English: Thank you, and I quite agree with you. This is a very important issue, and obviously the Minister for Social Justice, as you said, has shown real leadership in relation to this. I mentioned in an earlier answer that she met with Ofgem just yesterday - I think you've met them several times before - as well as with energy suppliers, to really express her grave concerns surrounding the large volume of court warrants that have been issued from magistrates' courts. The Minister also wrote to the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy expressing these concerns. There's a real safety and a social justice risk here to vulnerable households, including those with medical conditions. They're being forced onto prepayment meters against their will, or even their knowledge. The system is currently failing vulnerable people in our society, and I know the Minister has absolutely urged the UK Government to end the abhorrent practice of forced installation of prepayment meters, and strengthen the rules and obligations of suppliers to ensure they support rather than punish their customers. At the Ofgem meeting yesterday, the Minister really questioned whether they have the sufficient powers and interventions to safeguard our householders here in Wales and whether the regulations do go far enough to protect households. I understand Ofgem are proposing to formally review the policy around prepayment meters later this year and will have discussions with consumer groups and industry on proposed amendments. Obviously, the Minister and her officials will continue to engage with them.
Welsh: Diolch, ac rwy'n cytuno'n llwyr â chi. Mae hwn yn fater pwysig iawn, ac yn amlwg mae'r Gweinidog Cyfiawnder Cymdeithasol, fel y dywedoch chi, wedi dangos arweiniad go iawn mewn cysylltiad â hyn. Soniais mewn ateb cynharach iddi gyfarfod ag Ofgem ddoe - rwy'n credu eich bod wedi eu cyfarfod sawl gwaith o'r blaen - yn ogystal â chyflenwyr ynni, i wir fynegi ei phryderon difrifol ynghylch y nifer fawr o warantau llys sydd wedi'u cyhoeddi o lysoedd ynadon. Ysgrifennodd y Gweinidog hefyd at yr Ysgrifennydd Gwladol dros Fusnes, Ynni a Strategaeth Ddiwydiannol yn mynegi'r pryderon hyn. Mae yna wir berygl i ddiogelwch a chyfiawnder cymdeithasol i aelwydydd sy'n agored i niwed, gan gynnwys y rhai sydd ag aelodau â chyflyrau meddygol. Maen nhw'n cael eu gorfodi i gael mesuryddion rhagdalu yn erbyn eu hewyllys, neu hyd yn oed heb iddyn nhw wybod. Mae'r system yn esgeuluso pobl agored i niwed yn ein cymdeithas ar hyn o bryd, ac rwy'n gwybod bod y Gweinidog wedi annog Llywodraeth y DU i roi diwedd ar yr arfer ffiaidd o orfodi gosod mesuryddion rhagdalu, a chryfhau rheolau a rhwymedigaethau cyflenwyr i sicrhau eu bod yn cefnogi yn hytrach na chosbi eu cwsmeriaid. Yng nghyfarfod Ofgem ddoe, cwestiynodd y Gweinidog mewn gwirionedd a oes ganddyn nhw'r pwerau a'r ymyraethau digonol i ddiogelu ein deiliaid tai yma yng Nghymru ac a yw'r rheoliadau'n mynd yn ddigon pell i ddiogelu aelwydydd. Rwy'n deall bod Ofgem yn cynnig adolygu'r polisi ynghylch mesuryddion rhagdalu yn ffurfiol yn ddiweddarach eleni a bydd yn cael trafodaethau gyda grwpiau defnyddwyr a diwydiant ar welliannau arfaethedig. Yn amlwg, bydd y Gweinidog a'i swyddogion yn parhau i ymgysylltu â nhw.