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English: Thank you. Well, I hope that means that there will be consideration in future years over how to help those with the least reserves specifically who may have less flexibility in all the areas you mention. But, in their second report, 'Commercialisation in Local Government', Audit Wales argued that 'With future funding at best unpredictable, new thinking is needed to transform the way councils operate to protect and improve services for their communities. The result is that there has never been a more pressing need to innovate and transform local government, to think big and think radically about what councils do and how they do it, and the relationship they have with their residents.' They found that there is public support for councils to act more commercially, citing a citizens' survey carried out by themselves that found that nine in 10 respondents broadly supported their council pursuing commercial activities that ultimately support the local area through economic growth and investment in the most disadvantaged communities. How, therefore, do you respond to the report's arguments that councils need to define and agree what commercialisation means for themselves, their communities and citizens, and that changing the culture of organisations was the topic flagged most consistently as the key challenge facing councils becoming more entrepreneurial?
Welsh: Diolch. Wel, gobeithio y bydd hynny'n golygu y bydd ystyriaeth yn y dyfodol ynghylch sut i helpu'r rheini sydd â leiaf o gronfeydd wrth gefn yn benodol a allai fod â llai o hyblygrwydd yn yr holl feysydd rydych yn sôn amdanynt. Ond yn eu hail adroddiad, 'Masnacheiddio mewn Llywodraeth Leol', dadleuodd Swyddfa Archwilio Cymru 'O edrych ar yr ochr orau, nid oes modd rhagweld y cyllid fydd ar gael at y dyfodol, felly mae angen syniadau newydd er mwyn trawsnewid y ffordd y mae cynghorau'n gweithredu i ddiogelu gwasanaethau, a'u gwella, ar gyfer eu cymunedau. O ganlyniad, ni fu cymaint o angen erioed am arloesi a thrawsnewid llywodraeth leol, i fod yn uchelgeisiol a meddwl yn hanfodol wahanol ynghylch yr hyn y mae cynghorau'n ei wneud, a sut, a'r cydberthnasau sydd ganddynt â'u trigolion.' Canfuwyd bod cefnogaeth gyhoeddus i gynghorau weithredu'n fwy masnachol, gan ddyfynnu arolwg dinasyddion a gynhaliwyd ganddynt hwy eu hunain a ganfu fod naw o bob 10 ymatebydd yn cefnogi eu cyngor yn gyffredinol i ddilyn gweithgareddau masnachol sydd, yn y pen draw, yn cefnogi'r ardal leol drwy dwf economaidd a buddsoddiad yn y cymunedau mwyaf difreintiedig. Sut, felly, rydych yn ymateb i ddadleuon yr adroddiad fod angen i gynghorau ddiffinio a chytuno ar yr hyn y mae masnacheiddio'n ei olygu iddynt hwy eu hunain, eu cymunedau a'u dinasyddion, ac mai newid diwylliant sefydliadau oedd y pwnc a amlygwyd yn fwyaf cyson fel yr her allweddol sy'n wynebu cynghorau rhag dod yn fwy entrepreneuraidd?
English: In reference to the early part of your response - and I acknowledge what you say - nonetheless, Audit Wales highlighted the need to change the culture of organisations and the key challenge for them to become more entrepreneurial. And they found that the skills of elected members themselves was a barrier to councils taking advantage of commercial opportunities and greater entrepreneurship, with almost two thirds of elected members themselves who'd responded to their survey saying that elected members' ability to effectively decide on options was a barrier to their council pursuing commercial ventures. And these responses were echoed by corporate management teams, who said that only 19 per cent believed that elected members are sufficiently trained and skilled to be able to consider and approve new commercial ventures. How, therefore, do you respond to the report's argument that the best approaches involve elected members early, and have specific, well-defined and regularly updated policies appropriate to local circumstances and which support councillors to discharge their governance, decision-making and oversight responsibilities?
