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English: In the last few weeks, I've organised a public meeting in Taibach in Port Talbot with the British Lung Foundation. There, I talked to many residents about the concerns that they have with dust in Port Talbot, and I understand that Tata has plans for a new chimney stack and other elements to replace the current 40-year-old extraction system from the sinter plant. So, I'm wanting to understand what conversations you as Minister have had with Tata in relation to them changing their initiatives in this regard to make it more environmentally friendly for the people living in and around the steel plant. What was widely told to me in that public meeting was they would welcome - as you said to Hefin David - more public engagement opportunities so that they can understand exactly what these types of issues are, and how they can relay this in a way that they understand. We all talk here of PM10s, PM2.5s, but we have to normalise what these issues are about so people understand how severe they are when they do actually go into people's lungs and they do affect their everyday lives. So, would you commit to also a public information campaign so that people across Wales are aware of the dangers in relation to air pollution, and how then the Act that you're going to put forward in relation to this matter can then mean something to them in their everyday lives?
Welsh: Yn yr wythnosau diwethaf, rwyf wedi trefnu cyfarfod cyhoeddus yn Tai-bach ym Mhort Talbot gyda'r British Lung Foundation. Yno, siaradais â llawer o drigolion am y pryderon sydd ganddynt am lwch ym Mhort Talbot, a deallaf fod gan Tata gynlluniau ar gyfer corn simnai newydd ac elfennau eraill i'w gosod yn lle'r system gloddio 40 oed bresennol yn y gwaith sintro. Felly, rwy'n awyddus i ddeall pa sgyrsiau rydych chi fel Gweinidog wedi'u cael gyda Tata mewn perthynas â hwy'n newid eu mentrau yn hyn o beth i'w gwneud yn fwy ecogyfeillgar i'r bobl sy'n byw yn y gwaith dur a'r cyffiniau. Yr hyn a ddywedwyd wrthyf gan lawer yn y cyfarfod cyhoeddus hwnnw oedd y byddent yn croesawu - fel y dywedoch chi wrth Hefin David - mwy o gyfleoedd i ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd er mwyn iddynt allu deall beth yn union yw'r mathau hyn o broblemau, a sut y gallant gyfleu hyn mewn ffordd y maent yn ei deall. Rydym yn siarad yma am ronynnau PM10, PM2.5, ond mae'n rhaid inni normaleiddio'r hyn y mae'r materion hyn yn ymwneud ag ef fel bod pobl yn deall pa mor ddifrifol ydynt pan fyddant yn mynd i mewn i ysgyfaint pobl ac yn effeithio ar eu bywydau bob dydd. Felly, a wnewch chi ymrwymo i gynnal ymgyrch wybodaeth i'r cyhoedd hefyd fel bod pobl ledled Cymru yn ymwybodol o'r peryglon mewn perthynas â llygredd aer, a sut wedyn y gall y Ddeddf rydych am ei chyflwyno mewn perthynas â'r mater hwn olygu rhywbeth iddynt yn eu bywydau bob dydd?
English: I visited Tata back in the summer recess with David Rees, the local Member, where this was discussed, and my officials continue to have ongoing conversations with Tata around that. I don't disagree with what you say about public engagement. For me, knowledge is power, and it's really important that we empower residents to know exactly what the dust is, for instance, what they can't see. I think it's really important that they have that knowledge. And, clearly, as we've had that consultation around the plan and then forward to the Act, I think that's something that we need to look at very, very carefully.
Welsh: Ymwelais â Tata yn ôl yn ystod toriad yr haf gyda David Rees, yr Aelod lleol, lle trafodwyd hyn, ac mae fy swyddogion yn parhau i gael sgyrsiau parhaus gyda Tata ynglŷn â hynny. Nid wyf yn anghytuno â'r hyn a ddywedwch am ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd. Gorau arf, dysg, yn fy marn i, ac mae'n bwysig iawn ein bod yn grymuso preswylwyr i wybod beth yn union yw'r llwch, er enghraifft, yr hyn na allant ei weld. Credaf ei bod yn bwysig iawn fod y wybodaeth honno ganddynt. Ac yn amlwg, gan ein bod wedi cael yr ymgynghoriad hwnnw ynglŷn â'r cynllun ac yna ymlaen at y Ddeddf, credaf fod hynny'n rhywbeth y mae angen inni edrych arno'n ofalus iawn.
