English: Diolch, John. I very much welcome the committee's engagement on this, and I look forward to discussing both the public audit report with you, and, indeed, the future commissioner has recently done a housing report as well, which I know the committee is aware of. I look forward to discussing that with the committee in my next evidence session. Just in terms of the specifics, the support for rough-sleepers - I should have answered in response to Mabon as well - we have outreach workers who get to every single person who hasn't come into services to make sure that we know who they are and that they're contacted. It's not just as simple as finding them a space to live - and I know that the committee and other Members know that - many of these people who are sleeping rough have very complex needs and a deep distrust of public services and so on. So, the outreach workers, who are amazing people, need to get the trust of that person and slowly coax them into accepting services and then eventually a place to stay. The local authorities are under a duty to give everyone a place to stay. Let me note that we're not - . The local authorities are not under any instruction to keep people on the streets or anything. We are not accepting night shelters; there is no need for that kind of provision. Support services can be given to people who have a bed and a room; there's absolutely no need for the kinds of night shelters we used to see. But some people have complex needs and they will not be able to come indoors, so we work very hard with the outreach workers to make sure that they have all of the help that they're able to take given their circumstances and that coaxing continues to make sure that people come in, especially when the weather gets very, very cold. It is sad to see the number of rough-sleepers climb a little, but we have got those outreach workers getting to them and we are very keen to get them in and into services as soon as possible. And one of the heartwarming things about the pandemic was the people you met who were very distrustful, but who came in in the pandemic and accessed services for the first time and are now back on the road to recovery, which is really great. In terms of the legislative burden, we will be putting a White Paper out towards the end of next year, the beginning of the year after, which sets out the legislative framework that we need, but the committee will be aware of it - we need to reform the housing Act and we need to do things around priority need and intentionality and all the things that the committee will be familiar with in order to remove those barriers to housing and to place legislative duties on the local authority to give people permanent housing. So, there'll be a White Paper that I look forward to discussing with the committee in due course.
Welsh: Diolch, John. Rwy'n croesawu ymgysylltiad y pwyllgor yn fawr iawn yn hyn o beth, ac rwy'n edrych ymlaen at drafod yr adroddiad archwilio cyhoeddus gyda chi, ac, yn wir, mae'r darpar gomisiynydd wedi llunio adroddiad tai yn ddiweddar hefyd, ac rwy'n gwybod y bydd y pwyllgor yn ymwybodol o hyn. Rwy'n edrych ymlaen at drafod hynny gyda'r pwyllgor yn fy sesiwn dystiolaeth nesaf. O ran y manylion penodol, y gefnogaeth i bobl sy'n cysgu ar y stryd - dylwn i fod wedi dweud hyn wrth ymateb i Mabon hefyd - mae gennym ni weithwyr allgymorth sy'n mynd at bob unigolyn nad yw wedi dod i geisio gwasanaethau i wneud yn siŵr ein bod ni'n gwybod pwy ydyn nhw a bod rhywun yn cysylltu â nhw. Nid yw hi mor syml â dod o hyd i le i fyw yn unig iddyn nhw - ac rwy'n gwybod bod y pwyllgor ac Aelodau eraill yn gwybod hynny - mae gan lawer o'r bobl hyn sy'n cysgu ar y stryd anghenion cymhleth iawn ac maen nhw'n amheus iawn o'r gwasanaethau cyhoeddus ac yn y blaen. Felly, mae angen i'r gweithwyr allgymorth, sy'n bobl ryfeddol, ennill ymddiriedaeth yr unigolion hynny a'u darbwyllo yn raddol i dderbyn gwasanaethau a lle i aros wedyn, yn y pen draw. Mae dyletswydd ar yr awdurdodau lleol i ddarparu llety i bawb. Gadewch i mi nodi nad ydym ni - . Nid yw'r awdurdodau lleol dan unrhyw gyfarwyddyd i gadw pobl ar y strydoedd nac unrhyw beth tebyg. Nid ydym ni'n derbyn llochesau nos; nid oes angen y math hwnnw o ddarpariaeth. Gellir rhoi gwasanaethau cymorth i bobl sydd â gwely ac ystafell; nid oes unrhyw angen o gwbl am y mathau o lochesau nos yr oeddem ni'n arfer eu gweld. Ond mae gan rai pobl anghenion cymhleth ac ni fyddan nhw'n gallu goddef bod dan do, felly rydym ni'n gweithio'n galed iawn gyda'r gweithwyr allgymorth i sicrhau eu bod yn cael yr holl gymorth y gallan nhw ei dderbyn o ystyried eu hamgylchiadau a bod y darbwyllo yn parhau i sicrhau bod pobl yn dod i mewn, yn enwedig pan fydd y tywydd yn oer ofnadwy. Mae hi'n drist gweld nifer y bobl sy'n cysgu ar y stryd yn cynyddu rhywfaint, ond mae gennym ni'r gweithwyr allgymorth hyn yn mynd atyn nhw ac rydym ni'n awyddus iawn i'w cael nhw i mewn ac yn cael gafael ar wasanaethau cyn gynted â phosibl. Ac un o'r pethau calonogol ynglŷn â'r pandemig oedd y bobl y gwnaethoch chi gyfarfod â nhw a oedd yn amheus iawn, ond a ddaeth i mewn yn ystod y pandemig a chael gafael ar wasanaethau am y tro cyntaf ac sydd ar lwybr adferiad erbyn hyn, sy'n wirioneddol wych. O ran y baich deddfwriaethol, byddwn ni'n cyflwyno Papur Gwyn tua diwedd y flwyddyn nesaf, neu ddechrau'r flwyddyn wedyn, i nodi'r fframwaith deddfwriaethol sydd ei angen arnom ni, ond bydd y pwyllgor yn ymwybodol ohono - mae angen i ni ddiwygio'r Ddeddf tai ac mae angen i ni wneud pethau i ymdrin ag angen blaenoriaethol a bwriadoldeb a'r holl bethau y bydd y pwyllgor yn gyfarwydd â nhw ar gyfer dileu'r rhwystrau hynny at dai a gosod dyletswyddau deddfwriaethol ar yr awdurdod lleol i roi tai parhaol i bobl. Felly, bydd Papur Gwyn yr wyf i'n edrych ymlaen at ei drafod gyda'r pwyllgor maes o law.