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English: Debt is obviously a rising concern in the current situation. We know from the 'Wales in the red: Assessing the impact of problem debt in Wales' report earlier this year that Cardiff, as our biggest city, has also got the highest concentration of debt. Nearly 200,000 people across Wales are grappling with severe debts and another 200,000 already showing signs of financial distress. And unfortunately this is the time of year when people are being encouraged to spend money they haven't got. But, nevertheless, the main causes of people getting into serious debt are reduced income as a result of the gig economy we now have to grapple with, as well as illness or injury and unemployment, which are very difficult to mitigate, as people normally have no idea that this is coming. Terrifyingly, I read that this means many are using credit cards to cover gaps in their daily living costs, and we also know that cuts to in-work and out-of-work benefits over the last nine years under this Tory austerity Government are a major factor. People in severe debt in my constituency often find the problem so overwhelming they are slow to come forward to get advice. How is the Welsh Government ensuring that people can get easy access to debt advice services when they get into such difficulties?
Welsh: Mae dyled yn amlwg yn bryder cynyddol yn y sefyllfa bresennol. Gwyddom o'r adroddiad 'Cymru yn y coch': a oedd yn asesu effaith dyledion problemus yng Nghymru yn gynharach eleni mai Caerdydd, ein dinas fwyaf, sydd hefyd â'r dwysedd uchaf o ddyled. Mae bron i 200,000 o bobl ledled Cymru yn ymgodymu â dyledion difrifol ac mae 200,000 arall eisoes yn dangos arwyddion o drallod ariannol. Ac yn anffodus, dyma'r adeg o'r flwyddyn pan fydd pobl yn cael eu hannog i wario arian nad yw ganddyn nhw. Ond, er hynny, y prif resymau y mae pobl yn mynd i ddyled ddifrifol yw incwm sy'n gostwng o ganlyniad i'r economi gìg y mae'n rhaid i ni fynd i'r afael â hi erbyn hyn, yn ogystal â salwch neu anaf a diweithdra, sy'n anodd iawn eu lliniaru, gan nad oes gan bobl syniad bod hynny ar ddod, fel arfer. Yn frawychus, rwy'n darllen bod hyn yn golygu bod llawer yn defnyddio cardiau credyd i lenwi bylchau yn eu costau byw bob dydd, ac rydym ni hefyd yn gwybod bod toriadau i fudd-daliadau mewn gwaith ac allan o waith yn ystod y naw mlynedd diwethaf o dan gamau cyni y Llywodraeth Dorïaidd hon yn ffactor pwysig. Mae pobl sydd mewn dyled ddifrifol yn fy etholaeth i yn aml yn cael eu llorio gan y broblem i'r fath raddau fel eu bod nhw'n araf i ddod i gael cyngor. Sut y mae Llywodraeth Cymru yn sicrhau y gall pobl gael gafael ar wasanaethau cyngor ar ddyledion yn rhwydd pan eu bod nhw'n mynd i'r fath drafferthion?
English: I thank Jenny Rathbone for that important question. It's an issue that I've been raising locally in Cardiff and Vale in terms of the role of the credit unions as well as advice services in providing affordable loans leading up to Christmas, and that can indeed avert and prevent the rise of debt at this particular time of year. But I think advice services are crucial in terms of delivering not just access in terms of the offices available by Cardiff and Vale Citizens Advice, but also locating within the heart of communities when people do struggle to access advice particularly around debt services. They have to be delivered at the heart of their communities to reach the people who need them. But I would say that, last year alone, the service in Cardiff and Vale particularly helped over 3,500 people resolve problems relating specifically to social welfare issues. And what is crucial in terms of preventing debt is that, actually, that included generating income gains of more than £4.5 million.