English: Thank you. Welsh Government has a number of schemes in place to support people affected by the recent flooding across Wales, including the discretionary assistance fund for individuals, and a business support package. We're also supporting local authorities through the emergency financial assistance scheme.
Welsh: Diolch. Mae gan Lywodraeth Cymru nifer o gynlluniau ar waith i gefnogi'r bobl yr effeithiwyd arnynt gan y llifogydd diweddar ledled Cymru, gan gynnwys y gronfa cymorth yn ôl disgresiwn i unigolion, a phecyn cymorth i fusnesau. Rydym hefyd yn cefnogi awdurdodau lleol drwy'r cynllun cymorth ariannol brys.
English: Thank you. On the specific three points you raised, just to add, really, to previous answers around tree planting, I know that NRW's board have approved an umbrella woodland creation programme, and what I've asked them to do is really move ahead with that implementation and look at the areas where that can be expedited. In relation to staff recruitment, and clearly you're talking about, as you say, boots on the ground, I mean, it's something I'm very happy to raise with NRW. We do talk about staffing, but we tend to talk about - . I mentioned flood engineers and making sure that they have their full quota of that. But that's certainly something I will raise with them. And in relation to dredging, obviously NRW and local authorities are undertaking watercourse maintenance - clearing those obstructions, managing the vegetation, removing sedimentation, for instance. Large-scale dredging of river channels, I'm informed, is not an effective solution to reduce flooding, and what really concerned me was that it can actually make matters worse. So, I think, in the extreme weather that we've seen, for example, the volume of water far exceeds what the river channel can hold, irrespective of dredging works. But I think it's certainly something that we need to look at very carefully because, clearly, we wouldn't want to make matters worse.
Welsh: Diolch. O ran y tri phwynt penodol a godwyd gennych, i ychwanegu, mewn gwirionedd, at atebion blaenorol mewn perthynas â phlannu coed, gwn fod bwrdd Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru wedi cymeradwyo rhaglen ambarél i greu coetiroedd, a'r hyn rwyf wedi gofyn iddynt ei wneud yw bwrw ymlaen â'r broses o roi hynny ar waith ac edrych ar yr ardaloedd lle gellir cyflymu hynny. O ran recriwtio staff, ac yn amlwg, rydych yn sôn, fel y dywedwch, am bobl ar lawr gwlad, mae hynny'n rhywbeth rwy'n fwy na pharod i'w godi gyda Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru. Rydym yn sôn am staffio, ond rydym yn tueddu i sôn am - . Soniais am beirianwyr llifogydd a sicrhau eu bod yn cael eu cwota llawn o hynny. Ond mae hynny'n sicr yn rhywbeth y byddaf yn ei godi gyda hwy. Ac mewn perthynas â charthu, yn amlwg, mae CNC ac awdurdodau lleol yn ymgymryd â gwaith cynnal a chadw cyrsiau dŵr - clirio'r rhwystrau, rheoli'r llystyfiant, cael gwared ar waddodiad, er enghraifft. Dywedir wrthyf nad yw carthu sianeli afonydd ar raddfa fawr yn ateb effeithiol i leihau llifogydd, a'r hyn a oedd yn peri gwir bryder imi oedd y gall wneud pethau'n waeth. Felly, yn y tywydd eithafol rydym wedi'i weld, rwy'n credu er enghraifft fod cyfaint y dŵr yn fwy o lawer na'r hyn y gall sianel yr afon ei ddal, ni waeth pa waith carthu a wneir. Ond credaf ei fod yn sicr yn rhywbeth y mae angen inni edrych arno'n ofalus iawn oherwydd, yn amlwg, ni fyddem am wneud pethau'n waeth.
English: Minister, I wonder if you could provide an update on the flood disaster relief funding for Wales that was promised by the UK Prime Minister when he said in Parliament a week ago that the UK Government are 'committed to working flat out with the Welsh devolved administration to ensure everybody gets the flood relief that they need. And that cash, yes of course will certainly be passported through'. Have you had any cash passported through to you?
