English: Diolch, Lywydd. Thank you very much for all the contributions to the debate. I'm very pleased to wind up this debate about the ways we can strengthen inter-departmental working to improve outcomes for looked-after children. Making sure our children have happy, fulfilled lives must be one of the most important functions of this Assembly. Children don't have a voice, so that's why we have to speak up for them, and looked-after children particularly don't have a voice. In his opening speech, David Melding, once again, showed his commitment to looked-after children and the great job that he's always done in this Assembly to look after their interests. He talked about 'Lost in Care', 17 years ago now, and the way that practice has changed since then, but the challenge still remains. He called for something similar to the Cabinet sub-committee that is recommended by the Prison Reform Trust, as well as covering, in a wide-ranging speech, educational attainment, the permanence of education and the participation of children in the decisions about their lives. Lee Waters talked about the further education system. He talked about the need for specific support for looked-after children in FE, the sixth form and higher education. He gave examples of good practice, such as having designated learning coaches, and wanted to know what we could do here to pursue those ends. Mark Isherwood mentioned the fact that advocacy is inconsistent across Wales and called on the Government to tell us what the timetable is for the implementation of a national approach to statutory advocacy. Llyr Gruffydd called for a relentless focus on outcomes and asked whether the task and finish group that is looking at the outcomes for children not in education, employment or training could maybe look at the outcomes as well for care leavers within that particular group. Janet Finch-Saunders paid tribute to those looking after children and wanted to look into the impact of Welsh Government funding, especially the pupil deprivation grant, on the outcomes for children who are in care. She also stressed the need for after-adoption support, and how important that is. This was something that was also reflected in Suzy Davies's contribution: that children are often placed with parents, and after the placement, there is nowhere to turn. So, that was an important point made there. Also, she raised a very important point about what the effect is on children when parents are imprisoned, particularly when the mother is imprisoned, and how often that does lead to an admission into care and how we have to deal very carefully with those very, very difficult areas - contact with fathers in particular. I think that was a very important point. Then, the Cabinet Secretary told us about his commitment to doing something about this very important area of work. He started off by saying the quote in Sally Holland's recent publication: 'I wanna stay untilthe sun comes out'. I think that really says what we feel about this particular subject - that we don't want our children in care to be feeling that everything is insecure - and I think that quote covers it all. He said that we must invest in our children and talked about the importance of the well-being of future generations Act. He gave a commitment that, during this Assembly, we would be working, and the Government would be working relentlessly as a Government, to raise the quality of life for children who are in care and to ensure that they get the sort of support and commitment that children who live in their own families do. So, I'd like to thank everybody for taking part in this debate today and I think it's a first step in all the work that we will be doing in this Assembly over the next five years.
