English: Okay. I don't think any of us would deny that there are long-standing problems. Many of us would look to the experience of the Thatcher Governments over a period of time - you know, the sale of council houses without the ability to use the proceeds to build new council housing, the concentration on private purchase. We know now, for example, that the constant pressure of low wages and high rent in the private rented sector - and this is through some of the work that Crisis has commissioned in terms of the position in Wales at the moment - has resulted in 82 per cent of the areas in Wales having less than one in five single people or couples or families with one or two children being able to afford a private rented sector property. Eighty-two per cent of areas in Wales, less than one in five being able to afford properties in the private rented sector if they're in those categories. That's the sort of situation we're in at the moment. I do believe that universal credit needs to be addressed, and indeed the committee that I chair, the equality committee, is doing work on that, and I hope we can get to a better position in Wales in fairly short order. Dirprwy Lywydd, I've said what I've said in my opening remarks, but I do nonetheless welcome the initiative by the Welsh Conservatives with the action plan and bringing this debate to the Assembly today. I think the human rights approach is very interesting, and the recognition of the level of support that is necessary, and of course we do need to build many more social housing properties, and I think that's been widely recognised as well. But we do have to look at the wider picture as well, and there are many other factors that come into play. The committee that I chair has done a lot of work on rough-sleeping and homelessness. We know that Housing First is extremely important and I welcome the Welsh Government's pilot schemes. It's about having a high level of support for people with complex needs and making sure that that's in place and that the housing that's provided is appropriate and adequate. We know that assertive outreach has to be a stronger feature of what's delivered on our streets. I've been out with the Wallich; others talked about the Wallich as well. They do some amazing work, and that needs to be strengthened and further developed. I do believe that, yes, there are areas where Welsh Government has made changes that have been counterproductive, and I would refer to prisoners in that regard. I do believe legislative change around housing did create difficulties, and the pathway that was put in in place of priority need for prisoners hasn't worked effectively. It does need change. I know change has taken place, but further change is needed. Yes, Welsh Government has a responsibility here, and we need to make sure that the mental health services join up with the substance misuse services much more effectively. There are real barriers there that need to be overcome. I very much welcome the Crisis report, Dirprwy Lywydd, I think it is very much on a footing with the work that my committee has done. So, I welcome the involvement the Welsh Government has made for Crisis in the work that they've done and in the action group. And just finally, we do need a long-term approach, and I think everybody's talked about that. We need to be much more preventative. But I nonetheless welcome the focus of the action group of Welsh Government and Crisis in talking about this winter. Every winter there are deaths among rough-sleepers. It is an absolute crisis at winter time. There is a joined-up response from the third sector, from churches, from local government, from agencies, but it's a massive challenge and we have to be alive to that challenge this winter, before we get to a better long-term solution.
