understanding of the issue around the number of houses being built in our rural communities as well, and the context of second homes within that. We know that of the nearly 1.4 million properties in Wales, the data we were using when the report was published showed that just under 20,000 of those properties are classified as second homes. That's 1.4 per cent of all the properties in Wales. It's 1.4 per cent that are second homes. Whilst I clarified this at the start of my contribution, that it's such an issue in some communities, the context of that number is not as significant, perhaps, as some would want us to believe. The impact of such a negative message to our tourism industry has already been highlighted here today, and we were reminded in taking evidence that it's the tourism sector in Wales that accounts for 17.6 per cent of gross domestic product, and employs over 12 per cent of our residents in the country. That's why I welcomed recommendation 4, actually, which calls on the Welsh Government to commission further research on the impact of tourism on the sustainability of communities, because this sector is so important to our communities in terms of jobs and future opportunities. Llywydd, I know time is running, so I'm going to just quickly canter through this last point here, which is actually around the importance around recommendation 8 in all of this, which states that the Welsh Government needs to provide an update to the Senedd on how it intends to achieve its target to build another 20,000 new social homes within this Senedd term, along with recommendation 10 from our report, which is seeking further efforts from the Welsh Government about how it's going to work with the private sector to develop more properties, especially in these communities where they are finding it difficult with the number of second and holiday homes. Thank you, Llywydd, for just giving me a few more moments there. I'd like to thank again the committee and all those who contributed to what I think is a really helpful report in looking to how we deal with some of the challenges around second homes. Diolch.
Welsh: Yn gyntaf, a gaf fi gofnodi fy niolch i John Griffiths am ei gadeiryddiaeth wrth gynhyrchu adroddiad y pwyllgor ar ail gartrefi heddiw, a hefyd i fy nghyd-Aelodau ar y pwyllgor, a'r Gweinidog, y clercod a thîm cefnogi'r pwyllgor sydd wedi dod draw a rhoi tystiolaeth a'n cefnogi fel pwyllgor drwy'r broses hon? Wrth gwrs, mae ail gartrefi wedi bod yn fater dadleuol ers amser maith yng Nghymru, ers nifer o flynyddoedd, a dyna pam y credaf ei bod hi'n bwysig iawn ein bod wedi mynd i'r afael â hyn yn gynnar iawn ar ôl inni ffurfio fel pwyllgor. Fel y gwyddom, mae llawer o waith gorau'r Senedd yn dod o bwyllgorau ac o ganlyniad i hyn, roedd yn galonogol iawn gweld eich bod wedi derbyn 14 o'r 15 argymhelliad, Weinidog, ac wedi derbyn un mewn egwyddor hefyd. Felly, diolch am eich rhan chi yn y broses hon hefyd. Yn fy nghyfraniad i heddiw, hoffwn gydnabod ei bod yn sicr yn her o ystyried cyfran yr ail gartrefi mewn rhai cymunedau yng Nghymru. Roedd hyn yn glir yn y gwaith a wnaethom fel pwyllgor. Ond roedd hefyd yn glir nad yw'r her wedi'i rhannu'n gyfartal ledled Cymru o bell ffordd. Yr enghraifft a'm trawodd yn ystod ein gwaith fel pwyllgor oedd bod oddeutu 50 y cant o'r eiddo yn Abersoch naill ai'n ail gartrefi neu'n dai gwyliau, ond ychydig filltiroedd i ffwrdd yng Nghaernarfon, dim ond tua 0.5 y cant o'r eiddo yno a oedd yn disgyn i'r categori hwnnw. Felly, mae'r gwahaniaethau ar draws cymunedau'n enfawr mewn mannau nad ydynt mor bell â hynny oddi wrth ei gilydd. Yn ystod gwaith ein pwyllgor, gwelsom fod gan rai o'n hardaloedd arfordirol a gwledig rai o'r niferoedd