Welsh: Weinidog, tybed a allech roi'r wybodaeth ddiweddaraf inni am y cyllid i Gymru i leddfu effeithiau trychineb llifogydd a addawyd gan Brif Weinidog y DU pan ddywedodd yn y Senedd wythnos yn ôl fod Llywodraeth y DU wedi ymrwymo i weithio hyd eithaf ein gallu gyda gweinyddiaeth ddatganoledig Cymru er mwyn sicrhau bod pawb yn cael y cymorth llifogydd sydd ei angen arnynt. A bydd yr arian hwnnw, wrth gwrs, yn sicr o gael ei basportio drwodd. A ydych wedi cael unrhyw arian wedi'i basportio drwodd i chi?
English: Not that I'm aware of.
Welsh: Hyd y gwn i, nac ydym.
English: You do have to have the demand first, before you pass the cash on, and I don't think a demand's gone forward. But if I could ask my question, the point I would like to ask is: we had the all-party group on woodland and forestry yesterday, and various Members challenged some of the experts around the table as to why there isn't greater woodland planting in some of the upland areas. The response that came back was that some of the rules and regulations around the management of those upland areas make it prohibitive, if not impossible, to plant woodland on those areas. Would you concur with that evidence that was put before us yesterday, and if you don't, will you actively encourage greater woodland plantations in the uplands, which could help alleviate some of the flooding further down by greater absorption further upstream?
Welsh: Mae'n rhaid i chi gael y cais yn gyntaf, cyn ichi basio'r arian ymlaen, ac ni chredaf fod cais wedi'i wneud. Ond os caf ofyn fy nghwestiwn, y pwynt yr hoffwn ei ofyn yw: cawsom y grŵp trawsbleidiol ar goetiroedd a choedwigaeth ddoe, a bu amryw o Aelodau'n herio rhai o'r arbenigwyr o gwmpas y bwrdd ynghylch pam nad oes mwy o goetiroedd yn cael eu plannu yn rhai o'r ucheldiroedd. Yr ymateb a gafwyd oedd bod rhai o'r rheolau a'r rheoliadau sy'n ymwneud â'r gwaith o reoli'r ucheldiroedd hynny'n ei gwneud yn anodd, os nad yn amhosibl, plannu coetiroedd yn yr ardaloedd hynny. A fyddech yn cytuno â'r dystiolaeth honno a gyflwynwyd inni ddoe, ac os nad ydych, a wnewch chi fynd ati i annog plannu mwy o goetiroedd ar yr ucheldir, a allai helpu i liniaru peth o'r llifogydd yn is i lawr drwy amsugno mwy o ddŵr ymhellach i fyny'r afon?
English: It's something I have been actively encouraging, and, certainly, as we've been scoping the national forest, which you will be aware was the First Minister's manifesto commitment, over the last year, it's something that we've certainly been, as I say, actively encouraging and looking at.
Welsh: Mae'n rhywbeth y bûm yn ei annog yn weithredol, ac yn sicr, gan ein bod wedi bod yn gwneud gwaith cwmpasu ar y goedwig genedlaethol, sef ymrwymiad maniffesto'r Prif Weinidog, fel y gwyddoch, dros y flwyddyn ddiwethaf, mae'n rhywbeth rydym yn sicr wedi bod yn edrych arno ac yn ei annog, fel y dywedaf.
English: Item 2 on the agenda is questions to the Minister for Housing and Local Government. Question 1 - David Rowlands.
Welsh: Eitem 2 ar yr agenda yw cwestiynau i'r Gweinidog Tai a Llywodraeth Leol. Cwestiwn 1 - David Rowlands.
English: The Welsh Government has no plans to reorganise our 22 principal councils. Where voluntary merger proposals come forward, we will act to support them.
Welsh: Nid oes gan Lywodraeth Cymru unrhyw gynlluniau i ad-drefnu ein 22 prif gyngor. Pan fydd cynigion i uno'n wirfoddol yn cael eu cyflwyno, byddwn yn rhoi camau ar waith i'w cefnogi.
English: I thank you for that answer, Minister. In the Welsh Labour manifesto for the 2016 Welsh Assembly elections, there was a commitment to create stronger, larger local authorities that would lead to devolution of powers from Cardiff bay. We know that your predecessor told us that councils had to change, or he would make them change. Can you please explain why your manifesto pledge was not adhered to?
