English: Can I thank the Cabinet Secretary for his statement? I want to take this opportunity to reflect on a couple of my recent experiences in my area, which I think reinforce a number of the points that you've raised in your statement. Can I start by saying - ? I'd just like to take a moment, really, to stress that Merthyr Tydfil is not the town that was portrayed in the tv series Valley Cops. I just think anybody that's been in the area for the last few days and seen the community's response to the poor weather conditions - it has shown yet again that this is a town with a big heart that's always ready to go the extra mile for its neighbours when adversity strikes. I think our response to the need for ever safer communities needs to reflect that spirit. At the core of that work has got to be policing with consent from the community, and a co-operative and responsive partnership approach. As you've already identified, Cabinet Secretary, the co-operation has to be between the community, the police and other partners. And in that spirit of co-operation, each has responsibility and each has a part to play. The community has to take responsibility for reporting crime and disorder, as that is the only way that the police gather evidence for their work, but, in return, communities require effective responses from the police to the intelligence that's shared with them, and that does include a visible presence of police and PCSOs that builds community confidence. But, as you alluded to in your response to Mark Isherwood, even though the Welsh Government has increased the number of PCSOs - unlike England, where they've been cut - a visible presence of police officers is not easy when their numbers have been and continue to be cut, and PCSOs can really only offer limited support. However, I will give one example of community safety partnership work in my area. I was recently very pleased to see the Gwent police and crime commissioner, Jeff Cuthbert, respond positively to concerns around anti-social behaviour raised by residents in the upper Rumney valley. He called partners together to discuss these issues, and we are now following up with actions based around those concerns. Some of those actions and responses are coming from partners other than police, because working together for safety in communities is clearly a team game, and we're all part of that team. And we need that response from other partners. Some of these issues, for example substance abuse, require intervention and support that are not police focused. Similarly, with mental health, a crime-based response will not be the best solution, but other partners can help. So, I'm interested to know, Cabinet Secretary, how you think we can focus our efforts more effectively to ensure that the local partnership models that we need can deliver safer communities against the backdrop of the many obstacles that your statement acknowledges.
Welsh: A gaf i ddiolch i Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet am ei ddatganiad? Hoffwn achub ar y cyfle hwn i fyfyrio ar un neu ddau o'm profiadau diweddar yn fy ardal i, sydd yn fy marn i yn atgyfnerthu nifer o bwyntiau yr ydych wedi'u codi yn eich datganiad. A gaf i ddechrau trwy ddweud - ? Hoffwn gymryd munud, mewn gwirionedd, i bwysleisio nad Merthyr Tudful yw'r dref a gafodd ei phortreadu yn y gyfres deledu Valley Cops. Rwyf i o'r farn y byddai unrhyw un sydd wedi bod yn yr ardal yn ystod yr ychydig ddyddiau diwethaf ac sydd wedi gweld ymateb y gymuned i'r tywydd mawr - mae wedi dangos unwaith eto mai tref â chalon gynnes yw hon sydd bob amser yn barod i fynd yr ail filltir ar gyfer ei chymdogion pan ddaw adfyd ar eu traws nhw. Credaf fod angen i'n hymateb ni i'r angen am gymunedau sydd yn fwy diogel adlewyrchu'r ysbryd hwnnw. Wrth wraidd y gwaith hwnnw mae'n rhaid cael plismona â chydsyniad y gymuned, a dull partneriaeth cydweithredol ac ymatebol. Fel yr ydych chi eisoes wedi'i nodi, Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet, mae'n rhaid i'r cydweithrediad fod rhwng y gymuned, yr heddlu a phartneriaid eraill. Ac yn yr ysbryd hwnnw o gydweithredu, mae gan bob un gyfrifoldeb ac mae gan bob un ei ran i'w chwarae. Mae'n rhaid i'r gymuned gymryd y cyfrifoldeb dros adrodd am droseddau ac anhrefn, honno yw'r unig ffordd y gall yr heddlu gasglu tystiolaeth ar gyfer eu gwaith. Ond, yn gyfnewid am hynny, mae cymunedau yn gofyn am ymateb effeithiol gan yr heddlu i'r wybodaeth a roddir iddyn nhw, ac mae hynny'n cynnwys presenoldeb amlwg gan yr heddlu a swyddogion cymorth cymunedol sy'n magu hyder y gymuned. Ond, fel y gwnaethoch chi gyfeirio ato yn eich ymateb i Mark Isherwood, er bod Llywodraeth Cymru wedi cynyddu nifer y swyddogion cymorth cymunedol - yn wahanol i Loegr, lle maen nhw wedi'u cwtogi - nid yw presenoldeb amlwg gan swyddogion yr heddlu yn hawdd pan mae cwtogi wedi digwydd ac yn parhau i ddigwydd ar eu niferoedd, a dim ond cymorth cyfyngedig y gall swyddogion cymorth cymunedol ei gynnig mewn gwirionedd. Fodd bynnag, rhoddaf i un enghraifft o waith partneriaeth diogelwch cymunedol yn fy ardal i. Roeddwn yn falch iawn yn ddiweddar o weld comisiynydd heddlu a throseddu Gwent, Jeff Cuthbert, yn ymateb yn gadarnhaol i bryderon am ymddygiad gwrthgymdeithasol a godwyd gan drigolion yng Nghwm Rhymni uchaf. Galwodd ef bartneriaid at ei gilydd i drafod y materion hyn, ac rydym bellach yn dilyn hynny gyda chamau gweithredu sy'n seiliedig ar y pryderon hynny. Daw rhai o'r camau gweithredu a'r ymatebion hynny oddi wrth bartneriaid yn ogystal â'r heddlu, oherwydd mae'n amlwg mai gêm i'r tîm cyfan yw gweithio gyda'i gilydd er diogelwch ein cymunedau, ac rydym ni oll yn rhan o'r tîm hwnnw. Ac mae angen yr ymateb hwnnw gan bartneriaid eraill. Mae rhai o'r materion hyn, er enghraifft camddefnyddio sylweddau, yn gofyn am ymyrraeth a chymorth nad ydyn nhw wedi'u canoli ar yr heddlu. Yn yr un modd, gyda phroblemau iechyd meddwl, ni fydd yr ateb gorau yw'r ymateb sy'n seiliedig ar drosedd, ond gall partneriaid eraill helpu. Felly, rwy'n awyddus i gael gwybod, Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet, sut y credwch chi y gallwn ni ganolbwyntio ein hymdrechion yn fwy effeithiol i wneud yn siŵr y gall y modelau o bartneriaeth leol y mae eu hangen arnom sicrhau cymunedau mwy diogel yn erbyn y cefndir o rwystrau niferus a gydnabyddir yn eich datganiad.