English: Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer. I'm unfortunately placed with my back to the person I'm responding to, which I always find a bit difficult, so apologies, David. I'm very pleased that David has provided us with an opportunity to have this debate, this discussion, and me with the opportunity to update everyone on the Welsh Government's plans for building safety in Wales. As David rightly said, phase 2 of the Grenfell inquiry is resuming now, and we are all reminded of the importance of ensuring residents remain safe and secure in their homes as a result of the appalling tragedy that we're all too well aware of. I'm also well aware of the difficulties faced by residents and leaseholders due to the ongoing building safety issues at a number of high-rise buildings in Wales, and indeed I have an enormous amount of sympathy for the plight that they find themselves in, and I agree entirely with David that it's largely through no fault of their own. These things are opaque and difficult to understand even if you're an experienced conveyancing lawyer, so it's not surprising that people have found themselves in a very difficult position. It is still worth making the point - I know that I've made it repeatedly - that obviously the building owners and developers are the people who have the actual responsibility for this having happened, and they ought to put their faults right at their own cost. I accept that they aren't, and that they don't care about the professional reputation in the way that we feel they ought, but of course it's worth saying that they ought to feel that way, and I do think that's worth reiterating. I'm also pleased to see that the Competition and Markets Authority has now taken an interest in the sale of leaseholds inappropriately, and has started to take action against some of the worst offenders for having sold leasehold properties. I do think the two things are interlinked, although it is of course more appropriate to have a leasehold as long as leasehold exists - and I'll address Mike's point in a minute - in a high-rise than it is in a house. Nevertheless, the way the leasehold is sold and the way that the freehold is managed afterwards is an important point of that, and I'm not sure that everyone who buys leaseholds in high-rise buildings entirely understands the management structure that they're buying into, and there have been a number of problems as a result of that.
Welsh: Diolch, Ddirprwy Lywydd. Yn anffodus, mae fy nghefn at y person rwy'n ymateb iddo, ac rwy'n ei chael hi'n anodd bob amser y bydd hynny'n digwydd, felly ymddiheuriadau, David. Rwy'n falch iawn fod David wedi rhoi cyfle inni gael y ddadl hon, y drafodaeth hon, a rhoi cyfle i mi roi'r wybodaeth ddiweddaraf i bawb am gynlluniau Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer diogelwch adeiladu yng Nghymru. Fel y dywedodd David yn gywir, mae cam 2 ymchwiliad Grenfell yn ailddechrau yn awr, ac fe'n hatgoffir i gyd o bwysigrwydd sicrhau bod preswylwyr yn parhau'n ddiogel yn eu cartrefi o ganlyniad i'r drasiedi ofnadwy rydym yn ymwybodol iawn ohoni. Rwyf hefyd yn ymwybodol iawn o'r anawsterau sy'n wynebu preswylwyr a lesddeiliaid oherwydd y problemau diogelwch adeiladu parhaus mewn nifer o adeiladau uchel yng Nghymru, ac yn wir mae gennyf lawer iawn o gydymdeimlad â hwy am y trafferthion y maent yn eu cael, a chytunaf yn llwyr â David nad yw'n fai arnynt hwy fel y cyfryw. Mae'r pethau hyn yn gymhleth ac yn anodd eu deall hyd yn oed os ydych yn gyfreithiwr trawsgludo profiadol, felly nid yw'n syndod fod pobl yn wynebu sefyllfaoedd anodd iawn. Mae'n dal yn werth gwneud y pwynt - gwn fy mod wedi'i wneud dro ar ôl tro - ei bod yn amlwg mai perchnogion a datblygwyr yr adeiladau yw'r bobl sydd â'r cyfrifoldeb gwirioneddol am y ffaith bod hyn wedi digwydd, a dylent gywiro eu diffygion ar eu cost eu hunain. Rwy'n derbyn nad ydynt yn gwneud hynny, ac nad ydynt yn poeni am yr enw da proffesiynol yn y ffordd rydym yn teimlo y dylent, ond wrth gwrs mae'n werth dweud y dylent deimlo felly, ac rwy'n credu bod hynny'n werth ei ailadrodd. Rwyf hefyd yn falch o weld bod yr Awdurdod Cystadleuaeth a Marchnadoedd bellach wedi cymryd diddordeb ym mater gwerthu lesddaliadau yn amhriodol, a'i fod wedi dechrau cymryd camau yn erbyn rhai o'r troseddwyr gwaethaf am werthu eiddo lesddaliadol. Rwy'n credu bod y ddau beth wedi'u cydgysylltu, er ei bod wrth gwrs yn fwy priodol cael lesddaliad cyn belled â bod lesddaliad yn bodoli - ac fe af i'r afael â phwynt Mike mewn munud - mewn adeilad uchel nag mewn tŷ. Serch hynny, mae'r ffordd y caiff y lesddaliad ei werthu a'r ffordd y rheolir y rhydd-ddaliad wedyn yn bwynt pwysig o hynny, ac nid wyf yn siŵr a yw pawb sy'n prynu lesddaliad mewn adeiladau uchel yn deall yn llwyr beth yw'r strwythur rheoli y maent yn ei brynu, a chafwyd nifer o broblemau o ganlyniad i hynny.