Welsh: Diolch i Jenny Rathbone am y cwestiwn pwysig yna. Mae'n fater yr wyf i wedi bod yn ei godi'n lleol yng Nghaerdydd a'r Fro o ran swyddogaeth yr undebau credyd yn ogystal â gwasanaethau cynghori wrth ddarparu benthyciadau fforddiadwy yn y cyfnod cyn y Nadolig, ac yn wir gall hynny osgoi ac atal y cynnydd mewn dyledion ar yr adeg arbennig hon o'r flwyddyn. Ond rwy'n credu bod gwasanaethau cynghori yn hollbwysig o ran darparu nid yn unig mynediad o ran y swyddfeydd sydd ar gael gan Cyngor ar Bopeth Caerdydd a'r Fro, ond hefyd eu bod wedi eu lleoli yng nghanol cymunedau pan fydd pobl yn ei chael hi'n anodd cael gafael ar gyngor yn enwedig ynghylch gwasanaethau dyledion. Mae'n rhaid iddyn nhw gael eu darparu yng nghanol eu cymunedau i gyrraedd y bobl sydd eu hangen. Ond byddwn i'n dweud bod y gwasanaeth yng Nghaerdydd a'r Fro, yn ystod y llynedd yn unig, wedi helpu dros 3,500 o bobl i ddatrys problemau yn ymwneud yn benodol â materion lles cymdeithasol. A'r hyn sy'n hollbwysig o ran atal dyled, mewn gwirionedd, yw bod hynny wedi cynnwys cynhyrchu enillion incwm o fwy na £4.5 miliwn.
English: Minister, I think it's very important that we value the role of the voluntary sector in particular in advice giving, because, as you said, they are at the heart of communities, they are accessed by people more readily very often, and it's very important, I think, that we continue to support organisations that have this function and that the city as well realises how important giving help to voluntary organisations is, through an element of core funding or funding them for advice services, and that it's money well spent.
Welsh: Gweinidog, rwy'n credu ei bod hi'n bwysig iawn ein bod ni'n gwerthfawrogi swyddogaeth y sector gwirfoddol yn enwedig wrth roi cyngor, oherwydd, fel y gwnaethoch chi ei ddweud, maen nhw yng nghanol eu cymunedau, mae pobl yn fwy parod i'w defnyddio yn aml iawn, ac mae'n bwysig iawn, rwy'n credu, ein bod ni'n parhau i gefnogi sefydliadau sydd â'r swyddogaeth hon a bod y ddinas hefyd yn sylweddoli pa mor bwysig yw rhoi cymorth i fudiadau gwirfoddol, drwy elfen o gyllid craidd neu drwy eu hariannu ar gyfer gwasanaethau cynghori, a bod gwerth mewn gwario arian yn y modd hwnnw.
English: I thank David Melding for that question. What's important in terms of the single advice fund arrangements, the single advice grant funding that I've awarded to providers, is that although there are lead providers - like, in this circumstance, Cardiff and Vale Citizens Advice, in answer to this question - they also have advice partners and access partners, as well as other partners in the voluntary sector.
Welsh: Diolch i David Melding am y cwestiwn hwnnw. Yr hyn sy'n bwysig o ran trefniadau'r gronfa cyngor sengl, yr arian grant cyngor sengl yr wyf wedi'i ddyfarnu i ddarparwyr yw, er bod darparwyr arweiniol - yn yr achos hwn, Cyngor ar Bopeth Caerdydd a'r Fro, mewn ymateb i'r cwestiwn hwn - mae ganddyn nhw hefyd bartneriaid cynghori a phartneriaid mynediad, yn ogystal â phartneriaid eraill yn y sector gwirfoddol.
English: Diolch, Llywydd. There is one change to this week's business. Tomorrow's debate on the motion to annual the Renting Homes (Fees etc.) (Specified Information) (Wales) Regulations 2019 has been withdrawn. Draft business for the next three sitting weeks is set out on the business statement and announcement, which can be found amongst the meeting papers available to Members electronically.
Welsh: Diolch, Llywydd. Mae un newid i fusnes yr wythnos hon. Mae'r ddadl yfory ar y cynnig i ddirymu Rheoliadau Rhentu Cartrefi (Ffioedd etc.) (Gwybodaeth Benodedig) (Cymru) 2019 wedi'i thynnu yn ôl. Mae'r busnes drafft ar gyfer y tair wythnos eistedd nesaf wedi'i nodi yn y datganiad a chyhoeddiad busnes, sydd i'w weld ymhlith papurau'r cyfarfodydd sydd ar gael i'r Aelodau'n electronig.
