English: Diolch yn fawr, Dirprwy Lywydd, and I'd like to start by thanking the Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee and the Equality and Social Justice Committee for their joint work in bringing forward this debate. The essential role that this Senedd, the Welsh Parliament, has in the well-being of future generations framework is one of the key features of the Welsh approach to sustainable development, and I do welcome the focus of the debate being on scrutiny of implementation. If we look across the world, parliaments are playing a key role in scrutinising action on the sustainable development agenda, but of course, we have a unique opportunity to debate this in light of our well-being of future generations legislation, which reached its five-year milestone last year. And the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales herself has reminded us that Wales is the only country to legislate in this way, using a long-term approach to look at root causes of problems in a law that's admired globally. So, the Act, we believe - and I think it's been expressed today in this Chamber - is permeating and driving continuous improvement in how Government and public bodies work, so that future generations can expect a better quality of life on a healthy planet. The debate gives me the opportunity to show how the key duties in the Act have been implemented and recognise the efforts by all in making it work. So, public bodies have set their well-being objectives, published well-being statements about their contribution to the goals, and they are reporting each year on what they're doing. Public services boards have been established and assessments of local well-being have been completed; local well-being plans are in place and progress on them is being reported annually. But I would like to respond to and thank Jenny Rathbone, the Chair of the Equality and Social Justice Committee, for her particular point and question about public services boards, because they are an essential part of localising Wales's well-being goals and they bring key partners together in partnership, and they do steer places on a more sustainable path and they are approaching their work differently, as you say, Jenny. They're becoming more targeted in focusing their efforts, they're identifying areas where collective action can have the biggest impact. And there is excellent work being done by PSBs in response to the recovery, such as Monmouthshire - and I'm sure Peter Fox is aware of that, as the former leader; the PSBs' collaborative project on active citizenship; and also the Cwm Taf work on adverse childhood experiences as well. So, PSBs have an important role and they've been galvanised, in fact, in terms of responding to the recovery of communities following COVID-19. This isn't additional work for PSBs; it's actually a continuation of their core work in improving the well-being of their areas. And I think also, I would like to thank Natasha Asghar for her contribution today as well, and just reassure her that, in terms of funding cycles, it's been our aspiration, of course, to provide longer term budgets when possible. We haven't had that time frame available to us in terms of our own budget settlements, so we now have the certainty that we have in terms of three-year spending plans as part of the UK spending review delivering those multi-year settlements. We can't rule out the risk in terms of future prospects, but it does mean that we have the chance now to ensure that there is that funding cycle surety that is going to be with us with the spending review. Just looking at some of the ways in which, as I said, the Act is being implemented: those community and town councils caught by the Act are taking steps towards their local well-being objectives. Because implementation of the Act is now about delivery, and this means public bodies delivering their well-being objectives, public services boards delivering their well-being plans, community and town councils taking action, but is also about getting better in the way that bodies act in accordance with the sustainable development principle, and ensuring that those five ways of working are working.
