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Minister, Neath Port Talbot Council is looking to enlist £5 million from its reserves into the local area as we build out of the pandemic. We all know that councils across Wales have shown local leadership and innovation during the pandemic, and, as we now emerge from it, would the Minister arrange a statement for the Senedd to examine how the capacity of local government working more closely together could be further harnessed to drive our economic recovery? Thank you.

Gweinidog, mae Cyngor Castell-nedd Port Talbot yn ceisio sicrhau £5 miliwn o'i gronfeydd wrth gefn ar gyfer yr ardal leol, wrth inni ddod allan o'r pandemig. Rydym ni i gyd yn gwybod bod cynghorau ledled Cymru wedi dangos arweiniad ac arloesedd lleol yn ystod y pandemig, ac, wrth inni ddod allan ohono nawr, a fyddai'r Gweinidog yn trefnu datganiad i'r Senedd archwilio sut y byddai modd manteisio ar gapasiti llywodraeth leol i gydweithio'n agosach er mwyn sbarduno ein hadferiad economaidd? Diolch.
Thank you, all, very much. We will now take a short break to allow for some changeovers in the Chamber, and we will ring the bell two minutes before we recommence.

Diolch yn fawr i chi i gyd. Byddwn ni nawr yn cymryd egwyl fer ar gyfer paratoi newidiadau yn y Siambr, a byddwn ni'n canu'r gloch dwy funud cyn inni ailgychwyn.

Dirprwy Lywydd, the sector is a significant employer in the south Wales Valleys. General Dynamics alone provides some 1,100 people with highly skilled and well-paid jobs at its sites in Oakdale and Merthyr Tydfil.

Dirprwy Lywydd, mae'r sector yn gyflogwr pwysig yng nghymoedd y de. Mae General Dynamics ei hun yn darparu swyddi medrus iawn ac sy'n talu'n dda i oddeutu 1,100 o bobl yn ei safleoedd yn Oakdale a Merthyr Tudful.

Well, may I make it entirely clear that nobody from the library had consulted and got back to us on this decision? It has all happened and I have nothing to add.

Wel, gaf i ei gwneud hi'n hollol glir fod neb o'r llyfrgell wedi ymgynghori ac wedi dod yn ôl atom ni ynglŷn â'r penderfyniad yma? Mae'r cyfan wedi digwydd, a does gen i ddim byd i'w ychwanegu.
Bore da. Yr eliffant yn yr ystafell, mae'n debyg, ydy'r balans rhwng cyllideb llywodraeth leol a chyllideb iechyd. Ac mae'n her anferth, onid ydyw, i drïo cael y balans yn gywir? Ond, erbyn hyn, mae'r gyllideb iechyd wedi gweld cynnydd dros bum mlynedd, tra bod cyllideb llywodraeth leol yn ôl bellach ar ei lefelau 2004-05, yn ôl y WLGA. A ydy hyn yn gynaliadwy? A beth ydy'ch barn chi ynglŷn â'r balans yma a sut rydym ni'n symud ymlaen yn y sefyllfa heriol yna?

Good morning. The elephant in the room, it would appear, is the balance between local government budgets and the health budget. And it's a huge challenge, isn't it, to try to maintain and strike the right balance? But, by now, the health budget has seen an increase over five years, whilst the local government budget is back to its 2014-15 levels, according to the WLGA; or back to 2004-05 that was, rather. Is this sustainable? And what's your opinion about this balance, and how we move forward in this challenging situation?
Rwy'n codi i gefnogi gwelliant 1, a gyflwynwyd gan Lesley Griffiths, Aelod o'r Senedd. Ddoe, roeddwn yn falch o sefyll gyda'r gweithwyr rheilffordd o undeb llafur RMT ar y llinell biced yng ngorsaf Caerdydd Canolog, gyda fy nghyd-Aelod. Maent yn gwneud safiad dros ddyfodol ein rheilffyrdd gan na ddylai diogelwch gael ei aberthu er mwyn creu elw i gwmnïau rheilffyrdd preifat sydd hefyd yn cael hen ddigon o gymorthdaliadau cyhoeddus gan Lywodraeth y DU. Mae Llywodraeth Dorïaidd y DU wedi caniatáu i deithio ar drenau - wedi caniatáu i deithio ar drenau - fod yn afresymol o ddrud i bobl sy'n gweithio, gan geisio pardduo -