English: Minister, may I ask for a statement from the Minister for Education about her approach to relationship and sexuality education in Wales? Constituents have contacted me to express their concerns that the Welsh Government advisors have called for lessons to be made compulsory in Welsh schools. In England, headteachers are expected to talk to parents who wish to exclude their children from these lessons to explain the benefit of receiving this important education. However, parents will still have the right to withdraw their child up to the age of 15. Minister, may we have a statement on whether the Minister will follow the constructive approach of engaging with parents, as in England, or does she support removing the rights of parents to have a say in this aspect of their children's education altogether?
Welsh: Gweinidog, a gaf i ofyn am ddatganiad gan y Gweinidog Addysg am ei hagwedd at addysg cydberthynas a rhywioldeb yng Nghymru? Mae etholwyr wedi cysylltu â mi i fynegi eu pryderon bod cynghorwyr Llywodraeth Cymru wedi galw am wneud gwersi'n orfodol yn ysgolion Cymru. Yn Lloegr, mae disgwyl i benaethiaid siarad â rhieni sy'n dymuno eithrio eu plant o'r gwersi hyn i esbonio mantais derbyn yr addysg bwysig hon. Fodd bynnag, bydd gan rieni yr hawl o hyd i dynnu eu plentyn yn ôl hyd at 15 oed. Gweinidog, a gawn ni ddatganiad ynghylch a fydd y Gweinidog yn dilyn y dull adeiladol o ymgysylltu â rhieni, fel yn Lloegr, neu a yw hi'n cefnogi dileu hawliau rhieni i leisio barn ar yr agwedd hon ar addysg eu plant yn gyfan gwbl?
English: Well, Llywydd, the Welsh Government has recently closed a consultation on exactly this specific issue. And I know that the education Minister will be keen to update the Senedd on the outcome of her deliberations, when she's had the opportunity to fully consider all of the responses to that consultation.
Welsh: Wel, Llywydd, mae Llywodraeth Cymru wedi cau ymgynghoriad ar yr union fater penodol hwn yn ddiweddar. Gwn y bydd y Gweinidog addysg yn awyddus i roi'r wybodaeth ddiweddaraf i'r Senedd am ganlyniad ei hystyriaethau, pan fydd hi wedi cael y cyfle i roi ystyriaeth lawn i'r holl ymatebion i'r ymgynghoriad hwnnw.
English: Llywydd, there's been no party that has done more for the Welsh language than the Labour Party. The Welsh Government and the Welsh Labour Party has a long and proud history of supporting the Welsh language and being enthusiastic about the Welsh language, and ambitious for the Welsh language. And that's why Cymraeg 2050 is central to all Welsh Government policies, and we're committed to ensuring that we work together to reach that 1 million Welsh speakers and to double the use of Welsh. And the Welsh Government is passionate about this agenda. In terms of the second issue, I'm pleased that you had the reassurances that you were seeking from the education Minister, that she will be bringing forward the appropriate regulations, and I'm pleased that the college was able to offer your particular constituent the support that she needs to be able to keep attending her course through until Christmas. Obviously, I will speak to the education Minister about the timeline for bringing forward those important regulations and the amendments.
Welsh: Llywydd, nid oes yr un blaid sydd wedi gwneud mwy dros y Gymraeg na'r Blaid Lafur. Mae gan Lywodraeth Cymru a Phlaid Lafur Cymru hanes hir a balch o gefnogi'r Gymraeg a bod yn frwdfrydig dros y Gymraeg, ac yn uchelgeisiol dros y Gymraeg. A dyna pam mae Cymraeg 2050 yn ganolog i holl bolisïau Llywodraeth Cymru, ac rydym wedi ymrwymo i sicrhau ein bod ni'n gweithio gyda'n gilydd i gyrraedd y miliwn hynny o siaradwyr Cymraeg ac i ddyblu'r defnydd o'r Gymraeg. Ac mae Llywodraeth Cymru yn angerddol am yr agenda hon. O ran yr ail fater, rwy'n falch eich bod wedi cael y sicrwydd yr oeddech chi yn ei geisio gan y Gweinidog Addysg, y bydd yn cyflwyno'r rheoliadau priodol, ac rwy'n falch bod y Coleg wedi gallu cynnig i'ch etholwr y cymorth sydd ei angen arni i allu parhau i fynychu ei chwrs tan y Nadolig. Yn amlwg, siaradaf â'r Gweinidog Addysg am yr amserlen ar gyfer cyflwyno'r rheoliadau pwysig hynny a'r gwelliannau.