Welsh: Gan gyfeirio at ddechrau eich ymateb - ac rwy'n cydnabod yr hyn a ddywedwch - serch hynny, tynnodd Swyddfa Archwilio Cymru sylw at yr angen i newid diwylliant sefydliadau a'r her allweddol iddynt ddod yn fwy entrepreneuraidd. A chanfuwyd bod sgiliau'r aelodau etholedig eu hunain yn rhwystr i gynghorau fanteisio ar gyfleoedd masnachol a mwy o entrepreneuriaeth, gyda bron i ddwy ran o dair o'r aelodau etholedig eu hunain a oedd wedi ymateb i'w harolwg yn dweud bod gallu aelodau etholedig i benderfynu'n effeithiol ar opsiynau yn rhwystro'u cyngor rhag mynd ar drywydd mentrau masnachol. Ac adleisiwyd yr ymatebion hyn gan dimau rheoli corfforaethol, a ddywedodd mai 19 y cant yn unig oedd yn credu bod aelodau etholedig wedi'u hyfforddi'n ddigonol ac yn ddigon medrus i allu ystyried a chymeradwyo mentrau masnachol newydd. Sut rydych chi'n ymateb felly i ddadl yr adroddiad fod y dulliau gorau o weithredu yn cynnwys aelodau etholedig yn gynnar, a bod ganddynt bolisïau penodol wedi'u diffinio'n dda a'u diweddaru'n rheolaidd sy'n briodol i amgylchiadau lleol ac sy'n cynorthwyo cynghorwyr i gyflawni eu cyfrifoldebau llywodraethu, gwneud penderfyniadau a goruchwylio?
English: Of course, we largely agree with that, which is why we're putting the provisions into the Act that allow us to put the regulations in place to do exactly that. There is also a big issue about diversity in democracy. You cite the skills of particular councillors, and so on, but we know that there's a real lack of diversity in our democracy across local government. And so, together with my colleague the Deputy Minister and Chief Whip, we have been working very hard on a programme of diversity in local democracy, hoping to encourage a much wider range of people to come forward, particularly younger aged people with more commercial skills, perhaps, who are still working, to enable us to ensure that the diversity in the decision making of local authorities, going forward, has a much wider range of voices around its table than we currently see in some local authorities. And whilst we do that, we will also, as I say, be putting the regulations in place to encourage local authorities to use the general power of competence, but to do so in a fiduciary resilient fashion, both taking the risks that we think are acceptable and protecting the public from undue commercial risks, which, as we have seen in the past, have led to some circumstances in which local authorities have got themselves very close to being not able to carry on. So, we're very keen, Mark, to walk the tightrope between both of those things and to work very closely with Audit Wales in order to do so.
Welsh: Wrth gwrs, rydym yn cytuno i raddau helaeth â hynny, a dyna pam rydym yn rhoi'r darpariaethau yn y Ddeddf sy'n ein galluogi i roi'r rheoliadau ar waith i wneud yn union hynny. Mae problem fawr hefyd ynghylch amrywiaeth mewn democratiaeth. Rydych yn cyfeirio at sgiliau cynghorwyr penodol ac yn y blaen, ond gwyddom fod diffyg amrywiaeth gwirioneddol yn ein democratiaeth ar draws llywodraeth leol. Ac felly, gyda fy nghyd-Weinidog, y Dirprwy Weinidog a'r Prif Chwip, rydym wedi bod yn gweithio'n galed iawn ar raglen sy'n hybu amrywiaeth mewn democratiaeth leol, gan obeithio annog ystod lawer ehangach o bobl i gymryd rhan, yn enwedig pobl iau sydd â sgiliau mwy masnachol efallai, ac sy'n dal i weithio, i'n galluogi i sicrhau bod amrywiaeth ym mhrosesau penderfynu awdurdodau lleol wrth symud ymlaen yn dod ag ystod lawer ehangach o leisiau o amgylch y bwrdd nag a welwn ar hyn o bryd mewn rhai awdurdodau lleol. Ac wrth inni wneud hynny, byddwn hefyd, fel y dywedais, yn rhoi'r rheoliadau ar waith i annog awdurdodau lleol i ddefnyddio'r pŵer cymhwysedd cyffredinol, ond i wneud hynny mewn modd cadarn, gan gymryd y risgiau rydym yn credu eu bod yn dderbyniol a diogelu'r cyhoedd rhag risgiau masnachol gormodol, sydd, fel y gwelsom yn y gorffennol, wedi arwain at rai amgylchiadau lle mae awdurdodau lleol wedi dod yn agos iawn at beidio â gallu parhau. Felly, rydym yn awyddus iawn, Mark, i geisio sicrhau cydbwysedd rhwng y ddau beth ac i weithio'n agos iawn gyda Swyddfa Archwilio Cymru er mwyn gwneud hynny.
