English: Can I thank Vikki Howells for her question and her interest? I know she's very passionate about this agenda and this area in serving her constituents. In terms of the empty properties, I guess there are two elements and I'm not specifically clear which one the Member has referred to, so I'll do my best to try and address both. One is whether it's for mixed use or just for retail, well, actually, in terms of the loans and support for local authorities, then that is for mixed use - it's not specifically addressed to retail - and we've seen numerous really innovative projects happening across Wales, where empty properties have been converted to create really lovely decent homes for people within town centres, which not only creates these new homes but adds to, hopefully, increasing the vibrancy of those towns as well. In addition to that, we also have the empty property enforcement fund, which is one of the funds I announced back in January, and we've added further support to that. We have brought in an industry expert to help support local authorities in terms of how they take forward that enforcement work, because what we found previously, perhaps, with the impact of austerity and not necessarily having that expertise to actually take that forward, and to actually support local authorities to have the confidence to press ahead with that. Despite the pandemic, we have been working closely with local authorities for them to identify at least about three properties per local authority. We could probably guess at the ones that our postbags are often full about, or, you know, if you're on the street, people are complaining that it's been there for years and why aren't we doing something with it. It's obviously often been very difficult, for numerous reasons, for local authorities to address that and take it forward. So, there is a movement forward, but unfortunately at this point I'm not able to give the detail on some of them - the specifics - because of commercial confidentiality, but I can assure the Member and other Members that as soon as we are able to share that information I most certainly will do so with Members. In terms of the town centre action group, it's already established. We're on to our third meeting now and, like I said, I've been impressing on members that I want the emphasis on the action from that. There was a diverse range of stakeholders involved with that, and it's not just confined to those members of the group. We've had people coming from a diverse range of areas to offer their insight and ideas to help us shape our action from that group. Additionally, as I said in the statement, it is underpinned by regional action groups. The regional action groups are actually bringing forward those issues on the ground to make sure they're part of the action we take, perhaps, on a national level across Wales. And there are a number of themes coming out of that, whether that be things such as - . We've talked about how we offer a vision of what some of these empty properties or places could be used for. So, perhaps creating the opportunity for what we'd call 'meanwhile spaces' - we offer that vision. We're looking at could every town in the future be a market town, and also for the work around community engagement. So, I'd be more than happy to share with Members more details about the action group, both its membership and its work as it goes forward.
Welsh: A gaf i ddiolch i Vikki Howells am ei chwestiwn a'i diddordeb? Rwy'n gwybod ei bod yn angerddol iawn ynghylch yr agenda hon a'r maes hwn wrth wasanaethu ei hetholwyr. O ran yr eiddo gwag, rwy'n tybio bod dwy elfen ac nid wyf yn glir, yn benodol, pa un y mae'r Aelod wedi cyfeirio ati, felly gwnaf fy ngorau i geisio mynd i'r afael â'r ddwy. Un ohonynt yw pa un a yw at ddefnydd cymysg neu ar gyfer manwerthu yn unig, wel, mewn gwirionedd, o ran y benthyciadau a'r gefnogaeth i awdurdodau lleol, yna mae hynny at ddefnydd cymysg - nid yw wedi ei anelu'n benodol at fanwerthu - ac rydym ni wedi gweld nifer o brosiectau gwirioneddol arloesol yn digwydd ledled Cymru, lle mae eiddo gwag wedi'i drosi i greu cartrefi gwirioneddol hyfryd i bobl yng nghanol trefi, sydd nid yn unig yn creu'r cartrefi newydd hyn ond sy'n ychwanegu, gobeithio, at gynyddu bywiogrwydd y trefi hynny hefyd. Yn ogystal â hynny, mae gennym ni hefyd y gronfa gorfodi eiddo gwag, sy'n un o'r cronfeydd a gyhoeddais yn ôl ym mis Ionawr, ac rydym ni wedi ychwanegu cefnogaeth bellach at hynny. Rydym ni wedi ymgynghori ag arbenigwr yn y diwydiant i helpu i gefnogi awdurdodau lleol o ran sut maen nhw'n bwrw ymlaen â'r gwaith gorfodi hwnnw, oherwydd yr hyn a welsom ni o'r blaen, efallai, gydag effaith cyni a pheidio â bod â'r arbenigedd hwnnw o reidrwydd ar gyfer bwrw ymlaen â hynny mewn gwirionedd, ac i gefnogi awdurdodau lleol i fod â'r hyder i fwrw ymlaen â hynny. Er gwaethaf y pandemig, rydym ni wedi bod yn gweithio'n agos gydag awdurdodau lleol er mwyn iddyn nhw ddynodi o leiaf tua thri eiddo i bob awdurdod lleol. Mae'n debyg y gallem ni ddyfalu pa rai yw'r rhain o'r ohebiaeth yn ein bagiau post llawn neu, wyddoch chi, os ydych chi ar y stryd, mae pobl yn cwyno y bu yno ers blynyddoedd a pham nad ydym ni yn gwneud rhywbeth gydag ef. Mae'n amlwg y bu hi yn anodd iawn yn aml, am nifer o resymau, i awdurdodau lleol fynd i'r afael â hynny a symud ymlaen. Felly, mae cynnydd, ond yn anffodus ar hyn o bryd ni allaf roi'r manylion am rai ohonynt - y manylion - oherwydd cyfrinachedd masnachol, ond gallaf sicrhau'r Aelod ac Aelodau eraill y byddaf yn sicr yn gwneud hynny cyn gynted ag y gallwn ni rannu'r wybodaeth honno. O ran y grŵp gweithredu canol trefi, y mae eisoes wedi'i sefydlu. Rydym ni yn symud ymlaen i'n trydydd cyfarfod nawr ac, fel y dywedais, rwyf wedi bod yn pwyso ar yr aelodau fy mod eisiau cael y pwyslais ar y gweithredu o hynny. Roedd amrywiaeth eang o randdeiliaid yn ymwneud â hynny, ac nid yw wedi'i gyfyngu i'r aelodau hynny o'r grŵp yn unig. Rydym ni wedi cael pobl yn dod o amrywiaeth eang o feysydd i gynnig eu mewnwelediad a'u syniadau i'n helpu i lunio ein camau gweithredu yn sgil y grŵp hwnnw. Hefyd, fel y dywedais yn y datganiad, mae'n seiliedig ar grwpiau gweithredu rhanbarthol. Mae'r grwpiau gweithredu rhanbarthol mewn gwirionedd yn cyflwyno'r materion hynny ar lawr gwlad i sicrhau eu bod yn rhan o'r camau a gymerwn, efallai, ar lefel genedlaethol ledled Cymru. Ac mae nifer o themâu'n deillio o hynny, boed hynny'n bethau megis - . Rydym ni wedi sôn am sut yr ydym yn cynnig gweledigaeth o ran sut y gellid defnyddio rhywfaint o'r eiddo neu leoedd gwag hyn. Felly, efallai creu'r cyfle ar gyfer yr hyn y byddem yn ei alw'n 'fannau cyfamserol' - rydym yn cynnig y weledigaeth honno. Rydym yn ystyried a allai pob tref yn y dyfodol fod yn dref farchnad, a hefyd y gwaith sy'n ymwneud ag ymgysylltu â'r gymuned. Felly, byddwn yn fwy na pharod i rannu mwy o fanylion gyda'r Aelodau am y grŵp gweithredu, ei aelodaeth a'i waith wrth iddo fwrw ymlaen.