English: Thanks for that statement and you indicate or refer to the auditor general's critical report, 'Community safety in Wales', published last October. When the communities and children Secretary, Carl Sargeant, announced his review of community safety, actually on 7 February, he said he was establishing an oversight group to review the current arrangements, and said it would help to develop a shared vision for safer communities in Wales and also take account of the auditor general's recommendations, and he wanted the review to develop a clear vision for community safety that is for the long term. You do use the words 'long term' in your statement. But how do you respond to the auditor general's recommendation that we needed to improve strategic planning by replacing the existing planning framework with a national strategy supported by regional and local plans; his statement said that we needed to formally create effective community safety boards to replace existing community safety structures; and his statement that we needed to ensure the effective management of the performance of community safety by setting appropriate measures at each level, ensuring performance information covers the work of all relevant agencies and establishing measures to judge inputs, outputs and impact to be able to understand the effects of investment decisions and support oversight and scrutiny? Previously, I've repeatedly raised concerns - not with you directly, but with other members of the Welsh Government - expressed by the four chief constables and police and crime commissioners in Wales over their inability to access the £2 million they've paid for the apprenticeship levy and their statement that it will result in fewer police officers and in recruits choosing to sign up across the border in English forces instead. When I raised this with the First Minister, he said, 'We have received a share of that and we will use that money to pay for apprenticeships, but we cannotpay towardsschemes that sit in non-devolved areas.' Yet, the Welsh Government received £128 million, which was actually a £8 million extra sum above the reductions in other areas. The office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for North Wales told me two weeks ago the situation had been delayed as it was Carl Sargeant who was going to bring together the Westminster and Cardiff Governments' stakeholders. He said that due to the very sad and sensitive events in recent weeks this had not been taken forward and he said it's now for the new Cabinet Secretary to decide whether to continue with the commitment of the previous Cabinet Secretary on this issue. Can you indicate, alongside the welcome work with PCSOs, that the Welsh Government, that you will take up, or are taking up, the work that Carl was taking forward on this area? Whatever the reasons, whatever the whys and wherefores, this must be resolved if we're not going to have a negative impact. You refer many times to partnership in different contexts and you refer to the third sector being one of those that has worked in the review group. But how or will you recognise the key role that third sector partners will play in the delivery of community safety as we go forward? A key, direct front-line role is played by drug and alcohol charities in Wales: organisations like the British Red Cross welfare service - I went out with them in Wrexham a few weeks ago; street pastors; organisations like the Wallich dealing with homelessness issues, and so on, without whom the statutory bodies could not deliver alone. Finally, in the north Wales context, you'll be aware of many references to the situation in Wrexham town centre, largely driven by synthetic drugs like black mamba and spice. A year ago, here in a debate on substance misuse, I quoted the chair of the north Wales safer communities board who said that too much is being spent on firefighting and not enough on intervention and prevention. He is now the deputy leader and lead member for people, communities, partnership, public protection and community safety in Wrexham, and he says that having learned from their experiences, that council is bringing together a body of professionals working in a way that is now seen as an exemplar. So, what engagement will you have or are you, perhaps, already having with that exemplar to see how you can learn together about ways that might benefit all in the future?