I rise to support amendment 1, tabled by Lesley Griffiths, Member of the Senedd. Yesterday, I was proud to stand with the rail workers from the RMT trade union on the picket line at Cardiff Central station, alongside my colleague. They are taking a stand for the future of our railway because safety must never be compromised at the altar of profit for private rail companies who also gorge on public subsidy from the UK Government. The Tory UK Government have allowed rail travel - have allowed rail travel - to be prohibitively expensive for working people whilst seeking to demonise -
Mae'r ardoll brentisiaethau yn dreth gyflogaeth Llywodraeth y DU sy'n gwrthdaro'n uniongyrchol â meysydd lle y mae cymhwysedd wedi ei ddatganoli. Nid yw'n darparu arian newydd sylweddol i Gymru. Bydd unrhyw arian canlyniadol cadarnhaol o ganlyniad iddo yn cael eu gwrthbwyso i raddau helaeth gan symiau canlyniadol negyddol a'r costau ychwanegol i ddarparwyr y sector cyhoeddus.

The apprenticeship levy is a UK Government employment tax that directly conflicts with areas of devolved competence. It does not provide significant new money for Wales. Any positive consequentials as a result of it are largely offset by negative consequentials and the additional costs to public sector providers.
I'm just curious as to how you influence the budget, as a backbench Labour Assembly Member, if you're so annoyed at how Plaid Cymru influenced that budget?

Rwy'n awyddus i wybod sut rydych chi'n dylanwadu ar y gyllideb, fel Aelod Cynulliad Llafur ar y meinciau cefn, os ydych mor flin ynglŷn â sut y mae Plaid Cymru yn dylanwadu ar y gyllideb?
Dylech fod yn ymwybodol fod Heddlu De Cymru yn cynnal ymchwiliad i'r comisiynydd safonau blaenorol a'i staff am gamymddwyn mewn swydd gyhoeddus. Byddaf yn rhoi popeth sydd gennyf i Heddlu De Cymru, gan gynnwys tystiolaeth newydd.

You should be aware that the South Wales Police are investigating the former standards commissioner and staff for misconduct in public office. I will be providing the South Wales Police with everything I have, including new evidence.
Drefnydd, credaf fod ardaloedd gwella busnes yn ffordd dda o sicrhau bod busnesau a chynghorau cymuned lleol yn gweithio gyda'i gilydd, ac mae'n fodel da, yn fy marn i, ac mae'r Drenewydd yn mynd drwy'r broses honno ar hyn o bryd. Ai'r bwriad yw y bydd unrhyw elw ariannol o gynnig posibl yn cael ei sianelu drwy gynghorau tref a chymuned fel y gallant weithio ar ran eu cymunedau i ddylanwadu ar ganlyniadau cynigion eraill? A hefyd, a wnewch chi ystyried, ynghyd â'ch cyd-Aelodau, wrth gwrs, darparu rhagor o gyllid i ymestyn y model hwn i drefi eraill ledled Powys drwy ddyrannu'r arian i gynlluniau gwella ardaloedd penodol, gan y credaf eu bod yn fuddiol iawn, er enghraifft, o ran gwella twristiaeth yng nghanol y dref?

