Y Llywydd / The Llywydd: Yr eitem gyntaf ar ein hagenda ni y prynhawn yma ywír cwestiynau
iír Prif Weinidog, aír cwestiwn cyntaf, Mohammad Asghar.
Mohammad Asghar: 1.
Beth y mae Llywodraeth Cymru yn ei wneud i wella mynediad at leoliadau profiad gwaith
ar gyfer disgyblion ysgolion uwchradd yng Nghymru?
OAQ(5)0647(FM) Carwyn Jones: We continue to work with secondary
schools and employers to help prepare young people for the world of work.
This includes funding the Business Class project, delivered by Careers Wales in partnership
with Business in the Community, which has established 81 school-business partnerships
across Wales.
Mohammad Asghar: Thank you for that answer, First Minister, but, in previous years, when
secondary school pupils were sent on placements to experience the world of work, it was the
duty of Careers Wales to check that the employers and their workplaces were suitable, safe environments,
and that legal requirements on insurance and risk assessment were met.
However, your Government has forced Careers Wales to phase out this service due to budget
cuts, thereby removing the opportunity for people to enjoy the benefit of work experience
placements.
Can the First Minister explain how stopping these safety checks due to budget cuts will
promote and expand access to work experience placements in Wales?
Carwyn Jones: As I understand it, Gwynedd and Anglesey have taken the decision to withdraw
from offering work experience placements for pupils.
In other parts of Wales, schools and local authorities have worked together to find new
solutions in response to the change of services provided by Careers Wales in 2015.
David Rees: First Minister, work experience is critical for young people, and those with
learning difficulties and perhaps other neurological conditions, such as autism, which weíll be
discussing tomorrow, often find difficulty in getting out to the workplace.
Now, there are some schools that put on assimilated work placements, and, for those, itís wonderful
because they are in a safe and familiar environment.
But others need to go out and get that experience, because it helps them in their transition
to adulthood.
What more can the Welsh Government do to encourage employers to take on people with those conditions
and learning difficulties, so that they can get that experience, so that they can get
the transition into adulthood and be confident that theyíre able to go out to the workplace?
Carwyn Jones: We encourage schools to look to create those links with employers.
I think it is important for some youngsters to get that experience first in a more controlled
environment that makes them more comfortable, and then, of course, look at getting work
placements in the future.
But there will be examplesóthe Member for Aberavon has already mentioned someówhere
schools are working proactively in order to provide placements for youngsters with particular
learning needs.
Rhun ap Iorwerth: Diolch, Llywydd.
Mae yna siom fawr wedi bod yn fy etholaeth i wrth i ddisgyblion blwyddyn 10 a 12 glywed
nad ydyn nhw am gael mynd ar leoliadau profiad gwaith eleni.
Rwyín datgan diddordeb fel tad i un ferch ym mlwyddyn 10 ac un ferch ym mlwyddyn 12.
Ond, a wnaiff y Prif Weinidog gytuno efoír datganiad yma y mae swyddogion cyngor Ynys
MÙn yn sicr yn dweud syín wir, sef maiír hyn sydd wrth wraidd y penderfyniad yma, y
tu hwnt i unrhyw amheuaeth, ydy penderfyniad Llywodraeth Cymru i dynnu cyllid ac, felly,
capasiti oddi ar Gyrfa Cymru i wirio lleoliadau, fel maen nhw wediíi wneud yn y gorffennol?
Carwyn Jones: Ddim o gwbl.
Y cynghorwyr, yn fy marn i, sydd i fod i redeg awdurdod lleol, nid swyddogion, ta beth.
Ond dim ond Gwynedd ac Ynys MÙn sydd wedi cymryd y penderfyniad hyn.
Rwyín gwybod bod awdurdodau eraill yn edrych ar ffyrdd newydd i sicrhau bod yna lefydd
ar gael.
Caroline Jones: First Minister, the best way to improve access to work experience placements
for Welsh pupils is to improve links between our schools and industry.
While there are many good examples across the country, is it not enough.
What plans does your Government have to ensure that every school in Wales maintains close
links with local businesses?
