English: Trefnydd, can I ask for an urgent statement from the Minister for local government after a number of constituents in the county of Bridgend have contacted me about their concerns about the appointments process within Bridgend County Borough Council? This comes after a Labour cabinet member in Bridgend County Borough Council was employed to work in a high-level salaried officer role in the very department for which he was responsible. Media sources have reported that the Labour cabinet member for communities in the council at the time he applied for the role was later then appointed as the new climate change response manager in that same communities directorate. It raises considerable questions for the council to answer about whether he was interviewed by officers in his own department, whether he held all the necessary qualifications for the role and the appropriateness of the process. I've written to the Labour leader of Bridgend County Borough Council with these questions in the hope that it will clear up the whole debacle, but at present I haven't had a reply, and they're also ignoring requests for an internal review into the situation too. The same council has also recently been forced to apologise after the Arbed scheme in Caerau, which went disastrously wrong, discovered the contract for the work carried out was awarded to a company with links to a sitting Labour cabinet member at that time. It's clear to me that there's a significant loophole in the legislation from Welsh Government that has allowed this situation in Bridgend County Borough Council to develop, where the public are raising serious concerns about the way the council handles the interests of its cabinet members. So, can I please ask for an urgent statement to clear up the matter and find out what action the Minister will take to clear it up?
Welsh: Trefnydd, a gaf i ofyn am ddatganiad brys gan y Gweinidog llywodraeth leol ar ôl i nifer o etholwyr yn sir Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr gysylltu â mi ynglŷn â'u pryderon am y broses benodi yng Nghyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr? Daw hyn ar ôl i aelod cabinet Llafur yng Nghyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr gael ei gyflogi i weithio mewn swydd swyddog cyflogedig lefel uchel yn yr union adran yr oedd ef yn gyfrifol amdani. Mae ffynonellau'r cyfryngau wedi adrodd bod yr aelod cabinet Llafur yn y cyngor dros gymunedau ar yr adeg y gwnaeth gais am y swydd, wedi'i benodi'n ddiweddarach wedyn fel y rheolwr newydd ymateb i newid hinsawdd yn yr un gyfarwyddiaeth gymunedau. Mae'n codi cwestiynau sylweddol i'r cyngor eu hateb ynghylch a gafodd ei gyfweld gan swyddogion yn ei adran ei hun, a oedd ganddo'r holl gymwysterau angenrheidiol ar gyfer y swydd a phriodoldeb y broses. Rwyf i wedi ysgrifennu at arweinydd Llafur Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr gyda'r cwestiynau hyn yn y gobaith y bydd yn egluro'r llanastr cyfan, ond ar hyn o bryd nid wyf i wedi cael ateb, ac maen nhw hefyd yn anwybyddu ceisiadau am adolygiad mewnol i'r sefyllfa hefyd. Mae'r un cyngor hefyd wedi cael ei orfodi i ymddiheuro'n ddiweddar ar ôl i'r cynllun Arbed yng Nghaerau, a aeth o'i le'n drychinebus, ddarganfod bod y contract ar gyfer y gwaith a gafodd ei gyflawni wedi'i ddyfarnu i gwmni gyda chysylltiadau ag aelod Llafur y cabinet a oedd yn eistedd bryd hynny. Mae'n amlwg i mi fod bwlch sylweddol yn neddfwriaeth Llywodraeth Cymru sydd wedi caniatáu i'r sefyllfa hon yng Nghyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr ddatblygu, pan fo'r cyhoedd yn codi pryderon difrifol am y ffordd y mae'r cyngor yn ymdrin â buddiannau ei aelodau cabinet. Felly, a gaf i ofyn am ddatganiad brys i ddatrys y mater a darganfod pa gamau y bydd y Gweinidog yn eu cymryd i'w ddatrys?