English: Thank you to the Deputy Minister for introducing the report and the Government's response. Now, there are major achievements that we can all be proud of here in Wales, and that is the recognition and the work of our Children's Commissioner for Wales. When you think of some of the projects that she's worked on - . We now have the election of Youth Parliament, which we've worked together with her on; the first secondary school rights conferences for students and staff; and the support given to major public bodies to adopt a children's rights approach. The annual report goes to highlight some fantastic facts that emanate from the commissioner's office: the fact that she has engaged with 9,857 children and young people across Wales; directly trained around 700 children and young people to be rights ambassadors in their schools and communities; and undertaken the first ever education rights survey, securing 6,392 responses. Now, as the commissioner has stated, there do remain significant children's rights challenges across Wales. So, it was with much interest that I read her report and recommendations to the Welsh Government. With regard to residential care for children with the most complex needs, the Welsh Government have, sadly, only accepted the first recommendation in principle. What is being called for is new ring-fenced funding specifically for the purposes of jointly commissioned mental health and social care residential provision for children and young people with the most complex needs in Wales. But, there is no commitment made as regards that funding. This is despite the report highlighting that the transformation fund and integrated care fund do not give Wales-wide coverage. More so, the report includes a powerful real example as to the impact that the lack of current provision has had on a child with complex behavioural needs. For example, it shouldn't have to take the commissioner's intervention for a child to be moved from an adult ward after many weeks. That is not good enough. So, I encourage the Deputy Minister to urgently progress her work to develop commissioning arrangements and, as a minimum, to ring fence funding for the short term. Similarly, I think that more can be done on clamping down on profit making in children's care services. The urgency of this is clear when considering that a third of Welsh children in foster care are placed with independent agencies, and the commissioner's findings that some young people have been acutely aware of the financial costs of their own placements, and the parents are uncomfortable with there being an element of profit making in their need for care and support. While I welcome the fact that you are continuing to work with the national fostering framework to recruit more local authority foster carers, could you please provide an update on the development of a national strategy for commissioning and managing the full spectrum of placements for children in care? Similarly, Deputy Minister, I would like clarity on your refusal to place a duty upon all relevant bodies to pay due regard to the UNCRC in the delivery of the curriculum. Despite the existence of the Rights of Children and Young Persons (Wales) Measure 2011, I believe that this is a mistake. The commissioner is right that the best way to ensure that children learn about their rights are in environments that respect those rights, and that is to place a duty on the face of the Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Bill. This is supported by the fact that only 34 per cent of children and young people that participated in the Right Way Education Survey had even heard of the UNCRC; that young people have told the commissioner that they need help to understand their rights; and the evidence that we have been hearing in the Children, Young People and Education Committee, through our current inquiry into children's rights in Wales. So, it would interest me, Deputy Minister, to know how you are working with the Minister for Education to address those concerns. We need to do everything we can to champion children's rights in education and schools, so on this now, the thirtieth anniversary of the UNCRC, I encourage you to reconsider the rejection of the commissioner's recommendation in this regard. I welcome the report, I do believe there's more we can do, as you have said, as regards children's rights in Wales, but I would like to commend and thank the children's commissioner for all that she does, working with us and working with Government, to support the rights and the needs of our children in Wales.
