English: I'd like to thank my colleague Gareth Davies for bringing forward this hugely important, timely debate. As an MS whose region covers the Bridgend county borough, these discussions are doubly important to my constituents, constituents who are deeply troubled by the events leading up to and surrounding the tragic murder of Logan Mwangi. Gareth has already outlined the terrible timeline of Logan's death. However, it is important to note that the failings of Bridgend social services predated this case. Long before Logan's murder, there were concerns about children's services in Bridgend County Borough Council. In 2017, a Western Mail investigation uncovered a shocking number of children missing from care. Bridgend social services did not know where these vulnerable children were. The department recorded 385 missing incidents, relating to 60 individual children. But, worst of all, they said their data only covered the period since July 2015, as the authority did not begin capturing information on missing children in a consistent way until then. It is little wonder that, in the years that followed, Care Inspectorate Wales have issued a number of critical reports into Bridgend social services. At various times, CIW have found that workforce pressures have led to episodes of children going missing and children at risk of exploitation in the Bridgend area; that a lack of appropriate action had been taken in a timely way to mitigate risk to children; that the inspectorate could not be confident that children on the child protection register, or in the care system, were visited by social workers frequently enough. I want to make it clear that I am not criticising the front-line workforce; they're doing an incredible job under extreme pressure. But they're being let down by the leadership at all levels from within the department, the council and the Welsh Government - a failure of leadership that left children's services understaffed and overstretched - [ Interruption.] Sorry. Yes.
Welsh: Hoffwn ddiolch i fy nghyd-Aelod Gareth Davies am gyflwyno'r ddadl hynod bwysig ac amserol hon. Fel AS y mae fy rhanbarth yn cwmpasu bwrdeistref sirol Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr, mae'r trafodaethau hyn yn bwysig iawn i fy etholwyr, etholwyr sy'n cael eu cythruddo'n fawr gan y digwyddiadau a arweiniodd at, ac yn ymwneud â llofruddiaeth drasig Logan Mwangi. Mae Gareth eisoes wedi amlinellu llinell amser ofnadwy marwolaeth Logan. Fodd bynnag, mae'n bwysig nodi bod methiannau gwasanaethau cymdeithasol Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr yn dyddio'n ôl i gyfnod cyn yr achos hwn. Ymhell cyn llofruddiaeth Logan, roedd pryderon am wasanaethau plant yng Nghyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr. Yn 2017, fe wnaeth ymchwiliad gan y Western Mail ddatgelu bod nifer frawychus o blant wedi mynd ar goll o ofal. Nid oedd gwasanaethau cymdeithasol Pen-y-bont yn gwybod ble roedd y plant agored i niwed hyn. Cofnododd yr adran 385 o ddigwyddiadau plant a oedd ar goll, yn ymwneud â 60 o blant unigol. Ond yn waeth na dim, dywedasant nad oedd eu data ond yn cwmpasu'r cyfnod ers mis Gorffennaf 2015, gan na wnaeth yr awdurdod ddechrau casglu gwybodaeth am blant a oedd ar goll mewn ffordd gyson tan hynny. Nid oes ryfedd, yn y blynyddoedd a ddilynodd, fod Arolygiaeth Gofal Cymru wedi cyhoeddi nifer o adroddiadau beirniadol ar wasanaethau cymdeithasol Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr. Ar wahanol adegau, mae AGC wedi canfod bod pwysau ar y gweithlu wedi arwain at achosion o blant yn mynd ar goll a phlant mewn perygl o gael eu hecsbloetio yn ardal Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr; fod camau priodol ac amserol heb eu cymryd i leihau'r risg i blant; na allai'r arolygiaeth fod yn hyderus fod gweithwyr cymdeithasol yn ymweld â phlant ar y gofrestr amddiffyn plant, neu yn y system ofal, yn ddigon aml. Rwyf am ei gwneud yn glir nad wyf yn beirniadu'r gweithlu rheng flaen; maent yn gwneud gwaith anhygoel o dan bwysau eithafol. Ond maent yn cael cam gan yr arweinyddiaeth ar bob lefel o fewn yr adran, y cyngor a Llywodraeth Cymru - methiant arweinyddiaeth sydd wedi gadael gwasanaethau plant yn brin o staff a than ormod o bwysau - [ Torri ar draws.] Mae'n ddrwg gennyf. Iawn.