English: I've been reading with interest this morning about some of the allegations that have been surrounding the delivery - or the non-delivery, to be exact - of children's services within Powys. I find it somewhat disconcerting to hear that you, equally, Minister, have found out for the first time by reading things online or listening to the news, in whichever form that arrives. And it seems very clear to me that what has been missing is leadership, management, focus and finance. And unless you have those four constituent elements working together, then nothing is actually going to improve. But there's one thing that really, really worries me, and that is that you are talking about identified potential vulnerable children in every single case that we are talking about, and you're talking about case reviews where those children will have been identified, ranging from low, to medium, to high risk. And we are being informed via the newsreels today that there is a possibility that some of those cases, or some of the information, possibly, surrounding those cases, has been misrepresented - in other words, tampered with. Now, I find that the most concerning thing of all. So, my question, clearly, is: they're in a mess, there seems to be no doubt about that, that they are absolutely in a mess and you've got staff there who have been trying really, really hard, to do their best; it seems clear that there wasn't a transparent or open or trusted whistleblowing process in place, because those staff would have been telling somebody, somewhere about their concerns, and it was either suppressed or they were too afraid to state it - and I've seen this elsewhere in another authority where I used to be a county councillor. And if you've got a culture that doesn't allow things to come out in the open, then that culture needs close examination. So, my question to you is this: they've got 20 days to put their bits of paper together, but it won't be 20 days that will change the culture, so I ask you, Minister, if you will look at the culture so that it isn't a culture that's inward-looking, with, maybe, infighting, and that's of a secretive nature that actually puts these children at risk.
Welsh: Rwyf wedi bod yn darllen gyda diddordeb y bore yma am rai o'r honiadau a wnaed ynglŷn â darpariaeth - neu ddiffyg darpariaeth, i fod yn fanwl gywir - gwasanaethau plant ym Mhowys. Rwy'n ei chael hi braidd yn syfrdanol i glywed eich bod chi, yn yr un modd, Gweinidog, wedi darganfod hyn am y tro cyntaf trwy ddarllen pethau ar-lein neu wrando ar y newyddion, ym mha bynnag ffurf y daw. Ac mae'n ymddangos yn glir iawn i mi mai'r hyn sydd wedi bod ar goll yw arweinyddiaeth, rheolaeth, ffocws a chyllid. Ac oni bai bod gennych y pedair elfen gyfansoddol hon yn gweithio gyda'i gilydd, yna nid oes dim yn mynd i wella mewn gwirionedd. Ond un peth sy'n fy mhoeni'n wirioneddol yw eich bod yn sôn am blant penodol a allai fod yn agored i niwed ym mhob un achos y siaradwn amdano, ac rydych yn siarad am adolygiadau achos lle y bydd y plant hynny wedi cael eu nodi, yn amrywio o risg isel, i risg canolig, i risg uchel. Ac rydym yn cael gwybod drwy'r eitemau newyddion heddiw fod yna bosibilrwydd fod rhai o'r achosion, neu beth o'r wybodaeth, o bosibl, ynglŷn â'r achosion hynny, wedi cael ei chamliwio - mewn geiriau eraill, fod rhywun wedi ymyrryd â hi. Nawr, rwy'n ystyried mai dyna sy'n peri fwyaf o bryder. Felly, fy nghwestiwn, yn amlwg, yw: maent mewn llanast, ymddengys nad oes amheuaeth am hynny, eu bod mewn llanast llwyr a bod gennych staff yno sydd wedi bod yn ymdrechu'n galed tu hwnt i wneud eu gorau; mae'n ymddangos yn glir nad oedd proses chwythu'r chwiban dryloyw neu agored neu ddibynadwy ar waith, gan y buasai'r staff hynny wedi bod yn dweud wrth rywun yn rhywle am eu pryderon, a naill ai ei fod wedi ei fygu neu eu bod yn rhy ofnus i ddweud amdano - ac rwyf wedi gweld hyn mewn man arall mewn awdurdod arall lle'r oeddwn yn arfer bod yn gynghorydd sir. Ac os oes gennych ddiwylliant nad yw'n caniatáu i bethau ddod yn agored, mae angen archwilio'r diwylliant hwnnw'n fanwl. Felly, fy nghwestiwn i chi yw hwn: mae ganddynt 20 diwrnod i roi eu darnau o bapur at ei gilydd, ond nid yw'n mynd i fod yn 20 diwrnod a fydd yn newid y diwylliant, felly gofynnaf i chi, Gweinidog, a fyddwch yn edrych ar y diwylliant fel nad yw'n ddiwylliant sy'n edrych tuag at i mewn gydag ymladd mewnol, o bosibl, ac o natur gyfrinachol sy'n gosod y plant hyn mewn perygl mewn gwirionedd.