Senedd TV clip from April 1 - In Welsh then English.
The First Minister of Wales has been pressed to state her opinion on the proposed cuts to personal independence payments (PIPs), as she heard the story of a woman from Llanelli who was worried about losing her house as a result of the policy and another who was worried about cutting back on food.
The question was asked by Cefin Campbell, Plaid Cymru Member of the Senedd for Mid and West Wales during First Minister's Questions yesterday (Tuesday, April 1).
The First Minister of Wales has been pressed to state her opinion on the proposed cuts to personal independence payments (PIPs), as she heard the story of a woman from Llanelli who was worried about losing her house as a result of the policy and another who was worried about cutting back on food.
The question was asked by Cefin Campbell, Plaid Cymru Member of the Senedd for Mid and West Wales during First Minister's Questions yesterday (Tuesday, April 1).
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00:00Y Llywydd, rydw i wedi ysgrifennu at yr Ysgrifennydd Gwladol dros waith y ffensiynau yn gofyn os
00:07oes modd rhannu unrhyw daransoddiad sydd wedi'i wneud gan ei adran o'r effaith berthnasol
00:13ar Gymru yn sgil newidiadau i'r system budddaliadau.
00:17Y Llywydd yr Ysgrifennydd Gwladol Cymru Y Llywydd, rydw i wedi ysgrifennu at yr Ysgrifennydd
00:23Gwladol dros waith y ffensiynau yn gofyn os oes modd rhannu unrhyw daransoddiad sydd
00:29wedi'i wneud gan ei adran o'r effaith perthnasol ar Gymru yn sgil newidiadau i'r system buddaliadau
00:37yn gofyn os oes modd rhannu unrhyw daransoddiadau i'r system buddaliadau ar Gymru yn sgil
00:43newidiadau i'r system buddaliadau o'r effaith berthnasol ar Gymru yn sgil newidiadau i'r
00:49system buddaliadau o'r effaith byddai'n cael eu cynllunio'n fwy cyffredin.
00:54oedd un graig yn dweud os byddai'r pip yn cael ei dorri, byddai'n colli'i chartre.
00:58Oedd un arall yn dweud y byddai'n gorfod torri nôl ar brynu bwyd oherwydd y tariadau yma.
01:04Dyma ddifrifoldeb y sefyllfa sy'n wynebu pobl yn y cymuned hynny. Dyna pam mae sesiad
01:09mor eithriadol o bwysig. Nawr, ddoeth yn swyddau ati i weld faint o bobl yn ein rhanbarth ni
01:16sydd yn derbyn y pips yma. Gwynedd dros 7,000. Pawys bron i 9,000. Ceredigion dros 4,000.
01:26Sir Benfro bron i 10,000. Sir Gyfyrddin bron i 19,000. Pwy a wyr faint o bobl tebyg y menywod
01:36nes i gwrdd â nhw yn llynelli fydd yn wynebu caledi oherwydd y torriadau hyn? First Minister,
01:43you were elected, like me, by the good people of mid and west Wales to represent and advocate
01:49on their behalf. Can I ask, therefore, whether this is the kind of policy you've expected
01:55from a Labour-led Government in Westminster, a policy that's going to hit the most vulnerable
02:00in our society and push thousands more into poverty? Is this what you meant by a partnership
02:06in power? Leanne Wood AM. Diolch yn fawr. Rwy'n meddwl
02:09bod e'n bwysig ein bod ni, cyn sôn am ddim byd arall, yn deall bod ni'n sÙn am bobl
02:14fan hyn. Pan rydym ni'n sÙn am newidiadau, mae'n rhaid i ni ddeall bod pobol yn dioddef
02:22fan hyn a bod angen i ni sefyll gyda nhw a gwrando arnyn nhw a gwneud yn siwr ein bod
02:28ni'n siarad drosdyn nhw. I think it's really important for us to recognise that all over
02:34Wales today there are tens of thousands of people who are really worried about the impact
02:42that proposed reforms could have, but they don't know to what extent it will happen,
02:48they don't know when it will happen, and I am determined to make sure that Welsh voices
02:53are heard when it comes to welfare reform. I think it's also important to make it clear
03:00that reform of the system definitely needs to happen. I think trapping people in a welfare
03:05poverty trap is also important and cruel. One of the things we've done as a Government
03:15is to make sure, in places like Mid and West Wales, we have introduced a system for people
03:23to claim what's theirs of right. Over the years, we have seen 361,000 people gain an
03:35additional £170 million. In Mid and West Wales, it's helped 50,000 people claim an
03:42additional income of £31 million. Now, I think there's about £2 billion that is not
03:51being claimed in Wales, and one of the things that we've done last week was to increase
03:58the amount of money that we give to that Claim What's Yours national benefit take-up campaign.
04:07We hope that that will support some people, but I will be making the case on behalf of
04:14people who we know are very concerned because of the reform proposals.