English: Thank you, Llywydd. I want to speak to the amendments, but I also want to outline Plaid Cymru's stance on the Bill. Plaid Cymru has opposed the right to buy for some time, with our members supporting the abolition of the right to buy in motions to Plaid conferences over a period of decades, from the time when the policy was implemented first of all by the Conservative Government. And when we were part of the One Wales coalition, we attempted to implement this policy in accordance with the wishes of our members by trying to secure the legislative powers to do that. Since then, local authorities have been allowed to make an application to suspend the right to buy, and indeed some did that. Authorities controlled by Plaid and some controlled by other parties have taken advantage of this in order to protect their housing stock and to protect the investment made in that housing stock. So, clearly, we will be supporting this Bill today. Indeed, we have participated fully in the scrutiny process, and we believe that this has led to a stronger Bill as a result of that. We've worked with Government on amendments 15 and 16, and we therefore hope that those will be passed today. In accordance with this stance, we'll be voting in favour of the Bill and against the Conservative amendments, which, in our view, would dilute the policy intentions of the Bill. But I believe it's also fair to say that, although this legislation will be a positive step towards protecting the housing stock, in and of itself it won't be sufficient in many ways. This legislation comes too late to protect the housing stock that's already been lost. We know that there is a huge deficit in terms of social housing, with waiting lists remaining terribly long. Since 1980, only 60,000 new homes were built in the local authority sector or social housing sector. There are 90,000 people on the waiting list at present. Over the past five years, we have built, on average, 950 new homes in the social housing sector under this Government. At this rate, it will take 95 years to build enough homes to tackle the waiting list without anticipating a net change in demand, and that clearly is too long. And, yes, it's true that some of those people in social housing may now want to become home owners themselves, but a combination of low wages, uncertainty in terms of unemployment and high housing prices are a barrier, and therefore we need to build more social housing and to provide far greater support for people to become home owners themselves, by support for first-time buyers, for example. There are some programmes already in the pipeline. There is one being undertaken in my area where you pay a medium rent on your social property and then you have a choice as to whether you purchase that home, but if you then move on to sell that property, you would have to sell it on to people living locally. Means such as this could be important tools in supporting home ownership in areas where average house prices are significantly higher than local salaries, and in parts of Gwynedd, that is certainly the case. So, protecting our investment by passing this legislation is one small step in the right direction in terms of what needs to be done, and I remember Carl Sargeant himself saying at committee stage that this is only a piece of the jigsaw, and that more needs to be done than simply consenting to this Bill today. So, I very much hope that we won't see this Bill as a full stop. A word on the Conservative amendments: all of these amendments lift the suspension of the right to buy in areas where it is already in place. We believe that lifting the suspension, even temporarily, would be damaging, and as part of the suspension period, tenants in those designated areas have already had the opportunity to buy while the suspension was going through the process, so we will be voting against the amendments.
