English: One of the things that majorly concerned us was that the one-off non-recurrent allocation of £117 million as a result of the UK Government's decision to give everybody a handout to subsidise the energy companies' horrendously raised charges has serious implications for how vulnerable families are going to survive next winter, because that £200 Wales fuel support scheme has been really important for a lot of people, and if that doesn't exist in the next financial year, then we really do have to do some very serious thinking about how we're going to enable families to survive in what could be an even more critical situation next year. So, we want to see some serious thinking on how we're going to do this, and we want to see that by this July, because it's no use producing a plan when you're already in the middle of winter. We think that the discretionary assistance fund has been an important mechanism for ensuring that those who are in desperate situations, which can be caused by either having to flee a domestic violence situation or simply by a washing machine breaking down - . These really simple things I think have been fantastically important for people, and the fact that it's administered by all the single advice fund agencies ensures that everybody can get access to it. But we have very little idea what the impact of this fund has been, and therefore we really feel we need to know who's benefited from it in which parts of Wales, which local authorities have been successful in promoting it. As budgets are so constrained in this year's budget and it's likely to be even more difficult in next year's one, we really do need to have some clarity over who exactly is going to benefit and whether the DAF is going to be sufficient. I think one of the things that concerns us is that it is still very concerning that a lot of people do not know what they're entitled to. Only yesterday I was sitting with some families who were with children with special needs. They simply didn't know about the £200 fuel support scheme that the Welsh Government is operating, because their social worker simply hadn't bothered to ask them whether they'd got it, and that is an unacceptable situation, just as it's unacceptable for health visitors to say they haven't got time to help families to fill in the Healthy Start vouchers. On what basis are they not focusing on the ability of a family to be able to buy food that nourishes their families, rather than junk food that can kill them? So, we really do need to ensure that every front-line worker, whether it's the school administrator, the caretaker, or whether it's those busy health and social workers - it's absolutely essential. I was astonished to hear Peter Fox say that the basic income pilot for care leavers was a waste of money. This is an invest-to-save measure. This is our collective responsibility. That's what being a corporate parent stands for. So, we support the invest to save in the Equality and Social Justice Committee, and I think the continuation and the increase in that money is very welcome. I just now want to refer to matters that are absolutely crucial to the well-being of my own constituents in Cardiff Central, picking up on what Luke Fletcher was saying about the continuation of the bus emergency scheme, because Cardiff Council has informed me that ending the bus emergency scheme, rather than having that £20 million transition money, could lead to cuts of at least a third of all the routes, or, alternatively, less frequent buses on all of the routes. And it will also have an impact on its ability to deliver school transport to schools. So, this is a really serious issue. This was discussed in the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee, and the Deputy Minister acknowledged that transport poverty was a really significant issue. You have to remember that, in parts of my constituency, over half of households do not have access to a car and at least 25 per cent of bus users have a disability or a long-term illness, so getting on a bike is probably not an option for them. So, I think that this is a very significant issue and something that we need to put much more of the focus on. We need to think 'yes' about eliminating food poverty, 'yes' to having long-term solutions to fuel poverty, particularly with the need to bring forward the next iteration of the Warm Homes programme, but we also have to look at transport poverty; it really does stop people getting to their job or their education.