Welsh: O'r gorau. Nid wyf yn credu y byddai unrhyw un ohonom yn gwadu bod problemau hirsefydlog yn bodoli. Byddai llawer ohonom yn ystyried profiad Llywodraethau Thatcher dros gyfnod o amser - wyddoch chi, gwerthu tai cyngor heb y gallu i ddefnyddio'r enillion i adeiladu tai cyngor newydd, y canolbwyntio ar brynu preifat. Gwyddom yn awr, er enghraifft, fod pwysau cyson cyflogau isel a rhenti uchel yn y sector rhentu preifat - a hynny drwy rywfaint o'r gwaith y mae Crisis wedi ei gomisiynu ar y sefyllfa yng Nghymru ar hyn o bryd - wedi arwain at sefyllfa lle mae 82 y cant o'r ardaloedd yng Nghymru â llai nag un o bob pum person sengl neu gyplau neu deuluoedd gydag un neu ddau o blant yn gallu fforddio eiddo yn y sector rhentu preifat. Dyna 82 y cant o'r ardaloedd yng Nghymru, lle mae llai nag un o bob pump yn gallu fforddio eiddo yn y sector rhentu preifat os ydynt yn y categorïau hynny. Dyna'r math o sefyllfa rydym ynddi ar hyn o bryd. Rwy'n credu bod angen mynd i'r afael â chredyd cynhwysol, ac yn wir mae'r pwyllgor rwy'n ei gadeirio, y pwyllgor cydraddoldeb, yn gwneud gwaith ar hynny, ac rwy'n gobeithio y gallwn gyrraedd sefyllfa well yng Nghymru, a hynny'n fuan. Ddirprwy Lywydd, rwyf wedi dweud yr hyn a ddywedais yn fy sylwadau agoriadol, ond er hynny rwy'n croesawu'r fenter gan y Ceidwadwyr Cymreig gyda'r cynllun gweithredu a chyflwyno'r ddadl hon i'r Cynulliad heddiw. Rwy'n credu bod yr elfen hawliau dynol yn ddiddorol iawn, a'r gydnabyddiaeth i lefel y cymorth sy'n angenrheidiol, ac wrth gwrs mae angen i ni adeiladu llawer mwy o dai cymdeithasol, ac rwy'n credu bod hynny wedi cael ei gydnabod yn eang hefyd. Ond mae'n rhaid i ni edrych ar y darlun ehangach yn ogystal, ac mae llawer o ffactorau eraill yn dod yn weithredol. Mae'r pwyllgor a gadeiriaf wedi gwneud llawer o waith ar gysgu ar y stryd a digartrefedd. Gwyddom fod Tai yn Gyntaf yn eithriadol o bwysig ac rwy'n croesawu cynlluniau peilot Llywodraeth Cymru. Mae'n ymwneud â chael lefel uchel o gymorth i bobl ag anghenion cymhleth a sicrhau bod hynny ar waith a bod y tai a ddarperir yn briodol ac yn ddigonol. Gwyddom fod rhaid i allgymorth grymusol fod yn nodwedd gryfach o'r hyn a ddarperir ar ein strydoedd. Rwyf wedi bod allan gyda Wallich; soniodd eraill am Wallich hefyd. Maent yn gwneud gwaith anhygoel, ac mae angen cryfhau hynny a'i ddatblygu ymhellach. Rwy'n credu bod yna feysydd lle mae Llywodraeth Cymru wedi gwneud newidiadau sydd wedi bod yn wrthgynhyrchiol, a buaswn yn cyfeirio at garcharorion yn hynny o beth. Rwy'n credu bod newid deddfwriaethol mewn perthynas â thai wedi creu anawsterau, ac nid yw'r llwybr a sefydlwyd yn lle angen blaenoriaethol i garcharorion wedi gweithio'n effeithiol. Mae angen ei newid. Rwy'n gwybod bod newid wedi digwydd, ond mae angen rhagor o newid. Oes, mae gan Lywodraeth Cymru gyfrifoldeb yma, ac mae angen i ni wneud yn siŵr bod y gwasanaethau iechyd meddwl yn cysylltu â'r gwasanaethau camddefnyddio sylweddau yn llawer mwy effeithiol. Ceir rhwystrau gwirioneddol y mae angen eu goresgyn. Rwy'n croesawu adroddiad Crisis yn fawr, Ddirprwy Lywydd. Credaf ei fod yn cyd-fynd yn dda â'r gwaith y mae fy mhwyllgor wedi'i wneud. Felly, rwy'n croesawu'r rhan y mae Llywodraeth Cymru wedi'i roi i Crisis yn y gwaith a wnaethant ac yn y grŵp gweithredu. Ac yn olaf, mae arnom angen dull gweithredu hirdymor, a chredaf fod pawb wedi siarad am hynny. Mae angen inni fod yn llawer mwy ataliol. Fodd bynnag, rwy'n croesawu ffocws grŵp gweithredu Llywodraeth Cymru a Crisis wrth sôn am y gaeaf hwn. Bob gaeaf ceir marwolaethau ymhlith pobl sy'n cysgu ar y stryd. Mae'n argyfwng llwyr yn ystod y gaeaf. Ceir ymateb cydgysylltiedig gan y trydydd sector, gan eglwysi, gan lywodraeth leol, gan asiantaethau, ond mae'n her enfawr a rhaid inni fod yn effro i'r her honno y gaeaf hwn, cyn inni gyrraedd ateb hirdymor gwell.