Welsh: Diolch am y datganiad yna ac rydych yn nodi neu'n cyfeirio at adroddiad beirniadol yr Archwilydd Cyffredinol, 'Diogelwch cymunedol yng Nghymru', a gyhoeddwyd fis Hydref diwethaf. Pan gyhoeddodd yr Ysgrifennydd dros gymunedau a phlant, Carl Sargeant, ei adolygiad o ddiogelwch cymunedol, ar 7 Chwefror mewn gwirionedd, dywedodd ei fod yn sefydlu grŵp goruchwylio i adolygu'r trefniadau presennol, a dywedodd y byddai'n helpu i ddatblygu argymhellion y weledigaeth ar gyfer cymunedau mwy diogel yng Nghymru a hefyd yn cymryd argymhellion yr Archwilydd Cyffredinol i ystyriaeth. Roedd yn awyddus hefyd i'r adolygiad ddatblygu gweledigaeth glir ar gyfer diogelwch cymunedol i'r hirdymor. Rydych chi'n defnyddio'r gair 'hirdymor' yn eich datganiad. Ond sut yr ydych chi'n ymateb i argymhelliad yr Archwilydd Cyffredinol bod angen inni wella gwaith cynllunio strategol drwy ddisodli'r fframwaith cynllunio presennol gan strategaeth genedlaethol a gefnogir gan gynlluniau rhanbarthol a lleol; a'i ddatganiad bod angen inni greu byrddau diogelwch cymunedol ffurfiol effeithiol i ddisodli'r strwythurau diogelwch cymunedol presennol; a'i ddatganiad bod angen inni sicrhau bod rheoli perfformiad diogelwch cymunedol yn effeithiol drwy osod mesurau priodol ar bob lefel, sicrhau bod gwybodaeth am berfformiad yn ymdrin â gwaith yr holl asiantaethau perthnasol, a sefydlu mesurau i farnu mewnbwn, allbwn ac effaith i allu deall dylanwadau penderfyniadau buddsoddi a chymorth trosolwg a chraffu? Yn flaenorol, rwyf wedi mynegi pryderon dro ar ôl tro - nid gyda chi yn uniongyrchol, ond gydag aelodau eraill o Lywodraeth Cymru - a fynegwyd gan y pedwar prif gwnstabl a'r comisiynwyr heddlu a throseddu yng Nghymru am eu hanallu i gael gafael ar y £2 filiwn y maen nhw wedi eu dalu am yr ardoll prentisiaethau a'u datganiad y bydd hynny'n arwain at lai o swyddogion heddlu a recriwtiaid sy'n dewis ymuno'n gwneud hynny dros y ffin yn lluoedd Lloegr. Pan godais i hynny gyda'r Prif Weinidog, dywedodd,"Rydym wedi cael cyfran o hwnnw a byddwn yn defnyddio'r arian i dalu am brentisiaethau, ond ni allwndalu tuag atgynlluniau sy'n aros mewn meysydd nad ydyn nhw wedi'u datganoli." Eto i gyd, mae Llywodraeth Cymru wedi derbyn £128 miliwn, a oedd mewn gwirionedd yn swm o £8 miliwn ychwanegol dros ben y gostyngiadau a wnaed mewn meysydd eraill. Dywedodd swyddfa Comisiynydd Heddlu a Throsedd Gogledd Cymru wrthyf i bythefnos yn ôl fod oedi yn y sefyllfa gan mai Carl Sargeant oedd yn mynd i ddwyn rhanddeiliaid Llywodraeth San Steffan a Chaerdydd at ei gilydd. Dywedodd nad oedd hynny wedi'i ddwyn ymlaen oherwydd y digwyddiadau trist a sensitif iawn yn ystod yr wythnosau diwethaf, a dywedodd mai penderfyniad Ysgrifennydd newydd y Cabinet fydd hi nawr i benderfynu a yw am barhau ag ymrwymiad Ysgrifennydd blaenorol y Cabinet i'r mater hwn. A wnewch chi ddweud, ochr yn ochr â'r gwaith sydd i'w groesawu gyda swyddogion cymorth cymunedol yr heddlu, y bydd Llywodraeth Cymru, y byddwch chi yn ymgymryd â, neu yr ydych chi eisoes yn ymgymryd â'r gwaith yr oedd Carl yn ei ddatblygu yn y maes hwn? Beth bynnag fo'r rhesymau, beth bynnag fo'r achosion, bydd rhaid datrys hyn os ydym yn mynd i osgoi effaith negyddol. Rydych chi'n cyfeirio droeon at bartneriaeth mewn gwahanol gyd-destunau ac rydych yn cyfeirio at y trydydd sector yn un o'r rhai sydd wedi gweithio yn y grŵp adolygu. Ond sut neu a fyddech chi'n cydnabod y swyddogaeth allweddol y bydd y trydydd sector a phartneriaid yn ei chael yn y gwaith o sicrhau diogelwch cymunedol wrth inni symud ymlaen? Caiff swyddogaeth allweddol rheng flaen, uniongyrchol ei chyflawni gan elusennau cyffuriau ac alcohol yng Nghymru: sefydliadau fel gwasanaeth lles y Groes Goch Brydeinig - euthum gyda nhw i Wrecsam ychydig wythnosau yn ôl; bugeiliaid y stryd; sefydliadau fel y Wallich sy'n ymdrin â materion digartrefedd, ac ati, ac ni allai cyrff statudol wneud eu gwaith oni bai amdanyn nhw. Yn olaf, yng nghyd-destun y Gogledd, byddwch yn ymwybodol o lawer o gyfeiriadau at y sefyllfa yng nghanol tref Wrecsam, sy'n cael ei achosi'n bennaf gan gyffuriau synthetig fel mamba ddu a sbeis. Flwyddyn yn ôl, yma yn y ddadl ar gamddefnyddio sylweddau, roeddwn i'n dyfynnu cadeirydd bwrdd cymunedau mwy diogel y gogledd a ddywedodd fod llawer gormod yn cael ei wario ar ddiffodd tân a dim digon ar ymyrryd ac atal tân. Ef yw'r dirprwy arweinydd bellach ac aelod arweiniol dros y bobl, cymunedau, partneriaeth, amddiffyn y cyhoedd a diogelwch cymunedol yn Wrecsam. Dywed ei fod wedi dysgu o'u profiadau nhw, ac mae'r cyngor hwnnw yn dwyn ynghyd gorff o weithwyr proffesiynol sy'n gweithio mewn ffordd sy'n cael ei gweld bellach yn esiampl ddisglair. Felly, pa ymgysylltiad fydd gennych chi neu sydd gennych chi eisoes, efallai, â'r esiampl ddisglair honno er mwyn gweld sut y gallwch chi ddysgu gyda'ch gilydd am ffyrdd a allai fod o fudd i bawb yn y dyfodol?