Welsh: Un o'r pethau oedd yn ein poeni ni'n fawr oedd bod y dyraniad untro nad yw'n rheolaidd o £117 miliwn o ganlyniad i benderfyniad Llywodraeth y DU i roi arian i bawb i sybsideiddio costau erchyll o uchel cwmnïau ynni wedi codi yn arwain at oblygiadau difrifol i sut mae teuluoedd bregus yn mynd i oroesi'r gaeaf nesaf, oherwydd mae cynllun cymorth tanwydd £200 Cymru wedi bod yn bwysig iawn i lawer o bobl, ac os nad yw hynny'n bodoli yn y flwyddyn ariannol nesaf, yna mae'n rhaid i ni feddwl o ddifrif iawn am sut rydyn ni'n mynd i alluogi teuluoedd i oroesi yn yr hyn a allai fod yn sefyllfa hyd yn oed yn fwy enbyd y flwyddyn nesaf. Felly, rydyn ni eisiau gweld rhywfaint o feddwl o ddifri ar sut rydyn ni'n mynd i wneud hyn, ac rydyn ni eisiau gweld hynny erbyn mis Gorffennaf eleni, oherwydd nid yw'n dda i ddim cynhyrchu cynllun pan fyddwch chi eisoes yng nghanol y gaeaf. Rydyn ni'n credu bod y gronfa cymorth yn ôl disgresiwn wedi bod yn ddull pwysig ar gyfer sicrhau bod y rhai sydd mewn sefyllfaoedd enbyd, a all gael eu hachosi gan naill ai orfod ffoi rhag sefyllfa trais yn y cartref neu'n syml gan beiriant golchi yn torri i lawr - . Mae'r pethau syml iawn yma rwy'n credu wedi bod yn wych o bwysig i bobl, ac mae'r ffaith ei fod yn cael ei weinyddu gan yr holl asiantaethau cronfa gynghori sengl yn sicrhau bod pawb yn gallu cael gafael arni. Ond ychydig iawn o syniad sydd gennym ni beth fu effaith y gronfa hon, ac felly rydym ni wir yn teimlo bod angen i ni wybod pwy sydd wedi elwa ohoni ym mha rannau o Gymru, pa awdurdodau lleol sydd wedi llwyddo i'w hyrwyddo. Gan fod cyllidebau wedi'u cyfyngu gymaint yn y gyllideb eleni ac mae'n debygol o fod hyd yn oed yn anoddach yn un y flwyddyn nesaf, mae gwir angen i ni gael rhywfaint o eglurder ynglŷn â phwy yn union sy'n mynd i elwa a p'un a yw'r DAF yn mynd i fod yn ddigonol. Rwy'n meddwl mai un o'r pethau sy'n ein poeni ni yw ei fod yn dal yn bryderus iawn nad yw llawer o bobl yn gwybod beth mae ganddyn nhw hawl iddo. Dim ond ddoe roeddwn i'n eistedd gyda rhai teuluoedd oedd â phlant ag anghenion arbennig. Yn syml, doedden nhw ddim yn gwybod am y cynllun cymorth tanwydd gwerth £200 y mae Llywodraeth Cymru yn ei weithredu, oherwydd yn syml iawn, doedd eu gweithiwr cymdeithasol ddim wedi trafferthu gofyn iddyn nhw a oedden nhw wedi ei gael, ac mae hynny'n sefyllfa annerbyniol, yn union fel mae'n annerbyniol i ymwelwyr iechyd ddweud nad oes ganddyn nhw amser i helpu teuluoedd i lenwi talebau Cychwyn Iach. Ar ba sail nad ydyn nhw'n canolbwyntio ar allu teulu i allu prynu bwyd sy'n maethu eu teuluoedd, yn hytrach na bwyd sothach sy'n gallu eu lladd? Felly, mae gwir angen i ni sicrhau bod pob gweithiwr rheng flaen, boed yn weinyddwr yr ysgol, y gofalwr, neu'r gweithwyr iechyd a chymdeithasol prysur hynny - mae'n gwbl hanfodol. Cefais fy syfrdanu o glywed Peter Fox yn dweud bod y cynllun treialu incwm sylfaenol i bobl sy'n gadael gofal yn wastraff arian. Mae hwn yn fesur buddsoddi i arbed. Dyma ein cyfrifoldeb cyfunol. Dyna mae bod yn rhiant corfforaethol yn sefyll amdano. Felly, rydym ni'n cefnogi'r buddsoddiad i arbed yn y Pwyllgor Cydraddoldeb a Chyfiawnder Cymdeithasol, ac rwy'n credu bod croeso mawr i'r parhad a'r cynnydd yn yr arian hwnnw. Rwyf i nawr eisiau cyfeirio at faterion sy'n gwbl hanfodol i les fy etholwyr fy hun yng Nghanol Caerdydd, gan godi yr hyn yr oedd Luke Fletcher yn ei ddweud am barhad y cynllun argyfwng bysiau, oherwydd mae Cyngor Caerdydd wedi rhoi gwybod i mi y gallai dod â'r cynllun argyfwng bysiau i ben, yn hytrach na chael yr arian pontio £20 miliwn hwnnw, arwain at doriadau o draean o'r holl lwybrau o leiaf, neu, fel arall, bysiau llai aml ar bob un o'r llwybrau. A bydd hefyd yn cael effaith ar ei allu i ddarparu cludiant ysgol i ysgolion. Felly, mae hwn yn fater difrifol iawn. Cafodd hyn ei drafod yn y Pwyllgor Newid Hinsawdd, Amgylchedd a Seilwaith, ac fe wnaeth y Dirprwy Weinidog gydnabod bod tlodi trafnidiaeth yn fater sy'n wirioneddol arwyddocaol. Mae'n rhaid i chi gofio, mewn rhannau o fy etholaeth i, nad oes gan dros hanner y cartrefi fynediad at gar ac mae'n debyg bod gan o leiaf 25 y cant o ddefnyddwyr bysiau anabledd neu salwch hirdymor, felly mae'n debyg nad yw mynd ar feic yn opsiwn iddyn nhw. Felly, rwy'n credu bod hwn yn fater arwyddocaol iawn ac yn rhywbeth mae angen i ni roi llawer mwy o sylw iddo. Mae angen i ni feddwl 'ie' am ddileu tlodi bwyd, 'ie' i gael atebion hirdymor i dlodi tanwydd, yn enwedig gyda'r angen i gyflwyno'r fersiwn nesaf o'r rhaglen Cartrefi Clyd, ond mae'n rhaid i ni hefyd edrych ar dlodi trafnidiaeth; mae wir yn atal pobl rhag cyrraedd eu gwaith neu eu haddysg.