Trefnydd, I believe that business improvement districts are a good way of seeing businesses and local community councils working together, and it's a good model I do believe, and Newtown is going through that process at the moment. Is it intended that any of the financial proceeds from a potential bid will be channelled through town and community councils so that they can work on behalf of their communities to influence the impact of other outcomes of bids? And, also, can you give consideration, along with your colleagues, of course, to provide further funding to extend this model to other towns across Powys through the allocation of the funding for specific area-based improvement district schemes, because I think they are very beneficial, particularly for, for example, improving tourism in a town centre?
Cabinet Secretary, may I ask for a statement on respite services for people affected by dementia in Wales? The older people's commissioner has produced a report claiming that traditional respite care that does not meet people's needs is detrimental to their health and well-being. The report further claims that traditional respite services often lacked flexibility and did not always deliver positive outcomes. Cabinet Secretary, could we have a statement from your colleague, another Cabinet Secretary, the Cabinet Secretary for health, providing us with a full response to the concern raised in the older people's commissioner's report, please?

Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet, a gaf i ofyn am ddatganiad ar wasanaethau gofal seibiant ar gyfer pobl yr effeithir arnynt gan ddementia yng Nghymru? Mae'r comisiynydd pobl hŷn wedi cynhyrchu adroddiad sy'n honni bod gofal seibiant traddodiadol, nad yw'n diwallu anghenion pobl, yn andwyol i'w hiechyd a'u lles. Mae adroddiad pellach yn honni nad yw gwasanaethau seibiant traddodiadol yn aml yn ddigon hyblyg ac nid oedd bob amser yn cyflawni canlyniadau cadarnhaol. Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet, a gawn ni ddatganiad gan eich cyd-Aelod, Ysgrifennydd Cabinet arall, Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Iechyd, yn rhoi ymateb llawn i'r pryder a godwyd yn adroddiad y comisiynydd pobl hŷn, os gwelwch yn dda?
Byddwn yn parhau â'n hymdrechion i ddiogelu llywodraeth leol yng Nghymru rhag y toriadau gwaethaf i gyllideb Llywodraeth Cymru. Dylwn ailadrodd, fodd bynnag, y cyngor a roddais yn gynharach y prynhawn yma y dylai eleni gael ei defnyddio gan lywodraeth leol i gynllunio ar gyfer adegau anoddach a dewisiadau anoddach yn y dyfodol.

We will continue our efforts to protect local government in Wales from the worst of the cuts to the Welsh Government's budget. I repeat, however, the advice I provided earlier this afternoon that this year should be used by local government to plan for harder times and tougher choices that lie ahead.
Health boards are expected to consider and monitor the health and well-being of specific vulnerable groups as part of the NHS delivery framework. 'Travelling to Better Health' provides guidance to assist health boards when planning and delivering services for Gypsy and Traveller communities.

Disgwylir i fyrddau iechyd ystyried a monitro iechyd a lles grwpiau penodol sy'n agored i niwed fel rhan o fframwaith cyflawni'r GIG. Mae 'Teithio at Iechyd Gwell' yn darparu canllawiau i gynorthwyo byrddau iechyd wrth gynllunio a darparu gwasanaethau ar gyfer cymunedau Sipsiwn a Theithwyr.

Thank you, Lynne. 'Education in Wales: Our National Mission' is clear on our commitment to ensure that all learners in Wales are fully supported to reach their potential. Working with partners, we are determined to overcome the particular challenges that face some groups of learners, including Gypsy, Roma and Traveller learners, whose achievements, for instance, at 16 are not where any of us would want them to be.

Diolch, Lynne. Mae 'Addysg yng Nghymru: Cenhadaeth ein Cenedl' yn nodi ein hymrwymiad i sicrhau bod pob dysgwr yng Nghymru yn cael eu cynorthwyo i gyflawni eu potensial llawn. Gan weithio gyda phartneriaid, rydym yn benderfynol o oresgyn yr heriau penodol sy'n wynebu rhai grwpiau o ddysgwyr, gan gynnwys dysgwyr sy'n Sipsiwn, Roma a Theithwyr, nad yw eu cyflawniad, er enghraifft, yn 16 oed, yn cyrraedd lle y byddai unrhyw un ohonom yn dymuno'i weld.

