English: Well, I agree that the Member does repeat this. It's a lazy narrative, and there's no evidence supporting what he said today about the performance of local authorities. We have new WESPs since September only, and there's not one sentence of evidence suggesting that local authorities are falling behind on their obligations. My experience of discussing this with leaders is very encouraging. I've said several times, in response to what the Member has said in the past, that I insist that councils are accountable for what they do in their WESPs, and we'll do everything we can to ensure that that happens. But I've also said, in the conversations that I've had with the councils, one-on-one with the leaders, that the commitment of leaders is clear to the WESPs, and so that's to be welcomed and it's very encouraging. In terms of scrutiny, the Member is wrong about this. We have a scrutiny system for the WESPs. I said in my statement that five-year plans have already been published, which show the progress that they intend to make over the next five years. There will be annual monitoring. A monitoring framework has been developed, which builds on the assessment framework. We have regulations in 2019 that make it a requirement for authorities to report on their progress annually. Those documents will be public documents. I said in my statement that I intend to publish an overview of the progress against the WESPs. So, this narrative - there's no basis for it. We have a plan, we have a strategy, and we have action plans. We're working through them. There are requirements on local authorities. Our function as a Government is to ensure that they keep what they commit to do in sight and deliver on that. And if the Member wants to look with us at ways of strengthening the powers of the Welsh Government to do that through legislation, I'd welcome his support for the Bill.
Welsh: Wel, rwy'n cytuno bod yr Aelod yn ailadrodd hyn. Mae e jest yn naratif diog ac ystrydebol, a does dim unrhyw dystiolaeth yn cefnogi'r hyn mae e wedi ei ddweud heddiw o ran perfformiad awdurdodau lleol. Mae gennym ni gynlluniau strategol newydd ers mis Medi yn unig, a does dim unrhyw frawddeg o dystiolaeth bod awdurdodau lleol yn syrthio tu ôl o ran eu dyletswyddau. Mae fy mhrofiad i o drafod hyn gydag arweinwyr yn un calonogol mor belled. Dwi wedi dweud sawl gwaith, mewn ateb i'r hyn mae'r Aelod wedi ei ddweud yn y gorffennol, fy mod i'n mynnu bod cynghorau yn ateb yr hyn maen nhw'n addo ei wneud yn y cynlluniau, a byddwn ni'n gwneud popeth y gallwn ni i sicrhau bod hynny'n digwydd. Ond rwyf hefyd wedi dweud, yn y sgyrsiau rwyf wedi eu cael gyda'r cynghorau, un-wrth-un gydag arweinwyr, fod ymrwymiad arweinwyr yn glir i'r cynlluniau, ac felly mae hynny i'w groesawu ac mae'n rhywbeth calonogol. O ran craffu, mae'r Aelod jest yn anghywir yn hyn o beth. Mae gennym ni system graffu ar gyfer cynlluniau strategol. Gwnes i ddweud yn fy natganiad bod cynlluniau pum mlynedd eisoes wedi'u cyhoeddi sy'n dangos y cynnydd maen nhw'n bwriadu ei wneud dros y pum mlynedd nesaf. Bydd monitro blynyddol yn digwydd. Mae fframwaith monitro wedi'i ddatblygu sy'n adeiladu ar y fframwaith asesu. Mae gyda ni reoliadau yn 2019 sydd yn ei wneud e'n ofynnol i awdurdodau adrodd ar eu cynnydd yn flynyddol. Bydd y dogfennau hynny yn rai cyhoeddus. Gwnes i ddweud yn fy natganiad fy mod i'n bwriadu cyhoeddi trosolwg o'r cynnydd yn erbyn y cynlluniau. Felly, mae'r naratif hon - does dim unrhyw sail iddi. Mae gennym ni gynllun, mae gennym ni strategaeth, mae gennym ni gynlluniau gweithredu. Rŷn ni'n gweithio drwyddyn nhw. Mae gofynion ar yr awdurdodau lleol. Ein swyddogaeth ni fel Llywodraeth yw sicrhau eu bod nhw'n cadw'r hyn maen nhw'n addo ei wneud mewn golwg ac yn delifro ar hynny. Ac os ydy'r Aelod moyn edrych gyda ni ar ffyrdd o gryfhau pwerau Llywodraeth Cymru i wneud hynny drwy ddeddfwriaeth, byddwn i'n croesawu ei gefnogaeth e i'r Bil.