Welsh: Diolch am eich ateb, Weinidog. Ym maniffesto Llafur Cymru ar gyfer etholiadau Cynulliad Cymru yn 2016, cafwyd ymrwymiad i greu awdurdodau lleol cryfach a mwy o faint a fyddai'n arwain at ddatganoli pwerau o Fae Caerdydd. Gwyddom i'ch rhagflaenydd ddweud wrthym fod yn rhaid i gynghorau newid, neu byddai'n gwneud iddynt newid. A allwch egluro os gwelwch yn dda pam na chadwyd at addewid eich maniffesto?
English: I set out my plans for local government in my Plenary statement on 19 November, which introduced the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Bill. That statement very clearly set out that the reforms in the Bill will improve transparency, governance and performance, and also provide a framework for more consistent, effective, collaborative working that will enable local government to be more efficient and better able to deal with the pressure it faces. In 2020-21, local authorities will receive £4.474 billion from the Welsh Government in core revenue funding to spend on delivering key services. That equates to an increase of 4.3 per cent on a like-for-like basis compared to the current year. That's the best settlement we have been able to provide for local government for many years. The Member will, therefore, be aware that we have very much kept our manifesto commitment.
Welsh: Nodais fy nghynlluniau ar gyfer llywodraeth leol yn fy natganiad yn y Cyfarfod Llawn ar 19 Tachwedd, a gyflwynodd Fil Llywodraeth Leol ac Etholiadau (Cymru). Roedd y datganiad hwnnw'n nodi'n glir iawn y bydd y diwygiadau yn y Bil yn gwella tryloywder, llywodraethiant a pherfformiad, yn ogystal â darparu fframwaith ar gyfer gweithio mwy cyson, effeithiol a chydweithredol a fydd yn galluogi llywodraeth leol i fod yn fwy effeithlon ac i allu ymdopi'n well â'r pwysau y mae'n ei wynebu. Yn 2020-21, bydd awdurdodau lleol yn cael £4.474 biliwn gan Lywodraeth Cymru mewn cyllid refeniw craidd i'w wario ar ddarparu gwasanaethau allweddol. Mae hynny'n cyfateb i gynnydd o 4.3 y cant ar sail tebyg am debyg o gymharu â'r flwyddyn gyfredol. Dyna'r setliad gorau rydym wedi gallu ei ddarparu i lywodraeth leol ers blynyddoedd lawer. Fe fydd yr Aelod yn ymwybodol felly ein bod yn bendant wedi cadw at ymrwymiad ein maniffesto.
English: Minister, funding cuts to local authorities have resulted in councils having to reconsider the way they provide services to deliver savings. In some cases, they're sharing services with neighbouring local authorities. However, councils in Wales inevitably focused on short-term measures to balance their budgets, rather than investing in longer term measures to transform services. Since they do not know what future settlements will be, what action is the Minister taking to provide local authorities with more certainty about future settlements to allow them to develop more robust medium-term financial planning and thereby help avoid the risk of local government reorganisation, resulting in higher costs for taxpayers in Wales?
Welsh: Weinidog, mae toriadau i gyllid awdurdodau lleol wedi golygu bod cynghorau'n gorfod ailystyried y ffordd y maent yn darparu gwasanaethau i sicrhau arbedion. Mewn rhai achosion, maent yn rhannu gwasanaethau gydag awdurdodau lleol cyfagos. Fodd bynnag, yn anochel, canolbwyntiodd cynghorau yng Nghymru ar fesurau tymor byr i fantoli eu cyllidebau, yn hytrach na buddsoddi mewn mesurau mwy hirdymor i weddnewid gwasanaethau. Gan nad ydynt yn gwybod beth fydd y setliadau yn y dyfodol, pa gamau y mae'r Gweinidog yn eu cymryd i roi mwy o sicrwydd i awdurdodau lleol ynghylch setliadau yn y dyfodol er mwyn iddynt ddatblygu cynlluniau ariannol mwy cadarn ar gyfer y tymor canolig, a thrwy hynny, helpu i osgoi'r perygl o ad-drefnu llywodraeth leol, a fyddai'n arwain at gostau uwch i drethdalwyr yng Nghymru?