Carwyn Jones: Most schools will want to do that anyway.
As I said, most local authorities in Wales are workingóand theyíve had plenty of noticeóto
see those links strengthened.
They knew the changes were coming in 2015, but, despite that, of course, local authorities
have been working proactively to maintain those links.
Rhianon Passmore: First Minister, the Welsh Government has a groundbreaking Fusion programme
that contributes to many of the goals of the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act
2015.
The Fusion programme seeks to encourage and empower young people to take an active part
in arts, culture and heritage, and equally includes innovative work experience placements.
Additionally, the Fusion programme in 2017 includes the priorities of employment and
skills.
First Minister, isnít this further evidence that the Welsh Government encourages a dynamic
taste of the world of work from all quarters of Welsh life for Welsh schoolchildren, and
how then can the Welsh Government build on this excellent best practice?
Carwyn Jones: We always look at good practice to see whether that practice can be extended
across the whole of Wales.
Itís right, of course, that young people have the opportunity not just to gain qualifications,
but also to understand what the world of work requires and have a broad outlook on life.
Thatís what the Welsh baccalaureate is intended to deliver as well.
But we always look at examples of good practice to see whether they can be extended.
Russell George: 2.
A wnaiff y Prif Weinidog ddatganiad am ddatblygu rhwydwaith teithio llesol yn Sir Drefaldwyn?
OAQ(5)0653(FM) Carwyn Jones: Well, the first stage of the
Active Travel (Wales) Act 2013 has been completed, and a number of active travel routes have
been identified in Montgomeryshire.
Russell George: Thank you, First Minister.
Iím sure you will agree that the Newtown bypass will provide an opportunity to develop
a meaningful active travel network for Newtown.
Regrettably, Powys County Council were recently unsuccessful in securing funding from the
local transport fund, which would have gone some way to securing the townís aspirations
to be an active travel town.
Now, I understand the bid was supported as a project, but not funded.
So, could I ask you, First Minister, to ask officials to take a fresh look at this bid,
with a view to funding the scheme if additional funding can be made available?
Carwyn Jones: Well, I understand Powys will be launching the new Llanfyllin Safe Routes
in Communities facility on Friday.
That was made possible through allocated funding from the Welsh Governmentóan example of that
funding being made available to Powys.
The two Powys local transport fund schemes are at the top of our reserve list for 2017-18,
as part of our wider work associated with the Newtown bypass, and we are looking at
options to see how we could allocate some in-year funds to the Powys active travel bid
for Newtown.
Lee Waters: Isnít part of the problem, First Minister, that some Members seem to think
that bypasses are part of active travel networks?
Sixty per cent of all car journeys are for journeys of less than five miles, and an emphasis
on everyday journeys is one of the key ways of making the active travel Act achieve its
potential.
In Carmarthenshire, the councilís draft strategy has an emphasis on sports cycling and on leisure
cyclingó Y Llywydd / The Llywydd: Iím sorry, Iím
going to have to intervene.
This question is about Montgomeryshire.
Lee Waters: I did preface my remarks, Llywydd, to talk about the Newtown bypass, which has
just been referenced.
Y Llywydd / The Llywydd: Itís stretching it slightly to talk about Carmarthenshire.
Lee Waters: Indeed.
Iím talking about the way local authorities are implementing and interpreting this Act,
and whether the First Minister, and the Welsh Government, will issue strong guidance to
local authorities, to make sure the emphasis is on short journeys, practical journeys,
and not bypasses.
Carwyn Jones: The Member should not get the idea that there is a plan to merge Montgomeryshire
with Carmarthenshireóat this stage.
The point that the Member makes is important, and he has been consistent in his view that
itís absolutely crucial to promote cycling as more than just recreationóthat it is seen
as an integral part of the transport system, if I can put it that way.
Thatís what the active travel Act was designed to do, and thatís why itís so important
that, where funding is available, then cycle routes, for example, are provided, when road
schemes are in place.
The Church Village bypass is an example of that.
And it is something, of course, that we seek to promote through funding, and also through
the legislation itself.
