English: Thank you, Helen Mary Jones. Whilst Plaid Cymru's motion adds a more constructive tone to this debate, it is difficult to scrutinise the proposals, its costings and the evidence base used. However, simply providing more money does not always provide actual long-term benefits to people's lives. Whilst income plays an important role in preventing poverty, the Policy Exchange think tank suggests that, by focusing on welfare and income transfers, we are treating the symptoms of the issue rather than addressing the deeper causes of low income and poverty, including: unemployment, poor standards of education, a lack of skills and social issues such as substance misuse. Tackling these issues requires a more community-focused response from Government. The Welsh Conservatives have consistently called for the co-production of local services to empower local communities and to create an enabling state. This was argued passionately by Mark Isherwood in the previous debate and there are some positive examples of this in Wales. Oxfam's sustainable livelihoods approach aims to improve the lives of those experiencing poverty and disadvantage, focusing on a participatory approach based on the recognition that all people have assets that can be developed to help them improve their lives. Oxfam have worked in partnership with the Department for Work and Pensions to embed the SLA within the DWP in Wales by providing training for staff, with 50 per cent of trained staff sampled having increased levels of user satisfaction or reporting better service user outcomes. The Welsh Conservatives recognise the importance of investing in the people of Wales to help tackle the injustices facing communities. We would establish a seaside town fund and market town fund to tackle deprivation within our towns, enabling communities to better fund the services local people need. We would focus on investing in people's skills to enable them to access more skilled, well-paid jobs - putting an extra £20 million into further education - and we would also fund more high-quality childcare to enable parents to take up employment opportunities to support their family. Meanwhile, the UK Conservative Government is protecting the incomes of hard-working families and will raise the national insurance threshold to £9,500 and increase the living wage by 6.2 per cent from April 2020. It is a Conservative Government that is putting more money into people's pockets. This debate has provided a welcome opportunity to discuss some of the issues facing families across Wales, such as low incomes and poverty.
Welsh: Diolch, Helen Mary Jones. Er bod cynnig Plaid Cymru yn ychwanegu cywair mwy adeiladol yn y ddadl hon, mae'n anodd craffu ar y cynigion, y costau a'r sylfaen dystiolaeth a ddefnyddiwyd. Fodd bynnag, nid yw gwneud dim mwy na darparu rhagor o arian yn sicrhau manteision hirdymor go iawn i fywydau pobl bob amser. Er bod incwm yn chwarae rhan bwysig yn atal tlodi, mae melin drafod Policy Exchange yn awgrymu ein bod, drwy ganolbwyntio ar drosglwyddiadau lles ac incwm, yn trin symptomau'r broblem yn hytrach na mynd i'r afael ag achosion dyfnach incwm isel a thlodi, gan gynnwys: diweithdra, safonau addysgol gwael, diffyg sgiliau a phroblemau cymdeithasol megis camddefnyddio sylweddau. Er mwyn mynd i'r afael â'r materion hyn mae angen ymateb ar ran y Llywodraeth sy'n canolbwyntio mwy ar y gymuned. Mae'r Ceidwadwyr Cymreig wedi galw'n gyson am gydgynhyrchu gwasanaethau lleol er mwyn grymuso cymunedau lleol a chreu gwladwriaeth sy'n galluogi. Dadleuwyd hyn yn angerddol gan Mark Isherwood yn y ddadl flaenorol a cheir rhai enghreifftiau cadarnhaol o hyn yng Nghymru. Nod dull bywoliaeth gynaliadwy Oxfam yw gwella bywydau'r rhai sy'n profi tlodi ac anfantais, gan ganolbwyntio ar ddull cyfranogol sy'n seiliedig ar y gydnabyddiaeth fod gan bawb asedau y gellir eu datblygu i'w helpu i wella eu bywydau. Mae Oxfam wedi gweithio mewn partneriaeth â'r Adran Gwaith a Phensiynau i wreiddio'r dull bywoliaeth gynaliadwy o fewn yr Adran Gwaith a Phensiynau yng Nghymru drwy ddarparu hyfforddiant ar gyfer staff, gyda 50 y cant o'r staff hyfforddedig a samplwyd yn dangos lefelau uwch o foddhad defnyddwyr neu'n nodi gwell canlyniadau i ddefnyddwyr gwasanaethau. Mae'r Ceidwadwyr Cymreig yn cydnabod pwysigrwydd buddsoddi ym mhobl Cymru i helpu i fynd i'r afael â'r anghyfiawnder sy'n wynebu cymunedau. Byddem yn sefydlu cronfa ar gyfer trefi glan môr a chronfa ar gyfer trefi marchnad i fynd i'r afael ag amddifadedd yn ein trefi, gan alluogi cymunedau i ariannu'r gwasanaethau y mae pobl leol eu hangen yn well. Byddem yn canolbwyntio ar fuddsoddi yn sgiliau pobl i'w galluogi i gael swyddi mwy medrus sy'n talu'n dda - gan roi £20 miliwn ychwanegol tuag at addysg bellach - a byddem hefyd yn ariannu mwy o ofal plant o ansawdd uchel er mwyn galluogi rhieni i fanteisio ar gyfleoedd gwaith i gynnal eu teuluoedd. Yn y cyfamser, mae Llywodraeth Geidwadol y DU yn diogelu incwm teuluoedd gweithgar a bydd yn codi'r trothwy yswiriant cenedlaethol i £9,500 ac yn cynyddu'r cyflog byw 6.2 y cant o fis Ebrill 2020. Llywodraeth Geidwadol sy'n rhoi mwy o arian ym mhocedi pobl. Mae'r ddadl hon wedi rhoi cyfle defnyddiol i drafod rhai o'r problemau sy'n wynebu teuluoedd ledled Cymru, megis incwm isel a thlodi.