English: I thank Vikki Howells for that. I thank her for her recognition of the transforming towns package and the way that it will reach into towns in her constituency. The Member's interest in vacant land tax is well known, having led debates on it here on the floor of the Assembly. Llywydd, my view is that most empty properties and undeveloped sites in Wales can be remedied by agreed actions between owners, developers and public authorities. That's why we're putting £10 million into bringing empty homes in Wales back into beneficial use; that's why our £40 million stalled sites fund works with developers and owners to be able to invest in those sites so that they have a new commercial value. But, right across Wales, we have buildings that stand stubbornly empty, where their owners have often disappeared, where attempts by public authorities to reach out to them so that the blight caused by those empty properties can be remedied have no answer. That's why we have a £13.6 million fund to tackle empty and dilapidated buildings and lands, and that's why we need strengthened compulsory purchase orders to give local authorities the power they need when persuasion has broken down, when all the efforts that public authorities make to try to bring about improvement on an agreed basis - where those buildings and those empty pieces of land cause a blight on communities, prevent the regeneration of town centres, public authorities need the money we are giving them and the powers that we will supply to them to take decisive action.
Welsh: Diolchaf i Vikki Howells am hynna. Diolchaf iddi am gydnabod y pecyn trawsnewid trefi a'r ffordd y bydd yn cyrraedd trefi yn ei hetholaeth hi. Mae diddordeb yr Aelod mewn treth ar dir gwag yn hysbys iawn, ar ôl iddi arwain dadleuon ar y pwnc yn y fan yma ar lawr y Cynulliad. Llywydd, fy marn i yw y gellir datrys y rhan fwyaf o eiddo gwag a safleoedd nad ydynt wedi ei datblygu yng Nghymru trwy gamau gweithredu a gaiff eu cytuno rhwng perchenogion, datblygwyr ac awdurdodau cyhoeddus. Dyna pam yr ydym ni'n cyfrannu £10 miliwn at ddod â chartrefi gwag yng Nghymru yn ôl i ddefnydd buddiol; dyna pam mae ein cronfa safleoedd segur gwerth £40 miliwn yn gweithio gyda datblygwyr a pherchnogion i allu buddsoddi yn y safleoedd hynny fel bod ganddyn nhw werth masnachol newydd. Ond, ledled Cymru, mae gennym ni adeiladau sy'n sefyll yn ystyfnig o wag, lle mae eu perchnogion yn aml wedi diflannu, lle nad oes unrhyw ateb i ymdrechion awdurdodau cyhoeddus i gysylltu â nhw fel bod modd unioni'r malltod a achosir gan yr eiddo gwag hwnnw. Dyna pam mae gennym ni gronfa o £13.6 miliwn i fynd i'r afael ag adeiladau a thiroedd gwag ac adfeiliedig, a dyna pam yr ydym ni angen gorchmynion prynu gorfodol cryfach i roi'r grym i awdurdodau lleol sydd ei angen arnyn nhw pan fydd perswâd wedi methu, pan fydd yr holl ymdrechion y mae awdurdodau cyhoeddus yn eu gwneud i geisio sicrhau gwelliant ar sail y cytunwyd arni - lle mae'r adeiladau hynny a'r darnau gwag hynny o dir yn falltod ar gymunedau, yn atal adfywiad canol trefi, mae awdurdodau cyhoeddus angen yr arian yr ydym ni'n ei roi iddyn nhw a'r pwerau y byddwn ni'n eu cyflenwi iddyn nhw i gymryd camau pendant.