English: I appreciate some of the nuances in this debate today. Communities First has played a role in my area and I don't recognise the language of failure, because many people in my community will say that Communities First didn't fail, but actually provided a great deal of uplift to people who live in my community. I've seen in the report the evidence of strengths. There's a lot about the value of engagement and engaging with people who otherwise wouldn't have engaged in community activities. I've seen people go from strength to strength. One very small example in my constituency: in my council ward, when I was a councillor, I was involved in the demolition and rebuilding of a local community centre and we had £400,000 from the Big Lottery. I absolutely say, guaranteed, that there were people involved in that project who would not have been as involved in that project if they hadn't developed the skills they had through Communities First. So, there was a definite benefit, even if sometimes the benefit wasn't exactly as intended by the project. So, I think the language of failure is wrong to use. I've seen places like Aber valley, Bargoed, Cefn Hengoed, Graig-y-Rhacca and Lansbury Park, all benefit from Communities First. Just to look at three recommendations that took my interest and the interest of some of my constituents: recommendation 11, recommendation 5 and recommendation 6. Recommendation 11 looks at the closure of Communities First and the impact on other Welsh Government programmes. I'm pleased that the Cabinet Secretary has accepted the recommendation. In the Aber valley in my constituency, there are two bodies that were reliant on Communities First funding; that's the Senghenydd Youth Drop In Centre, which I've mentioned before, and the Aber Valley YMCA. They took part in Communities First projects, but unfortunately, the lead delivery body hasn't included them in the targets for legacy funding. I know that that Cabinet Secretary will want to take a limited role in these areas, but what opportunities for appeal would there be for those areas that may not be included by the lead body in legacy funding, other than going to their local Assembly Member and asking them to raise those issues here in this Chamber? I think that's quite an important issue to address. The other one is recommendation 5, which is addressing the issue of employability. The recommendation asks the Cabinet Secretary to take the broadest view of employability. Yesterday, I talked about the launch of the Federation of Small Businesses self-employment report. I feel that, as Communities First is wound up, then we should not just look at employability, but also self-employability and the role that self-employability can play in the employability programme. There's 8.7 per cent self-employed in the Valleys communities, which includes Caerphilly. How can we then ensure that that number grows so that the people who wish to be self-employed, particularly women, can access self-employment? That would involve engaging further education colleges, local schools and people who would operate successfully through Communities First in previous cluster areas. Finally, recommendation 6, for my contribution. We know that the lower super-output areas tend to exclude people who may be living in poverty outside of those areas and the concept of outreach is very welcome. Bethan Jenkins has already mentioned the fact that perhaps we need some expansion of the understanding of outreach, as the programme is wound up. The children's commissioner gave evidence to the Children, Young People and Education Committee last week, in which she said that she would like to see the childcare offer extended to non-working parents. In order to do that, you've effectively got to end austerity and I would understand the Cabinet Secretary's view if he were to say that that would be incredibly difficult within existing budgets - virtually impossible. However, I understood from my discussion with, and my questioning of, the children's commissioner that what she was referring to was an extension of Flying Start universally, and, again, that would be virtually impossible. However, looking at the issues of outreach, where can we be clearer about how outreach can be introduced within local authority areas? I'd like the Cabinet Secretary to explore that in as much detail as possible. I'm therefore pleased that, again, he's accepted those recommendations. I think this report should be welcomed. I think it makes a valuable, cross-party, independent contribution to the discussion about Communities First and I'm glad that the Government has looked on this in a very open-minded, clear and honest way and I look to see those improvements that I've suggested, and that other Members have suggested, being taken on board by the Government, and I really believe that they will.
