English: Thank you, Chair. In Aberystwyth, many people find it difficult buying or even renting somewhere to live. House prices on average have gone up to nine or 10 times the average wage, which is, of course, a major problem if you consider that mortgage providers and banks and so on are only willing to lend up to 4.5 times your wage. So, people do find it very difficult to remain in the local area. That's also true across Ceredigion as a whole, where prices have risen around 19 per cent between October 2020 and October 2021. My wage hasn't increased by that amount over that period, and I don't think anybody has received a pay rise to correspond with how quickly house prices are rising. Speaking about the Welsh language, it's worth noting that there are a number of communities in Ceredigion that have seen a significant decline in the number of people who are able to speak Welsh over the past few years. Last year's census results aren't out yet in terms of the Welsh language, but between 2001 and 2011 the percentage of people in Aberystwyth who were able to speak Welsh had declined by 5 percentage points, with 8 percentage points in one ward alone. It's worth us noting that 5,200 Welsh speakers leave Wales every year, and the economic reason is one of the reasons for that. That's not to mention the outward migration from the more Welsh-speaking areas to places such as Cardiff. This 5,200 are those who, to all intents and purposes, are missing in terms of reaching this goal of a million Welsh speakers and to fulfil Welsh language services in Wales. If I may say so, this policy area is very relevant to other policy areas of the Welsh Government. For example, the Welsh Government wants to attract more Welsh speakers to teach through the medium of Welsh, they want more nurses who speak Welsh, and these are some of those people who do find it very difficult to afford a house in areas where the Welsh language is still spoken as a living community language - places such as Aberystwyth. So, this cuts across a number of policy areas within Government.
Welsh: Diolch, Gadeirydd. Yn Aberystwyth, mae llawer o bobl yn cael problemau yn prynu neu hyd yn oed yn rhentu rhywle. Mae prisiau tai ar gyfartaledd wedi mynd i fyny i ryw naw neu 10 gwaith y cyflog ar gyfartaledd, sydd, wrth gwrs, yn broblem fawr os wyt ti'n ystyried bod darparwyr morgeisi, banciau ac ati, fel arfer ond yn fodlon rhoi hyd at 4.5 gwaith y cyflog. Felly, mae pobl yn cael lot fawr o broblemau yn aros yn lleol. Mae hynny hefyd yn wir ar draws Ceredigion, lle mae prisiau wedi codi 19 y cant rhwng Hydref 2020 a Hydref 2021. Dydy fy nghyflog i ddim wedi cynyddu gymaint â hynny dros yr amser yna, a dwi ddim yn credu bod neb wedi cael codiad cyflog i gyfateb i ba mor gyflym mae prisiau tai yn mynd i fyny. Wrth sôn am yr iaith Gymraeg, mae'n werth nodi fod nifer o gymunedau yng Ngheredigion wedi bod yn gweld cwymp sylweddol yn y niferoedd sy'n medru'r Gymraeg dros y blynyddoedd diwethaf. Dydy canlyniadau cyfrifiad llynedd ddim allan eto o ran yr iaith Gymraeg, ond rhwng 2001 a 2011, roedd y canran yn Aberystwyth a oedd yn medru'r Gymraeg wedi gostwng 5 pwynt canran, gydag 8 pwynt canran mewn un ward. Mae'n werth i ni nodi bod 5,200 o siaradwyr Cymraeg yn gadael Cymru bob blwyddyn, ac mae un o'r rhesymau am hynny yn economaidd. Dydy hynny ddim hyd yn oed yn sôn am yr all-lifiad o'r ardaloedd mwy Cymraeg i lefydd fel Caerdydd - mae'r 5,200 yma yn rhai sydd, i bob pwrpas, ar goll o ran ystadegau'r miliwn ac i wasanaethau Cymru. Os gallwn i ddweud un peth pellach i gychwyn, mae'r maes polisi yma'n berthnasol tu hwnt i feysydd polisi eraill Llywodraeth Cymru. Er enghraifft, mae Llywodraeth Cymru eisiau cael mwy o athrawon yn dysgu drwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg, maen nhw eisiau mwy o nyrsys ac ati sy'n medru'r Gymraeg, a dyma rhai o'r bobl sy'n ei chael hi'n anodd iawn i fforddio tŷ mewn ardaloedd lle mae'r Gymraeg yn dal yn gryf - llefydd fel Aberystwyth. Felly, mae hyn yn mynd ar draws nifer o feysydd o fewn y Llywodraeth.