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English: Minister, it is abundantly clear from your responses that, alongside failing to facilitate a much needed house building boom in Wales, you are actively supporting guidance that is holding the sector back. The urgent need to see more new homes delivered is clear when considering the financial black hole that is the temporary home crisis facing our local authorities. I've written to 22 local authorities - FOIs. And the figures - I've yet more to come out on this - are a scandal, and they're startling. For example, Caerphilly County Borough Council have seen their spend on temporary accommodation increase from £174,000 in 2018-19 to just over £1.2 million in 2020-21, and that is not an isolated incident. Gwynedd's spend on temporary accommodation has similarly increased by 265 per cent from 2018-19 to 2020-21, hitting almost £1.7 million. Minister, given that your statement on homelessness last week said you wish to strengthen links between local authorities and the private sector, will you commit to undertaking a deep-dive with local authorities to review how to more effectively provide long-term homes for our much needed residents? Diolch.
Welsh: Weinidog, mae'n amlwg iawn o'ch ymatebion eich bod, yn ogystal â methu hwyluso cynnydd mawr ei angen yn y nifer o dai a adeiladir yng Nghymru, yn cefnogi canllawiau sy'n llesteirio'r sector. Mae'r angen brys i ddarparu mwy o gartrefi newydd yn glir wrth ystyried twll du ariannol yr argyfwng cartrefi dros dro sy'n wynebu ein hawdurdodau lleol. Rwyf wedi ysgrifennu at 22 awdurdod lleol - ceisiadau rhyddid gwybodaeth. Ac mae'r ffigurau - ac mae gennyf fwy i ddod ar hyn - yn sgandal, ac maent yn frawychus. Er enghraifft, mae gwariant Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Caerffili ar lety dros dro wedi cynyddu o £174,000 yn 2018-19 i ychydig dros £1.2 miliwn yn 2020-21, ac nid dyna'r unig enghraifft. Yn yr un modd, mae gwariant Gwynedd ar lety dros dro wedi cynyddu 265 y cant rhwng 2018-19 a 2020-21, gan gyrraedd bron i £1.7 miliwn. Weinidog, o gofio bod eich datganiad ar ddigartrefedd yr wythnos diwethaf wedi dweud eich bod am gryfhau cysylltiadau rhwng awdurdodau lleol a'r sector preifat, a wnewch chi ymrwymo i fynd at wraidd y mater gydag awdurdodau lleol i adolygu sut i ddarparu cartrefi hirdymor yn fwy effeithiol i'n preswylwyr sydd cymaint o'u hangen? Diolch.
English: So, again, Janet, I almost admire your ability to put two facts together and make three completely different ones with no relation to the original two. So, we have an ambitious social home building programme of 20,000 low-carbon social homes in the next Senedd term. This is now possible because, after 40 years of preventing councils from building houses, the Tory Government eventually saw sense and took off the caps from the housing revenue accounts. So, I applaud you for having seen sense after only 40 years of ploughing the same furrow. The next bit of sense you need to see is that the social homes programme and the zero-carbon homes programme is the thing that stimulates the housing market, and that we need to build the right houses of the right standard in the right place, and not just put up any old nonsense all across the countryside, as is proposed across the border. I absolutely applaud all of the agencies working here, including our SME builders, who have been working very hard with us to bring forward that programme. My colleague the Deputy Minister has launched a pipeline for construction across Wales, which has allowed them to fill in the cash flow problems that they have, and we have a very good relationship with them. On the homelessness point, we provide £1.8 million a month to councils in Wales to combat homelessness brought on by the COVID pandemic. I would that her Government across the border would do anything of the sort and solve the appalling scandal of rough-sleeping that you get under a Conservative Government.
