English: Diolch, Gweinidog. Last night we heard about shocking, disturbing and sad interviews with children and young people in care, who endured exploitation, abuse, violence and threats in bed and breakfasts and hostels where they were placed. This is six years after the Welsh Government had promised to eliminate the use of all unregulated accommodation for children and young people in our care. Only through freedom of information requests to all councils do we now know that over 300 children, some of whom are as young as 11 years old, were placed in bed and breakfasts, hostels or other unsafe accommodation during the last financial year. In response to my calls for an independent review, the First Minister invited Members to outline gaps between reviews undertaken, and I just want to outline those gaps, because we know that reviews have been undertaken in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, but none in Wales. My office took up that challenge and identified more than 20 subject areas within children's services that have been reviewed in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, but not in Wales. And in fact, looking at just two of those reports, with in fact the widest remits, those by the Public Accounts Committee and Care Inspectorate Wales, we heard that only 30 care-experienced young people and just six local authorities had been interviewed and contacted. Compare that to England, where 1,100 responses were evaluated, and Scotland, where over 5,500 experiences were heard. And last week I'm sure all our hearts sank when we heard about the sentencing following the brutal murder of Logan Mwangi, and the detail that came out of that as well. I want to make it clear that I am not blaming anybody in respect of that event, and I know nobody here would. This is not about the local authority who were responsible for the care and protection of Logan, but surely you would agree that we in the Senedd need to know that those children are being protected. We need to hear the voices of those people who are working in child protection and childcare, and to hear what they need. We are responsible for those children and young people, and in my view it is essential that we have a review to tell us what the issues are, what support is needed and how we can make sure that not just our social workers, but those working in every single role in child protection and childcare have the resources we need. So, Minister, I do finish by saying: what else needs to happen for Wales to be the same as every other nation and have this independent review that will help us all to make sure we have in place the steps, the resources and the support that is needed to protect our children and young people? Thank you. Diolch yn fawr iawn.
Welsh: Diolch, Weinidog. Neithiwr clywsom am gyfweliadau brawychus, annymunol a thrist gyda phlant a phobl ifanc mewn gofal a oedd wedi dioddef yn sgil camfanteisio, cam-drin, trais a bygythiadau yn y darpariaethau gwely a brecwast a hosteli lle cawsant eu lleoli. Mae hyn chwe blynedd ar ôl i Lywodraeth Cymru addo dileu'r defnydd o'r holl lety heb ei reoleiddio ar gyfer plant a phobl ifanc yn ein gofal. Dim ond drwy geisiadau rhyddid gwybodaeth i bob cyngor y gwyddom bellach fod dros 300 o blant, gyda rhai ohonynt mor ifanc ag 11 oed, wedi'u rhoi mewn darpariaeth gwely a brecwast, hosteli neu fathau eraill o lety sy'n anniogel yn ystod y flwyddyn ariannol ddiwethaf. Mewn ymateb i fy ngalwadau am adolygiad annibynnol, gwahoddodd y Prif Weinidog yr Aelodau i amlinellu bylchau rhwng yr adolygiadau a gynhaliwyd, ac rwyf am amlinellu'r bylchau hynny, oherwydd gwyddom fod adolygiadau wedi'u cynnal yn Lloegr, yr Alban a Gogledd Iwerddon, ond nid yng Nghymru. Atebodd fy swyddfa yr alwad honno a nododd fwy nag 20 o feysydd pwnc yn y gwasanaethau i blant sydd wedi'u hadolygu yn Lloegr, yr Alban a Gogledd Iwerddon, ond nid yng Nghymru. Ac mewn gwirionedd, o edrych ar ddau o'r adroddiadau hynny'n unig, gyda'r cylchoedd gorchwyl ehangaf mewn gwirionedd, gan y Pwyllgor Cyfrifon Cyhoeddus ac Arolygiaeth Gofal Cymru, clywsom mai dim ond 30 o bobl ifanc â phrofiad o ofal a dim ond chwe awdurdod lleol y cysylltwyd â hwy ac a gafodd eu cyfweld. Cymharwch hynny â Lloegr, lle gwerthuswyd 1,100 o ymatebion, a'r Alban, lle clywyd dros 5,500 o brofiadau. A'r wythnos diwethaf rwy'n siŵr ein bod oll wedi digalonni pan glywsom am y dedfrydu yn dilyn llofruddiaeth greulon Logan Mwangi, a'r manylion a ddaeth allan o hynny hefyd. Rwyf am ei gwneud yn glir nad wyf yn beio neb mewn perthynas â'r digwyddiad hwnnw, a gwn na fyddai neb yma'n gwneud hynny. Nid yw hyn yn ymwneud â'r awdurdod lleol a oedd yn gyfrifol am ofal a diogelwch Logan, ond oni fyddech yn cytuno bod angen i ni yn y Senedd wybod bod y plant hynny'n cael eu diogelu. Mae angen inni glywed lleisiau'r bobl sy'n gweithio ym maes diogelu plant a gofal plant, a chlywed yr hyn sydd ei angen arnynt. Rydym yn gyfrifol am y plant a'r bobl ifanc hyn, ac yn fy marn i mae'n hanfodol inni gael adolygiad i ddweud wrthym beth yw'r problemau, pa gymorth sydd ei angen a sut y gallwn sicrhau nid yn unig fod gan ein gweithwyr cymdeithasol, ond y rhai sy'n gweithio ym mhob rôl ym maes diogelu plant a gofal plant yr adnoddau sydd eu hangen arnom. Felly, Weinidog, rwy'n gorffen drwy ddweud: beth arall sy'n mynd i orfod digwydd er mwyn i Gymru fod yr un fath â phob gwlad arall a chael yr adolygiad annibynnol hwn a fydd yn ein helpu i gyd i sicrhau bod gennym y camau, yr adnoddau a'r gefnogaeth sydd eu hangen i ddiogelu ein plant a'n pobl ifanc? Diolch yn fawr iawn.