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English: Well, Llywydd, I think I would put it like this: that even in such a case, there will be a set of rules that are being followed, and I would be wanting to make sure from the Welsh Government's point of view that the rulebook, as it exists today, is being followed scrupulously. The assurance I wanted to give the Member in answer to his second question is that when that matter does come to a conclusion, what I will want to do will be to revisit that whole process to see whether we think that the rulebook, as it operated, was commensurate with the issue that it was there to resolve. And if we feel in the light of that experience that the rulebook needs to be revised, and a fresh set of arrangements put in place that ensure that intervention is possible in a timely way and which allows issues to be resolved, then that's the set of lessons that I will hopefully be able to learn from that experience.
Welsh: Wel, Llywydd, credaf y byddwn yn ei roi fel hyn: hyd yn oed mewn achos o'r fath, byddai set o reolau'n cael eu dilyn, a byddwn yn awyddus i sicrhau o safbwynt Llywodraeth Cymru fod y llyfr rheolau, fel y mae heddiw, yn cael ei ddilyn yn fanwl gywir. Y sicrwydd roeddwn am ei roi i'r Aelod wrth ateb ei ail gwestiwn yw pan ddaw'r mater hwnnw i ben, yr hyn yr hoffwn ei wneud yw ailedrych ar y broses gyfan i weld a ydym yn credu bod y llyfr rheolau, fel y gweithredodd, yn gymesur â'r mater roedd yno i'w ddatrys. Ac os teimlwn, yng ngoleuni'r profiad hwnnw, fod angen diwygio'r llyfr rheolau, a rhoi set newydd o drefniadau ar waith sy'n sicrhau bod ymyrraeth yn bosibl mewn ffordd amserol ac sy'n caniatáu i faterion gael eu datrys, dyna'r set o wersi y gobeithiaf allu eu dysgu o'r profiad hwnnw.
English: I thank the Member for the question. The 2017-18 final budget aligns investment with key commitments in 'Taking Wales Forward'. In the communities and children main expenditure group, that includes an additional £10 million in support of our free childcare offer, an additional £6 million for the prevention of homelessness, and £1.4 billion over four years towards the delivery of our 20,000 affordable homes target.
Welsh: Diolch i'r Aelod am y cwestiwn. Mae cyllideb derfynol 2017-18 yn alinio buddsoddiad ag ymrwymiadau allweddol yn 'Symud Cymru Ymlaen'. Ym mhrif grŵp gwariant cymunedau a phlant, mae hynny'n cynnwys £10 miliwn yn ychwanegol i gefnogi ein cynnig gofal plant di-dâl, £6 miliwn yn ychwanegol ar gyfer atal digartrefedd, ac £1.4 biliwn dros bedair blynedd tuag at gyflawni ein targed o 20,000 o gartrefi fforddiadwy.
English: Thank you. Clearly, this portfolio covers things like families, children, welfare reform, financial inclusion, homelessness and housing advice in the voluntary sector. Getting advice in those areas is not only better for people, but it would actually save money for the public purse. Therefore, given that the Welsh Government had already commissioned, alongside the National Advice Network, prior to the 2017-18 budget, the report now published on modelling the need for advice on social welfare, what consideration was given to provision to take forward its conclusions, which they say now need to be properly framed within a wider policy discussion considering the potential severity of problems, their interconnectedness, and, of course, local insights?
Welsh: Diolch. Yn amlwg, mae'r portffolio hwn yn cynnwys pethau fel teuluoedd, plant, diwygio lles, cynhwysiant ariannol, digartrefedd a chyngor ar dai yn y sector gwirfoddol. Mae cael cyngor yn y meysydd hynny nid yn unig yn well i bobl, ond byddai'n arbed arian mewn gwirionedd i bwrs y wlad. Felly, o ystyried bod Llywodraeth Cymru eisoes wedi comisiynu, ochr yn ochr â'r Rhwydwaith Cynghori Cenedlaethol, cyn cyllideb 2017-18, yr adroddiad a gyhoeddwyd bellach ar fodelu'r angen am gyngor ar les cymdeithasol, pa ystyriaeth a roddwyd i ddarpariaeth i fwrw ymlaen â'i gasgliadau, y dywedant fod angen bellach iddynt gael eu fframio'n gywir mewn trafodaeth ehangach ar y polisi sy'n ystyried difrifoldeb posibl y problemau, eu cydgysylltiad, ac wrth gwrs, mewnwelediad lleol?