Welsh: Felly, unwaith eto, Janet, rwyf bron yn edmygu eich gallu i roi dwy ffaith at ei gilydd a gwneud tair ffaith hollol wahanol, heb unrhyw berthynas â'r ddwy ffaith wreiddiol. Felly, mae gennym raglen adeiladu cartrefi cymdeithasol uchelgeisiol ar gyfer 20,000 o gartrefi cymdeithasol carbon isel yn nhymor nesaf y Senedd. Mae hyn yn bosibl bellach oherwydd, ar ôl 40 mlynedd o atal cynghorau rhag adeiladu tai, daeth y Llywodraeth Dorïaidd at ei choed yn y pen draw a chael gwared ar y capiau ar gyfrifon refeniw tai. Felly, rwy'n eich canmol am ddod at eich coed ar ôl cwta 40 mlynedd yn yr un rhigol. Y peth nesaf y mae'n rhaid i chi ei weld yw mai'r rhaglen cartrefi cymdeithasol a'r rhaglen cartrefi di-garbon yw'r peth sy'n ysgogi'r farchnad dai, a bod angen inni adeiladu'r tai cywir o'r safon gywir yn y lle cywir, yn hytrach na chodi unrhyw hen nonsens ledled cefn gwlad, fel sy'n cael ei gynnig dros y ffin. Rwy'n canmol yr holl asiantaethau sy'n gweithio yma, gan gynnwys ein hadeiladwyr bach a chanolig, sydd wedi bod yn gweithio'n galed iawn gyda ni i gyflwyno'r rhaglen honno. Mae fy nghyd-Aelod, y Dirprwy Weinidog, wedi lansio piblinell ar gyfer adeiladu ledled Cymru, sydd wedi caniatáu iddynt fynd i'r afael â'r problemau llif arian sydd ganddynt, ac mae gennym berthynas dda iawn â hwy. O ran digartrefedd, rydym yn darparu £1.8 miliwn y mis i gynghorau yng Nghymru allu mynd i'r afael â digartrefedd a achoswyd gan y pandemig COVID. Hoffwn weld ei Llywodraeth dros y ffin yn gwneud rhywbeth o'r fath a datrys y sgandal gysgu allan echrydus a gewch o dan Lywodraeth Geidwadol.
English: Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. Last week, the head of Transport for Wales said that travelling on their trains was fundamentally safe. Welsh Government guidance states that the following measures need to be followed to ensure COVID safety: keeping distance from other people, avoiding crowded spaces, good ventilation when in close proximity to others, and wearing face coverings. So, are these measures being followed on trains? I asked commuters for their experiences over social media, and these are some of the phrases from the responses I received: 'Crammed carriages, nobody wearing masks'; 'People crammed like sardines'; 'Impossible to ensure COVID safety'; 'Like a cattle cart and little mask wearing'; '90 per cent not wearing masks on the Rhymney line'; and 'Windows shut with no ventilation'. One person said they thought they'd caught COVID on an overcrowded TfW train between Chester and Bangor a few weeks ago. Another said she had a panic attack on the train during the last rugby game day because so many people were stood and crammed on the train. I was also sent pictures, Minister, of crammed carriages with little or no mask wearing. So, Minister, do you agree with the head of Transport for Wales that travelling on trains in Wales is fundamentally safe?
Welsh: Diolch, Ddirprwy Lywydd. Yr wythnos diwethaf, dywedodd pennaeth Trafnidiaeth Cymru fod teithio ar eu trenau yn sylfaenol ddiogel. Mae canllawiau Llywodraeth Cymru yn nodi bod angen cadw at y mesurau canlynol i sicrhau diogelwch COVID: cadw pellter oddi wrth bobl eraill, osgoi lleoedd gorlawn, awyru da pan fyddwch yn agos at eraill, a gwisgo gorchuddion wyneb. Felly, a yw'r mesurau hyn yn cael eu dilyn ar drenau? Gofynnais i gymudwyr am eu profiadau dros y cyfryngau cymdeithasol, a dyma rai o'r ymatebion a gefais: 'Cerbydau gorlawn, neb yn gwisgo masgiau'; 'Pobl wedi eu gwasgu fel sardîns'; 'Amhosibl sicrhau diogelwch COVID'; 'Fel trol wartheg a fawr neb yn gwisgo masgiau'; '90 y cant ddim yn gwisgo masgiau ar linell Rhymni'; a 'Ffenestri ar gau heb unrhyw awyru'. Dywedodd un unigolyn eu bod yn credu eu bod wedi dal COVID ar drên Trafnidiaeth Cymru gorlawn rhwng Caer a Bangor ychydig wythnosau yn ôl. Dywedodd un arall iddi gael pwl o banig ar y trên ar ddiwrnod y gêm rygbi ddiwethaf am fod cymaint o bobl yn sefyll ac wedi'u gwasgu i mewn i'r trên. Anfonwyd lluniau ataf hefyd, Weinidog, o gerbydau gorlawn a fawr neb yn gwisgo masgiau. Felly, Weinidog, a ydych yn cytuno â phennaeth Trafnidiaeth Cymru fod teithio ar drenau yng Nghymru yn sylfaenol ddiogel?