Welsh: Diolch yn fawr, Ddirprwy Lywydd, a hoffwn ddechrau drwy ddiolch i'r Pwyllgor Cyfrifon Cyhoeddus a Gweinyddiaeth Gyhoeddus a'r Pwyllgor Cydraddoldeb a Chyfiawnder Cymdeithasol am eu gwaith ar y cyd yn cyflwyno'r ddadl hon. Mae'r rôl hanfodol sydd gan y Senedd hon, Senedd Cymru, yn fframwaith llesiant cenedlaethau'r dyfodol yn un o nodweddion allweddol ymagwedd Cymru tuag at ddatblygu cynaliadwy, ac rwy'n croesawu'r ffaith bod ffocws y ddadl ar graffu ar weithredu. Os edrychwn ar wledydd eraill ledled y byd, mae seneddau'n chwarae rhan allweddol wrth graffu ar weithredu'r agenda datblygu cynaliadwy, ond wrth gwrs, mae gennym gyfle unigryw i drafod hyn yng ngoleuni ein Deddf llesiant cenedlaethau'r dyfodol, a gyrhaeddodd ei charreg filltir bum mlynedd y llynedd. Ac mae Comisiynydd Cenedlaethau'r Dyfodol Cymru wedi ein hatgoffa mai Cymru yw'r unig wlad i ddeddfu yn y ffordd hon, gan ddefnyddio dull hirdymor o edrych ar achosion sylfaenol problemau mewn deddf sy'n destun edmygedd ledled y byd. Felly, credwn fod y Ddeddf - a chredaf fod hyn wedi'i fynegi yn y Siambr hon heddiw - yn treiddio ac yn hybu gwelliant parhaus yn y ffordd y mae'r Llywodraeth a chyrff cyhoeddus yn gweithio, fel y gall cenedlaethau'r dyfodol ddisgwyl gwell ansawdd bywyd ar blaned iach. Mae'r ddadl yn rhoi cyfle imi ddangos sut y mae'r dyletswyddau allweddol yn y Ddeddf wedi'u gweithredu a chydnabod ymdrechion pawb wrth wneud iddi weithio. Felly, mae cyrff cyhoeddus wedi nodi eu hamcanion llesiant, wedi cyhoeddi datganiadau llesiant ynglŷn â'u cyfraniad at y nodau, ac maent yn adrodd bob blwyddyn ar yr hyn y maent yn ei wneud. Mae byrddau gwasanaethau cyhoeddus wedi'u sefydlu ac mae asesiadau o lesiant lleol wedi'u cwblhau; mae cynlluniau llesiant lleol ar waith ac adroddir ar eu cynnydd yn flynyddol. Ond hoffwn ymateb i Jenny Rathbone, Cadeirydd y Pwyllgor Cydraddoldeb a Chyfiawnder Cymdeithasol, a diolch iddi am ei phwynt a'i chwestiwn penodol am fyrddau gwasanaethau cyhoeddus, gan eu bod yn rhan hanfodol o'r gwaith o leoleiddio nodau llesiant Cymru a dônt â phartneriaid allweddol ynghyd mewn partneriaeth, ac maent yn llywio lleoedd ar lwybr mwy cynaliadwy ac mae ganddynt ymagwedd wahanol at eu gwaith, fel y dywedwch, Jenny. Maent yn targedu eu hymdrechion yn well, maent yn nodi meysydd lle gall gweithredu ar y cyd gael yr effaith fwyaf. Ac mae'r byrddau gwasanaethau cyhoeddus yn gwneud gwaith rhagorol wrth ymateb i'r adferiad, fel sir Fynwy - ac rwy'n siŵr fod Peter Fox yn ymwybodol o hynny, fel y cyn arweinydd; prosiect cydweithredol y byrddau gwasanaethau cyhoeddus ar ddinasyddiaeth weithgar; yn ogystal â gwaith Cwm Taf ar brofiadau niweidiol yn ystod plentyndod hefyd. Felly, mae gan fyrddau gwasanaethau cyhoeddus rôl bwysig, ac maent wedi cael eu symbylu, mewn gwirionedd, o ran ymateb i adferiad cymunedau yn dilyn COVID-19. Nid gwaith ychwanegol ar gyfer byrddau gwasanaethau cyhoeddus yw hyn; mae'n barhad o'u gwaith craidd i wella llesiant eu hardaloedd. A hoffwn ddiolch i Natasha Asghar am ei chyfraniad heddiw hefyd, a rhoi sicrwydd iddi, mewn perthynas â chylchoedd cyllido, mai ein dyhead ni, wrth gwrs, yw darparu cyllidebau mwy hirdymor pan fo hynny'n bosibl. Nid yw'r amserlen honno wedi bod ar gael i ni ar gyfer ein setliadau cyllidebol ein hunain, felly mae gennym sicrwydd bellach y bydd cynlluniau gwariant tair blynedd ym rhan o adolygiad o wariant y DU yn darparu'r setliadau aml-flwyddyn hynny. Ni allwn ddiystyru'r risg mewn perthynas â rhagolygon ar gyfer y dyfodol, ond mae'n golygu bod gennym gyfle yn awr i sicrhau y bydd gennym sicrwydd o gylch cyllido gyda'r adolygiad o wariant. I edrych ar rai o'r ffyrdd y mae'r Ddeddf yn cael ei gweithredu, fel y dywedais: mae'r cynghorau tref a chymuned y mae'r Ddeddf yn berthnasol iddynt yn cymryd camau tuag at eu hamcanion llesiant lleol. Oherwydd mae gweithredu'r Ddeddf yn ymwneud bellach â chyflawni, a golyga hyn fod cyrff cyhoeddus yn cyflawni eu hamcanion llesiant, byrddau gwasanaethau cyhoeddus yn cyflawni eu cynlluniau llesiant, cynghorau tref a chymuned yn gweithredu, ond mae'n ymwneud hefyd â gwelliannau yn y ffordd y mae cyrff yn gweithredu yn unol ag egwyddor datblygu cynaliadwy, a sicrhau bod y pum ffordd o weithio yn gweithio.