English: Well, Llywydd, I understand the point completely that the Member makes about the need for good advice services and the way that good advice can allow problems to be solved before they escalate. The way the budget-making process works, however, is that it is for portfolio Ministers to identify priorities within the range of responsibilities that they exercise. We then negotiate together over a budget to deliver on those priorities and it would have been for the Cabinet Secretary responsible to make the decisions in relation to the deployment of resources across the wide range of responsibilities, as Mark Isherwood said, that lies within that particular portfolio. We have embarked upon the start of the budget-making round for next year. I will be meeting the Cabinet Secretary concerned in relation to his portfolio and I'll make sure that a specific question is raised in that discussion on the point of advice services that the Member has raised.
Welsh: Wel, Llywydd, rwy'n deall y pwynt a wna'r Aelod ynglŷn â'r angen am wasanaethau cynghori da a'r ffordd y gall cyngor da ganiatáu i broblemau gael eu datrys cyn iddynt waethygu. Y ffordd y mae'r broses o lunio'r gyllideb yn gweithio, fodd bynnag, yw mai cyfrifoldeb y Gweinidogion portffolio yw nodi blaenoriaethau o fewn yr ystod o gyfrifoldebau a gyflawnant. Rydym wedyn yn negodi cyllideb gyda'n gilydd ar gyfer cyflawni'r blaenoriaethau hynny, ac Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet sydd â chyfrifoldeb a fyddai'n gwneud y penderfyniadau mewn perthynas â'r defnydd o adnoddau ar draws yr ystod eang o gyfrifoldebau, fel y dywedodd Mark Isherwood, sydd i'w cael o fewn y portffolio penodol hwnnw. Rydym wedi dechrau ar y cylch cyllidebol ar gyfer y flwyddyn nesaf. Byddaf yn cyfarfod ag Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dan sylw mewn perthynas â'i bortffolio a byddaf yn sicrhau bod cwestiwn penodol yn cael ei ofyn yn y drafodaeth ynglŷn â'r pwynt a gododd yr Aelod am wasanaethau cynghori.
English: Well, Llywydd, as I said in an answer to an earlier question from Janet Finch-Saunders, the associated costs and benefits of the new model of local government will be published in the regulatory impact assessment that will accompany the proposed local government Bill, on introduction. The First Minister announced in last week's legislative programme statement that a local government Bill would be included in the Government's programme for the second year of this Assembly term.
Welsh: Wel, Llywydd, fel y dywedais mewn ateb i gwestiwn cynharach gan Janet Finch-Saunders, bydd y costau a'r manteision sy'n gysylltiedig â'r model newydd ar gyfer llywodraeth leol yn cael eu cyhoeddi yn yr asesiad effaith rheoleiddiol i gyd-fynd â'r Bil llywodraeth leol arfaethedig, wrth ei gyflwyno. Cyhoeddodd y Prif Weinidog yn natganiad y rhaglen ddeddfwriaethol yr wythnos diwethaf y byddai Bil llywodraeth leol yn cael ei gynnwys yn rhaglen y Llywodraeth ar gyfer ail flwyddyn tymor y Cynulliad hwn.
English: I thank the Cabinet Minister for that answer. But, following on from a number of comments you've made earlier, do you not agree that there have been many attempts to reform local government in Wales, including the aborted attempt to institute the Williams commission recommendations, and that the present arrangement of 22 local authorities has proved to be financially and strategically unacceptable? Quite apart from the fact that we have 22 chief executives on highly inflated salaries, with, of course, 22 sets of attendant staff, the authorities are not large enough to institute any infrastructure projects because their budgets are inadequate. So, does he not agree that we need real change to local government, not the incohesive arrangements now in place?
