English: Thank you, Minister, for your statement. I share the concerns about the ability of the planning process to actually deal with some of these issues for new housing estates, but in addition to that, of course, we need to look at our permitted development rights, so that people who might need a mobile solution to their broadband needs can also get one. I think we need to be forcing operators to share masts, and in addition to that we need to raise the potential heights of masts that can go ahead without permitted development rights here in Wales, which are obviously much lower than they are in other parts of the UK at the moment. So, I do think there are some things that can be done on that front. One other opportunity, as well, Minister, that you haven't referred to is the ability to reap some benefits from the public sector broadband aggregation scheme. I've got schools in some of my communities with fantastic broadband speeds, and none of the properties around them can benefit from those speeds because they're not allowed to connect somehow to the cabling that's managed to get the fantastic speeds into the schools. It's absolutely ludicrous. So, we need to be able to overcome some of these challenges, so that where there are high speeds being piped into some of these communities that are getting very poor speeds from the BT Openreach network, there are opportunities to connect. I've got the misfortune, Minister, as you will know, of having a community with the lowest access to speeds of over 10 megabits per second in my own constituency, in rural Denbighshire, in Llanbedr Dyffryn Clwyd, where just 6 per cent of the households there are able to access a decent broadband speed, whilst 90-odd per cent are able to access a better one elsewhere. I've appreciated your interest in my own constituency. One thing that concerns me, though, about your statement is it would appear to me that you've extended BT's contract for works that were already scheduled but they didn't complete. Are BT Openreach going to face a penalty for failing to complete the work that they promised to complete by 31 December? Because that's not clear from your statement. The other thing that concerns me is that you're making this statement now, but we knew what the end date of the contract was going to be. It was going to be 31 December last year. Why on earth didn't you make a statement before 31 December to allow people to put together possible bids, to think about these things so that we don't have this long waiting period now while we're waiting for other potential suppliers to come forward with ideas? I think it is disappointing that you haven't brought something forward sooner than today.
Welsh: Diolch, Gweinidog, am eich datganiad. Rwy'n rhannu'r pryderon ynglŷn â gallu'r broses gynllunio i ymdrin â rhai o'r materion hyn ar gyfer ystadau tai newydd, mewn gwirionedd, ond yn ogystal â hynny, wrth gwrs, mae angen inni edrych ar ein hawliau datblygu a ganiateir, fel bod pobl a allai fod angen ateb symudol i'w hanghenion band eang yn gallu cael un hefyd. Rwy'n credu y dylem ni fod yn gorfodi gweithredwyr i rannu mastiau, ac yn ogystal â hynny mae angen inni gynyddu uchder posibl mastiau y gellir eu codi heb hawliau datblygu a ganiateir yma yng Nghymru, sydd yn amlwg yn llawer is nag y maen nhw mewn rhannau eraill o'r DU ar hyn o bryd. Felly, rwy'n credu bod rhai pethau y gellir eu gwneud yn y maes hwnnw. Un cyfle arall hefyd, Gweinidog, nad ydych chi wedi cyfeirio ato, yw'r gallu i gael rhywfaint o fudd o gynllun cydgasglu band eang y sector cyhoeddus. Mae gen i ysgolion yn rhai o fy nghymunedau â cyflymder band eang gwych, ond ni all dim o'r eiddo o'u hamgylch fanteisio ar y cyflymder hwnnw oherwydd na chaniateir iddyn nhw gysylltu rywsut i'r ceblau sydd wedi llwyddo i gael y cyflymderau gwych hyn i'r ysgolion. Mae'n hollol hurt. Felly, mae angen i ni allu goresgyn rhai o'r heriau hyn, er mwyn bod yna gyfleoedd i gysylltu pan fo cyflymderau uchel yn cael eu darparu i rai yn y cymunedau hyn sy'n dioddef cyflymderau gwael iawn o rwydwaith BT Openreach. Gennyf i y mae'r anffawd, Gweinidog, fel y gwyddoch chi, o fod â'r gymuned â'r mynediad isaf at gyflymderau o fwy na 10 megabeit yr eiliad yn fy etholaeth i, yn Sir Ddinbych wledig, yn Llanbedr Dyffryn Clwyd. Dim ond 6 y cant o'r aelwydydd yn y fan honno sy'n gallu cael cyflymder band eang derbyniol, tra bod tua 90 y cant yn gallu cael mynediad at un gwell mewn mannau eraill. Rwyf wedi gwerthfawrogi eich diddordeb yn fy etholaeth i. Un peth sy'n fy mhryderu i, er hynny, am eich datganiad yw ei bod yn ymddangos i mi eich bod wedi ymestyn contract BT am waith a oedd eisoes wedi'i amserlennu ond na wnaethon nhw ei gwblhau. A fydd BT Openreach yn wynebu cosb am beidio â chwblhau'r gwaith y gwnaethon nhw addo ei gwblhau erbyn 31 Rhagfyr? Oherwydd nid yw hynny'n glir yn eich datganiad. Y peth arall sy'n fy mhryderu yw eich bod chi'n gwneud y datganiad hwn nawr, ond roeddem ni'n gwybod beth oedd dyddiad terfyn y contract. 31 Rhagfyr y llynedd oedd y dyddiad hwnnw. Pam ar y ddaear na wnaethoch chi ddatganiad cyn 31 Rhagfyr i alluogi pobl i lunio cynigion posibl, i feddwl am y pethau hyn fel nad oes gennym ni'r cyfnod aros hir hwn yn awr tra'r ydym ni'n aros am gyflenwyr posibl eraill i gyflwyno syniadau? Rwy'n credu ei bod yn siomedig nad ydych chi wedi cyflwyno rhywbeth cyn heddiw.