English: We're absolutely committed to taking forward the recommendations from the review of the strategic partnerships, which was agreed by the partnership council for Wales. We are of the view, though, that any changes should be locally led and locally driven. We've seen a good example of that, I think, through the way in which the public services boards in Gwent have operated in terms of coming together and operating on a single footprint in that space. I'm not sure whether the Member 100 per cent agrees with me, but I'm more than happy to explore it further. I do think that it is important that where there are opportunities for bodies to work more closely together they should. That's one of the reasons I'm pleased that we're undertaking a piece of work through the co-operation agreement at the moment that looks at strategic partnerships to ensure that they are fit for purpose, to ensure that they are on the right footprint, to ensure that they have the terms of reference that they need, to ensure that they're working across boundaries as best they can, and to identify barriers for better working so that those can be reduced as well. I think that piece of work will be helpful in terms of trying to rationalise partnerships where necessary, but also to make sure that the work is more focused and streamlined. That's a piece of work that is going on at the moment. The intention is to take a report to the partnership council for Wales early in the new year once we've done interviews, if you like, with each of the strategic partnerships. Cefin Campbell and I have been having some really interesting meetings with the chairs of all of the strategic boards to get their perspectives and their experiences to help inform that piece of work, and we'll come forward with some thoughts on the way forward as a result of that. But, the short answer is that, yes, we're continuing to consider the strategic partnership landscape, although we're probably a little bit further away on the local government issue at this point, I think.
Welsh: Rydym wedi ymrwymo'n llwyr i weithredu ar yr argymhellion o'r adolygiad o'r partneriaethau strategol, a gytunwyd gan gyngor partneriaeth Cymru. Ond rydym o'r farn y dylai unrhyw newidiadau gael eu harwain yn lleol a'u llywio'n lleol. Rwy'n credu ein bod wedi gweld enghraifft dda o hynny yn y ffordd y mae'r byrddau gwasanaethau cyhoeddus yng Ngwent wedi dod at ei gilydd a gweithredu fel un ôl troed yn y gofod hwnnw. Nid wyf yn siŵr a yw'r Aelod yn cytuno â mi 100 y cant, ond rwy'n fwy na pharod i'w archwilio ymhellach. Lle mae cyfleoedd i gyrff weithio'n agosach gyda'i gilydd, rwy'n credu ei bod yn bwysig eu bod yn gwneud hynny. Dyna un o'r rhesymau rwy'n falch ein bod yn cyflawni gwaith drwy'r cytundeb cydweithio ar hyn o bryd sy'n edrych ar bartneriaethau strategol er mwyn sicrhau eu bod yn addas at y diben, er mwyn sicrhau eu bod ar yr ôl troed iawn, er mwyn sicrhau bod ganddynt y cylch gorchwyl sydd ei angen arnynt, er mwyn sicrhau eu bod yn gweithio ar draws ffiniau yn y ffordd orau bosibl, ac i nodi rhwystrau ar gyfer gweithio'n well fel y gellir lleihau'r rheini hefyd. Rwy'n credu y bydd y gwaith hwnnw o gymorth i geisio rhesymoli partneriaethau lle bo angen, ond hefyd i wneud yn siŵr fod ffocws gwell i'r gwaith a'i fod wedi'i symleiddio. Mae'r gwaith hwnnw ar y gweill ar hyn o bryd. Y bwriad yw cyflwyno adroddiad i gyngor partneriaeth Cymru yn gynnar yn y flwyddyn newydd pan fyddwn wedi gwneud cyfweliadau, os mynnwch, gyda phob un o'r partneriaethau strategol. Mae Cefin Campbell a minnau wedi bod yn cael cyfarfodydd diddorol iawn gyda chadeiryddion yr holl fyrddau strategol i glywed eu safbwyntiau a'u profiadau i helpu i lywio'r gwaith, a byddwn yn cyflwyno syniadau ar y ffordd ymlaen o ganlyniad i hynny. Ond yr ateb byr yw ein bod yn parhau i ystyried y dirwedd partneriaeth strategol, er ein bod ychydig ymhellach i ffwrdd o'r nod mewn perthynas â mater llywodraeth leol ar hyn o bryd, mae'n debyg.