Y Llywydd / The Llywydd: Galwaf nawr am gwestiynau gan arweinwyr y pleidiau.
Arweinydd grwp UKIP, Neil Hamilton.
Neil Hamilton: Diolch yn fawr, Llywydd.
Itís clear now that the failure of the Prime Ministerís cynical, opportunist snap election
gamble has thrown the whole Brexit negotiating process into confusion, perhaps exacerbated
by the fact that sheís appointed 16 Remainers to her Cabinet of 23.
And, in particular, this throws perhaps more into question than previously the nature of
our border controls post Brexit.
Iím wondering where the Labour Party now stands in this process, because Iím sure
the First Minister will have seen that both Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell have said
that the Labour Party is formally committed to taking Britain out of the single market
and the customs union, whereas Keir Starmer has said he wants to negotiate a new form
of single market agreement, and Barry Gardiner, the shadow international trade Secretary,
has criticised Mrs May for taking single market membership off the table right from the very
beginning.
So, can the First Minister tell me whether he is now a Corbynite or whether he is a Starmerite?
Carwyn Jones: Well, what we do know from the election is the hard Brexit that is espoused
and promoted by UKIP is dead.
People were asked to vote on a particular version of Brexitóspecifically asked to vote
on thatóby Theresa May, and she did not get that mandate.
So, what happens next?
We have put forward, together with Plaid Cymru, a White Paper that suggests a way forward
as far as Brexit is concerned.
I have today written to the Prime Minister, reminding her that it takes more than words
when it comes to seeking engagement with the devolved Governments.
I welcome the words of Guto Bebb, for example, where he recognises the reality of the situationóthat
a sustainable Brexit can only happen if the devolved Governments are fully part of that
process, and I hope that the small group in Whitehall that have been trying to control
this take note.
Neil Hamilton: I read, of course, the Governmentís White Paper on Brexit, which, effectively,
isnít in favour of border controls at all in any meaningful sense.
My interest in this is on the impact of unskilled and semi-skilled labour being imported in
uncontrollable numbers and the effect that that has upon working class wages.
Now, the Bank of England has published a substantial report on ëThe impact of immigration on occupational
wages: vidence from Britainí, the conclusion of which was that a 10 per cent rise in the
proportion of immigrants is associated with a 2 per cent reduction in pay in the semi-
and unskilled services sector.
I struggle to understand why the Labour Party, of all parties, is prepared to countenance
a situation where working class wages are driven down so that, for many people, the
minimum wage is the maximum wage.
Carwyn Jones: The greatest threat to peopleís wages is continued austerityóthat is the
greatest threat.
I wonder if he would make it clear what his position was on the minimum wage, for exampleówhether
he supported its introduction by a Labour Government, and whether he supports the need
for greater focus on policing the minimum wage, and whether he would see an increase
in the minimum wage to the level of a living wage.
Those are the ways to protect people.
Yes, it is important to protect people, and not just our own people, but people from other
countries, from exploitation, and that needs more resources to be put into the policing
of that.
But thereís no doubt that the greatest threat to wages is a Tory Government that is bent
on austerity.
Neil Hamilton: I notice that the First Minister neatly sidesteps the question.
UKIP did actually support the introduction of the minimum wage, and, certainly, we support
policing it effectively, because the law of the land should be obeyed.
And itís no answer to the problem of wage compression to say that we will take strong
action against employers who are breaking the law.
What is of more concern is that the average wage rate at the bottom of the income scale
is being driven down for more and more people.
And there are hundreds of thousands of people who are on the breadline who are forced into
even more precarious situations as a result of uncontrolled immigration.
Surely, firm control of unskilled and semi-skilled migration from the European Union, which can
be controlled from the rest of the world under existing law, is a vital necessity for ordinary
working-class people.
Carwyn Jones: First of all, again, he misses the point about border control.
If you want to have border control, you have a hard border between Northern Ireland and
the Republic.
There is no other way of doing it, unless you want to put British border agency officials
in the Republicís airports and ports, and that is a strategy fraught with problems,
if I can put it diplomatically.
That situation has still not been properly resolved.
