English: Well, Llywydd, of course I agree with what the Member has said about the way in which the pandemic has exaggerated the inequalities that were already far too evident in our society, and this Government continues to do everything we can to press against the rising tide of inequality here in Wales. But it is a tide that is rising because of the actions that are taken elsewhere. When I met the Chancellor of the Exchequer some weeks ago, I took the opportunity to press on him the need not to row back on the £20 a week that families in receipt of universal credit have in Wales, as a response to the pandemic. The Chancellor extended that in his March budget to the end of September, but those weeks are ticking away, and once again those families face the none-too-distant prospect of losing £1,000 in a year - £1,000 that really makes an enormous difference every single week to the children who live in those families. I pressed that point as powerfully as I could with the Chancellor. As far as evictions are concerned, let me just explain to the Chamber - and this will be set out in greater detail by my colleague Julie James - that the regulations that have suspended evictions are coronavirus regulations. They have to be justified in law on the grounds of the pandemic, and as other parts of our society see greater normality restored, then greater normality has to be restored in other parts of Welsh life. Had we not done so, I think there is no doubt at all that the Welsh Government would have been challenged in the courts by landlords who have a legitimate interest in defending their own interests in the bargain between a landlord and a tenant. Now, we have done an enormous amount during the pandemic to strengthen the support that is available to tenants: extending notice periods, providing additional discretionary housing payments, funding the private rented sector debt helpline and the citizens advice bureaux, as well as the very significant millions and millions of pounds that we have spent through local authorities to go on dealing with problems of homelessness and stabilising people's housing situation. As the time comes when those regulations have to be lifted, the Minister will set out further assistance that we will provide to tenants in that position in order to minimise the risks that people run of becoming homeless and having to be rehoused in other ways by statutory authorities.
Welsh: Wel, Llywydd, wrth gwrs fy mod i'n cytuno â'r hyn y mae'r Aelod wedi ei ddweud am y ffordd y mae'r pandemig wedi gwaethygu anghydraddoldebau a oedd eisoes yn llawer rhy amlwg yn ein cymdeithas, ac mae'r Llywodraeth hon yn parhau i wneud popeth o fewn ein gallu i bwyso yn ôl yn erbyn llif cynyddol anghydraddoldeb yma yng Nghymru. Ond mae'n llanw sy'n codi oherwydd y camau sy'n cael eu cymryd mewn mannau eraill. Pan gyfarfûm â Changhellor y Trysorlys rai wythnosau yn ôl, achubais ar y cyfle i bwyso arno am yr angen i beidio â gostwng yr £20 yr wythnos y mae teuluoedd sy'n derbyn credyd cynhwysol yn ei gael yng Nghymru, mewn ymateb i'r pandemig. Estynnodd y Canghellor hynny yn ei gyllideb ym mis Mawrth hyd at ddiwedd mis Medi, ond mae'r wythnosau hynny yn prysur ddiflannu, ac unwaith eto mae'r teuluoedd hynny yn wynebu'r posibilrwydd, yn y dyfodol agos o golli £1,000 mewn blwyddyn - £1,000 sy'n gwneud gwahaniaeth enfawr bob wythnos i'r plant sy'n byw yn y teuluoedd hynny. Pwysleisiais y pwynt hwnnw mewn modd mor rymus ag y gallwn gyda'r Canghellor. O ran troi allan, gadewch i mi egluro i'r Siambr - a chaiff hyn ei nodi'n fanylach gan fy nghyd-Weinidog Julie James - mai rheoliadau coronafeirws yw'r rheoliadau sydd wedi atal troi allan. Mae'n rhaid eu cyfiawnhau yn ôl y gyfraith ar sail y pandemig, ac wrth i rannau eraill o'n cymdeithas weld mwy o normalrwydd yn cael ei adfer, yna mae'n rhaid adfer mwy o normalrwydd mewn rhannau eraill o fywyd Cymru. Pe na byddem wedi gwneud hynny, rwy'n credu nad oes amheuaeth o gwbl y byddai Llywodraeth Cymru wedi cael ei herio yn y llysoedd gan landlordiaid sydd â buddiant dilys mewn amddiffyn eu buddiannau eu hunain yn y cytundeb rhwng landlord a thenant. Nawr, rydym ni wedi gwneud llawer iawn yn ystod y pandemig i gryfhau'r cymorth sydd ar gael i denantiaid: ymestyn cyfnodau rhybudd, darparu taliadau tai dewisol ychwanegol, ariannu llinell gymorth dyledion y sector rhentu preifat a'r canolfannau cyngor ar bopeth, yn ogystal â'r miliynau ar filiynau sylweddol iawn o bunnoedd yr ydym ni wedi'u gwario drwy awdurdodau lleol i fynd ati i ymdrin â phroblemau digartrefedd a sefydlogi sefyllfa tai pobl. Wrth i'r amser ddod pan fo rhaid dileu'r rheoliadau hynny, bydd y Gweinidog yn nodi rhagor o gymorth y byddwn ni yn ei roi i denantiaid yn y sefyllfa honno er mwyn lleihau'r risgiau sydd gan bobl o fod yn ddigartref a gorfod cael eu hailgartrefu mewn ffyrdd eraill gan awdurdodau statudol.