Welsh: Rwy'n gwerthfawrogi rhai o'r elfennau cynnil yn y ddadl hon heddiw. Mae Cymunedau yn Gyntaf wedi chwarae rôl yn fy ardal i ac nid wyf yn cydnabod iaith methiant, gan y bydd llawer o bobl yn fy nghymuned yn dweud nad yw Cymunedau yn Gyntaf wedi methu, ond ei fod mewn gwirionedd wedi darparu llawer iawn o hwb i bobl sy'n byw yn fy nghymuned. Rwyf wedi gweld y dystiolaeth sy'n dangos y cryfderau yn yr adroddiad. Mae'n cynnwys llawer sy'n ymwneud â gwerth ymgysylltiad ac ymgysylltu â phobl na fuasai wedi cymryd rhan mewn gweithgareddau cymunedol fel arall. Rwyf wedi gweld pobl yn mynd o nerth i nerth. Un enghraifft fach iawn yn fy etholaeth: yn fy ward gyngor, pan oeddwn yn gynghorydd, roeddwn yn rhan o'r gwaith o ddymchwel ac ailadeiladu canolfan gymunedol leol ac fe gawsom £400,000 gan y Loteri Fawr. Rwy'n dweud yn bendant, yn sicr, fod yna bobl yn rhan o'r prosiect hwnnw na fuasai wedi chwarae cymaint o ran ynddo pe na baent wedi datblygu'r sgiliau a gawsant trwy Cymunedau yn Gyntaf. Felly, roedd yna fudd pendant, hyd yn oed os nad oedd y budd yn union fel y bwriadai'r prosiect iddo fod bob tro. Felly, rwy'n credu ei bod yn anghywir inni ddefnyddio iaith methiant. Rwyf wedi gweld llefydd fel Cwm Aber, Bargoed, Cefn Hengoed, Graig-y-Rhacca a Pharc Lansbury, i gyd yn elwa o Cymunedau yn Gyntaf. Gan edrych ar dri argymhelliad a oedd o ddiddordeb i mi a rhai o fy etholwyr: argymhelliad 11, argymhelliad 5 ac argymhelliad 6. Mae argymhelliad 11 yn edrych ar y ffaith bod Cymunedau yn Gyntaf yn dod i ben a'r effaith ar raglenni eraill Llywodraeth Cymru. Rwy'n falch fod Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet wedi derbyn yr argymhelliad. Yng Nghwm Aber yn fy etholaeth i, ceir dau gorff a oedd yn ddibynnol ar gyllid Cymunedau yn Gyntaf; sef y Ganolfan Galw Heibio i Bobl Ifanc Senghennydd, a grybwyllais o'r blaen, ac YMCA Cwm Aber. Cymerodd y rhain ran mewn prosiectau Cymunedau yn Gyntaf, ond yn anffodus, nid yw'r corff cyflawni arweiniol wedi eu cynnwys yn y targedau ar gyfer cyllid etifeddol. Gwn y bydd Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet eisiau chwarae rôl gyfyngedig yn y meysydd hyn, ond pa gyfleoedd ar gyfer apelio a fyddai ar gael i'r ardaloedd nad ydynt wedi cael eu cynnwys yn y cyllid etifeddol gan y corff cyflawni arweiniol, ar wahân i droi at eu Haelod Cynulliad lleol a gofyn iddynt godi'r materion yma yn y Siambr? Rwy'n credu bod hwnnw'n gwestiwn eithaf pwysig i fynd i'r afael ag ef. Yr argymhelliad arall yw argymhelliad 5, sy'n mynd i'r afael â chyflogadwyedd. Mae'r argymhelliad yn gofyn i Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet ystyried cyflogadwyedd yn ei ystyr ehangaf. Ddoe, soniais am lansio adroddiad y Ffederasiwn Busnesau Bach ar hunangyflogaeth. Gyda Cymunedau yn Gyntaf yn dod i ben, teimlaf na ddylem edrych ar gyflogadwyedd yn unig, ond ar hunangyflogadwyedd a'r rôl y gall hunangyflogadwyedd ei chwarae yn y rhaglen gyflogadwyedd. Ceir 8.7 y cant o weithwyr hunangyflogedig yng nghymunedau'r Cymoedd, sy'n cynnwys Caerffili. Sut y gallwn sicrhau felly fod y nifer hwnnw'n tyfu fel bod y bobl sydd eisiau bod yn hunangyflogedig, yn enwedig menywod, yn gallu dod yn hunangyflogedig? Buasai hynny'n golygu ymgysylltu â cholegau addysg bellach, ysgolion lleol a phobl a fyddai'n gweithredu'n llwyddiannus trwy Cymunedau yn Gyntaf yn yr ardaloedd clwstwr blaenorol. Yn olaf, ar gyfer fy nghyfraniad, argymhelliad 6. Rydym yn gwybod bod ardaloedd cynnyrch ehangach haen is yn tueddu i eithrio pobl a allai fod yn byw mewn tlodi y tu hwnt i'r ardaloedd hynny ac mae'r cysyniad o allgymorth i'w groesawu'n fawr. Mae Bethan Jenkins eisoes wedi sôn efallai fod angen ehangu rhywfaint ar ein dealltwriaeth o allgymorth, wrth i'r rhaglen ddirwyn i ben. Rhoddodd y comisiynydd plant dystiolaeth i'r Pwyllgor Plant, Pobl Ifanc ac Addysg yr wythnos diwethaf, lle y dywedodd y buasai'n hoffi gweld y cynnig gofal plant yn cael ei ymestyn i gynnwys rhieni nad ydynt yn gweithio. Er mwyn gwneud hynny, mae'n rhaid i chi roi diwedd ar gyni i bob pwrpas a buaswn yn deall barn Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet pe bai'n dweud y byddai hynny'n hynod o anodd o fewn cyllidebau presennol - bron yn amhosibl. Fodd bynnag, deallais, o fy nhrafodaeth gyda'r comisiynydd plant, a'r cwestiynau a holais iddi, mai'r hyn y cyfeiriai ato oedd estyn Dechrau'n Deg i bawb, ac unwaith eto, byddai hynny bron yn amhosibl. Fodd bynnag, gan edrych ar faterion allgymorth, ble y gallwn ni fod yn gliriach ynglŷn â sut y gellir cyflwyno allgymorth o fewn ardaloedd awdurdodau lleol? Hoffwn i Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet archwilio hynny mewn cymaint o fanylder ag y bo modd. Felly, rwy'n falch ei fod, unwaith eto, wedi derbyn yr argymhellion hynny. Rwy'n credu y dylid croesawu'r adroddiad hwn. Rwy'n credu ei fod yn gyfraniad gwerthfawr, trawsbleidiol, annibynnol i'r drafodaeth ar Cymunedau yn Gyntaf ac rwy'n falch fod y Llywodraeth wedi edrych ar hyn mewn ffordd hynod o glir a gonest a chyda meddwl agored, ac edrychaf ymlaen at weld y gwelliannau rwyf wedi'u hawgrymu, ac y mae Aelodau eraill wedi'u hawgrymu, yn cael eu derbyn gan y Llywodraeth, ac rwy'n gwirioneddol gredu y gwnânt hynny.