But, for me, the issue of low wages is driven by the austerity weíve see for the past seven
years, the fact we havenít seen real increases in pay, the fact that weíve seen people who
are in work lose in-work benefits.
We used to sayóand the Secretary of State got himself into trouble on thisóto people,
ëIf you get a job, your income will increaseí.
That is no longer the case because of the fact that those at the top of the income scale
have received more money through tax cuts and those at the bottom have received less
money through the reduction and loss of in-work benefits.
Thatís what the focus should be onómaking sure that those people who are working hard,
working long hours, get the support they deserve, and they havenít had it over the last seven
years.
Y Llywydd / The Llywydd: Arweinydd Plaid Cymru, Leanne Wood.
Leanne Wood: First Minister, the NHS is our most cherished public service.
All of us rely on it and itís the single largest spending commitment in the Welsh budget,
which reflects its importance to our people.
Are you satisfied with the financial governance of the NHS?
Carwyn Jones: Yes, I am.
There are issue that arise every year from the boards, but theyíve been given a three-year
timescale within which to operate when it comes to producing their budget.
But, of course, we would always want to see more funds made available to the Welsh budget
through the ending of austerity in Westminster.
Leanne Wood: On Friday, it was announced that four of the 10 NHS organisations have failed
to break even over the three-year financial period.
Now, we know that three health boards have been placed under targeted intervention, and
a fourth is being monitored.
You mentioned that you introduced three-year budgeting in order to try to solve those problems,
but we are still seeing these deficits emerge over that three-year period.
First Minister, under your watch, are NHS finances sound?
Carwyn Jones: Yes, they are.
Four organisations out of 10 were unable to meet their three-year duty.
Weíve been open about the particular challenges those organisations are facing, and itís
why theyíve all been escalated under our NHS intervention arrangements.
Leanne Wood: A situation where four out of seven health boards arenít meeting your targets
isnít one that can be described as financially sound.
This is about how the NHS is being managed, itís about supporting the staff and the patients
of the NHS by ensuring that the service is in good financial health.
Itís about health boards meeting the statutory duties that you have set out.
Leanne Wood: Now, in March, your health Secretary said that the four health boards in question
would not be bailed out.
He also said that he was, quote, ëpretty certain that NHS services wouldnít be cut
as a result of these deficitsí.
Now, being pretty certain doesnít fill me with confidence, First Minister.
What we need today is a cast-iron guarantee.
So, can you tell us: when will the NHS finances improve?
Is it still the case that you wonít bail out struggling NHS health boards?
And as the Government responsible for the Welsh NHS, will you guarantee that deficit
repayment plans for these health boards wonít result in cuts to our health services?
Carwyn Jones: No services have suffered as a result of these deficits.
We have ensured that these organisations have sufficient cash to meet their normal commitments,
and we manage their deficits within the overall health budget, subject to audit confirmation.
The overall health budget was balanced in 2016-17.
Now, through the intervention arrangements, we are working closely with those organisations
to address the governance, management and service issues that underpin their deficits
and we will not shy away from taking firm action with these organisations if that is
what is necessary.
Leanne Wood: No guarantees.
Y Llywydd / The Llywydd: Arweinydd yr wrthblaid, Andrew R.T.
Davies.
Andrew R.T.
Davies: Thank you, Presiding Officer.
First Minister, one of the stories that came through at the general election and, because
of the campaigning, didnít get the coverage it deserved was the lack of this Governmentís
ability to meet its commitment from 2010 that all cancer patients in Wales would have a
keyworker.
Can you explain why, seven years on, so many cancer patients are not getting that key worker
identified when they get the diagnosis in Wales?
Carwyn Jones: One of the messages of the general election was that people didnít want the
Welsh Conservatives.
I mean, Iím fairly surprised he actually raises it.
I do wonder how much more he can take of being replaced as a leader on programmes, but he
asked a question about cancer key workers.
That is something that weíre still working towards to make sure that everyone has that
key worker.
He will see that the amount of money thatís gone into cancer treatment has increased over
the years.
Andrew R.T.
Davies: You can have the pot shot, First Minister, but people wouldíve listened and heard that
you didnít give an answer why people donít get a key worker.