English: Minister, taking up that exact point, Wales could lose out on £5 billion due to being excluded from Barnett consequentials for HS2 spending. This, as you'll obviously know, represents around 5 per cent of the total expended expenditure of the project. It could, of course, be much higher if the cost spirals, which is likely. In the words of the Western Mail 's Will Hayward, 'The decision to count HS2, a once in a century investment, as England and Wales spend has condemned Wales to another century of a second class rail network.' Even though the decision to exclude Wales from this funding, as you've been setting out, Minister, was made by a Conservative UK Government, past Labour Welsh Governments have also contributed to this mess. There was a decision in 2005 to refuse the devolution of rail, described as the worst decision in the history of devolution. And there was the inability, in the past, to understand Plaid Cymru's argument on HS2 a decade later, with Carwyn Jones insisting that Wales was receiving its HS2 consequential, even though setting the HS2 comparability factor for Wales at 0 per cent would see our comparability factor for Department for Transport spending plummet in the future, which is what we're seeing now. I'm sure that the current Labour Welsh Government is keen to -
Welsh: Weinidog, ar yr union bwynt hwnnw, gallai Cymru fod £5 biliwn ar ei cholled heb swm canlyniadol Barnett yn sgil y gwariant ar HS2. Fel y gwyddoch yn amlwg, mae hynny oddeutu 5 y cant o gyfanswm gwariant y prosiect. Gallai fod yn llawer uwch, wrth gwrs, pe bai'r costau'n cynyddu, sy'n debygol. Yng ngeiriau Will Hayward o'r Western Mail, 'Mae'r penderfyniad i gyfrif HS2, buddsoddiad unwaith mewn canrif, fel gwariant Cymru a Lloegr wedi condemnio Cymru i ganrif arall o rwydwaith rheilffyrdd ail ddosbarth.' Er bod y penderfyniad i eithrio Cymru o'r cyllid hwn, fel y nodwyd gennych, Weinidog, wedi'i wneud gan Lywodraeth Geidwadol y DU, mae Llywodraethau Llafur y gorffennol yng Nghymru hefyd wedi cyfrannu at y llanastr hwn. Cafwyd penderfyniad yn 2005 i wrthod datganoli rheilffyrdd, a ddisgrifiwyd fel y penderfyniad gwaethaf yn hanes datganoli. A'r anallu, yn y gorffennol, i ddeall dadl Plaid Cymru ar HS2 ddegawd yn ddiweddarach, gyda Carwyn Jones yn mynnu bod Cymru'n cael ei swm canlyniadol yn sgil HS2, er y byddai gosod ffactor cymharedd HS2 i Gymru ar 0 y cant yn golygu y byddai ein ffactor cymharedd ar gyfer gwariant yr Adran Drafnidiaeth yn plymio yn y dyfodol, sef yr hyn a welwn yn awr. Rwy'n siŵr fod Llywodraeth Lafur bresennol Cymru yn awyddus i -
English: Could you confirm, Minister, that the Welsh Government has received confirmation from Keir Starmer that a future Labour UK Government would provide Wales with the full Barnett share of HS2 expenditure, backdated to the first pound spent?
Welsh: A allwch gadarnhau, Weinidog, fod Llywodraeth Cymru wedi cael cadarnhad gan Keir Starmer y byddai Llywodraeth Lafur y DU yn y dyfodol yn darparu'r swm canlyniadol Barnett llawn i Gymru yn sgil gwariant HS2, wedi'i ôl-ddyddio i'r bunt gyntaf a wariwyd?