Welsh: Diolch i Weinidog y Cabinet am ei ateb. Ond i fynd ar ôl nifer o sylwadau a wnaed gennych yn gynharach, onid ydych yn cytuno bod sawl ymgais wedi bod i ddiwygio llywodraeth leol yng Nghymru, gan gynnwys yr ymgais aflwyddiannus i gyflwyno argymhellion comisiwn Williams, a bod y drefn bresennol o 22 awdurdod lleol wedi bod yn annerbyniol yn ariannol ac yn strategol? Ar wahân i'r ffaith fod gennym 22 o brif weithredwyr ar gyflogau uchel iawn, gyda 22 set o staff i'w cynorthwyo wrth gwrs, nid yw'r awdurdodau yn ddigon mawr i roi unrhyw brosiectau seilwaith ar waith gan fod eu cyllidebau yn annigonol. Felly, onid yw'n derbyn bod arnom angen newid gwirioneddol i lywodraeth leol, yn hytrach na'r trefniadau anghydlynol sydd ar waith ar hyn o bryd?
English: Well, the Member is right enough in the history that he set out about attempts to reform local government in Wales. I think he's over-harsh on the extent to which local government in Wales has been able to live within its means and has been able to contribute, together, to some major strategic programmes. But, quite certainly, the need to come together in order to be able to discharge strategic responsibilities on a wider footprint is what lies behind the 10 local authorities that came together to form the Cardiff capital city deal and the four local authorities that have succeeded in getting a city deal for Swansea. By coming together in that way, they are undoubtedly able to work better across their borders, to create budgets to which they are all able to contribute, draw on money from central and Welsh Government budgets, and do a better job of the sort of responsibilities that the Member identified.
Welsh: Wel, mae'r Aelod yn llygad ei le wrth roi'r hanes a nododd ynglŷn â'r ymdrechion i ddiwygio llywodraeth leol yng Nghymru. Credaf ei fod yn rhy llym ynglŷn ag i ba raddau y gallodd llywodraeth leol yng Nghymru fyw o fewn ei modd a llwyddo i gyfrannu, gyda'i gilydd, at raglenni strategol pwysig. Ond yn sicr, yr angen i ddod ynghyd er mwyn gallu cyflawni cyfrifoldebau strategol ar sail ehangach a arweiniodd at y 10 awdurdod lleol yn dod at ei gilydd i ffurfio bargen ddinesig prifddinas Caerdydd a'r pedwar awdurdod lleol a lwyddodd i gael bargen ddinesig ar gyfer Abertawe. Drwy ddod at ei gilydd yn y ffordd honno, maent yn sicr yn gallu gweithio'n well ar draws eu ffiniau, er mwyn creu cyllidebau y gallant i gyd gyfrannu atynt, defnyddio arian o gyllidebau canolog a chyllidebau Llywodraeth Cymru, a chyflawni'n well mewn perthynas â'r math o gyfrifoldebau a nododd yr Aelod.
English: The Wales Audit Office has previously highlighted the spend by public bodies on external consultants - £56 million last year - and noted that if they do not manage consultancy services effectively, they can be an expensive way to deliver our public services. Meanwhile, the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership - NWSSP - achieved over £20 million in procurement savings in 2015-16, over £27.5 million in 2014-15, and £26.9 million in 2013-14. Given the scale of those savings, which are exemplary, one can only imagine what could be achieved at local government level across Wales. So, therefore, Cabinet Secretary, how will you seek to encourage the roll-out of best practice within the NWSSP across local authorities through your own reform proposals?
Welsh: Mae Swyddfa Archwilio Cymru wedi tynnu sylw yn y gorffennol at wariant cyrff cyhoeddus ar ymgynghorwyr allanol - £56 miliwn y llynedd - ac wedi nodi, os nad ydynt yn rheoli gwasanaethau ymgynghori yn effeithiol, y gallant fod yn ffordd ddrud o ddarparu ein gwasanaethau cyhoeddus. Yn y cyfamser, mae Partneriaeth Cydwasanaethau GIG Cymru wedi sicrhau dros £20 miliwn mewn arbedion caffael yn 2015-16, dros £27.5 miliwn yn 2014-15, a £26.9 miliwn yn 2013-14. O ystyried maint yr arbedion hynny, sy'n ganmoladwy, ni ellir ond dychmygu beth y gellid ei gyflawni ar lefel llywodraeth leol ledled Cymru. Felly, Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet, sut y byddwch yn ceisio annog y broses o gyflwyno arferion gorau Partneriaeth Cydwasanaethau GIG Cymru ar draws yr awdurdodau lleol drwy eich cynigion diwygio eich hun?
