English: Thank you for your statement, Minister. I've got a number of questions I'd like to ask to help put people's minds at rest. Now, it's been pointed out that crisis situations can bring out the best in humanity, and one of the most inspiring things that we've all seen across Wales is the amazing community support efforts that are being put into helping people who are having to self-isolate. Can I ask you if you can announce financial support for local voluntary services or for these community groups to buy equipment, practical equipment, but also equipment or support to help tackle loneliness amongst the people who are self-isolating, and also if the Welsh Government will be supporting schemes to provide vouchers for groups to go out to buy food and essential supplies for the people who are self-isolating? The First Minister mentioned earlier that testing will be made available for front-line clinical staff. Of course, social care workers are on the front line, and over the coming weeks and months, they're going to be carrying out a really essential role. There's surely an obligation on the Welsh Government and local authorities to count social care staff as key front-line workers in this regard. So, could I ask if they will be prioritised for testing, as well as what extra resource will be made available for them? That, obviously, would count in terms of care workers who go into people's homes, but also people in the residential care sector, as well; many of them will be run by local authorities. The UK Government announced that the NHS effectively has a blank cheque to deal with this crisis. Would you agree with me, Minister, that the social care service also needs a blank cheque to continue caring for people? In terms of local government finance, you mentioned in your statement that there will be fewer workers who will have to cope with an increased workload. So, could you outline any relaxations on local government financial controls that we could expect, since we don't want local government to have to be cancelling or not carrying out essential services in this really worrying time because of financial reasons? And then, you mentioned in your statement a number of provisions relating to homelessness, and I've got a few questions relating to housing, if I may. The coming weeks will be difficult for everyone who needs to self-isolate, but I'm sure we can only imagine how difficult that's going to be for people who don't feel safe and secure in their own home. We've mentioned flooding a few weeks ago. Many of my constituents, other people's constituents, had their homes destroyed by dirty water. Will the Government be bringing forward emergency repair work to help make these homes habitable again, particularly as people will have to be spending a lot more time at home? Obviously, the current virus crisis is focusing minds, but people who've been affected by the floods can't be forgotten about either - I'm not suggesting for a moment that they will be. In terms of housing more generally, could I ask if the Welsh Government will be mandating councils to give council tax and rent relief for anyone who's self-isolating and unable to get to work? As well, in order to help anyone who faces almost the double terror of this virus and also potential homelessness, will you be bringing forward legislation to suspend the use of section 21 of the Housing Act 1996, so that people cannot be facing evictions during this period because of their contracting this virus? I'd ask for any other information that you'd be making available, but I hear and welcome what you said in terms of the support being made available for people who are homeless already and also the third sector workers who help people who are homeless. If there's any further