You'll recall that the health Minister made a statement very recently on access to dental services, and within that statement there was a strong focus on tackling health inequalities, with regard to both outcomes and access. The Minister will have heard your request for a fuller debate on dentistry that encapsulates recruitment and so on, and I'm sure he'll give it his consideration. FootnoteLink

Fe gofiwch fod y Gweinidog Iechyd wedi gwneud datganiad yn ddiweddar iawn ar fynediad at wasanaethau deintyddol. Yn y datganiad hwnnw roedd ffocws cryf ar fynd i'r afael ag anghydraddoldebau iechyd, o ran canlyniadau a mynediad at wasanaeth. Bydd y Gweinidog wedi clywed eich cais am ddadl lawnach ar ddeintyddiaeth, sy'n cwmpasu recriwtio ac ati, ac rwy'n siŵr y bydd yn rhoi ystyriaeth iddo. FootnoteLink

I thank the Member for his question. Wales currently meets the legal limits for almost all air pollutants, but faces significant challenges in reducing levels of nitrogen dioxide. I fully support the Welsh Government's commitment to improving air quality across Wales, including various initiatives to tackle air pollution to ensure compliance with the relevant statutory duties.

Diolch i'r Aelod am ei gwestiwn. Ar hyn o bryd, mae Cymru'n bodloni'r terfynau cyfreithiol ar gyfer pob llygrydd aer, bron â bod, ond rydym yn wynebu heriau sylweddol o ran lleihau lefelau nitrogen deuocsid. Rwy'n llwyr gefnogi ymrwymiad Llywodraeth Cymru i wella ansawdd aer ledled Cymru, gan gynnwys amrywiaeth o fentrau i fynd i'r afael â llygredd aer er mwyn sicrhau cydymffurfiaeth â'r dyletswyddau statudol perthnasol.
Thank you for that answer, Cabinet Secretary. I am rather surprised that you would think that safeguarding a child would be peripheral to anything, but I'll move slightly on. Can you tell me if you've had any conversations with the Cabinet Secretary for health over a way that home-schooled children can receive similar or the same medical checks that children schooled in a normal school would be offered?

Diolch am eich ateb, Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet. Rwy'n synnu braidd y byddech yn credu y byddai diogelu plentyn yn ymylol i unrhyw beth, ond fe symudaf ymlaen. A allwch ddweud wrthyf a ydych wedi cael unrhyw sgyrsiau gydag Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros iechyd ynglŷn â ffordd y gall plant sy'n cael eu haddysgu yn y cartref gael gwiriadau meddygol tebyg neu'r un gwiriadau meddygol â phlant sy'n cael eu haddysgu mewn ysgol arferol?
No, I will just follow the report.

Na, mae'n iawn - jest dilyn yr adroddiad.
Mae'n ddrwg gennyf, ond a wnewch chi ailadrodd y cwestiwn eto, ond i mewn i'r meicroffon?

Sorry, but could you repeat that question again, but into the microphone?
Just ask the question to the First Minister. Don't get diverted by - [ Inaudible.] - the health Minister.

Gofynnwch y cwestiwn i'r Prif Weinidog. Peidiwch â gadael i'r - [ Anhyglywadwy ] - Gweinidog iechyd dynnu eich sylw.
Yes, and also the importance of highlighting the importance of registered childcare provision to parents, because many - . Jane can expand on this, certainly, and its importance.

Ie, a hefyd pwysigrwydd tynnu sylw rhieni at bwysigrwydd darpariaeth gofal plant sydd wedi'i chofrestru, oherwydd bod nifer - . Mi fydd Jane yn gallu ymhelaethu ar hyn a phwysigrwydd hynny.
It's up to you. It's entirely up to you. If you want to, you can, but if you don't - no. That's fine. You can move on.