English: I've certainly, personally, consistently made the argument for the Barnett formula to reflect the spending in England and in Wales. In fact, I led a coalition of organisations to have the Holtham commission set up, using this as one of the examples. And when I was director of the Institute of Welsh Affairs, I consistently made the case, so I'll take no lectures from the Member on that. But she is absolutely right that Westminster Governments of different parties have not recognised that Wales deserves more investment, and that's why I repeat my call to the Conservatives for all in this Chamber to come together to see if we can agree a cross-party call to the UK Government to think again on the way Wales is treated when it comes to rail investment.
Welsh: Yn sicr, yn bersonol, rwyf wedi dadlau y dylai fformiwla Barnett adlewyrchu'r gwariant yn Lloegr ac yng Nghymru. Mewn gwirionedd, arweiniais gynghrair o sefydliadau i sefydlu comisiwn Holtham, gan ddefnyddio hyn fel un o'r enghreifftiau. A phan oeddwn yn gyfarwyddwr y Sefydliad Materion Cymreig, bûm yn dadlau'r achos yn gyson, felly nid wyf am wrando ar wersi gan yr Aelod ar hynny. Ond mae'n llygad ei lle nad yw Llywodraethau gwahanol bleidiau yn San Steffan wedi cydnabod bod Cymru'n haeddu mwy o fuddsoddiad, a dyna pam fy mod yn ailadrodd fy ngalwad ar y Ceidwadwyr i bawb yn y Siambr hon ddod ynghyd i weld a allwn gytuno ar alwad drawsbleidiol ar Lywodraeth y DU i feddwl eto am y ffordd y mae Cymru'n cael ei thrin mewn perthynas â buddsoddi mewn rheilffyrdd.
English: The Welsh Government funds local authorities to reduce the risk posed to communities by coastal erosion. However, addressing the consequences of river erosion is the responsibility of the riparian landowners whose property adjoins or contains the watercourse. This is a principle that has been long established in common law.
Welsh: Mae Llywodraeth Cymru'n ariannu awdurdodau lleol i leihau'r perygl y mae erydu arfordirol yn ei beri i gymunedau. Fodd bynnag, cyfrifoldeb perchnogion glannau afonydd y mae eu heiddo'n ffinio â neu'n cynnwys y cwrs dŵr yw mynd i'r afael â chanlyniadau erydiad afonydd. Mae hon yn egwyddor sydd wedi'i hen sefydlu mewn cyfraith gyffredin.
English: I wrote to you, Minister, on 7 October asking for a meeting to discuss a problem faced by residents in Caerphilly who face potential damage to their homes due to the problem of river erosion. Notwithstanding your answer, I'd just like to go through the scenario with you and ask for a response. One group of residents at Celyn Avenue in Caerphilly have experienced an increase in incidents of erosion and subsequent flooding in their gardens, which back on to the banks of the Nant yr Aber river. Natural Resources Wales have advised the residents that they can't access any funding or support for flooding because it's their gardens, as opposed to their homes, that are affected, so these properties are not accorded a high priority according to the flood risk management model. However, residents are concerned that their homes will be flooded eventually, because Nant yr Aber is rising and its banks are wearing away, not just on their property but below their property, which isn't part of their property, due to climate change and increased rainfall. Natural Resources Wales say they cannot legally spend public money on mitigating and preventing river erosion, only on flooding, and they don't have statutory powers to do so and can only work within the remit set for them by the Welsh Government. A key issue here is that the cost of repairing and putting this right for those properties in Celyn Avenue goes beyond the means - way beyond the means - of those residents who live there; they simply cannot afford it. They're elderly residents, they haven't got the money -