Welsh: Diolch, Lywydd. Diolch yn fawr iawn am yr holl gyfraniadau i'r ddadl. Rwy'n falch iawn o gloi'r ddadl hon ynglŷn â'r ffyrdd y gallwn gryfhau gweithio rhyngadrannol er mwyn gwella canlyniadau i blant sy'n derbyn gofal. Mae'n rhaid mai'r broses o sicrhau bod ein plant yn cael bywydau hapus a chyflawn yw un o swyddogaethau pwysicaf y Cynulliad hwn. Nid oes llais gan blant, yn enwedig plant sy'n derbyn gofal, felly dyna pam y mae'n rhaid i ni siarad ar eu rhan. Yn ei araith agoriadol, dangosodd David Melding ei ymrwymiad, unwaith eto, i blant sy'n derbyn gofal a'r gwaith gwych y mae bob amser wedi'i wneud yn y Cynulliad hwn i warchod eu buddiannau. Soniodd am 'Ar Goll mewn Gofal', 17 mlynedd yn ôl erbyn hyn, a'r ffordd y mae arferion gwaith wedi newid ers hynny, ond mae'r her yn dal yno. Mewn araith bellgyrhaeddol, galwodd am rywbeth tebyg i'r is-bwyllgor Cabinet a argymhellir gan yr Ymddiriedolaeth Diwygio Carchardai, yn ogystal â thrafod cyrhaeddiad addysgol, sefydlogrwydd addysg a chyfranogiad plant mewn penderfyniadau ynglŷn â'u bywydau. Siaradodd Lee Waters am y system addysg bellach. Soniodd am yr angen am gymorth penodol i blant sy'n derbyn gofal mewn addysg bellach, y chweched dosbarth ac addysg uwch. Rhoddodd enghreifftiau o arferion da, megis cael anogwyr dysgu dynodedig, ac roedd yn awyddus i wybod beth y gallem ei wneud yma i fynd ar drywydd yr amcanion hynny. Soniodd Mark Isherwood am y ffaith fod eiriolaeth yn anghyson ar draws Cymru a galwodd ar y Llywodraeth i ddweud wrthym beth yw'r amserlen ar gyfer gweithredu cyfeiriad cenedlaethol ar gyfer darparu eiriolaeth statudol. Galwodd Llyr Gruffydd am ffocws diwyro ar ganlyniadau a gofynnodd a allai'r grŵp gorchwyl a gorffen sy'n edrych ar y canlyniadau i blant nad ydynt mewn addysg, cyflogaeth na hyfforddiant edrych hefyd ar y canlyniadau i rai sy'n gadael gofal o fewn y grŵp penodol hwnnw. Talodd Janet Finch-Saunders deyrnged i'r rhai sy'n gofalu am blant ac roedd yn awyddus i edrych ar effaith cyllid Llywodraeth Cymru, yn enwedig y grant amddifadedd disgyblion, ar y canlyniadau i blant mewn gofal. Pwysleisiodd hefyd yr angen am gymorth ar ôl mabwysiadu, a pha mor bwysig yw hynny. Roedd hyn yn rhywbeth a adlewyrchwyd hefyd yng nghyfraniad Suzy Davies: fod plant yn aml yn cael eu lleoli gyda rhieni, ac ar ôl eu lleoli, nid oes unman i droi. Felly, roedd hwnnw'n bwynt pwysig a wnaed. Yn ogystal, nododd bwynt pwysig iawn ynglŷn â'r effaith ar blant pan fo rhieni'n cael eu carcharu, yn enwedig pan fo'r fam yn cael ei charcharu, a pha mor aml y mae hynny'n arwain at roi plant mewn gofal a sut y mae'n rhaid i ni ymdrin â materion eithriadol o anodd o'r fath yn ofalus iawn - cyswllt gyda thadau yn benodol. Credaf fod hwnnw'n bwynt pwysig iawn. Yna, dywedodd Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet wrthym am ei ymrwymiad i wneud rhywbeth ynglŷn â'r maes gwaith pwysig hwn. Dechreuodd drwy ddyfynnu o gyhoeddiad diweddar Sally Holland: Rwyf am aros nes y daw'r haul allan. Credaf fod hynny'n cyfleu i'r dim yr hyn a deimlwn ynglŷn â'r pwnc penodol hwn - nad ydym am i'n plant mewn gofal deimlo bod popeth yn ansicr - a chredaf fod y dyfyniad hwnnw'n cyfleu popeth. Dywedodd fod yn rhaid i ni fuddsoddi yn ein plant a siaradodd am bwysigrwydd Deddf Llesiant Cenedlaethau'r Dyfodol. Rhoddodd ymrwymiad y byddem yn gweithio yn ystod y Cynulliad hwn, ac y byddai'r Llywodraeth yn gweithio'n ddiflino fel Llywodraeth, i wella ansawdd bywyd plant mewn gofal ac i sicrhau eu bod yn cael yr un gefnogaeth ac ymrwymiad â phlant sy'n byw gyda'u teuluoedd eu hunain. Felly, hoffwn ddiolch i bawb am gymryd rhan yn y ddadl hon heddiw a chredaf mai cam cyntaf yw hwn yn yr holl waith y byddwn yn ei wneud yn y Cynulliad hwn dros y pum mlynedd nesaf.