English: I'm not going to repeat anything that's already been said. We know that the numbers of looked-after children are rising steadfastly, and there are many, many reasons for that. But one of the numbers that does sort of stand out a little bit is Powys, where there's been a 50 per cent increase from April 2017. So, it was 160 children and now, in March, it's 244. Now, that's a fair escalation, and I'm sure there were reasons behind that. The reason I picked that particular one out, apart from it being in my area, is that there was a damning report by Care Inspectorate Wales in 2017, and it said that the children in the county were being placed 'at risk'. Now, I know that this week they've announced a new framework and that framework is going to be underpinned by more money, because part of the issue clearly was a lack of spending and, therefore, lack of priority in this area. So, that's good news - and I'm going to be positive here - that that was recognised, even if it wasn't Powys council who recognised it themselves. So, I suppose the question here is: how are we going to know, in advance, not after things have gone wrong, that looked-after children are high up, not just this agenda but the agenda of local authorities and other people who are supposed to be delivering those changes positively for them? And could I suggest that, if we insisted that local authorities had to make a declaration or an announcement within their given authority annually and that that report had to become public, at least people would have sight of it and perhaps the council would take some ownership of it, because it would have to be comprehensive and they would have to say how much money they were spending on it. And it might also help focus the minds of all those councillors and those corporate parents in those areas about the importance of looking after looked-after children. Just finally, it's a really, really good move here from the Assembly that looked-after children who leave care don't have to pay any council tax. So, it's a move in the right direction and, hopefully, it will help some to not end up back in care.
Welsh: Dydw i ddim yn mynd i ailadrodd yr hyn sydd wedi cael ei ddweud yn barod. Gwyddom fod nifer y plant sy'n derbyn gofal yn cynyddu'n ddi-syfl, ac mae llawer iawn o resymau dros hynny. Ond un o'r niferoedd sy'n sefyll rhywfaint ar wahân yw Powys, lle bu cynnydd o 50 y cant ers Ebrill 2017. Felly, roedd yna 160 o blant ac erbyn hyn, ym mis Mawrth, mae yna 244. Nawr, mae'n gynnydd sylweddol, ac rwy'n siŵr bod rhesymau y tu ôl i hynny. Y rheswm dros ddewis yr un penodol hwnnw, ar wahân i'r ffaith ei fod yn fy ardal i, yw bod adroddiad damniol gan Arolygiaeth Gofal Cymru yn 2017, a ddywedodd fod plant y sir yn cael eu rhoi 'mewn perygl '. Nawr, gwn eu bod wedi cyhoeddi fframwaith newydd yr wythnos hon, a bod y fframwaith hwnnw'n mynd i gael ei ategu gan fwy o arian, oherwydd yn amlwg roedd rhan o'r mater yn ymwneud â diffyg gwariant ac, felly, diffyg blaenoriaeth yn y maes hwn. Mae hynny'n newyddion da - ac rwy'n mynd i fod yn gadarnhaol yma - fod hynny wedi cael ei gydnabod, hyd yn oed os nad cyngor Powys oedd wedi ei gydnabod ei hun. Felly, mae'n debyg mai'r cwestiwn yma yw: sut yr ydym ni'n mynd i wybod, ymlaen llaw, nid ar ôl i bethau fynd o chwith, bod plant mewn gofal yn uchel nid ar yr agenda hon yn unig ond ar agenda awdurdodau lleol a phobl eraill sydd i fod cyflwyno'r newidiadau hynny yn gadarnhaol ar eu cyfer? Ac a gaf i awgrymu, pe baem yn mynnu bod awdurdodau lleol yn gorfod gwneud datganiad neu gyhoeddiad o fewn eu hawdurdod penodol yn flynyddol a bod yn rhaid i'r adroddiad hwnnw fod yn gyhoeddus, o leiaf y byddai pobl yn cael golwg arno ac efallai y byddai'r cyngor yn cymryd peth perchenogaeth ohono, oherwydd byddai'n rhaid iddo fod yn gynhwysfawr a byddai'n rhaid iddynt ddweud faint o arian yr oeddent yn ei wario arno. A gallai hefyd helpu i ganolbwyntio meddyliau'r holl gynghorwyr a'r rhieni corfforaethol hynny yn yr ardaloedd hynny ynghylch pwysigrwydd gofalu am blant sy'n derbyn gofal. Yn olaf, mae'n newid gwirioneddol dda hwn gan y Cynulliad nad oes raid i blant sy'n derbyn gofal sy'n gadael gofal dalu unrhyw dreth gyngor. Felly, mae'n gam i'r cyfeiriad cywir a gobeithio y bydd yn helpu rhai i beidio â chael eu hunain yn ôl mewn gofal.