Welsh: Ysgrifennais atoch ar 7 Hydref, Weinidog, yn gofyn am gyfarfod i drafod problem preswylwyr yng Nghaerffili sy'n wynebu difrod posibl i'w cartrefi oherwydd erydiad afonydd. Er gwaethaf eich ateb, hoffwn drafod y senario gyda chi a gofyn am ymateb. Mae un grŵp o breswylwyr ar Celyn Avenue yng Nghaerffili wedi dioddef cynnydd mewn digwyddiadau erydu a llifogydd dilynol yn eu gerddi, sy'n cefnu ar lannau Nant yr Aber. Mae Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru wedi dweud wrth y preswylwyr na allant gael unrhyw gyllid na chymorth llifogydd am mai eu gerddi, yn hytrach na'u cartrefi, sy'n cael eu heffeithio, felly ni roddir blaenoriaeth uchel i'r eiddo hyn yn ôl y model rheoli perygl llifogydd. Fodd bynnag, mae preswylwyr yn poeni y bydd llifogydd yn effeithio ar eu cartrefi yn y pen draw, gan fod Nant yr Aber yn codi a'i glannau'n erydu, nid yn unig ar eu heiddo ond o dan eu heiddo, nad yw'n rhan o'u heiddo, oherwydd y newid hinsawdd a chynnydd mewn glawiad. Dywed Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru na allant wario arian cyhoeddus yn gyfreithiol ar liniaru ac atal erydiad afonydd, dim ond ar lifogydd, ac nad oes ganddynt bwerau statudol i wneud hynny ac mai dim ond o fewn y cylch gwaith a bennwyd ar eu cyfer gan Lywodraeth Cymru y gallant weithio. Mater allweddol yma yw bod cost atgyweirio ac adfer yr eiddo hynny ar Celyn Avenue yn uwch - yn llawer uwch - na'r hyn y gall y preswylwyr sy'n byw yno ei fforddio. Maent yn breswylwyr oedrannus, nid oes ganddynt arian -
English: - to pay for it. So, I'd really welcome a meeting with you, Minister, to discuss this issue, particularly that of long-term erosion and consequences for properties. It's an issue we didn't have some time ago.
Welsh: - i dalu amdano. Felly, byddwn yn croesawu cyfarfod â chi, Weinidog, i drafod y mater hwn, yn enwedig mewn perthynas ag erydiad hirdymor a chanlyniadau hynny i eiddo. Mae'n broblem nad oedd gennym beth amser yn ôl.
English: Well, Hefin David, I'm really sorry to hear of the impact that river erosion is having on your constituents. I understand that Natural Resources Wales has met with you and the affected residents, and you've just outlined the advice. Unfortunately, you are absolutely right; the riparian landowner is responsible. The riparian landowner is somebody whose property contains the watercourse or whose property is adjacent to or above the watercourse. That's been an established common law principle in England and Wales for over 200 years, so this isn't new law by any means. There is a guide published by Natural Resources Wales, titled 'A guide to your rights and responsibilities of riverside ownership in Wales'. We do invest money in alleviation of flood risk from rivers, but flood risk to properties - you're right - and not to gardens. So, you're quite right. I'm quite happy to meet with you to go through it, but I fear that you're correct in your assumption. Your constituents will have to take advice on whether their insurances or their lenders can help them. Otherwise, I really am afraid that we're at a bit of a loss as to how to help them, but I'm more than happy to meet with you and explore whether there is something that could be done.
Welsh: Wel, Hefin David, mae'n ddrwg iawn gennyf glywed am yr effaith y mae erydiad afonydd yn ei chael ar eich etholwyr. Rwy'n deall bod Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru wedi cyfarfod â chi a'r preswylwyr yr effeithiwyd arnynt, ac rydych newydd amlinellu'r cyngor. Yn anffodus, rydych yn llygad eich lle; perchennog glannau'r afon sy'n gyfrifol. Perchennog glannau'r afon yw'r unigolyn y mae eu heiddo'n cynnwys y cwrs dŵr, neu y mae eu heiddo'n ffinio â'r cwrs dŵr neu uwchlaw'r cwrs dŵr. Mae honno wedi bod yn egwyddor sefydledig mewn cyfraith gyffredin yng Nghymru a Lloegr ers dros 200 mlynedd, felly nid yw hon yn gyfraith newydd mewn unrhyw ffordd. Mae canllaw wedi'i gyhoeddi gan Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru, o'r enw 'Canllaw i'ch hawliau a'ch cyfrifoldebau fel perchennog glannau afon yng Nghymru'. Rydym yn buddsoddi arian i liniaru perygl llifogydd o afonydd, ond perygl llifogydd i eiddo yw hynny - rydych yn iawn - ac nid i erddi. Felly, rydych yn llygad eich lle. Rwy'n fwy na pharod i gyfarfod â chi i drafod y mater, ond mae arnaf ofn fod eich rhagdybiaeth yn gywir. Bydd yn rhaid i'ch etholwyr ofyn am gyngor i weld a all eu hyswiriant neu eu benthycwyr eu cynorthwyo. Fel arall, mae arnaf ofn nad ydym yn siŵr sut i'w helpu, ond rwy'n fwy na pharod i gyfarfod â chi ac i archwilio a oes rhywbeth y gellid ei wneud.