English: Last Tuesday, the Minister for Economy and Transport reported on employment and people with disabilities. Can I ask for a Government statement on what action is being undertaken by the Welsh Government, and more importantly Welsh Government's financially supported bodies, to increase the number of people with disabilities employed? Secondly, my opposition to incineration is well known and well documented. I would like to ask for a statement on the carbon dioxide emissions from biomass incinerators and an explanation of why the Welsh Government will not impose a moratorium on new incinerators, excluding those for medical waste disposal, and also on new biomass plants. We know that burning and other changes to matter does not destroy them. The mass of mater is always the same before and after the changes occur. The law on conservation of mass states that matter cannot be created or destroyed, only changed from one form to the other. So, what we actually end up with with incineration is turning carbon and other elements into dioxins and carbon dioxide.
Welsh: Ddydd Mawrth diwethaf, cyflwynodd Gweinidog yr Economi a Thrafnidiaeth adroddiad ar gyflogaeth a phobl anabl. A gaf i ofyn am ddatganiad gan y Llywodraeth ynghylch pa gamau sy'n cael eu cymryd gan Lywodraeth Cymru, ac yn bwysicach, gan gyrff sy'n cael eu cefnogi'n ariannol gan Lywodraeth Cymru, i gynyddu nifer y bobl anabl sy'n cael eu cyflogi? Yn ail, mae fy ngwrthwynebiad i losgi yn hysbys ac wedi'i gofnodi'n helaeth. Hoffwn i ofyn am ddatganiad ynglŷn â'r allyriadau carbon deuocsid o losgyddion biomas ac esboniad pam na fydd Llywodraeth Cymru yn gosod moratoriwm ar losgyddion newydd, ac eithrio'r rhai ar gyfer gwaredu gwastraff meddygol, a hefyd ar weithfeydd biomas newydd. Gwyddom nad yw llosgi a newidiadau eraill i ddeunydd yn ei ddinistrio. Mae'r gyfraith ar gadwraeth cyflyrau màs yn nodi bod màs deunydd bob amser yr un peth cyn ac ar ôl i newidiadau ddigwydd. Nid yw'n bosibl creu na dinistrio'r deunydd hwnnw, dim ond ei newid o un ffurf i'r llall. Felly, yr hyn sydd gennym ni yn y pen draw, mewn gwirionedd, yw troi carbon ac elfennau eraill yn ddeuocsinau a charbon deuocsid.
English: Thank you to Mike Hedges for raising these two issues. The first related to Welsh Government's work in terms of supporting and enabling disabled people into the workplace within the Welsh Government context. As a disability confident leader level 3 organisation, we are committed to increasing the number of disabled people working within this organisation. So, using the social model of disability to remove barriers, positive action and targeting disabled people through outreach and encouraging applicants to ask for adjustments during the recruitment process have seen the number of disabled people joining the Welsh Government rise over the past few years. But we're certainly not complacent, which is why we have our diversity and inclusion action plan 2020-4 currently in development, and that will set out the next steps for us in terms of ensuring that those interventions continue and continue to be effective in terms of supporting disabled people to enter this organisation. We have responsibility for board appointments to Government-sponsored bodies only. We don't have responsibility for the staff employed by those bodies, but certainly we would want to encourage them to look to Welsh Government for the leadership and the work that we can do there. But, as I say, I think there's much more for us to be doing on this particular agenda. Mike Hedges's views on incineration are well known and I will ask the Minister with responsibility for waste to provide an answer to what were some quite detailed questions.