uchaf o ail gartrefi, ac o'u cyfuno ag eiddo a arferai fod yn eiddo preswyl a oedd wedi newid yn llety gwyliau tymor byr a rhai o'r cwestiynau ynghylch fforddiadwyedd cartrefi mewn cymunedau, roedd y cymunedau hynny'n sicr yn teimlo bygythiad i'w cynaliadwyedd. Roedd data mis Awst y llynedd yn dangos mai Gwynedd oedd â'r nifer uchaf o ail gartrefi - tua 9.5 y cant o'r eiddo yno. Roedd Ynys Môn ar 8.1 y cant a Cheredigion ar 5.2 y cant, gan ddangos yn bendant fod y cymunedau gwledig ac arfordirol hynny'n gorfod wynebu'r her yn fwy nag unrhyw ardaloedd eraill ledled y wlad. Roeddwn yn ddiolchgar iawn am yr ohebiaeth gan drigolion a phartïon sydd â diddordeb yn y mater yn eu cymunedau. Rwy'n siŵr mai dyma'n rhannol a'n harweiniodd i wneud argymhelliad 7 yn ein hadroddiad, sy'n dweud 'Dylai Llywodraeth Cymru egluro sut y bydd strategaethau lleol a chenedlaethol yn sicrhau cyflenwad digonol o dai sydd o'r math priodol i fodloni gofynion lleol ac yn fforddiadwy yng nghyd-destun enillion lleol.' Rwy'n credu ei fod yn argymhelliad pwysig iawn fod y ddealltwriaeth honno o wahaniaethau ledled Cymru yn cael ei hadlewyrchu yn y strategaeth ac mewn polisi. Yn ogystal â hyn, canfuom fod problem ail gartrefi wedi gwaethygu yn dilyn pandemig COVID-19 wrth gwrs. Rydym yn sicr eisiau croesawu pobl i Gymru a rhoi croeso cynnes iddynt. Fodd bynnag, mae argymhelliad 13 yn dweud 'Dylai Llywodraeth Cymru gomisiynu gwaith ymchwil ar effaith pandemig Covid-19 ar dueddiadau o ran tai, i asesu maint y symud o ardaloedd trefol i ardaloedd gwledig ac arfordirol.' Roeddwn yn falch iawn o weld yr argymhelliad hwnnw yn ein hadroddiad. Un peth yr hoffwn ganolbwyntio arno efallai yw'r ddealltwriaeth o'r mater mewn perthynas â nifer y tai sy'n cael eu hadeiladu yn ein cymunedau gwledig hefyd, a chyd-destun ail gartrefi o fewn hynny. Gwyddom fod y data a ddefnyddiem pan gyhoeddwyd yr adroddiad yn dangos bod ychydig o dan 20,000 o'r bron i 1.4 miliwn o eiddo yng Nghymru yn cael eu dosbarthu fel ail gartrefi. Mae hynny'n 1.4 y cant o holl eiddo Cymru. Mae 1.4 y cant o holl eiddo Cymru yn ail gartrefi. Er i mi egluro hyn ar ddechrau fy nghyfraniad, y ffaith ei bod yn broblem fawr mewn rhai cymunedau, nid yw cyd-destun y ffigur hwnnw mor arwyddocaol, efallai, ag y byddai rhai eisiau i ni ei gredu. Mae effaith neges mor negyddol i'n diwydiant twristiaeth eisoes wedi cael sylw yma heddiw, ac fe'n hatgoffwyd wrth gymryd tystiolaeth mai'r sector twristiaeth yng Nghymru sydd i gyfrif am 17.6 y cant o gynnyrch domestig gros, ac sy'n cyflogi dros 12 y cant o drigolion y wlad. Dyna pam y croesawais argymhelliad 4, mewn gwirionedd, sy'n galw ar Lywodraeth Cymru i gomisiynu rhagor o waith ymchwil ar yr effaith y mae twristiaeth yn ei chael ar gynaliadwyedd cymunedau, oherwydd mae'r sector hwn mor bwysig i'n cymunedau mewn perthynas â swyddi a chyfleoedd i'r dyfodol. Lywydd, rwy'n gwybod bod amser yn brin, felly rwy'n mynd i garlamu drwy'r pwynt olaf hwn, ynglŷn ag argymhelliad 8 yn hyn i gyd, sy'n nodi bod angen i Lywodraeth Cymru ddarparu diweddariad i'r Senedd ar sut y mae'n bwriadu cyflawni ei tharged ar gyfer adeiladu 20,000 o gartrefi cymdeithasol newydd yn nhymor y Senedd hon, ynghyd ag argymhelliad 10 yn ein hadroddiad, sy'n galw am ymdrechion pellach gan Lywodraeth Cymru ynglŷn â sut y mae'n bwriadu gweithio gyda'r sector preifat i ddatblygu mwy o eiddo, yn enwedig yn y cymunedau lle maent yn ei chael hi'n anodd gyda nifer yr ail gartrefi a'r tai gwyliau. Diolch am roi ychydig mwy o amser i mi, Lywydd. Hoffwn ddiolch eto i'r pwyllgor ac i bawb a gyfrannodd at yr hyn rwy'n ei ystyried yn adroddiad defnyddiol iawn i weld sut y gwnawn ymdrin â rhai o'r heriau mewn perthynas ag ail gartrefi. Diolch.