English: Diolch, Llywydd. Minister, I want to ask about some of the remarks made by the First Minister yesterday about unsafe buildings. I'm sure you'll be aware of the buildings I'm referring to; I'm referring, of course, for example, to flats with unsafe cladding. The First Minister said that developers should pay to make good the deficit in those buildings and that leaseholders should not be footing the bill. The Government has been aware of this issue for a while now, so my question is: why hasn't the Government forced the developers to foot the bill yet?
Welsh: Diolch, Lywydd. Weinidog, hoffwn ofyn ynglŷn â rhai o'r sylwadau a wnaed gan y Prif Weinidog ddoe am adeiladau anniogel. Rwy'n siŵr y byddwch yn ymwybodol o'r adeiladau rwy'n cyfeirio atynt; rwy'n cyfeirio, wrth gwrs, at fflatiau â chladin anniogel, er enghraifft. Dywedodd y Prif Weinidog y dylai datblygwyr dalu i unioni'r diffyg yn yr adeiladau hynny ac na ddylai lesddeiliaid fod yn talu'r bil. Mae'r Llywodraeth wedi bod yn ymwybodol o'r mater hwn ers tro bellach, felly fy nghwestiwn i yw: pam nad yw'r Llywodraeth wedi gorfodi'r datblygwyr i dalu'r bil eto?
English: Minister, I appreciate your candour with that in setting out the difficulties. I do think it's helpful that you've confirmed that Wales does need further powers in order to give greater protection, and, obviously, Plaid Cymru would support the Government in seeking those extra powers. You've set out some of the provisions that you're looking to introduce within the Government's powers as they stand. Some of the things that we would like to see the Government doing, and that we would certainly support, would include some of what you've set out: a change in planning law to allow previous performance by a developer to become a material consideration as well; ensuring planning departments have the resources that they need to ensure that planning conditions for large developers are adhered to, so that we don't see the same developers making the same mistakes or cutting the same corners; and bringing plans forward for regulatory change, as you've just been referring to, and introducing them now because - in the candour of your answer, you did obviously refer to this - the earlier we solve this albeit very complicated situation, it is going to be the better for the mental health of people who live in these housing blocks. Would you consider these other measures, Minister, and would you say so on the record? Because I think the publicity about reputation becoming a material consideration may be enough to make these developers put the situation right without us having to force it.
Welsh: Weinidog, rwy'n gwerthfawrogi eich gonestrwydd yn nodi'r anawsterau. Rwy'n credu ei bod yn ddefnyddiol eich bod wedi cadarnhau bod angen pwerau pellach ar Gymru er mwyn rhoi mwy o amddiffyniad, ac yn amlwg, byddai Plaid Cymru yn cefnogi'r Llywodraeth i geisio sicrhau'r pwerau ychwanegol hynny. Rydych wedi nodi rhai o'r darpariaethau rydych yn bwriadu eu cyflwyno o fewn pwerau'r Llywodraeth fel ag y maent. Byddai rhai o'r pethau yr hoffem weld y Llywodraeth yn eu gwneud, ac y byddem yn sicr yn eu cefnogi, yn cynnwys rhywfaint o'r hyn rydych wedi'i nodi: newid cyfraith cynllunio i ganiatáu i berfformiad blaenorol datblygwr fod yn ystyriaeth berthnasol hefyd; sicrhau bod gan adrannau cynllunio yr adnoddau y maent eu hangen i sicrhau bod datblygwyr mawr yn cydymffurfio ag amodau cynllunio, fel nad ydym yn gweld yr un datblygwyr yn gwneud yr un camgymeriadau neu'n torri'r un corneli eto; a chyflwyno cynlluniau ar gyfer newid rheoleiddiol, fel rydych newydd nodi, a'u cyflwyno yn awr oherwydd - yn eich ateb gonest, yn amlwg fe wnaethoch gyfeirio at hyn - gorau po gynharaf y gallwn ddatrys y sefyllfa gymhleth hon er lles iechyd meddwl y bobl sy'n byw yn y blociau tai hyn. A fyddech yn ystyried y mesurau eraill hyn, Weinidog, ac a fyddech yn dweud hynny ar y cofnod? Oherwydd rwy'n credu y gallai'r cyhoeddusrwydd ynghylch enw da yn dod yn ystyriaeth berthnasol fod yn ddigon i wneud i'r datblygwyr hyn unioni'r sefyllfa heb inni orfod gorfodi'r peth.