English: I'd like to start by declaring an interest, as I'm a Denbighshire councillor until May 2022. I'm afraid I'm going to keep banging on about this and sound a bit like a broken record, because, you know, I've mentioned this question a couple of times in the past. The communities of Trefnant and Tremeirchion are still dealing with the consequences of the terrible flooding that resulted from storm Christoph at the start of the year. The vital link between these two communities in my constituency was eroded and washed away. It will be years before the historic Llanerch bridge is replaced, and only if Denbighshire County Council can secure the millions of pounds needed to fund the rebuilding efforts. So, Minister, will you commit your Government to providing the funding and work with the council in replacing this vital community link and essential active travel route as soon as possible?
Welsh: Hoffwn ddechrau drwy ddatgan buddiant, gan fy mod yn gynghorydd yn sir Ddinbych tan fis Mai 2022. Mae arnaf ofn y byddaf yn parhau i rygnu ymlaen am hyn ac yn swnio fel record wedi torri gan fy mod wedi crybwyll y cwestiwn hwn unwaith neu ddwy yn barod. Mae cymunedau Trefnant a Thremeirchion yn dal i ymdrin â chanlyniadau'r llifogydd ofnadwy yn sgil storm Christoph ar ddechrau'r flwyddyn. Cafodd y cysylltiad hanfodol rhwng y ddwy gymuned yn fy etholaeth ei erydu a'i olchi ymaith. Ni fydd pont hanesyddol Llannerch yn cael ei hailgodi am flynyddoedd, a dim ond os gall Cyngor Sir Dinbych sicrhau'r miliynau o bunnoedd sydd ei angen i ariannu'r gwaith ailadeiladu. Felly, Weinidog, a wnewch chi ymrwymo eich Llywodraeth i ddarparu'r cyllid a gweithio gyda'r cyngor i ail-greu'r cyswllt cymunedol allweddol a'r llwybr teithio llesol hanfodol hwn cyn gynted â phosibl?
English: I'm not entirely certain what that's got to do with erosion in riparian watercourses, but if the Member wants to write to me again and ask for a meeting, I'm happy to do so.
Welsh: Nid wyf yn hollol sicr sut y mae hynny'n gysylltiedig ag erydiad cyrsiau dŵr ar lannau afonydd, ond os hoffai'r Aelod ysgrifennu ataf eto a gofyn am gyfarfod, rwy'n fwy na pharod i wneud hynny.
English: A number of communities on the shores of Llŷn have seen significant landslides over the past weeks and months. The most obvious was a landslide in Nefyn back in April, but there have been other cases across the region. Indeed, the British Geological Survey has allocated Nefyn as a landslide danger zone. These landslides are a threat to property and life, and cause real anxiety to residents of seaside communities. So, what assurances can you give the residents of Nefyn and the surrounding areas that are at threat of landslide that the Government and relevant bodies are undertaking the necessary work to safeguard life and property in the areas that are under threat such as Nefyn and other communities in Llŷn? Thank you.
Welsh: Mae nifer o gymunedau ar lannau Llŷn wedi gweld tirlithriadau sylweddol dros y ddwy flynedd diwethaf. Y mwyaf amlwg oedd y tirlithriad mawr yn Nefyn yn ôl ym mis Ebrill, ond mae eraill wedi bod yno ac ar draws yr arfordir ers hynny. Yn wir, mae'r British Geological Survey wedi clustnodi Nefyn fel parth perygl tirlithriad. Mae'r tirlithriadau yma yn bygwth bywydau ac eiddo, ac yn achos poen meddwl sylweddol i drigolion cymunedau glan morol. Pa sicrwydd felly fedrwch chi ei roi i drigolion Nefyn a'r glannau yno sydd o dan fygythiad o dirlithriadau fod y Llywodraeth a'r cyrff perthnasol yn ymgymryd â gwaith angenrheidiol i ddiogelu eiddo a bywyd yn y mannau o dan fygythiad fel Nefyn a chymunedau eraill Llŷn? Diolch.