English: Although the blue badge scheme in Wales does not lie within your portfolio, removing the barriers for disabled people does, and the current blue badge scheme in Wales is creating barriers. I've been contacted by numerous constituents with a range of physical and neurodevelopmental conditions, whose blue badge parking permit applications or renewals were declined by local authorities quoting Welsh Government eligibility criteria. This states, amongst other things, that the local authority's decision on eligibility is final - there is no appeals process - causing applicants huge distress and requiring my intervention to have their applications reconsidered. When I sat on the 2019 Equality, Local Government and Communities Committee inquiry into the blue badge scheme in Wales, we received joint written evidence from charities including Tenovus Cancer Care and Macmillan Cancer Support. They expressed disappointment when many of the committee's evidence-based recommendations in our subsequent report were rejected by the Welsh Government. Although the Welsh Government did refer to a review of eligibility criteria and guidance documentation, and the then Minister for Economy and Transport said that he had requested that officials work closely with local authorities to strengthen consistency in their approach to handling rejected applications, Tenovus Cancer Care have written stating that they regretfully report no change to implementation of the scheme, and the issues reported to the committee in 2019 persist. What actions can and will you therefore take accordingly?
Welsh: Er nad yw cynllun y bathodyn glas yng Nghymru yn rhan o'ch portffolio, mae cael gwared ar y rhwystrau i bobl anabl yn rhan ohono, ac mae cynllun presennol y bathodyn glas yng Nghymru yn creu rhwystrau. Mae nifer o etholwyr wedi cysylltu â mi gydag ystod o gyflyrau corfforol a niwroddatblygiadol, y cafodd eu ceisiadau am drwyddedau parcio bathodyn glas, neu geisiadau i'w hadnewyddu, eu gwrthod gan awdurdodau lleol gan ddyfynnu meini prawf cymhwysedd Llywodraeth Cymru. Mae hyn yn dangos, ymhlith pethau eraill, fod penderfyniad yr awdurdod lleol ar gymhwysedd yn derfynol - nid oes proses apelio - ac mae hyn yn peri gofid enfawr i ymgeiswyr ac mae gofyn i mi ymyrryd er mwyn i'w ceisiadau gael eu hailystyried. Pan oeddwn yn aelod o ymchwiliad Pwyllgor Cydraddoldeb, Llywodraeth Leol a Chymunedau 2019 i gynllun y bathodyn glas yng Nghymru, cawsom dystiolaeth ysgrifenedig ar y cyd gan elusennau, gan gynnwys Gofal Canser Tenovus a Chymorth Canser Macmillan. Fe wnaethant fynegi siom pan wrthododd Llywodraeth Cymru lawer o argymhellion y pwyllgor a oedd yn seiliedig ar dystiolaeth yn ein hadroddiad dilynol. Er i Lywodraeth Cymru gyfeirio at adolygiad o feini prawf cymhwysedd a dogfennau canllawiau, a bod Gweinidog yr Economi a Thrafnidiaeth ar y pryd wedi dweud ei fod wedi gofyn i swyddogion weithio'n agos gydag awdurdodau lleol i gryfhau cysondeb yn eu dull o ymdrin â cheisiadau a wrthodwyd, mae Gofal Canser Tenovus wedi ysgrifennu i ddweud eu bod yn siomedig iawn na fu unrhyw newid i weithrediad y cynllun, ac mae'r materion a adroddwyd i'r pwyllgor yn 2019 yn parhau. Pa gamau y gallwch chi, ac y byddwch chi felly yn eu cymryd yn unol â hynny?