English: Thank you, Minister, for a copy of your statement in advance of this afternoon's session. I welcome the publication of the 'COVID-19 Reconstruction: Challenges and Priorities' report. I think there's a great deal to be said about the level of engagement that the Welsh Government has undertaken in order to produce that document, and I welcome a great deal of the focus that the Welsh Government has identified in terms of things that it would like to achieve going forward. But that said, I do think that there are things that I would like to ask you some questions about. I notice that you refer to the need to ensure that we focus our efforts in Wales on supporting those who have been most affected by the COVID-19 crisis. You listed all sorts of individuals - children, young people, women, those in low-paid and insecure employment, BAME people and disabled people - but the one group that you didn't mention was older people, and, of course, we all know that the impact of the pandemic on older people has, unfortunately, been much more severe than on other groups in society. Can you tell me is there a reason why older people feature very little - not at all in your statement and very, very little in the document that has been published today? You've also said that you want to ensure that people's jobs are protected where possible, and that young people in particular can get into employment, and I would echo very much those comments. But there is a growing concern across Wales that some of the restrictions that the Welsh Government is putting in place are disproportionate to the levels of risk in people's communities. Do you accept that there is a risk that more young people in Wales will be out of employment as a result of some of the measures that the Welsh Government has taken and that it's very difficult, actually, for members of the public to determine whether the action taken to date is proportionate, because of the lack of granular data at a community-by-community level that is available and published in the public domain by Public Health Wales and othe Can I also ask about access to improvements in terms of our housing stock? I obviously understand why the Welsh Government has a focus on trying to improve the social housing stock. It's easy to motivate registered social landlords with grants in order to take action to retrofit those properties, but we obviously also need to encourage people who own their own homes to take action to improve their properties too. The UK Government, of course, has its green homes grant scheme, which is very generous, and many people are taking the opportunity to take advantage of that at present, but we don't have an equivalent scheme here in Wales. Will the Welsh Government reconsider its position on that and whether there is a way that you can promote people investing in their own homes and properties by enticing them with a contribution from the Government's coffers in the way that the green homes grant does in England? Can I also raise concerns with you about the level of investment that the Welsh Government is putting into town centre improvement? You'll be aware that the Welsh Conservatives have called for a £250 million COVID recovery fund, which is, obviously, a significantly greater investment than the cash that has been made available by the Welsh Government for town centres to date. Can you give us an indication of the scale of investment in town centres going forward as a result of your plan? And finally - oh, I've got a little bit more time than I thought. If I can also, then, just touch on public transport. I note that you are encouraging people to change their working patterns. That will obviously reduce demand for public transport significantly in some parts of Wales. Quite why you've chosen a 30 per cent target of the workforce working from home is beyond me; I'm not quite sure why you've decided to pluck that figure from the air or where the evidence base for that is. But that's the target that you have set. Clearly, if more people are working from home, there will be less demand for public transport, which will make many routes less viable. Now, you've talked about trying to spread the demand for public transport across the day. I can understand that on those busy routes where we've got some overcrowding, particularly on our train services, but what will this mean in terms of bus routes? I'm very concerned, because older people, obviously, are disproportionately greater users of bus services, particularly in rural parts of Wales where they have no alternative transport and may not have a car. So, what work are you doing to identify those critical routes that older people in particular rely on in those sorts of communities? You mentioned also the national health service needing to make up lost ground in terms of treatment of non-coronavirus-related conditions, yet I haven't seen a single solution in the document as to how you're going to deal with the backlog of appointments. Again, it's older people who are disproportionately -
