English: Llywydd, I thank the Member for those very important points. He is drawing attention to the fact that, although the task and finish group was set up to deal with leasehold reform, there was a particular workstream within it dealing with freehold matters as well. And this is a very complex area of law and policy, Llywydd, which is why, as well as the taskforce that has reported to my colleague Julie James, the Minister for Economy and Transport also set up a taskforce to look at issues surrounding unadopted roads. Because unadopted roads is a very important subset of estate management charges of the sort referred to by Hefin David. In a very complex picture, with many different actions, I'm going to just highlight three things this afternoon, if I could. First of all, as a result of that report, we have set up the Wales conveyancer accreditation scheme, because the report said that one of the really important things was to make sure that, at the point of purchase, people got proper advice. Otherwise, people find themselves in the position that Hefin outlined, where they find charges imposed on them that they hadn't anticipated, find it very difficult to get an explanation of where those charges derive from or to get any sense of how those charges are to be regulated in the future. If you're buying a house under Help to Buy now in Wales you've got to use a conveyancer who's been accredited. The accreditation is a high bar, where people have to be able to demonstrate that they've been trained and are properly equipped to ensure that customers are adequately informed at the point of purchase. The second thing we are looking at is strengthened rights. Leaseholders have rights and legal protections. For example, they can challenge the reasonableness of service charges under the provisions in the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985. Freeholders do not have those protections, which is how they end up in the position of the residents in Hefin David's constituency. The Law Commission report, which I referred to in my answer, is now expected in 2020, and we do not hold back at all from the possibility that we will want to legislate, but we will need to legislate in the light of the wider recommendations that that report will make. And, finally and thirdly, to take up the point of unadopted roads and the charges that people find themselves having to pay there, as a result of the taskforce that Ken Skates has established, all parties are now agreed on common national standards. A good practice guide has been produced and has been disseminated to all local authorities, and a database is being developed of historic unadopted roads across Wales, so we have a better sense of the challenge that is there. All of those were recommendations of the taskforce. All three of them have been implemented and all of them I think will be of relevance to Hefin David's constitutents.
Welsh: Llywydd, hoffwn ddiolch i'r Aelod am y pwyntiau pwysig iawn yna. Mae'n tynnu sylw at y ffaith, er bod y grŵp gorchwyl a gorffen wedi ei sefydlu i ymdrin â diwygio cyfraith lesddaliad, bod ffrwd waith benodol yn rhan ohono yn ymdrin â materion rhydd-ddaliad hefyd. Ac mae hwn yn faes cymhleth iawn o gyfraith a pholisi, Llywydd, a dyna pam, yn ogystal â'r tasglu sydd wedi adrodd i'm cyd-Weinidog Julie James, y mae Gweinidog yr Economi a Thrafnidiaeth hefyd wedi sefydlu tasglu i edrych ar faterion yn ymwneud â ffyrdd nad ydyn nhw wedi eu mabwysiadu. Oherwydd mae ffyrdd nad ydyn nhw wedi eu mabwysiadu yn is-gyfres bwysig iawn o ffioedd rheoli ystadau o'r math y cyfeiriwyd atyn nhw gan Hefin David. Mewn darlun cymhleth iawn, â llawer o wahanol gamau gweithredu, hoffwn dynnu sylw at dri pheth y prynhawn yma, os caf i. Yn gyntaf oll, o ganlyniad i'r adroddiad hwnnw, rydym ni wedi sefydlu cynllun achredu trawsgludwyr Cymru, gan fod yr adroddiad yn dweud mai un o'r pethau pwysig iawn oedd sicrhau bod pobl yn cael cyngor priodol ar adeg prynu. Fel arall, mae pobl yn canfod eu hunain yn y sefyllfa a amlinellodd Hefin, lle maen nhw'n canfod bod ffioedd yn cael ei codi arnynt nad oedden nhw wedi eu rhagweld, yn ei chael hi'n anodd iawn cael esboniad ynghylch o ble y mae'r ffioedd hynny'n deillio neu i gael unrhyw syniad o sut y bydd y ffioedd hynny'n cael eu rheoleiddio yn y dyfodol. Os ydych chi'n prynu tŷ o dan y cynllun Cymorth i Brynu nawr yng Nghymru, mae'n rhaid i chi ddefnyddio trawsgludwr sydd wedi ei achredu. Mae'r achrediad yn far uchel, lle mae'n rhaid i bobl allu dangos eu bod nhw wedi cael eu hyfforddi a'u bod yn meddu ar yr adnoddau priodol i sicrhau bod cwsmeriaid yn cael gwybodaeth briodol ar adeg prynu. Yr ail beth yr ydym ni'n edrych arno yw hawliau cryfach. Mae gan lesddeiliaid hawliau ac amddiffyniadau cyfreithiol. Er enghraifft, cânt herio rhesymoldeb ffioedd gwasanaeth o dan y darpariaethau yn Neddf Landlord a Thenant 1985. Nid oes gan rydd-ddeiliaid yr amddiffyniadau hynny, a dyna sut y maen nhw'n canfod eu hunain yn sefyllfa'r trigolion yn etholaeth Hefin David yn y pen draw. Disgwylir adroddiad Comisiwn y Gyfraith, y cyfeiriais ato yn fy ateb, yn 2020 erbyn hyn, ac nid ydym ni'n dal yn ôl o gwbl o'r posibilrwydd y byddwn ni eisiau deddfu, ond bydd angen i ni ddeddfu yng ngoleuni'r argymhellion ehangach y bydd yr adroddiad hwnnw'n eu gwneud. Ac, yn olaf ac yn drydydd, i barhau â'r pwynt o ffyrdd heb eu mabwysiadu a'r ffioedd y mae pobl yn canfod eu hunain yn gorfod eu talu yn hynny o beth, o ganlyniad i'r tasglu y mae Ken Skates wedi ei sefydlu, mae pob plaid wedi cytuno ar safonau cenedlaethol cyffredin erbyn hyn. Lluniwyd canllaw arfer da ac fe'i dosbarthwyd i bob awdurdod lleol, ac mae cronfa ddata yn cael ei datblygu o ffyrdd hanesyddol nad ydyn nhw wedi eu mabwysiadu ledled Cymru, felly mae gennym ni well syniad o'r her sydd yno. Argymhellion y tasglu oedd pob un o'r rheini. Mae pob un o'r tri wedi ei weithredu ac rwy'n credu y bydd pob un ohonyn nhw yn berthnasol i etholwyr Hefin David.