information that will come out in the coming weeks, or days, even, I'd be grateful to see it. Now, looking to another group who could face entrenched poverty as a result of the virus, we've been talking in the Chamber already about the uncertainty about if and when schools will close. Can you tell us exactly what provision is going to be made available for children, if schools close, who would otherwise have been reliant on free school meals? It seems to me that that is something that local authorities could well be helping with, to co-ordinate, and it's something that I know a lot of parents and teachers have written to me about, expressing real concern about that. Again, I know that the coming weeks are going to be worrying for everyone in society, but perhaps some of the people who are most at risk and we don't immediately think about are people who are victims of domestic abuse, whether they live in refuges or whether they are living with the perpetrator in a coercive and controlling relationship, and they are going to be facing self-isolation with the perpetrator and the abuse could escalate. I appreciate this isn't something that is directly related to your role, but is there anything that local authorities could be doing in terms of a helpline or some kind of extra provision, in a complementary way to what I was asking about in terms of support or reassurance for people who are experiencing loneliness? Could something more targeted be made available for victims of domestic abuse? Finally, Minister, a number of by-elections are meant to be held in the coming weeks. I know that there's one in Swansea West, there was one that was meant to happen in Caerphilly. Could you confirm, please, that these by-elections will definitely be postponed until we're on the other side of this crisis?
Welsh: Diolch i chi am eich datganiad, Gweinidog. Mae gen i nifer o gwestiynau yr hoffwn i eu gofyn i helpu i dawelu meddyliau pobl. Nawr, tynnwyd sylw at y ffaith y gall sefyllfaoedd argyfyngus ddatgelu'r gorau mewn dynoliaeth, ac un o'r pethau mwyaf ysbrydoledig yr ydym ni i gyd wedi eu gweld ledled Cymru yw'r ymdrechion gwych gan y gymuned i helpu pobl sy'n gorfod hunanynysu. A gaf i ofyn i chi a allwch chi gyhoeddi cymorth ariannol i wasanaethau gwirfoddol lleol neu i'r grwpiau cymunedol hyn i brynu offer, offer ymarferol, ond hefyd offer neu gymorth i helpu i fynd i'r afael ag unigrwydd ymhlith y bobl sy'n hunanynysu, a hefyd a fydd Llywodraeth Cymru yn cefnogi cynlluniau i ddarparu talebau i grwpiau fynd allan i brynu bwyd a chyflenwadau hanfodol i'r bobl sy'n hunanynysu? Soniodd y Prif Weinidog yn gynharach y bydd profion ar gael i staff clinigol rheng flaen. Wrth gwrs, mae gweithwyr gofal cymdeithasol ar y rheng flaen, ac yn ystod yr wythnosau a'r misoedd nesaf, byddant yn cyflawni swyddogaeth hanfodol bwysig. Mae'n rhaid bod rhwymedigaeth ar Lywodraeth Cymru ac awdurdodau lleol i gyfrif staff gofal cymdeithasol yn weithwyr rheng flaen allweddol yn hyn o beth. Felly, a gaf i ofyn a fydd blaenoriaeth iddyn nhw ar gyfer profion, yn ogystal â pha adnoddau ychwanegol a fydd ar gael iddyn nhw? Byddai hynny, yn amlwg, yn cyfrif o ran gweithwyr gofal sy'n mynd i gartrefi pobl, ond hefyd pobl yn y sector gofal preswyl, hefyd; a gaiff eu cynnal gan yr awdurdodau lleol mewn llawer o'r achosion. Cyhoeddodd Llywodraeth y DU fod gan y GIG, i bob pwrpas, siec wag i fynd i'r afael â'r argyfwng hwn. A fyddech yn cytuno â mi, Gweinidog, bod angen siec wag ar y gwasanaeth gofal cymdeithasol hefyd er mwyn parhau i ofalu am bobl? O ran cyllid llywodraeth leol, fe wnaethoch chi sôn yn eich datganiad y bydd llai o weithwyr a fydd yn gorfod ymdopi â chynnydd yn y llwyth gwaith. Felly, a wnewch chi amlinellu unrhyw lacio ar reolaethau ariannol llywodraeth leol y