Welsh: Diolch, Gweinidog, am gopi o'ch datganiad cyn y sesiwn y prynhawn yma. Rwy'n croesawu cyhoeddi'r adroddiad 'Ailadeiladu ar ôl COVID-19 - Heriau a Blaenoriaethau'. Rwy'n credu bod llawer i'w ddweud ynglŷn â faint o ymgysylltu y mae Llywodraeth Cymru wedi ei wneud er mwyn cynhyrchu'r ddogfen honno, ac rwy'n croesawu llawer iawn o'r pwyslais y mae Llywodraeth Cymru wedi'i nodi o ran pethau yr hoffai eu cyflawni wrth symud ymlaen. Ond wedi dweud hynny, rwy'n credu bod pethau yr hoffwn i ofyn rhai cwestiynau i chi amdanynt. Sylwaf eich bod yn cyfeirio at yr angen i sicrhau ein bod yn canolbwyntio ein hymdrechion yng Nghymru ar gefnogi'r rheini yr effeithiwyd arnyn nhw fwyaf gan argyfwng COVID-19. Rhestrwyd pob math o unigolion - plant, pobl ifanc, menywod, y rhai mewn gwaith ansicr ac ar gyflog gwael, pobl dduon ac Asiaidd a lleiafrifoedd ethnig a phobl anabl - ond yr un grŵp na wnaethoch chi amdano oedd pobl hŷn, ac, wrth gwrs, gwyddom i gyd fod effaith y pandemig ar bobl hŷn, yn anffodus, wedi bod yn llawer mwy difrifol nag ar grwpiau eraill mewn cymdeithas. A wnewch chi ddweud wrthyf a oes rheswm pam nad oes fawr ddim sôn am bobl hŷn - dim sôn o gwbl yn eich datganiad ac ychydig iawn yn y ddogfen sydd wedi'i chyhoeddi heddiw? Rydych chi hefyd wedi dweud yr hoffech chi sicrhau y caiff swyddi pobl eu diogelu lle bo'n bosib, ac y gall pobl ifanc yn arbennig gael gwaith, a byddwn yn adleisio'r sylwadau hynny'n fawr iawn. Ond mae pryder cynyddol ledled Cymru bod rhai o'r cyfyngiadau y mae Llywodraeth Cymru yn eu rhoi ar waith yn anghymesur â maint y risg yng nghymunedau pobl. Ydych chi'n derbyn bod perygl y bydd mwy o bobl ifanc yng Nghymru yn ddi-waith o ganlyniad i rai o fesurau Llywodraeth Cymru a'i bod hi'n anodd iawn, mewn gwirionedd, i aelodau'r cyhoedd benderfynu a yw'r hyn a wnaed hyd yma yn gymesur, oherwydd diffyg data manwl fesul cymuned sydd ar gael ac wedi eu cyhoeddi gan Iechyd Cyhoeddus Cymru ac eraill. A gaf i hefyd ofyn am fynediad at welliannau o ran ein stoc dai? Rwy'n amlwg yn deall pam y mae Llywodraeth Cymru yn canolbwyntio ar geisio gwella'r stoc tai cymdeithasol. Mae'n hawdd cymell landlordiaid cymdeithasol cofrestredig gyda grantiau i ôl-osod cyfarpar yn yr eiddo hynny, ond mae'n amlwg bod angen i ni hefyd annog pobl sy'n berchen ar eu cartrefi eu hunain i fynd ati i wella eu heiddo hefyd. Mae gan Lywodraeth y DU, wrth gwrs, ei chynllun grant cartrefi gwyrdd, sy'n hael iawn, ac mae llawer o bobl yn manteisio ar y cyfle i fanteisio ar hynny ar hyn o bryd, ond nid oes gennym ni gynllun cyfatebol yma yng Nghymru. A wnaiff Llywodraeth Cymru ailystyried ei safbwynt ar hynny ac a oes ffordd y gallwch chi hybu pobl i fuddsoddi yn eu cartrefi a'u heiddo eu hunain drwy eu cymell gyda chyfraniad o goffrau'r Llywodraeth yn y ffordd y mae'r grant cartrefi gwyrdd yn ei wneud yn Lloegr? A gaf i hefyd godi pryderon gyda chi ynglŷn â faint y mae Llywodraeth Cymru yn ei fuddsoddi i wella canol trefi? Byddwch yn ymwybodol bod y Ceidwadwyr Cymreig wedi galw am gronfa adfer ar ôl COVID gwerth £250 miliwn, sydd, yn amlwg, yn fuddsoddiad llawer mwy na'r arian sydd wedi'i ddarparu gan Lywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer canol trefi hyd yma. A allwch chi roi syniad inni o faint y buddsoddiad yng nghanol trefi yn y dyfodol o ganlyniad i'ch cynllun? Ac yn olaf - o, mae gennyf i ychydig mwy o amser nag yr oeddwn yn ei feddwl. Os caf i hefyd, felly, sôn am drafnidiaeth gyhoeddus. Sylwaf eich bod yn annog pobl i newid eu patrymau gwaith. Bydd hynny'n amlwg yn lleihau'r galw am drafnidiaeth gyhoeddus yn sylweddol mewn rhai rhannau o Gymru. Mae'r rheswm pam yr ydych chi wedi dewis targed o 30 y cant o'r gweithlu yn gweithio gartref y tu hwnt i mi; nid wyf yn hollol siŵr pam yr ydych chi wedi penderfynu tynnu'r ffigur hwnnw o'r awyr neu ble mae'r sylfaen dystiolaeth ar gyfer hynny. Ond dyna'r targed yr ydych chi wedi'i osod. Yn amlwg, os bydd mwy o bobl yn gweithio gartref, bydd llai o alw am drafnidiaeth gyhoeddus, a fydd yn gwneud llawer o lwybrau'n llai hyfyw. Nawr, rydych chi wedi sôn am geisio lledaenu'r galw am drafnidiaeth gyhoeddus drwy'r dydd. Gallaf ddeall hynny ar y llwybrau prysur hynny lle mae gennym ni rywfaint o orlenwi, yn enwedig ar ein gwasanaethau trên, ond beth fydd hyn yn ei olygu o ran llwybrau bysiau? Rwy'n bryderus iawn, oherwydd mae pobl hŷn, yn amlwg, yn defnyddio gwasanaethau bysiau lawer iawn mwy na phobl eraill, yn enwedig mewn rhannau gwledig o Gymru lle nad oes ganddyn nhw gludiant arall ac efallai nad oes ganddyn nhw gar. Felly, pa waith ydych chi'n ei wneud i nodi'r llwybrau hollbwysig hynny y mae pobl hŷn yn arbennig yn dibynnu arnynt yn y mathau hynny o gymunedau? Fe wnaethoch chi sôn hefyd bod angen i'r gwasanaeth iechyd gwladol wneud iawn am y gohirio a fu ar drin cyflyrau nad ydynt yn gysylltiedig â'r coronafeirws, ac eto nid wyf wedi gweld un ateb yn y ddogfen o ran sut yr ydych yn mynd i ymdrin â'r ôl-groniad o apwyntiadau. Unwaith eto, pobl hŷn yn fwy na neb arall -