Welsh: Diolch, Llywydd. Rydw i am siarad am y gwelliannau ond hefyd am amlinellu agwedd Plaid Cymru at y Bil. Bu Plaid Cymru yn gwrthwynebu hawl i brynu ers tro byd, efo ein haelodau ni yn cefnogi dileu'r hawl i brynu mewn cynigion i'r gynhadledd - cynadleddau'r blaid - ers degawdau, o'r adeg y gweithredwyd y polisi i ddechrau gan y Llywodraeth Geidwadol. A phan roeddem ni'n rhan o glymblaid Cymru'n Un, fe wnaethon ni geisio gweithredu'r polisi yma yn unol â dymuniadau ein haelodau ni drwy sicrhau'r pwerau deddfwriaethol i wneud hynny. Ers hynny, caniatawyd i awdurdodau lleol wneud cais i atal yr hawl i brynu, ac yn wir fe wnaeth rhai hynny. Mae awdurdodau o dan reolaeth y blaid a rhai dan reolaeth pleidiau eraill wedi manteisio ar hyn i warchod eu stoc tai a gwarchod buddsoddiadau yn y stoc tai. Felly, yn amlwg, mi fyddwn ni'n cefnogi y Bil yma. Ac yn wir, rydym ni wedi cymryd rhan lawn yn y broses graffu, ac rydym ni'n credu bod hyn wedi arwain at Fil cryfach o ganlyniad. Rydym ni wedi gweithio efo'r Llywodraeth ar welliannau 15 ac 16, ac felly rydym ni'n gobeithio y bydd y rheini yn pasio. Yn unol â'r agwedd yma, byddwn yn pleidleisio dros y Bil a byddwn yn pleidleisio yn erbyn y gwelliannau Ceidwadol a fydd, yn ein barn ni, yn glastwreiddio bwriad polisi'r Bil. Ond tybiaf ei fod yn deg dweud hefyd, er y bydd y ddeddfwriaeth yn gam cadarnhaol tuag at warchod y stoc tai, ynddo'i hun, ni fydd yn ddigon. Mewn llawer ffordd, daw'r ddeddfwriaeth hon yn rhy hwyr i warchod y stoc a gollwyd. Rydym ni'n gwybod bod yna ddiffyg enfawr o ran tai cymdeithasol, efo rhestri aros yn parhau yn warthus o uchel. Ers 1980, dim ond 60,000 o gartrefi newydd a godwyd yn y sector awdurdodau lleol neu dai cymdeithasol. Mae yna 90,000 ar y rhestr ar hyn o bryd. Dros y bum mlynedd diwethaf, rydym ni wedi codi, ar gyfartaledd, 950 o dai newydd yn y sector tai cymdeithasol o dan y Llywodraeth yma. Ar y rât yma, mae'n mynd i gymryd 95 mlynedd i godi digon o dai i fynd i'r afael â'r rhestr aros a rhagdybio na fydd newid net yn y galw, sydd yn llawer rhy hir. Ac ydy, mae'n wir y gallai'r bobl hynny mewn tai cymdeithasol fod yn awr eisiau bod yn berchen ar eu cartrefi eu hunain, ond mae'r cyfuniad o gyflogau isel, cyflogaeth ansicr a phrisiau tai uchel yn rhwystr, felly mae angen i ni adeiladu mwy o dai cymdeithasol, a rhoi llawer mwy o gefnogaeth i bobl i fod yn berchen ar eu cartrefi eu hunain, trwy gefnogaeth i brynwyr tro cyntaf, er enghraifft. Mae yna rai cynlluniau ar y gweill yn barod. Mae yna un yn cael ei gynnal yn fy ardal i, lle rydych chi'n talu rhent canolradd ar eich eiddo cymdeithasol, ac yna mae gennych chi ddewis o brynu'r tŷ, ond os ydych chi'n symud ymlaen, wedyn, i'w werthu fo, mae'n rhaid i chi ei werthu fo yn ôl i bobl leol. Gallai dulliau fel hyn fod yn erfyn gwerthfawr i helpu perchnogaeth eiddo mewn ardaloedd lle mae'r pris cyfartalog yn sylweddol uwch na'r cyflogau lleol. Ac mewn rhannau o Wynedd, mae hynny'n sicr o fod yn wir. Felly, mae gwarchod ein buddsoddiad drwy basio'r ddeddfwriaeth yma'n un cam bychan o'r hyn sydd angen ei wneud, ac rydw i'n cofio clywed Carl Sargeant ei hun yn dweud yn y pwyllgor mai darn yn unig o'r jig-so ydy'r ddeddfwriaeth yma; mae angen dipyn mwy na'r cydsynio i hyn, heddiw. Felly, rydw i'n mawr obeithio na fyddwn ni'n gweld y Ddeddf yma fel diwedd y daith. Gair am welliannau'r Torïaid: mae'r gwelliannau hyn i gyd yn codi atal yr hawl i brynu mewn ardaloedd lle mae hyn eisoes mewn grym. Rydym ni'n credu y byddai hyd yn oed codi'r atal dros dro yn niweidiol, ac fel rhan o'r cyfnod ataliol, mae tenantiaid yn yr ardaloedd penodedig eisoes wedi cael cyfle i brynu tra roedd yr atal yn mynd drwy'r broses, felly fe fyddwn ni'n pleidleisio yn erbyn y gwelliannau.