English: Thank you for raising your concerns about leasehold and also the issues facing many people who own freehold properties that are subject to management fees on various estates across Wales. I know it's something that you've raised many times in this Chamber. As a result of some of the discussions that we had early on, I was able to take some early action in my previous portfolio to deal with some of the issues in the leasehold market. So, we came to an agreement with the developers that no new houses would be brought forward through Help to Buy and no new houses would be brought forward by developers as leasehold unless absolutely necessary. So, the latest statistics show that only three houses have been sold as leaseholds through Help to Buy now, and all of those three were bought off-plan prior to the new rules being introduced. So, we're managing to have some success, certainly in changing the way that the market operates through the levers that we have with Help to Buy, but I know that there are much wider concerns about people who already own leasehold properties. This is one of the reasons that the Minister is working with her multidisciplinary task and finish group on residential leasehold reform, which is working alongside the work being undertaken by the Law Commission to explore what changes might be needed through legislation, but also what else we could be doing more urgently to address some of the issues. I know the Minister will be keen to update you as and when the leasehold group does report, which I understand won't be too long.
Welsh: Diolch i chi am godi eich pryderon ynghylch lesddeiliadaeth a hefyd y materion sy'n wynebu llawer o bobl sy'n berchen ar rydd-ddaliadau sy'n destun ffioedd rheoli ar ystadau amrywiol ledled Cymru. Gwn ei fod yn rhywbeth yr ydych chi wedi ei godi droeon yn y Siambr hon. O ganlyniad i rai o'r trafodaethau a gawsom yn gynharach, llwyddais i gymryd rhai camau cynnar yn fy mhortffolio blaenorol i ymdrin â rhai o'r materion yn y farchnad lesddaliadaeth. Felly, daethom i gytundeb â'r datblygwyr na fyddai unrhyw dai newydd yn cael eu cyflwyno drwy Gymorth i Brynu ac na fyddai unrhyw dai newydd yn cael eu cyflwyno gan ddatblygwyr fel lesddeiliadaeth os na fyddent yn gwbl angenrheidiol. Felly, mae'r ystadegau diweddaraf yn dangos mai dim ond tri thŷ sydd wedi'u gwerthu fel lesddaliadau drwy Gymorth i Brynu yn awr, a phrynwyd pob un o'r tri hynny oddi ar y cynllun cyn i'r rheolau newydd gael eu cyflwyno. Felly, rydym yn cael rhywfaint o lwyddiant, yn sicr, drwy newid y ffordd y mae'r farchnad yn gweithredu drwy'r ysgogiadau sydd gennym gyda Chymorth i Brynu. Ond gwn fod llawer o bryderon ehangach am bobl sydd eisoes yn berchen ar eiddo ar brydles. Dyma un o'r rhesymau pam mae'r Gweinidog yn gweithio gyda'i grŵp gorchwyl a gorffen amlddisgyblaethol ar ddiwygio lesddaliad preswyl, sy'n gweithio ochr yn ochr â gwaith a wneir gan Gomisiwn y Gyfraith i archwilio pa newidiadau allai fod eu hangen drwy ddeddfwriaeth, ond hefyd beth arall y gallem ei wneud ar frys i fynd i'r afael â rhai o'r materion. Gwn y bydd y Gweinidog yn awyddus i roi'r wybodaeth ddiweddaraf ichi pan fydd y grŵp lesddaliad yn cyflwyno adroddiad, ac yn ôl yr hyn a ddeallaf, ni fydd hyn yn rhy hir.