English: Llywydd, well, I completely agree with what the Member said: that NHS shared services have been a conspicuous success story. Members here will be aware that it took 10 years to move from the original pattern, in which almost every health organisation in Wales provided all these services for themselves, to a point where we have a single shared services organisation for Wales. Part of the reason why it took that length of time is because there are people involved in working in all of these services, and you have to take account of the perspective of the people who work in these services. In our White Paper, we specifically asked the question as to whether or not there was more that NHS shared services could do to work for local authorities in this area, or whether it was better that local authorities develop their own model of shared services. There is some reluctance in local government in Wales to move down the shared services route, and there is a need for the message to be heard clearly by our local government partners that the move to shared services is a journey on which they are all embarked. I will be prepared to be understanding and pragmatic with them about the length of time it will take to reach the point where there is greater shared working, but no local authority in Wales should be in any doubt at all that we are all on this journey and they are on it too.
Welsh: Llywydd, wel, cytunaf yn llwyr â'r hyn a ddywedodd yr Aelod: bod cydwasanaethau'r GIG wedi bod yn llwyddiant amlwg. Bydd yr Aelodau yma'n ymwybodol ei bod wedi cymryd 10 mlynedd i newid o'r patrwm gwreiddiol, lle'r oedd bron bob un o sefydliadau iechyd Cymru yn darparu'r holl wasanaethau hyn drostynt eu hunain, i bwynt lle mae gennym un sefydliad cydwasanaethau ar gyfer Cymru gyfan. Rhan o'r rheswm pam y cymerodd gymaint â hynny o amser oedd oherwydd bod pobl yn gweithio ym mhob un o'r gwasanaethau hyn, ac mae'n rhaid i chi ystyried safbwynt y bobl sy'n gweithio yn y gwasanaethau hyn. Yn ein Papur Gwyn, gofynnwyd yn benodol a oedd mwy y gallai cydwasanaethau'r GIG ei wneud i weithio dros awdurdodau lleol yn y maes hwn, neu a fyddai'n well i awdurdodau lleol ddatblygu eu model cydwasanaethau eu hunain. Mae rhywfaint o amharodrwydd mewn llywodraeth leol yng Nghymru i droedio llwybr cydwasanaethau, ac mae angen i'n partneriaid llywodraeth leol glywed y neges yn glir fod y symudiad tuag at gydwasanaethau yn daith y mae pob un ohonynt wedi cychwyn arni. Byddaf yn barod i fod yn oddefgar ac yn bragmataidd gyda hwy ynglŷn â faint o amser y bydd yn ei gymryd i gyrraedd y pwynt lle y ceir mwy o gydweithredu, ond ni ddylai unrhyw awdurdod lleol yng Nghymru fod ag unrhyw amheuaeth o gwbl fod pob un ohonom ar y daith hon a'u bod hwy arni hefyd.
English: Thank you for that question. Local authorities in Wales are taking a range of actions on lower pay. Some pay their employees the living wage, some are planning to introduce it, and others are moving closer to it by removing lower pay points.
Welsh: Diolch am eich cwestiwn. Mae awdurdodau lleol yng Nghymru yn rhoi amryw o gamau gweithredu ar waith ar gyflogau isel. Mae rhai'n talu'r cyflog byw i'w gweithwyr, rhai'n bwriadu ei gyflwyno, ac eraill yn symud yn agosach tuag ato drwy gael gwared ar bwyntiau cyflog is.
English: Thank you, Cabinet Secretary. You'll probably be aware that Cardiff University Business School recently carried out a survey of those employers across the UK who've chosen to become accredited living wage employers, i.e. paying the foundation living wage, which is of course £8.45 - almost £1 more than the UK's national minimal wage - and ensuring that the contractors that they use also pay the foundation living wage rates. The overwhelming majority of those surveyed identified that not only did the benefits far outweigh any costs, but less than one in five had needed to change contractors, as they too have been content to pay the foundation living wage. Cabinet Secretary, given that local authorities are, in many areas of Wales, amongst the largest employers, will you join me in encouraging all councils in Wales to provide a lead within their local communities by not just paying the foundation living wage to directly employed staff, but to go the additional step and look to meet the accreditation standards by ensuring that their contractors pay it also?