English: Well, again, thank you for your response to that, Minister.
Welsh: Wel, unwaith eto, diolch am eich ymateb i'r cwestiwn hwnnw, Weinidog.
English: I should say, Delyth, for understandable reasons, I wasn't blaming them for that. I just want to make that very clear - I'm not putting any onus on them; I understand where they are coming from, but it is very complicated.
Welsh: Dylwn ddweud, Delyth, am resymau dealladwy, nad oeddwn yn eu beio am hynny. Hoffwn wneud hynny'n glir iawn - nid wyf yn rhoi unrhyw bwysau arnynt; rwy'n deall eu rhesymau, ond mae'n gymhleth iawn.
English: No, thank you for clarifying that, Minister. I don't think it did come across in that way, but it's obviously good to have that on the record. I don't doubt for a moment the complicated nature of this. I would urge you not to wait to take action on it because obviously we want to be able to give residents hope. But I am glad to hear that you are considering a range of these different options, and, as you say, not just options that will help future residents, but also trying to put the situation right for residents who are caught in this awful situation already. Finally, Minister, I wanted to reflect on some of the remarks made by David Melding yesterday, where he blamed a lax regulatory regime in both England and Wales for allowing these scandals to happen in the first place. Again, this touches on some of what we've already covered, but it's not just the fire safety issues here - unfinished estates, the miss-selling of leaseholds, as we've touched on, and broken promises by developers, as we've spoken about, have become a hallmark of development over the past decade. The case for a windfall tax on the profit of large developers is very strong. Would you support that call?
Welsh: Na, diolch am egluro hynny, Weinidog. Nid wyf yn credu i chi roi'r argraff honno, ond mae'n amlwg yn dda cofnodi hynny. Nid wyf yn amau natur gymhleth hyn am eiliad. Byddwn yn eich annog i beidio ag aros i weithredu ar y mater oherwydd mae'n amlwg ein bod eisiau gallu rhoi gobaith i breswylwyr. Ond rwy'n falch o glywed eich bod yn ystyried amrywiaeth o'r gwahanol opsiynau hyn, ac fel y dywedwch, maent yn opsiynau a fydd yn helpu preswylwyr y dyfodol, ond maent hefyd yn ceisio unioni'r sefyllfa i breswylwyr sydd wedi'u dal yn y sefyllfa ofnadwy hon yn barod. Yn olaf, Weinidog, roeddwn eisiau ystyried rhai o'r sylwadau a wnaed gan David Melding ddoe, lle roedd yn beio cyfundrefn reoleiddio lac yng Nghymru a Lloegr am ganiatáu i'r sgandalau hyn ddigwydd yn y lle cyntaf. Unwaith eto, mae hyn yn cyffwrdd ar rywfaint o'r hyn rydym eisoes wedi sôn amdano, ond nid materion diogelwch tân yn unig rydym yn ei drafod yma - mae ystadau heb eu gorffen, lesddaliadau'n cael eu camwerthu, fel rydym wedi'i grybwyll, a datblygwyr yn torri addewidion, fel rydym wedi sôn, wedi dod yn nodwedd o ddatblygiad dros y degawd diwethaf. Mae'r achos dros ordreth ar elw datblygwyr mawr yn gryf iawn. A fyddech yn cefnogi'r alwad honno?
English: Question 3 is withdrawn [OQ55673]. Question 4, Adam Price.
Welsh: Tynnwyd cwestiwn 3 [OQ55673] yn ôl, felly cwestiwn 4, Adam Price.
English: Thank you for the question. One Planet developments are exemplar forms of sustainable and low-impact development that are strictly controlled in terms of the evidence needing to be supplied before they receive planning permission. Monitoring of the policy shows that, between April 2013 and March 2019, 20 One Planet development applications were approved and seven were refused.