English: I applaud Mohammad Asghar's wish and desire to give local government certainty over their funding. I really wish that the Government that he supports at the UK level also shared that desire. You'll know that we only have a single-year budget. If we'd had the comprehensive spending review that his Government had promised us, we would not be in that position. We've given local authorities the best settlement that we could in the circumstances. He will be aware, as the rest of us are, that his Government has not even brought the budget forward in the normal time constraints this year.
Welsh: Cymeradwyaf ddymuniad ac awydd Mohammad Asghar i roi sicrwydd i lywodraeth leol ynglŷn â'u cyllid. Buaswn wrth fy modd pe bai'r Llywodraeth y mae'n ei chefnogi ar lefel y DU yn rhannu'r awydd hwnnw hefyd. Fe fyddwch yn gwybod mai cyllideb un flwyddyn yn unig sydd gennym. Pe baem wedi cael yr adolygiad cynhwysfawr o wariant roedd ei Lywodraeth wedi'i addo inni, ni fyddem yn y sefyllfa honno. Rydym wedi rhoi'r setliad gorau y gallem ei roi i awdurdodau lleol o dan yr amgylchiadau. Fe fydd yn ymwybodol, fel y gweddill ohonom, nad yw ei Lywodraeth hyd yn oed wedi cyflwyno'r gyllideb o fewn y terfynau amser arferol eleni.
English: Thank you for the question. Statistics regarding households on social housing waiting lists are not collected by the Welsh Government. However, recognising the very real need, we continue to prioritise investment in increasing the supply of affordable housing. This will contribute towards easing pressure on waiting lists.
Welsh: Diolch am eich cwestiwn. Nid yw Llywodraeth Cymru yn casglu ystadegau ynghylch aelwydydd ar restrau aros am dai cymdeithasol. Fodd bynnag, gan gydnabod yr angen gwirioneddol, rydym yn parhau i flaenoriaethu buddsoddiad i gynyddu'r cyflenwad o dai fforddiadwy. Bydd hyn yn cyfrannu at leddfu'r pwysau ar restrau aros.
English: It's astonishing that you don't have, as a Government, detailed national data on the number of people who are waiting for social housing in Wales. Given that this is one of your priorities, namely, providing more social housing, how are you monitoring that your policies are effective if you don't know exactly what is the position? In Arfon, I know that there are too many people waiting for social housing. They are in inappropriate homes. They're too small for the requirements of their families. They're damp and costly in terms of bills, or people are relying on the goodwill of their families and friends. Or, of course, they have to live on the street because there isn't enough social housing. Gwynedd Council, I know, has innovative plans to build more social housing to meet the need locally, but I ask you again: how can you provide enough homes if you don't know what 'enough' means because the data isn't available?
Welsh: Mae'n gwbl ryfeddol nad oes gennych chi fel Llywodraeth ddata manwl cenedlaethol am y nifer o bobl sydd yn aros am dŷ cymdeithasol yng Nghymru. O gofio bod hon yn un o'ch blaenoriaethau chi, sef darparu mwy o dai cymdeithasol, sut yn y byd ydych chi'n medru monitro bod eich polisïau chi'n effeithiol os dydych chi ddim yn gwybod un union beth yw'r sefyllfa? Yn Arfon, dwi yn gwybod bod llawer gormod o bobl yn aros am dai cymdeithasol. Maen nhw mewn tai anaddas. Mae'r tai yn rhy fach i anghenion eu teuluoedd nhw. Maen nhw'n damp a chostus o ran biliau, neu mae pobl yn dibynnu ar ewyllys da eu teuluoedd a'u ffrindiau. Neu, wrth gwrs, maen nhw'n gorfod byw ar y stryd achos bod yna ddim digon o dai cymdeithasol. Mae gan Gyngor Gwynedd, dwi'n gwybod, gynlluniau arloesol i adeiladu mwy o dai cymdeithasol i ddiwallu'r angen yn lleol. Ond, dwi'n gofyn i chi eto: sut fedrwch chi ddarparu digonedd o dai os dydych chi ddim yn gwybod beth yw digonedd o dai yn y lle cyntaf, oherwydd bod y data ddim ar gael?
