English: Homelessness is a political choice; it is the consequence of several policies and it can be solved through policies. Indeed, the numbers of people rough sleeping were a lot smaller a decade ago, thanks to policies that aimed to support people being in place and a social safety net that was, in fact, better than it is today. I appreciate the statement that you've given us. We've waited over a year for this information, and I don't want to undermine the work of Wales Centre for Public Policy, but they do tell us things that we already did know. For example, tackling the root causes, reducing the risk factors, cross-Government working - these are things that should have been put in place before now, and are things that we already knew. So, I want to frame my response in relation to that. Now, you attended a Crisis conference, and I know that you spoke at that conference. I wanted to know whether you would be in support of the recommendations specifically made for your Government, some of which I'll read out here today. So, 'Place a duty on all relevant public bodies to prevent homelessness and to cooperate with local housing authorities in relieving homelessness.' Introduce strict time limits on the use of temporary accommodation of no more than seven days, and this should apply to all homeless households. 'Abolish the priority need criteria. 'Introduce a duty to provide immediate emergency accommodation to all those with nowhere safe to stay until priority need is abolished'. Abolish the local connection criteria for rough sleepers, and ensure it no longer presents a barrier to assistance for anyone threatened with or experiencing homelessness. These are many suggestions that have been put in place by the sector, and I believe should be responded to. Now, I know that you've said that you want to put finance in towards housing first. My portfolio has changed, but I don't know whether you have announced the results of the pilots, or is this new money an intention to scale up the housing first initiative, given that you've analysed that it is a good thing? When you say that there will be £3.7 million funding available to fund youth homelessness co-ordinators within each local authority to drive forward this collaborative agenda, what discussions have you already had with local government in this regard? I'm getting countless e-mails from local government saying that they're stretched to the limit. Have they had any intervention as to where or how they would use this money to best effect? And I'm a bit confused as to what the targeted communications and engagement work will be with the £1 million put towards that. How will you be engaging with young people? How are we going to be able to track the development of progress in this regard, and what work will you then be doing with - ? You only mention one organisation here today. How will you be working with the wider sector to ensure that everybody in this field will be able to partake in it? You say that it's hard, potentially, to reach the target in 10 years' time, but we've been waiting a long time for a target to end youth homelessness. We need to be able to have intermediate targets to understand how you will be able to reach that goal, how you will be involving the sector and how, ultimately, you will be involving young people who are actually homeless? Because time and again, they feel disenfranchised, they feel as if they're not being listened to and they feel isolated. How can we ensure that they are key to the delivery in this regard?
Welsh: Mae digartrefedd yn ddewis gwleidyddol; mae'n ganlyniad i amryw o bolisïau a gellir ei ddatrys drwy bolisïau. Yn wir, roedd niferoedd y bobl a oedd yn cysgu ar y stryd yn llawer llai ddegawd yn ôl, diolch i bolisïau ar waith oedd yn ceisio cefnogi pobl a rhwyd ddiogelwch cymdeithasol a oedd, mewn gwirionedd, yn well nag y mae heddiw. Rwy'n gwerthfawrogi'r datganiad yr ydych wedi'i roi inni. Rydym wedi aros dros flwyddyn am yr wybodaeth hon, a dwi ddim eisiau tanseilio gwaith Canolfan P olisi Cyhoeddus Cymru, ond maent yn dweud pethau wrthym yr ydym eisoes yn eu gwybod. Er enghraifft, mynd i'r afael ag achosion sylfaenol, lleihau ffactorau risg, gwaith traws-Lywodraeth - mae'r rhain yn bethau y dylid bod wedi eu rhoi ar waith cyn hyn, ac yn bethau a oedd yn hysbys inni eisoes. Felly, hoffwn lunio fy ymateb mewn cysylltiad â hynny. Nawr, fe aethoch i gynhadledd Argyfwng, a gwn ichi siarad yn y gynhadledd honno. Roeddwn am wybod a fyddech yn cefnogi'r argymhellion a wnaed yn benodol ar gyfer eich Llywodraeth, rai ohonynt a ddarllenaf allan yma heddiw. Felly, Gosod dyletswydd ar bob corff cyhoeddus perthnasol i atal digartrefedd ac i gydweithredu ag awdurdodau tai lleol i liniaru digartrefedd. Cyflwyno terfynau amser llym ar y defnydd o lety dros dro o ddim mwy na saith diwrnod, a dylai hyn fod yn berthnasol i bob aelwyd ddigartref. Ddiddymu meini prawf angen blaenoriaethol. Cyflwyno dyletswydd i ddarparu llety brys ar unwaith i bawb sydd heb unrhyw le diogel i aros hyd nes y diddymir angen blaenoriaethol. Diddymu meini prawf cysylltiadau lleol ar gyfer pobl sy'n cysgu allan, a sicrhau nad yw bellach yn rhwystr i gymorth ar gyfer unrhyw un sydd dan fygythiad neu sy'n profi digartrefedd. Mae'r rhain yn llawer o awgrymiadau a roddwyd ar waith gan y sector, a chredaf y dylid ymateb iddynt. Nawr, gwn eich bod wedi dweud eich bod am roi cyllid tuag at dai yn gyntaf. Mae fy mhortffolio i w edi newid, ond wn i ddim a ydych chi wedi cyhoeddi canlyniadau'r cynlluniau peilot, neu a yw'r arian newydd hwn yn fwriad i godi'r fenter tai yn gyntaf, o gofio eich bod chi wedi dadansoddi ei bod yn beth da? Pan ddywedwch y bydd £3.7 miliwn o gyllid ar gael i ariannu cydgysylltwyr digartrefedd ieuenctid ym mhob awdurdod lleol i ddatblygu'r agenda gydweithredol hon, pa drafodaethau ydych chi eisoes wedi'u cael â Llywodraeth Leol yn hyn o beth? Rwy'n cael negeseuon e-bost di-ri gan Lywodraeth Leol yn dweud eu bod wedi'u hymestyn i'r eithaf. A ydynt wedi cael unrhyw ymyrraeth ynghylch ble neu sut y byddent yn defnyddio'r arian hwn yn y ffordd orau? Ac rwyf mewn penbleth braidd ynghylch beth fydd y gwaith cyfathrebu ac ymgysylltu wedi'i dargedu gyda £1 miliwn yn cael ei roi tuag at hynny. Sut y byddwch yn ymgysylltu â phobl ifanc? Sut yr ydym yn mynd i allu olrhain datblygiad cynnydd yn hyn o beth, a pha waith fyddwch chi'n ei wneud wedyn gyda - ? Nid ydych ond yn sôn am un sefydliad yma heddiw. Sut fyddwch chi'n gweithio gyda'r sector ehangach i sicrhau y bydd pawb yn y maes hwn yn gallu cymryd rhan ynddo? Dywedwch ei bod yn anodd, o bosib, gyrraedd y targed ymhen 10 mlynedd, ond rydym wedi aros yn hir iawn ar gyfer targed rhoi terfyn ar ddigartrefedd ieuenctid. Mae angen inni allu cael targedau canolraddol i ddeall sut y byddwch yn gallu cyrraedd y nod hwnnw, sut y byddwch yn cynnwys y sector a sut, yn y pen draw, y byddwch yn cynnwys pobl ifanc sy'n ddigartref mewn gwirionedd? Oherwydd dro ar ôl tro, maent yn teimlo'n ddi-fraint, maent yn teimlo nad oes neb yn gwrando arnyn nhw ac maent yn teimlo'n ynysig. Sut allwn ni sicrhau eu bod yn allweddol i gyflawni yn hyn o beth?