So, you can carry on with the pot shots, but people who get a cancer diagnosis deserve
all the assistance they can get, and as someone whoís lost family members, along with other
Members in this Chamber, we welcomed that commitment that the Government made at that
time in 2010.
But as Macmillan has identified, at least a third of patients do not get that key worker
when they get the diagnosis.
Itís a simple question, First Minister, and instead of being flippant, can you give a
serious answer as to when that target will be met?
Carwyn Jones: I believe I did give a serious answer, and like him, Iíve lost people close
to me, and indeed, Iíve seen my wife deal with cancer.
It affects so many of us, but the cancer implementation group, which is responsible for the delivery
of the cancer delivery plan, has identified the key worker role as a priority.
As such, work is being undertaken currently to develop a set of standards and associated
measures to review the progress that health boards and trusts are making in the provision
of key workers, as well as other priority issues.
Itís also important to note that the cancer patient experience survey provides a good
picture of the situation in Wales.
No other major health condition has such a large-scale survey assessing patient experience,
and we do know that the response has been good in terms of peopleís experience of the
treatment they have received.
The 2016 survey results will be published later this year.
Andrew R.T.
Davies: Again, on the second time of asking, I still have not got a date when cancer patients
and people connected with cancer services will know when this commitment is going to
be met.
It is a fact that Public Health Wales have said itís not mandatory for them to collect
the data to identify where the shortfalls are in the system.
So, you can read all you want from your script, First Ministeróyou made the commitment in
2010.
Public Health Wales just say one basic point: itís not mandatory to collect the data.
How can you genuinely say that you know youíre progressing in meeting this target?
I do put the question again to you: when will you hit that target here in Wales and will
you now make it mandatory for Public Health Wales to gain those data so that we can see
progress on meeting that goal?
We support you in this measureówe want to see it met.
Carwyn Jones: Well, I canít go beyond the answer Iíve already given to him, namely
that that work is ongoing.
He asks the question, ëWhen will that work be complete?íóI will write to him with a
date on thatóheís asked me that specific questionóbut this is something that we want
to see implemented in the future.
Neil Hamilton: 3.
Pa gynnydd sydd wedi'i wneud i sicrhau bod Cymru yn dod yn genedl o ddim galw diwahoddiad?
OAQ(5)0655(FM) Carwyn Jones: Well, the zones have been set
up in the majority of Welsh local authorities.
We are committed to making our communities safer and I would encourage local authorities
to continue to introduce ways to stop cold calling to protect the most vulnerable people
in society.
Neil Hamilton: I thank the First Minister for that reply.
I donít know whether he is aware of a poll that is being conducted by the debt charity
called StepChange.
This has discovered that 59 per cent of people report having received one cold call a week,
and 8 per cent have had more than one call per day.
And one of the principle concerns about this is these calls offering high-cost credit.
About a third, apparently, received one of these calls every week, and one in eight has
actually taken out high-cost credit with an average of £1,052 of extra borrowing taken
out.
This poses significant dangers for vulnerable people on low incomes, and I wonder if the
First Minister can tell me what further progress the Government intends to make in the next
12 months towards ending this curse?
Carwyn Jones: Well, we did provide funding in 2013 to increase the number of cold-calling
zones in Wales.
Thatís helped to protect vulnerable people from scams.
I know that some local authorities have also carried out that work.
My own local authority in Bridgend, for example, ran a very successful campaign a few years
ago informing people of what scams looked likeónot just postal scams but online scams
as well.
They can be hugely believable, given the fact they will often use e-mails that look like
e-mails from established companies, even though they are not.
We will, of course, continue to work with the police and police and crime commissioners
on issues including fraud crime.
Mike Hedges: Iím a strong and long-term supporter of no-cold-calling zones, and Iíve raised
this several times in this Chamber as far too many of them target the very vulnerable,
and far too many of the very vulnerable are taken advantage of.
I have some very popular no-cold-calling zones in Swansea East.
Iíve also noticed a growth, and Iím sure everyone else in this room has as theyíve
been going around during election time, in the number of houses that say, ëCold callers
not welcomeí.