Dewiswch chi. Mater i chi yw hynny. Os dymunwch wneud hynny, fe allwch, ond os nad ydych - nac ydych. Mae hynny'n iawn. Gallwch barhau.
Thank you for that question. Cadw manages historic properties that are in the ownership or guardianship of Welsh Ministers in accordance with its published conservation principles. Cadw's management also reflects its statutory duties in areas such as public health and safety and Welsh Government policy agendas, including sustainability.

Diolch am eich cwestiwn. Mae Cadw yn rheoli eiddo hanesyddol sy'n eiddo i neu dan warchodaeth Gweinidogion Cymru yn unol â'u hegwyddorion cadwraeth a gyhoeddwyd. Mae rheolwyr Cadw hefyd yn adlewyrchu eu dyletswyddau statudol mewn meysydd fel iechyd a diogelwch y cyhoedd ac agendâu polisi Llywodraeth Cymru, gan gynnwys cynaliadwyedd.

I'm very grateful to you, Cabinet Secretary, for taking a quick intervention. I'm delighted to hear the strands of work that you're bringing together. Could you just quickly touch upon the case of undiagnosed young people? Because this deals with those who we know have it, and about them getting the service. I think a number of people who took part in this debate raised the numbers of children who have not yet even got that far, because there isn't knowledge out there in the field amongst the GPs and other professionals. Perhaps you can just tell us how you can improve that.

Rwy'n ddiolchgar iawn i chi, Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet, am gymryd ymyriad cyflym. Rwyf wrth fy modd yn clywed am yr elfennau gwaith rydych yn eu dwyn at ei gilydd. A allech chi gyffwrdd yn gyflym ar achos pobl ifanc sydd heb gael diagnosis? Oherwydd mae hyn yn ymwneud â'r rhai y gwyddom eu bod â'r cyflwr, ac ynglŷn â hwy'n cael y gwasanaeth. Rwy'n credu bod nifer o bobl a gymerodd ran yn y ddadl hon wedi cyfeirio at niferoedd y plant nad ydynt eto wedi mynd mor bell â hynny hyd yn oed, am nad oes gwybodaeth ar gael yn y maes ymysg y meddygon teulu a gweithwyr proffesiynol eraill. Efallai y gallwch ddweud wrthym sut y gallwch wella hynny.

Anecdote? So, the anecdote is that thousands of people can work in this country under appalling working conditions, and you call it an anecdote.

Anecdot? Felly, yr anecdot yw y gall miloedd o bobl weithio yn y wlad hon o dan amodau gwaith ofnadwy, ac rydych yn ei alw'n anecdot.

He has, through those words, probably undermined my position amongst my own group more than any other over the past few months and years, but I'll take his words at face value and wish him the compliments of the season as well. Of course, I'm sure that all Members look forward to us crossing swords in this Chamber for many, many months and years to come.

Mae wedi, drwy'r geiriau yna, yn ôl pob tebyg wedi tanseilio fy sefyllfa ymhlith fy ngrŵp fy hun yn fwy nag unrhyw un arall yn ystod y misoedd a'r blynyddoedd diwethaf, ond rwyf am dderbyn ei eiriau ar eu golwg a dymuno cyfarchion y tymor iddo yntau hefyd. Wrth gwrs, rwy'n siŵr bod pob Aelod yn edrych ymlaen atom ni'n croesi cleddyfau yn y Siambr hon am fisoedd a blynyddoedd lawer i ddod.
I think that we'll come back to the specific procedures, but just in general, regarding complaints, you are happy with extending to oral complaints, even though the ombudsman currently has the right to do that - it doesn't have to be in an Act, from what I understand. So, why does this need to be part of an Act? Also, is this going to open the floodgates? Are we going to create a culture where everyone makes a complaint about everything because it's so easy to do so through the oral complaints procedure?