Welsh: Diolch i chi am y cwestiwn. Mae datblygiadau Un Blaned yn enghreifftiau o ddatblygiad cynaliadwy effaith isel sy'n cael ei reoli'n llym o ran y dystiolaeth sydd angen ei darparu cyn iddynt gael caniatâd cynllunio. Mae monitro'r polisi yn dangos, rhwng mis Ebrill 2013 a mis Mawrth 2019, fod 20 o geisiadau datblygu Un Blaned wedi'u cymeradwyo a bod saith wedi'u gwrthod.
English: Is the Minister aware that certain aspects of this policy have caused some ill feeling in rural areas, and would she be willing to consider calls from a council such as Carmarthenshire County Council to review the policy? Specifically, does the Minister believe that it's fair that applicants for rural enterprise dwellings have to prove validity that the developments are sustainable on the basis of evidence over the past three years, whilst the requirements under the One Planet developments are to submit forecasts to demonstrate that the developments can be sustainable at the end of the five-year period?
Welsh: A yw'r Gweinidog yn ymwybodol bod agweddau o'r polisi Un Blaned wedi creu peth drwgdeimlad mewn ardaloedd gwledig, ac yw hi'n agored i ystyried galwadau gan gynghorau fel Cyngor Sir Gâr i adolygu'r polisi? Yn benodol, a yw'r Gweinidog yn credu ei bod hi'n deg bod rhaid i ymgeiswyr ar gyfer anheddau menter gwledig - rural enterprise dwellings - brofi dilysrwydd o ran bod y datblygiadau yn gynaliadwy ar sail tystiolaeth dros y tair blynedd diwethaf, pan mai'r gofyn ar ymgeiswyr dan y polisi Un Blaned, yn hytrach, yw cyflwyno rhagamcanion i ddangos y gallai'r datblygiad fod yn gynaliadwy ar ddiwedd cyfnod pum mlynedd?
English: Well, no, I think that's a slight mischaracterisation of where the policy is. The number of One Planet developments approved each year is very small compared with other forms of housing. So, between 2013 and 2019-20, only 20 One Planet developments have been approved, compared with 251 rural enterprise dwellings over the same period. Last year, only 10 One Planet developments were approved. In Carmarthenshire itself, 13 rural enterprise dwellings were approved while five One Planet developments were approved and six were refused. We get an annual monitoring report to the planning authority to evidence compliance with the management plan by identifying activities carried out during the previous 12 months. At the moment, we haven't asked for that data due to ongoing COVID-19 pandemic relaxations of the rules, but we are going to request the data in April 2021 for a two-year period, and just to emphasise that failure to meet the terms of the management plan could result in enforcement proceedings in respect of breaches of conditions, subject to which the planning permission was granted. So, I'm afraid, no, I don't have any current plans to update the overarching policy of guidance on One Planet developments.
Welsh: Wel, na, nid wyf yn credu bod hwnnw'n ddisgrifiad cywir o'r polisi. Mae nifer y datblygiadau Un Blaned a gymeradwyir bob blwyddyn yn fach iawn o gymharu â mathau eraill o dai. Felly, rhwng 2013 a 2019-20, 20 yn unig o ddatblygiadau Un Blaned sydd wedi'u cymeradwyo, o gymharu â 251 o anheddau mentrau gwledig dros yr un cyfnod. Y llynedd, 10 datblygiad Un Blaned yn unig a gymeradwywyd. Yn Sir Gaerfyrddin ei hun, cymeradwywyd 13 o anheddau mentrau gwledig tra cymeradwywyd pum datblygiad Un Blaned a gwrthodwyd chwech. Rydym yn cael adroddiad monitro blynyddol i'r awdurdod cynllunio i ddangos tystiolaeth o gydymffurfiaeth â'r cynllun rheoli drwy nodi gweithgareddau a gynhaliwyd yn ystod y 12 mis blaenorol. Ar hyn o bryd, nid ydym wedi gofyn am y data hwnnw oherwydd bod pandemig COVID-19 parhaus wedi arwain at lacio'r rheolau, ond byddwn yn gofyn am y data ym mis Ebrill 2021 am gyfnod o ddwy flynedd, ac rwy'n pwysleisio y gallai methiant i fodloni amodau'r cynllun rheoli arwain at weithdrefnau gorfodi am dorri amodau'r caniatâd cynllunio. Felly, mae arnaf ofn, na, nid oes gennyf unrhyw gynlluniau ar hyn o bryd i ddiweddaru'r polisi canllawiau trosfwaol ar ddatblygiadau Un Blaned.