Welsh: Diolch, Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet. Mae'n debyg y byddwch yn ymwybodol fod Ysgol Fusnes Prifysgol Caerdydd wedi cynnal arolwg diweddar o'r cyflogwyr hynny ledled y DU sydd wedi dewis bod yn gyflogwyr cyflog byw achrededig, hynny yw, talu'r cyflog byw sylfaen, sef £8.45, wrth gwrs - bron i £1 yn fwy nag isafswm cyflog cenedlaethol y DU - a sicrhau bod y contractwyr a ddefnyddiant yn talu cyfraddau'r cyflog byw sylfaen. Nododd mwyafrif llethol y rhai a holwyd nid yn unig fod y manteision yn llawer mwy nag unrhyw gostau, ond bod llai nag un o bob pump wedi gorfod newid contractwyr, gan eu bod hwythau wedi bod yn fodlon talu'r cyflog byw sylfaen hefyd. Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet, o ystyried bod awdurdodau lleol, mewn sawl ardal yng Nghymru, ymhlith y cyflogwyr mwyaf, a wnewch chi ymuno â mi i annog pob cyngor yng Nghymru i ddarparu arweiniad yn eu cymunedau lleol nid yn unig drwy dalu'r cyflog byw sylfaen i staff a gyflogir yn uniongyrchol, ond i fynd gam ymhellach a cheisio cyflawni'r safonau achredu drwy sicrhau bod eu contractwyr yn ei dalu hefyd?
English: Well, Llywydd, I thought that Dawn Bowden made a very important point at the start of that supplementary question, when she pointed out that for many organisations it makes good business sense to pay wages of this sort, which result in them being able to recruit and retain staff. At the Finance Committee this morning, we talked briefly about social care as an example of exactly that phenomenon. The turnover of staff in social care can be up to 30 per cent on an annual basis, and yet we know that where there are local authorities and care companies who pay their staff and organise them on terms and conditions that make it attractive for people to take up those jobs, to stay in those jobs, to benefit from the training that is then available, that is a more successful business model for those companies and for those authorities than trying to pay at the bottom of the pay scale, and then having to cope with all the other costs of recruitment, retraining and having to employ temporary staff to cover where gaps in workforce have emerged. So, I think she made the case for the payment of the foundation living wage in terms that local authorities and employers can understand, and I'm very keen, myself, to make that case with them whenever I have that opportunity.
Welsh: Wel, Llywydd, credaf fod Dawn Bowden wedi gwneud pwynt pwysig iawn ar ddechrau ei chwestiwn atodol, pan nododd ei bod yn gwneud synnwyr busnes da i lawer o sefydliadau dalu cyflogau o'r math hwn, sy'n golygu y gallant recriwtio a chadw staff. Yn y Pwyllgor Cyllid y bore yma, buom yn siarad yn fyr am ofal cymdeithasol fel enghraifft o'r union ffenomen honno. Gall trosiant staff ym maes gofal cymdeithasol fod hyd at 30 y cant yn flynyddol, ac eto gwyddom, lle mae awdurdodau lleol a chwmnïau gofal yn talu eu staff ac yn eu trefnu'n unol â thelerau ac amodau sy'n ei gwneud yn ddeniadol i bobl wneud y swyddi hynny, i aros yn y swyddi hynny, i fanteisio ar yr hyfforddiant sydd ar gael o ganlyniad i hynny, fod hwnnw'n fodel busnes mwy llwyddiannus i'r cwmnïau hynny ac i'r awdurdodau hynny na'u bod yn ceisio talu ar waelod y raddfa gyflogau, ac yna'n gorfod ymdopi â holl gostau eraill recriwtio, ailhyfforddi a gorfod cyflogi staff dros dro i gyflenwi pan fo bylchau yn y gweithlu. Felly, credaf ei bod wedi dadlau'r achos dros dalu cyflog byw sylfaen mewn termau y gall awdurdodau lleol a chyflogwyr eu deall, ac rwy'n awyddus iawn, fy hun, i ddadlau'r achos hwnnw gyda hwy pan gaf y cyfle i wneud hynny.