Welsh: Diolch i'r Dirprwy Weinidog am gyflwyno'r adroddiad ac ymateb y Llywodraeth. Nawr, mae cyflawniadau mawr y gallwn ni i gyd fod yn falch ohonyn nhw yma yng Nghymru, a hynny o ganlyniad i waith Comisiynydd Plant Cymru. Pan feddyliwch am rai o'r prosiectau y mae hi wedi gweithio arnyn nhw - . Bellach gwelsom ethol Senedd Ieuenctid, yr ydym wedi cydweithio â hi arni; y cynadleddau hawliau ysgolion uwchradd cyntaf i fyfyrwyr a staff; a'r gefnogaeth a roddir i gyrff cyhoeddus mawr i fabwysiadu ymagwedd hawliau plant. Mae'r adroddiad blynyddol yn amlygu rhai ffeithiau gwych sy'n deillio o swyddfa'r comisiynydd: y ffaith ei bod wedi ymgysylltu â 9,857 o blant a phobl ifanc ledled Cymru; wedi hyfforddi'n uniongyrchol tua 700 o blant a phobl ifanc i fod yn llysgenhadon hawliau yn eu hysgolion a'u cymunedau; a chynnal yr arolwg hawliau addysg cyntaf erioed, gan sicrhau 6,392 o ymatebion. Nawr, fel y dywedodd y comisiynydd, mae heriau sylweddol o hyd o ran hawliau plant ledled Cymru. Felly, roedd yn ddiddorol iawn darllen ei hadroddiad a'i hargymhellion i Lywodraeth Cymru. O ran gofal preswyl i blant sydd â'r anghenion mwyaf cymhleth, dim ond mewn egwyddor y mae Llywodraeth Cymru, ysywaeth, wedi derbyn yr argymhelliad cyntaf. Yr hyn y gelwir amdano yw arian newydd wedi'i neilltuo'n benodol at ddibenion darpariaeth breswyl iechyd meddwl a gofal cymdeithasol wedi ei chomisiynu ar y cyd, i blant a phobl ifanc sydd â'r anghenion mwyaf cymhleth yng Nghymru. Ond, nid oes ymrwymiad wedi'i wneud ynglŷn â'r cyllid hwnnw. Mae hyn er gwaethaf y ffaith fod yr adroddiad yn tynnu sylw at y ffaith nad yw'r gronfa trawsnewid a'r gronfa gofal integredig yn cwmpasu Cymru gyfan. Hefyd, mae'r adroddiad yn cynnwys enghraifft rymus iawn o'r effaith y mae'r diffyg darpariaeth bresennol wedi'i chael ar blentyn sydd ag anghenion ymddygiadol cymhleth. Er enghraifft, ni ddylai'r comisiynydd orfod ymyrryd er mwyn i blentyn gael ei symud o ward oedolion ar ôl sawl wythnos. Nid yw hynny'n ddigon da. Felly, anogaf y Dirprwy Weinidog i fwrw ymlaen ar frys â'i gwaith i ddatblygu trefniadau comisiynu ac, o leiaf, neilltuo cyllid ar gyfer y tymor byr. Yn yr un modd, credaf y gellir gwneud mwy i wahardd yr arfer o wneud elw mewn gwasanaethau gofal plant. Mae natur frys hyn yn amlwg wrth ystyried bod traean o blant Cymru mewn gofal maeth yn cael eu lleoli gydag asiantaethau annibynnol, a chanfyddiadau'r comisiynydd y bu rhai pobl ifanc yn ymwybodol iawn o gostau ariannol eu lleoliadau eu hunain, ac mae'r rhieni'n anghyfforddus oherwydd bod elfen o wneud elw yn rhan o'u hangen am ofal a chymorth. Er fy mod yn croesawu'r ffaith eich bod yn parhau i weithio gyda'r fframwaith maethu cenedlaethol i recriwtio mwy o ofalwyr maeth mewn awdurdodau lleol, a wnewch chi roi'r wybodaeth ddiweddaraf am ddatblygu strategaeth genedlaethol ar gyfer comisiynu a rheoli'r sbectrwm llawn o leoliadau i blant mewn gofal? Yn yr un modd, Dirprwy Weinidog, hoffwn gael eglurhad o'r ffaith eich bod yn gwrthod rhoi dyletswydd ar bob corff perthnasol i roi sylw dyledus i Gonfensiwn y Cenhedloedd Unedig ar Hawlia'r Plentyn wrth gyflwyno'r cwricwlwm. Er gwaethaf bodolaeth Mesur Plant a Phobl ifanc (Cymru) 2011, credaf fod hyn yn gamgymeriad. Mae'r comisiynydd yn iawn wrth ddweud mai'r ffordd orau o sicrhau bod plant yn dysgu am eu hawliau yw mewn amgylcheddau sy'n parchu'r hawliau hynny, a gellir gwneud hynny drwy osod dyletswydd ar wyneb y Bil Cwricwlwm ac Asesu (Cymru). Ategir hyn gan y ffaith mai dim ond 34 y cant o'r plant a'r bobl ifanc a gymerodd ran yn Y Ffordd Gywir: Arolwg Addysg oedd hyd yn oed wedi clywed am y CCUHP; bod pobl ifanc wedi dweud wrth y comisiynydd bod angen help arnynt i ddeall eu hawliau; a'r dystiolaeth yr ydym ni wedi bod yn ei chlywed yn y Pwyllgor Plant, Pobl Ifanc ac Addysg, drwy ein hymchwiliad presennol i hawliau plant yng Nghymru. Felly, byddai o ddiddordeb i mi, Dirprwy Weinidog, gael gwybod sut rydych chi'n gweithio gyda'r Gweinidog Addysg i fynd i'r afael â'r pryderon hynny. Mae angen inni wneud popeth o fewn ein gallu i hyrwyddo hawliau plant mewn addysg ac ysgolion, felly, a hithau'n ddeng mlynedd ar hugain ers sefydlu'r CCUHP, rwy'n eich annog i ailystyried gwrthod argymhelliad y comisiynydd yn hyn o beth. Croesawaf yr adroddiad, rwy'n credu bod mwy y gallwn ei wneud, fel y gwnaethoch chi ddweud, o ran hawliau plant yng Nghymru, ond hoffwn ganmol a diolch i'r comisiynydd plant am bopeth mae hi'n ei wneud, gan weithio gyda ni a gweithio gyda'r Llywodraeth, i gefnogi hawliau ac anghenion ein plant yng Nghymru.