English: Minister, I suspect you know the impact of these applications on the view of farming families in Gower, as one has been turned down very recently not so very far away from you. Locals are not best pleased that they have to jump through various hoops in order to keep their young people living in the area, where some of these One Planet development applications do tend to come from people living outside the area. If you're talking about sustainable communities, rather than these experiments, we really do have to think about ways of keeping young people in their localities rather than them feeling obliged to move out of them. You're right that there are no current plans to update the overarching policy of guidance on this. Considering that that is, at least, coming up to being 10 years old now, I want to know why, as it predates the well-being of future generations Act by at least three years.
Welsh: Weinidog, rwy'n tybio eich bod yn gwybod am effaith y ceisiadau hyn ar farn teuluoedd sy'n ffermio yng Ngŵyr, gan fod un wedi'i wrthod yn ddiweddar iawn heb fod mor bell oddi wrthych. Nid yw pobl leol yn falch iawn fod yn rhaid iddynt neidio drwy gylchoedd amrywiol er mwyn cadw eu pobl ifanc yn yr ardal, lle mae rhai o'r ceisiadau datblygu Un Blaned hyn yn tueddu i ddod gan bobl sy'n byw y tu allan i'r ardal. Os ydych yn sôn am gymunedau cynaliadwy, yn hytrach na'r arbrofion hyn, mae'n rhaid i ni feddwl am ffyrdd o gadw pobl ifanc yn eu hardaloedd yn hytrach na'u bod yn teimlo rheidrwydd i symud ohonynt. Rydych yn iawn nad oes unrhyw gynlluniau ar hyn o bryd i ddiweddaru'r polisi canllawiau trosfwaol ar hyn. Rwyf eisiau gwybod pam, o gofio'i fod bron yn 10 oed bellach ac wedi'i lunio o leiaf dair blynedd cyn Deddf llesiant cenedlaethau'r dyfodol.
English: Thank you, Jenny. Building on the long-standing success of the Welsh housing quality standard and the Warm Homes programme, our new reconstruction plan identifies the upgrading of Welsh homes, particularly social homes, as an early priority. This will drive green, economic recovery and innovation in our SMEs and communities.
Welsh: Diolch, Jenny. Gan adeiladu ar lwyddiant hirsefydlog safon ansawdd tai Cymru a'r rhaglen Cartrefi Clyd, mae ein cynllun ailadeiladu newydd yn nodi bod uwchraddio cartrefi Cymru, yn enwedig cartrefi cymdeithasol, yn flaenoriaeth gynnar. Bydd hyn yn sbarduno adferiad economaidd gwyrdd ac arloesedd yn ein busnesau bach a chanolig a'n cymunedau.
English: Well, excellent work going on in social housing. Retrofitting existing homes is obviously a major challenge for us, as I see that 1,000 homes are to be retrofitted as part of the COVID recovery programme, but there must be hundreds of thousands of existing homes that need retrofitting to meet our zero carbon targets, as we have probably the oldest housing stock in Europe. So, I hope that our COVID recovery strategy will embrace that challenge. On a more urgent note, before the internal market Bill prevents devolved administrations from ever taking the action needed, what is being done to fast forward change in the new building regulations so that all new homes meet those zero-carbon standards?
Welsh: Wel, mae gwaith rhagorol yn mynd rhagddo ym maes tai cymdeithasol. Mae ôl-osod cartrefi presennol yn amlwg yn her fawr inni, gan fy mod yn gweld y bydd 1,000 o gartrefi'n cael eu ôl-osod fel rhan o raglen adfer COVID, ond mae angen ôl-osod cannoedd o filoedd o gartrefi presennol i gyrraedd ein targedau di-garbon, gan fod gennym, mae'n debyg, y stoc dai hynaf yn Ewrop. Felly, rwy'n gobeithio y bydd ein strategaeth adfer COVID yn croesawu'r her honno. Ar nodyn mwy uniongyrchol, cyn i'r Bil marchnad fewnol atal gweinyddiaethau datganoledig rhag gallu cymryd y camau angenrheidiol, beth sy'n cael ei wneud i gyflymu newid yn y rheoliadau adeiladu newydd fel bod pob cartref newydd yn bodloni'r safonau di-garbon hynny?