Local Government and Housing Committee

Diolch yn fawr iawn, Gadeirydd. Ar bapur y Bevan Foundation, mae o'n bapur anodd iawn i'w ddarllen. Mae'n ddifyr iawn ac yn ddefnyddiol iawn, ond mae'n un anodd i'w ddarllen yn yr ystyr bod rhywun yn gweld yr heriau sydd yn wynebu pobl, yn enwedig gyda chostau tai. Rŵan, er eu bod nhw'n cyfeirio'n benodol at fater sydd ddim wedi'i ddatganoli, ac nad ydyn ni fel pwyllgor wedi cael amser i'w drafod o, dwi'n teimlo y buasai o'n syniad inni ysgrifennu at Lywodraeth San Steffan yn gofyn beth ydy eu hymateb nhw, a beth ydy eu bwriadau nhw i gynyddu'r gyllideb er mwyn sicrhau bod yna fwy o bres ar gyfer y bobl fwyaf difreintiedig. Ond gan dderbyn nad ydyn ni wedi cael cyfle i'w drafod fel pwyllgor, tybed fedrwn ni wthio ymlaen efo rhywbeth i'r perwyl yna.

Diolch yn fawr, Mabon. Is committee content to write, and then, obviously, consider the response? Yes. Okay. Thank you very much, Mabon. Carolyn.

Yes, I was just going to concur with Mabon on reading this. It would be quite good actually, I think, to have the Bevan Foundation, or somebody from there, to come in and to present to us the findings, and talk us through them. There is quite a lot of information in here—

There is.

So, for us to just quickly look at it now doesn't seem to really give it enough attention. But I agree with Mabon about sending this and writing to the UK Government about their local housing allowance—[Inaudible.] It does say, though, that Welsh Government should top it up, but I know that they do from the discretionary housing benefit, don't they—it reaches the top?

Yes.

So, it would just be good to have that conversation with the Bevan Foundation as well sometime. Thank you.

Okay, Carolyn. Well, we'll be considering our forward work programme later, although, really, that's only up to the summer. But there will be opportunities in due course to deal with the forward work programme beyond that point. So, perhaps we'll write, as we've agreed, and maybe consider the response and how we move ahead at that stage, because we can certainly consider work—. I mean, housing is obviously going to be absolutely crucial to the work of this committee in so many different ways, and I'm sure that, beyond the summer, we'll be returning to these housing issues when we look at our forward work programme beyond that point. Okay. Well, thank you very much for that. So, subject to those actions, then, committee is content to note the papers.