English: Cabinet Secretary, can I add my support to this growing trend as well? I understand there are over 80 companies and organisations now throughout Wales who are paying the foundation living wage, including, Presiding Officer, the National Assembly and Cardiff council. I think the point you make there is exactly the right one. We do have a productivity crisis in this country, and a lot of it is caused by wages being simply too low. That part of the economy does need to innovate, and also, obviously, provide those employed in it with decent standards of living. So, I think the productivity and efficiency argument is very, very important, and we'll see more and more practice of this from the 80 companies and those that will join them in the years ahead, I'm sure.
Welsh: Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet, a gaf fi hefyd ychwanegu fy nghefnogaeth i'r duedd hon sy'n datblygu? Deallaf fod dros 80 o gwmnïau a sefydliadau ledled Cymru bellach yn talu'r cyflog byw sylfaen, gan gynnwys, Llywydd, y Cynulliad Cenedlaethol a chyngor Chaerdydd. Credaf fod y pwynt a wnewch yn hollol gywir. Mae gennym argyfwng cynhyrchiant yn y wlad hon, ac mae llawer ohono'n deillio o gyflogau sy'n rhy isel, yn syml iawn. Mae angen i'r rhan honno o'r economi arloesi, a hefyd, yn amlwg, darparu safonau byw gweddus i'r rhai a gyflogir ynddi. Felly, credaf fod y ddadl ynglŷn â chynhyrchiant ac effeithlonrwydd yn bwysig tu hwnt, a byddwn yn gweld hyn yn cael ei arfer fwy a mwy gan yr 80 o gwmnïau a'r rhai a fydd yn ymuno â hwy dros y blynyddoedd i ddod, rwy'n siŵr.
English: Well, I agree entirely with David Melding that low pay is the enemy of productivity, and we've seen that in the UK economy over the last seven years. When wages are held down, it becomes a perverse incentive for employers to keep people on where they could have taken other actions that would have led to greater productivity and, as a result, better wages for those people employed in them. I'm pleased to say, Llywydd, that as well as the National Assembly and Cardiff council, as the Member said, the Welsh Government is also accredited as a living wage employer with the Living Wage Foundation, and not only do we ensure that all directly employed staff, including apprentices, are paid the living wage, our agreement as a Government goes further than directly employed staff. In new Welsh Government contracts, we expect all contracted-out service providers to pay their on-site staff with the living wage, as well.
Welsh: Wel, cytunaf yn llwyr â David Melding mai cyflogau isel yw gelyn cynhyrchiant, ac rydym wedi gweld hynny yn economi'r DU dros y saith mlynedd diwethaf. Pan fo cyflogau'n cael eu cadw'n isel, mae'n dod yn gymhelliant gwrthnysig i gyflogwyr gadw gweithwyr, lle y gallent fod wedi cymryd camau eraill a fyddai wedi arwain at fwy o gynhyrchiant, ac o ganlyniad, cyflogau gwell i'r bobl a gyflogir ganddynt. Rwy'n falch o ddweud, Llywydd, yn ogystal â'r Cynulliad Cenedlaethol a chyngor Chaerdydd, fel y dywedodd yr Aelod, fod Llywodraeth Cymru hefyd yn gyflogwr cyflog byw achrededig gyda'r Living Wage Foundation, ac nid yn unig ein bod yn sicrhau y telir y cyflog byw i'r holl staff a gyflogir yn uniongyrchol, gan gynnwys prentisiaid, ond mae ein cytundeb fel Llywodraeth yn mynd y tu hwnt i staff a gyflogir yn uniongyrchol. Yng nghontractau newydd Llywodraeth Cymru, rydym yn disgwyl i ddarparwyr pob gwasanaeth a gontractir allan dalu'r cyflog byw i'w staff ar safle hefyd.
English: Llywydd, we work with our public service partners and the Welsh inspection, audit, and regulatory bodies to assist in mitigating the flawed and failed policy of austerity.
Welsh: Llywydd, rydym yn gweithio gyda'n partneriaid gwasanaeth cyhoeddus a chyrff arolygu, archwilio, a rheoleiddio Cymru i helpu i liniaru'r polisi caledi diffygiol ac aflwyddiannus.