English: I'm grateful to the Minister for his statement today and very pleased to be able to say that we can maintain the cross-party support to which he refers. I'd echo what he says about the work of the taskforce: they've done an excellent piece of work and it seems to me that this pragmatic approach is a very sensible one. I'd echo too what the Deputy Minister has said about the seriousness of the problem. It's the sort of thing that, if you've never been affected by it, it could seem trivial, but, as the Deputy Minister says, for people, predominately mums, with pushchairs, for people with mobility issues, for people just going about their ordinary everyday lives - . In some of the casework that I've had, where people have suffered from persistent discourtesy in this regard from neighbours, it actually becomes a blight on their house, a blight on their property and a blight on their life. So, for people who are immediately affected, this is a really serious issue, and, as the Deputy Minister says, if we want to create environments where it is easy for people to walk, where you feel safe to walk along the road with your children, with your family, if you're an older person you feel safe and comfortable, then this is an issue that has to be addressed. I'd like to ask the Deputy Minister to assure us that he will look at the particular issues that get created by commercial vehicles, whether those are commercial vehicles picking up and dropping off in some of our town centres, whether those are vehicles where people are perhaps doing building work on a house and you end up with inappropriate parking over a period of days - I guess those would be the sorts of issues where a local authority could decide that was a problem and that they would need to take action. Russell George has already referred to the issue of those communities where there really isn't anything else that can be done apart from some parking on roads, and I wonder - and I'm thinking particularly of Valleys communities here - if the implementation group could take a look at whether there's a capacity to create small amounts of community parking spaces. I think of lots of places in the Valleys where there are the odd bits of waste ground that nobody seems to know who they own or what they're doing with them, and it could be possible for a local authority to help reduce the problem of parking on pavements if some of those opportunities could be taken up flexibly. You've touched, with Russell George, on the cost of enforcement. I wonder if it is the case, and if the Deputy Minister can tell us today - is the intention to allow local authorities to retain the fines that they levy, because, if that is the case, then it could eventually become a cost-neutral operation for them, as many of them, for example, run parking enforcement these days. So, with those few specific questions to raise, I offer the Deputy Minister our support once again. I did a little bit of work on social media about this debate that's happening today, this statement today, and had responses from far apart in my own region, from Pontyberem to Blaenau Ffestiniog, with people telling me that this was a real issue for them and that they were glad that the Senedd was addressing it - so, very happy to offer the Deputy Minister Plaid Cymru's support in this regard.
Welsh: Rwy'n ddiolchgar i'r Gweinidog am ei ddatganiad heddiw ac yn falch iawn o allu dweud y gallwn ni barhau i gefnogi yn y modd trawsbleidiol hwnnw y mae'n cyfeirio ato. Rwy'n adleisio'r hyn y mae'n ei ddweud am waith y tasglu: maent wedi gwneud darn rhagorol o waith ac mae'n ymddangos i mi fod y dull pragmatig hwn yn un synhwyrol iawn. Rwy'n adleisio hefyd yr hyn y mae'r Dirprwy Weinidog wedi'i ddweud am ddifrifoldeb y broblem. Dyna'r math o beth, os nad yw erioed wedi effeithio arnoch chi, a allai ymddangos yn ddibwys, ond, fel y dywed y Dirprwy Weinidog, i bobl, mamau yn bennaf, gyda chadair wthio, i bobl â phroblemau symudedd, i bobl sy'n mynd ymlaen â'u bywyd bob dydd - . Yn rhywfaint o'r gwaith achos yr wyf wedi'i gael, pan fo pobl wedi dioddef anghwrteisi parhaus yn hyn o beth gan gymdogion, mae'n troi'n felltith ar eu tai, melltith ar eu heiddo a melltith ar eu bywydau. Felly, i bobl yr effeithir arnynt yn uniongyrchol, mae hwn yn fater difrifol iawn, ac, fel y dywed y Dirprwy Weinidog, os ydym ni eisiau creu amgylchedd lle mae'n hawdd i bobl gerdded, lle'r ydych chi'n teimlo'n ddiogel wrth gerdded ar hyd y ffordd gyda'ch plant, gyda'ch teulu, os ydych yn berson hŷn eich bod yn teimlo'n ddiogel ac yn gyfforddus, yna mae hwn yn fater y mae'n rhaid mynd i'r afael ag ef. Hoffwn ofyn i'r Dirprwy Weinidog ein sicrhau ni y bydd yn edrych ar y problemau penodol sy'n cael eu creu gan gerbydau masnachol, boed y rheini'n gerbydau masnachol sy'n codi ac yn gollwng yng nghanol ein trefi, boed y rheini'n gerbydau pobl sydd efallai'n gwneud gwaith adeiladu ar dŷ sy'n arwain at barcio amhriodol dros gyfnod o ddyddiau - tybiaf mai dyna fyddai'r math o broblemau y gallai awdurdod lleol benderfynu eu bod yn wir yn broblemau ac y byddai angen iddynt weithredu. Mae Russell George eisoes wedi cyfeirio at fater y cymunedau hynny lle nad oes unrhyw beth arall y gellir ei wneud mewn gwirionedd ar wahân i rywfaint o barcio ar ffyrdd, a tybed - ac rwy'n meddwl yn benodol am gymunedau'r Cymoedd yn y fan yma - a allai'r grŵp gweithredu edrych a oes capasiti i greu nifer bychan o leoedd parcio cymunedol. Rwy'n meddwl am lawer o leoedd yn y Cymoedd lle mae sawl darn o dir gwastraff nad oes neb yn gwybod pwy yw'r perchennog na beth yw ei ddefnydd, a gallai fod yn bosib i awdurdod lleol helpu i leihau problem parcio ar y palmant pe gellid manteisio ar rai o'r cyfleoedd hynny mewn modd hyblyg. Rydych chi wedi crybwyll, ynghyd â Russell George, cost gorfodi. Tybed a yw hi'n wir, ac a wnaiff y Dirprwy Weinidog ddweud wrthym ni heddiw - mai'r bwriad yw caniatáu i awdurdodau lleol gadw'r dirwyon y maent yn eu codi, oherwydd, os yw hynny'n wir, yna gallai ddod yn weithred niwtral o ran cost iddynt yn y pen draw, gan fod llawer ohonynt, er enghraifft, yn gweithredu gorfodaeth parcio y dyddiau hyn. Felly, gyda'r ychydig gwestiynau penodol yna, cynigiaf ein cefnogaeth i'r Dirprwy Weinidog unwaith eto. Gwneuthum ychydig o waith ar y cyfryngau cymdeithasol ynghylch y ddadl hon sy'n digwydd heddiw, y datganiad hwn heddiw, a chael ymatebion o barthau eithaf fy rhanbarth, o Bontyberem i Flaenau Ffestiniog, gyda phobl yn dweud wrthyf fod hon yn broblem wirioneddol iddynt a'u bod yn falch bod y Senedd yn mynd i'r afael â hi - felly, rwy'n hapus iawn i gynnig cefnogaeth Plaid Cymru i'r Dirprwy Weinidog yn hyn o beth.