English: After social housing waiting list figures for 2018 were published, showing more than 16,500 households on social housing waiting lists in Wales, Shelter Cymru referred to the situation as a housing crisis. But, of course, it was during the second Assembly, when the Homes for All Cymru campaign, including Shelter, warned that there would be a housing crisis if the Welsh Government didn't reverse its new social housing cuts - in fact, cut by over 70 per cent in the first three terms of the Assembly. Reducing pressure on social housing waiting lists includes - and I agree with you on this - greater supply of broader affordable housing, whether that's intermediate rent or low-cost home ownership. Why, therefore, do you think it is that the NHBC's new homes registered figures published a month ago, for 2019, show that, although new homes registered in England and Scotland went up, they fell in Wales from 5,448 to 4,769?
Welsh: Ar ôl cyhoeddi ffigurau rhestrau aros am dai cymdeithasol ar gyfer 2018, a oedd yn nodi bod mwy na 16,500 o aelwydydd ar restrau aros am dai cymdeithasol yng Nghymru, cyfeiriodd Shelter Cymru at y sefyllfa fel argyfwng tai. Ond wrth gwrs, yn ystod yr ail Gynulliad, pan rybuddiodd ymgyrch Cartrefi i Bawb Cymru, gan gynnwys Shelter, y byddai argyfwng tai pe na bai Llywodraeth Cymru yn gwrthdroi ei thoriadau i dai cymdeithasol newydd - mewn gwirionedd, gwelwyd toriad o 70 y cant yn nhri thymor cyntaf y Cynulliad. Mae lleddfu'r pwysau ar restrau aros am dai cymdeithasol yn cynnwys - ac rwy'n cytuno â chi ar hyn - cyflenwad mwy o dai fforddiadwy mwy eang, boed hynny drwy renti canolradd neu berchentyaeth cost isel. Pam, felly, y credwch fod ffigurau cofrestredig y Cyngor Cenedlaethol Adeiladu Tai ar gyfer cartrefi newydd, a gyhoeddwyd fis yn ôl ar gyfer 2019, yn dangos, er i nifer y cartrefi newydd a gofrestrwyd yn Lloegr a'r Alban gynyddu, eu bod wedi gostwng yng Nghymru o 5,448 i 4,769?
English: That's a wholly different topic - the subject of new build, not social housing. I do find it extraordinary that, on the Conservative benches, you stand up and berate us for not building social housing when you wouldn't take the housing revenue account caps off us until the end of last year, and you stopped us using houses sold from the social sector into the private sector - . You stopped us using that money to build new social housing. I just think that you have got the brass neck of - . Well, I am speechless with your brass neck, to be honest - [ Laughter. ] - that you've actually put that to me. The reason that we have dire social housing need is because you sold the social housing stock.
Welsh: Mae hwnnw'n bwnc cwbl wahanol - pwnc adeiladu o'r newydd, nid tai cymdeithasol. Rwy'n rhyfeddu eich bod, ar feinciau'r Ceidwadwyr, yn ein cystwyo am beidio ag adeiladu tai cymdeithasol a chithau heb gael gwared ar gapiau'r cyfrif refeniw tai tan ddiwedd y llynedd, a chawsom ein hatal gennych rhag defnyddio tai a werthir o'r sector cymdeithasol i'r sector preifat - . Cawsom ein hatal gennych rhag defnyddio'r arian hwnnw i adeiladu tai cymdeithasol newydd. Credaf fod eich haerllugrwydd - . Wel, rwy'n fud gan syndod at eich haerllugrwydd, a dweud y gwir - [ Chwerthin. ] - am awgrymu hynny i mi. Y rheswm pam fod gennym angen dybryd am dai cymdeithasol yw am eich bod wedi gwerthu'r stoc tai cymdeithasol.
English: Minister, the - [ Interruption. ]
Welsh: Weinidog, mae'r - [ Torri ar draws. ]
English: No. Thank you. We're not having this across the Chamber. You'll go through the Chair, and I have just called another Member to speak - Huw Irranca-Davies.
Welsh: Na. Diolch. Nid ydym am gael hyn ar draws y Siambr. Mae angen i chi fynd drwy'r Cadeirydd, ac rwyf newydd alw ar Aelod arall i siarad - Huw Irranca-Davies.