English: Like others, can I welcome the statement from the Minister and the update that you've given us today? And thank you also for the actions that the Welsh Government and local partners have taken in recent months to look after the homeless and some of the most vulnerable in our society in the face of this pandemic. It was absolutely the right policy at the right time. However, what you'll also be aware of, Minister, is that, on occasion, even the best policies can create some unintended consequences, and, for example, in Merthyr Tydfil and in parts of the Upper Rhymney Valley as well, the emergency COVID-19 arrangements have created concentrations of very vulnerable people in small areas of the town centre - so, the hotels, which are all concentrated in the town centre - and what that has done has meant that that has spilled out into the town centre and has had quite a significant impact on local residents and businesses in the town centre, leading to some quite significant issues around anti-social behaviour. Now, while there is clearly a police response to anti-social behaviour to ensure that residents and businesses do feel safe, there is also a need for a parallel strategy to deliver support in a more appropriate and dispersed manner, so that people receive the help that they need, but not all in that one, concentrated area. And that's the concern that I've got. In small towns, it's actually very difficult to find accommodation that is not concentrated in one area, and all of these people with such complex needs being accommodated in small accommodation in a very tight-knit community is causing lots of problems. Now, what I'm asking, Minister, is whether that particular aspect is something that you will consider in the second phase of the strategy. I know you've talked a lot about the need for that wraparound support for people in that second phase of the strategy, and you're putting a significant amount of money into that, but the issue that I'm asking you to take on board is the issue of the concentration of lots of people in small areas and accommodation where they spill out into the town, and whether we can have a strategy that includes dispersal of accommodation, so that that support is more effective, rather than having people in that tight area.
Welsh: Fel eraill, a gaf i groesawu'r datganiad gan y Gweinidog a'r wybodaeth ddiweddaraf yr ydych wedi'i rhoi inni heddiw? A diolch hefyd am yr hyn y mae Llywodraeth Cymru a phartneriaid lleol wedi ei wneud yn ystod y misoedd diwethaf i ofalu am y digartref a rhai o'r bobl fwyaf agored i niwed yn ein cymdeithas yn wyneb y pandemig hwn. Dyna oedd y polisi gwirioneddol gywir ar yr adeg briodol. Fodd bynnag, yr hyn y byddwch hefyd yn ymwybodol ohono, Gweinidog, yw bod hyd yn oed y polisïau gorau, ar brydiau, wedi creu rhai canlyniadau anfwriadol, ac, er enghraifft, ym Merthyr Tudful ac mewn rhannau o Gwm Rhymni Uchaf hefyd, mae trefniadau brys COVID-19 wedi creu crynodiadau o bobl agored iawn i niwed mewn ardaloedd bach yng nghanol y dref - felly, mae'r gwestai, sydd i gyd wedi'u crynhoi yng nghanol y dref - ac mae hynny wedi golygu bod hynny wedi dylifo i ganol y dref ac mae wedi cael effaith eithaf sylweddol ar drigolion a busnesau lleol yng nghanol y dref, gan arwain at rai materion eithaf arwyddocaol yn ymwneud ag ymddygiad gwrthgymdeithasol. Nawr, er ei bod hi'n amlwg bod yr heddlu yn ymateb i ymddygiad gwrthgymdeithasol i sicrhau bod trigolion a busnesau'n teimlo'n ddiogel, mae angen strategaeth gyfochrog hefyd i ddarparu cymorth mewn modd mwy priodol a gwasgaredig, fel bod pobl yn cael y cymorth y mae arnyn nhw ei angen, ond nid i gyd yn yr un ardal ddwys honno. A dyna'r pryder sydd gen i. Mewn trefi bach, mae'n anodd iawn dod o hyd i lety nad yw wedi'i ganoli mewn un ardal, ac mae'r holl bobl hyn ag anghenion mor gymhleth sy'n cael eu lletya mewn llety bach mewn cymuned glos iawn yn achosi llawer o broblemau. Nawr, yr hyn yr wyf yn ei ofyn, Gweinidog, yw a yw'r agwedd benodol honno'n rhywbeth y byddwch yn ei hystyried yn ail gam y strategaeth. Gwn eich bod wedi siarad llawer am yr angen am y gefnogaeth gofleidiol honno i bobl yn ail gam y strategaeth honno, ac rydych yn cyfrannu swm sylweddol o arian i wneud hynny, ond y mater yr wyf yn gofyn ichi ei ystyried yw'r mater o grynhoi llawer o bobl mewn ardaloedd a lletyau bach lle maent yn dylifo i mewn i'r dref, ac a allwn ni gael strategaeth sy'n cynnwys gwasgaru lletyau, fel bod y cymorth hwnnw'n fwy effeithiol, yn hytrach na chael pobl yn yr ardal glos honno.