gallem ni eu disgwyl, gan nad ydym ni eisiau i lywodraeth leol orfod canslo neu beidio â darparu gwasanaethau hanfodol yn yr amser pryderus iawn hwn oherwydd rhesymau ariannol? Ac yna, fe wnaethoch chi sôn yn eich datganiad am nifer o ddarpariaethau sy'n ymwneud â digartrefedd, ac mae gen i rai cwestiynau yn ymwneud â thai, os caf i. Bydd yr wythnosau nesaf yn anodd i bawb y mae angen iddyn nhw hunanynysu, ond rwy'n siŵr na allwn ni ddychmygu pa mor anodd y bydd hynny i bobl nad ydyn nhw'n teimlo'n ddiogel yn eu cartref eu hunain. Rydym ni wedi sôn am lifogydd ychydig o wythnosau yn ôl. Cafodd cartrefi llawer o fy etholwyr i, ac etholwyr pobl eraill, eu dinistrio gan ddŵr brwnt. A fydd y Llywodraeth yn prysuro i wneud gwaith atgyweirio brys yn gynt er mwyn helpu i wneud y cartrefi hyn yn bosibl i fyw ynddyn nhw eto, yn enwedig gan y bydd yn rhaid i bobl dreulio llawer mwy o amser gartref? Yn amlwg, mae'r argyfwng presennol o ran y feirws yn flaenllaw ar feddyliau pobl, ond ni ellir anghofio'r bobl y mae'r llifogydd wedi effeithio arnyn nhw chwaith - nid wyf yn awgrymu am eiliad y byddir yn gwneud hynny. O ran tai yn fwy cyffredinol, a gaf i ofyn a fydd Llywodraeth Cymru yn ei gwneud hi'n orfodol i gynghorau roi rhyddhad treth gyngor a rhent i unrhyw un sy'n hunanynysu ac sy'n methu â mynd i'r gwaith? Hefyd, er mwyn helpu unrhyw un sy'n wynebu braw y feirws hwn ar ben braw digartrefedd posib, a fyddwch chi'n cyflwyno deddfwriaeth i atal y defnydd o adran 21 o Ddeddf Tai 1996, fel na all pobl wynebu cael eu troi allan yn ystod y cyfnod hwn oherwydd eu bod yn cael eu heintio gan y feirws hwn? Byddwn i'n gofyn am unrhyw wybodaeth arall y byddech yn ei darparu, ond rwy'n clywed ac yn croesawu'r hyn y gwnaethoch ei ddweud am y cymorth sy'n cael ei ddarparu i bobl sy'n ddigartref eisoes a hefyd y gweithwyr yn y trydydd sector sy'n helpu pobl ddigartref. Os daw unrhyw wybodaeth arall i'r fei yn yr wythnosau nesaf, neu'r dyddiau nesaf hyd yn oed, byddwn yn ddiolchgar o gael ei gweld. Nawr, wrth edrych ar grŵp arall a allai wynebu tlodi dybryd o ganlyniad i'r feirws, rydym ni wedi bod yn siarad yn y Siambr eisoes am yr ansicrwydd ynghylch os a phryd y bydd ysgolion yn cau. A allwch chi ddweud wrthym ni pa ddarpariaeth yn union a fydd ar gael i blant, os bydd ysgolion yn cau, a fyddai fel arall wedi bod yn ddibynnol ar brydau ysgol am ddim? Mae'n ymddangos i mi fod hynny'n rhywbeth y gallai awdurdodau lleol fod yn helpu ag ef, i'w gydlynu, ac mae'n rhywbeth rwy'n gwybod bod llawer o rieni ac athrawon wedi ysgrifennu ataf i yn ei gylch, gan fynegi pryder gwirioneddol am hynny. Unwaith eto, rwy'n gwybod y bydd yr wythnosau nesaf yn peri pryder i bawb yn y gymdeithas, ond efallai mai rhai o'r bobl sydd mewn mwyaf o berygl ac nad ydym yn meddwl amdanyn nhw ar unwaith yw pobl sy'n dioddef cam-drin domestig, pa un a ydyn nhw'n byw mewn llochesau neu yn byw gyda'r un sy'n eu cam-drin mewn perthynas gymhellol a rheolaethol, a'u bod yn mynd i wynebu hunanynysu gyda'r un sy'n eu cam-drin a gallai'r cam-drin waethygu. Rwy'n sylweddoli nad yw hyn yn rhywbeth sy'n ymwneud yn uniongyrchol â'ch swyddogaeth chi, ond a oes unrhyw beth y gallai awdurdodau lleol fod yn ei wneud o ran llinell gymorth neu ryw fath o ddarpariaeth ychwanegol, mewn modd ategol i'r hyn yr oeddwn i'n holi yn ei gylch o ran cefnogaeth neu sicrwydd i bobl sy'n teimlo unigrwydd? A allai rhywbeth mwy penodol fod ar gael i bobl sy'n dioddef cam-drin domestig? Yn olaf, Gweinidog, mae nifer o isetholiadau i fod i gael eu cynnal yn ystod yr wythnosau nesaf. Rwy'n gwybod bod un yng Ngorllewin Abertawe, ac roedd un i fod i'w gynnal yng Nghaerffili. A wnewch chi gadarnhau, os gwelwch yn dda, y caiff yr isetholiadau hyn yn bendant eu gohirio nes bod y gwaethaf o'r argyfwng hwn wedi mynd heibio?