English: Yes, we work very closely with all local authority leaders, elected members and chief executives in Wales. Just this morning I had a meeting with all local authority leaders and chief executives to discuss aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic. I'm absolutely grateful to them on behalf of the Government. I cannot say enough about the efforts the front-line staff have made across every local authority in Wales, regardless of size, in their efforts to keep their populations fed, housed, safe and protected. We absolutely continue to work with them to protect the vulnerable and learn lessons. We've supported their operation ability by reducing statutory requirements relating to meetings and proceedings, where necessary, and we've worked closely with our third sector and voluntary sector partners to provide local tailored support to communities in need. Mutual-aid provisions have been invoked by local authorities. Interestingly enough, not necessarily by the smallest local authorities, because each one has different problems, depending on how the pandemic hits them and at what stage and where. The figures change very quickly. So, in my own particular health board area, Swansea and Neath Port Talbot, the figures there are hardly something to write home about, and they're some of the biggest authorities in Wales. So, it's not a question that size matters in this particular instance. Nevertheless, we continue to keep a close eye, with them, on their resilience and their ability to cope, and we continue to manage the finances, through the hardship fund, with the co-operation of the Society of Welsh Treasurers. I'm really, really proud of the collaborative way that we've worked together, as local authorities and the Welsh Government in Wales, both at politician level, across party divides, and at all the official levels that you'd expect, right down to the front line, where the workers have been exemplary.
Welsh: Ie, rydym yn gweithio'n agos iawn gyda holl arweinwyr awdurdodau lleol, aelodau etholedig a phrif weithredwyr yng Nghymru. Y bore yma cefais gyfarfod gyda holl arweinwyr a phrif weithredwyr awdurdodau lleol i drafod agweddau ar bandemig COVID-19. Rwy'n ddiolchgar tu hwnt iddynt ar ran y Llywodraeth. Ni allaf ddweud digon am ymdrechion staff rheng flaen ar draws pob awdurdod lleol yng Nghymru, ni waeth beth fo'u maint, yn eu hymdrechion i sicrhau bod eu poblogaethau'n parhau i gael eu bwydo, eu cartrefu, a'u diogelu. Rydym yn parhau i weithio gyda hwy i ddiogelu'r rhai sy'n agored i niwed a dysgu gwersi. Rydym wedi cefnogi eu gallu i weithredu drwy leihau gofynion statudol sy'n ymwneud â chyfarfodydd a thrafodion lle bo angen, ac rydym wedi gweithio'n agos gyda'n partneriaid yn y trydydd sector a'r sector gwirfoddol i ddarparu cymorth lleol wedi'i deilwra i gymunedau mewn angen. Mae awdurdodau lleol wedi rhoi darpariaethau cyd-gymorth ar waith. Yn ddiddorol, nid o reidrwydd gan yr awdurdodau lleol lleiaf, oherwydd mae gan bob un broblemau gwahanol, yn dibynnu ar sut y mae'r pandemig yn eu taro ac ar ba gam a ble. Mae'r ffigurau'n newid yn gyflym iawn. Felly, yn ardal fy mwrdd iechyd fy hun, Abertawe a Chastell-nedd Port Talbot, prin fod y ffigurau yno'n rhywbeth i'w canmol, a dyna rai o'r awdurdodau mwyaf yng Nghymru. Felly, nid yw maint yn bwysig yn yr achos hwn. Serch hynny, rydym yn dal i gadw llygad barcud, gyda hwy, ar eu gwytnwch a'u gallu i ymdopi, ac rydym yn parhau i reoli'r cyllid, drwy'r gronfa galedi, gyda chydweithrediad Cymdeithas Trysoryddion Cymru. Rwy'n falch iawn o'r ffordd gydweithredol rydym wedi gweithio gyda'n gilydd, fel awdurdodau lleol a Llywodraeth Cymru yng Nghymru, ar lefel gwleidyddion, ar draws rhaniadau pleidiau, ac ar yr holl lefelau swyddogol y byddech yn eu disgwyl, hyd at y rheng flaen, lle mae'r gweithwyr wedi bod yn rhagorol.