Rydw i'n meddwl y byddwn ni'n dod yn ôl at y gweithdrefnau penodol, ond jest yn gyffredinol, ynglŷn â'r cwynion, rydych chi'n hapus efo'r ymestyn i'r cwynion llafar, er bod gan yr ombwdsman yr hawl i wneud hynny rŵan - nid oes yn rhaid iddo fo fod mewn Deddf, yn ôl yr hyn rwy'n ei ddeall. Felly, pam bod angen iddo fo fod mewn Deddf? Hefyd, a ydy hyn yn mynd i agor y llifddorau? A ydym ni'n mynd i greu diwylliant lle mae pawb yn cwyno am bob dim oherwydd ei fod yn haws i wneud drwy ddull llafar?
I think that you have.

Rwy'n credu dy fod ti wedi.
Yr eitem nesaf, felly, yw'r cwestiynau i'r Ysgrifennydd Cabinet dros Iechyd a Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol. A'r cwestiwn cyntaf - Jane Hutt.

The next item is questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Services. The first question is from Jane Hutt.

Ocê. Diolch. Iawn. Symud at Rahil, efallai, i gael jest ychydig bach o wybodaeth am eich mudiad chi, beth ydych chi'n sgrinio, a beth ydy'r gweithgareddau addysgol sydd ynghlwm wrth yr ŵyl.

Okay. Thank you. Moving to Rahil, perhaps, just to get some information about your movement, what you screen, and what are the educational activities related to the festival.

Ar welliant 1, yn enw Rebecca Evans, rwy'n pleidleisio o blaid.

On amendment 1, in the name of Rebecca Evans, I vote 'yes'.
Fel rwyf wedi'i ddweud eisoes, nid oedd y cwmni wedi gofyn i Lywodraeth Cymru yn uniongyrchol am gymorth. Rydym bellach yn helpu'r gweithwyr i allu dod o hyd i swyddi eraill ac i ailhyfforddi. Rwy'n credu bod ein hymdrechion i gyflymu'r broses o adeiladu tai cyngor a thai cymdeithasol yn fwy cyffredinol wedi cael cryn dipyn o sylw yn y Siambr hon, ac yn sicr, rydym yn ymwybodol o'r angen i gefnogi'r sector ac i gefnogi cwmnïau gwreiddiedig yn benodol, ac mae hynny'n rhan o'n gwaith parhaus.

As I've already said, the company had made no direct approach to the Welsh Government for help. We are now helping the employees to be able to find alternative employment and to retrain. The efforts we are making to accelerate the building of council houses and social housing more generally I think have been well rehearsed in this Chamber, and we certainly are alive to the need to support the sector and to support grounded firms in particular, and that is part of our ongoing work.
Thank you very much, Cabinet Secretary. We've overrun that statement by a considerable amount, and I will not be overrunning the next statements by the same amount. So, can I just remind everybody that if you're the second speaker from your party it is a 30-second introduction and one question, not a five-minute speech that you've already prepared?

Diolch yn fawr iawn, Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet. Rydym wedi rhedeg cryn dipyn dros yr amser ar gyfer y datganiad hwnnw, ac ni fyddaf yn mynd dros yr amser ar gyfer y datganiadau nesaf i'r un graddau. Felly, a gaf i atgoffa pawb os ydych yn ail siaradwr o'ch plaid yna dim ond un cyflwyniad 30 eiliad ac un cwestiwn sydd eu hangen, nid araith bum munud yr ydych chi wedi ei pharatoi eisoes?
Thank you for the question. We are actively looking at how we can use technology to improve voters' experiences at all stages of Welsh elections, from how they register, how they vote and how we count those votes. We are working with local authorities to identify whether these innovations could be tested in next May's elections.

Diolch am y cwestiwn. Rydym wrthi'n edrych ar sut y gallwn ddefnyddio technoleg i wella profiadau pleidleiswyr ar bob cam o etholiadau Cymru, o'r ffordd y maent yn cofrestru, sut y maent yn pleidleisio a sut yr awn ati i gyfrif y pleidleisiau hynny. Rydym yn gweithio gydag awdurdodau lleol i nodi a ellid profi'r datblygiadau arloesol hyn yn yr etholiadau fis Mai nesaf.