Welsh: Diolch i Mike Hedges am godi'r ddau fater hyn. Roedd y cyntaf yn ymwneud â gwaith Llywodraeth Cymru o ran cefnogi a galluogi pobl anabl i fynd i'r gweithle o fewn cyd-destun Llywodraeth Cymru. A ninnau'n sefydliad arweinydd hyderus o ran anabledd lefel 3, rydym wedi ymrwymo i gynyddu nifer y bobl anabl sy'n gweithio yn y sefydliad hwn. Felly, drwy ddefnyddio'r model cymdeithasol o anabledd i ddileu rhwystrau, gweithredu'n gadarnhaol a thargedu pobl anabl drwy allgymorth ac annog ymgeiswyr i ofyn am addasiadau yn ystod y broses recriwtio, mae nifer y bobl anabl sy'n ymuno â Llywodraeth Cymru wedi codi yn ystod y blynyddoedd diwethaf. Ond yn sicr nid ydym yn hunanfodlon, a dyna pam mae gennym ein cynllun gweithredu amrywiaeth a chynhwysiant 2020-4 wrthi'n cael ei ddatblygu, a bydd hwnnw'n nodi'r camau nesaf i ni o ran sicrhau bod yr ymyriadau hynny'n parhau ac yn parhau i fod yn effeithiol o ran cefnogi pobl anabl i ymuno â'r sefydliad hwn. Rydym yn gyfrifol am benodiadau bwrdd i gyrff a noddir gan y Llywodraeth yn unig. Nid oes gennym gyfrifoldeb dros y staff a gyflogir gan y cyrff hynny, ond yn sicr byddem eisiau eu hannog i edrych tuag at Lywodraeth Cymru am yr arweinyddiaeth a'r gwaith y gallwn ni ei wneud yno. Ond, fel y dywedais, rwy'n credu bod llawer mwy i ni ei wneud ar yr agenda arbennig hon. Mae barn Mike Hedges ar losgi yn hysbys iawn a byddaf yn gofyn i'r Gweinidog sy'n gyfrifol am wastraff ddarparu ateb i'r hyn a oedd yn gwestiynau eithaf manwl.
English: Could the Minister make a statement on Government initiatives to stimulate the economy of Pontypool and its immediate Valleys communities, including Blaenavon? Pontypool was once a thriving industrial community, with companies such as ICI, formally British Nylon Spinners, which at one time employed some 6,000 people; Panteg Steel Works with around 3,000; Pilkington Glass, 700; and Warner-Lambert around 600. All have been lost in the past 20 years or so, with no substantial companies being established in that time. Surely it is time the Welsh Government did something to attract industries that would replace them. Could the Minister make a statement on whether there are any large employers in the pipeline, because it is notable that there appears to have been little major investment in the area for more than 20 years? And finally, could the Minister make a statement on any initiatives brought about by the Valleys taskforce that might halt the decline in this once thriving community?
Welsh: A wnaiff y Gweinidog ddatganiad am fentrau'r Llywodraeth i roi hwb i economi Pont-y-pŵl a'i chymunedau agos yn y Cymoedd, gan gynnwys Blaenafon? Roedd Pont-y-pŵl yn gymuned ddiwydiannol lewyrchus ar un adeg, gyda chwmnïau fel ICI, yr hen British Nylon Spinners, a oedd yn cyflogi tua 6,000 o bobl ar y tro; Gwaith Dur Panteg gydag oddeutu 3,000; Pilkington Glass, 700; a Warner-Lambert tua 600. Collwyd pob un yn yr 20 mlynedd diwethaf, heb fod unrhyw gwmnïau sylweddol wedi'u sefydlu yn y cyfnod hwnnw. Mae'n rhaid ei fod yn bryd i Lywodraeth Cymru wneud rhywbeth i ddenu diwydiannau a fyddai'n eu disodli. A wnaiff y Gweinidog ddatganiad ynghylch a oes unrhyw gyflogwyr mawr ar y gweill, oherwydd mae'n nodedig yr ymddengys mai ychydig o fuddsoddiad mawr a fu yn yr ardal am dros 20 mlynedd? Ac yn olaf, a wnaiff y Gweinidog ddatganiad am unrhyw fentrau a gyflwynwyd gan dasglu'r Cymoedd a allai atal y dirywiad yn y gymuned hon a arferai ffynnu?
English: Well, I'll certainly ask the Minister with responsibility for the economy, and the Deputy Minister, who leads on the Valleys taskforce work, to write to you with an update on the work that has been going on in the Pontypool area and the work that is planned for the Pontypool area, in terms of supporting industry, innovation and employment and investment in the area. FootnoteLink
Welsh: Wel, yn sicr, byddaf i'n gofyn i'r Gweinidog sy'n gyfrifol am yr economi, a'r Dirprwy Weinidog, sy'n arwain ar waith tasglu'r Cymoedd, ysgrifennu atoch chi gyda'r wybodaeth ddiweddaraf ynghylch y gwaith sydd wedi bod yn mynd rhagddo yn ardal Pont-y-pŵl a'r gwaith sydd wedi'i gynllunio ar gyfer ardal Pont-y-pŵl, o ran cefnogi diwydiant, arloesi a chyflogaeth a buddsoddi yn yr ardal. FootnoteLink
English: I thank Nick Ramsay for raising those issues. We did have a statement from the Minister for Economy and Transport just last week in terms of disability and disabled people's employment, so perhaps it's a little too soon to have a further discussion on that. But I know that he will be keen to update Members on the progress of the work that he was discussing in his statement last week, and, obviously, I'm very interested to hear, as I know the Minister will be, about those particular local projects that you described as well. Again, the request for a statement on incineration: I'll make sure that the Minister with responsibility for waste is aware of the interest in a statement from Members. And I was delighted to support Small Business Saturday. So, on the Friday ahead of it, I spent quite some time in Pontarddulais talking to small-business owners in that village, and they were very keen to talk to me about business rates. Many of the businesses I spoke to benefited from Welsh Government's rate relief, to the point at which they were paying nothing at all for their business rates, which I thought was excellent. And I'm very pleased this afternoon to be moving regulations with regard to the multiplier rate for the Non-Domestic Rating (Multiplier) (Wales) Order 2019, and that will mean that we are moving this year to using the consumer prices index rather than the retail prices index, and, of course, that's a benefit, then, to Welsh businesses of around £10 million, and that's on top of the support that we already provide.
Welsh: Diolch i Nick Ramsay am godi'r materion hynny. Cawsom ddatganiad gan Weinidog yr Economi a Thrafnidiaeth dim ond yr wythnos diwethaf ynglŷn ag anabledd a chyflogaeth pobl anabl, felly efallai ei bod ychydig yn rhy fuan i gael trafodaeth bellach ar hynny. Ond rwy'n gwybod y bydd yn awyddus i roi'r wybodaeth ddiweddaraf i'r Aelodau ar gynnydd y gwaith yr oedd ef yn ei drafod yn ei ddatganiad yr wythnos diwethaf, ac, yn amlwg, bydd o ddiddordeb mawr i mi glywed, fel y gwn y bydd i'r Gweinidog, am y prosiectau lleol penodol hynny a ddisgrifiwyd gennych chi hefyd. Unwaith eto, mae'r cais am ddatganiad ar losgi: byddaf i'n sicrhau bod y Gweinidog sy'n gyfrifol am wastraff yn ymwybodol o'r diddordeb gan yr Aelodau mewn datganiad. Ac roeddwn i wrth fy modd yn cefnogi Dydd Sadwrn Busnesau Bach. Felly, ar y dydd Gwener cyn hynny, treuliais gryn amser ym Mhontarddulais yn siarad â pherchnogion busnesau bach yn y pentref hwnnw, ac roedden nhw'n awyddus iawn i siarad â mi am ardrethi busnes. Roedd llawer o'r busnesau y siaradais i â nhw wedi elwa ar ryddhad ardrethi Llywodraeth Cymru, i'r pwynt lle nad oedden nhw'n talu dim o gwbl am eu hardrethi busnes, a oedd yn rhagorol yn fy marn i. Ac rwy'n falch iawn y prynhawn yma o fod yn symud rheoliadau o ran cyfradd y lluosydd ar gyfer Gorchymyn Ardrethu Annomestig (Lluosydd) (Cymru) 2019. Bydd hynny'n golygu ein bod yn symud eleni at ddefnyddio'r mynegai prisiau defnyddwyr, ac mae hynny ar ben y gefnogaeth yr ydym eisoes yn ei darparu.