Iím sure people have seen that on their travels.
Mike Hedges: What Iím asking is: what can the Welsh Government do to help increase the
number and size of no-cold-calling zones?
Because a lot of the no-cold-calling zones, which are very popular, tend to cover a couple
of hundred houses, whereas Iíd really like the whole of Swansea to be covered by itóIím
not sure if my two colleagues representing the rest of Swansea do, but certainly the
whole of Swansea East covered by it, because it is a nuisance.
And yet, you canít do anything about the people coming in by e-mail, but we ought to
be able to stop people banging on doors, telling someone theyíve got a loose slate and then
charging them tens of thousands of pounds.
Carwyn Jones: For all of us in this Chamber itís always difficult to know whether ëNo
cold callingí means political canvassers as well.
Although, I have noticed people putting on their doors ëNo canvassersí as well as ëNo
cold callingí.
But itís an important point.
We will know of people who have been scammed in this way, particularly older people who
feel particularly vulnerable.
We do know that no-cold-calling zones have been set up in the majority of Welsh local
authorities to reduce the number of cold callers, and we continue to work with local authorities
to encourage them to set up more zones in the future.
Janet Finch-Saunders: Since 2005, my local authority has indeed been very proactive in
ensuring the introduction of no-cold-calling zones.
In fact, I was the cabinet member introducing them at the time.
A joint initiative with North Wales Police and Conwy trading standards has now established
over 1,300 zones, including the entire community of Trefriw.
Your Government, as you say, has made several thousands of pounds available for this initiative,
however 10 local authorities just havenít bothered taking up the funding.
Janet Finch-Saunders: Ninety-three per cent of people in a survey are not wanting doorstep
sellers; 60 per cent have received uninvited visits from contractors, with 25 per cent
experiencing repeat calls.
So, what stepsóIíll repeatóis your Government taking to ensure no-cold-calling zones are
robustly implemented across the whole of Wales in order to protect our most vulnerable and
those living alone from what are often bogus callers and cowboy contractors?
Carwyn Jones: The first difficulty is we donít have executive powers as a Government to enforce
the zones.
The Assembly does have some legislative competence, but itís quite limited and limited to consumer
protection.
That means, of course, the local authorities have a particularly important role.
Sheís mentioned, of course, her own local authority, and we welcome the work that they
have done.
For those 10 local authorities that havenít taken up the funding, itís a matter for them,
of course, to explain, and a matter to be taken up with them as to why it is that they
feel that no-cold-calling zones are not appropriate for their area.
Darren Millar: 4.
A wnaiff y Prif Weinidog ddatganiad am bwysigrwydd twristiaeth glan y mÙr yng ngogledd Cymru?
OAQ(5)0644(FM) Carwyn Jones: Our coastal environment is a
major attraction for many visitors who are drawn by the quality of our coastal landscape,
wildlife and sea, and, of course, many of those seaside attractions are along the northern
coast.
Darren Millar: There are many of those seaside towns in my own constituency that benefit
from tourism, including Towyn, Kimmel Bay, Llanddulas and, indeed, Colwyn Bay.
But one of the things that puts that tourism industry at risk is the risk of coastal flooding,
and I notice the publication of a report by the Public Accounts Committee today that criticised
this distinct lack of leadership on the part of the Welsh Government in securing improvements
in coastal flood defences.
The First Minister will know, because Iíve raised it with him on many occasions, that
Iím very concerned about the Old Colwyn promenade in my own constituency, which has been pummelled
by storms year after year, which has severely damaged the integrity of that promenade, which
protects, of course, the A55 trunk road and the north Wales railway line.
Iíd be grateful, First Minister, if you could step up to the plate and take a lead on this
issue to ensure that that work is done as a matter of priority within this Assembly
term.
Carwyn Jones: Well, first of all, in terms of the committeeís report, itís not quite
what it says, to my mind.
It does make the quite valid point that there are many different organisations who all have
a responsibility for floodingósome seven.
The point that the report was trying to say was, ëWell, if things go wrong, who then
is responsible?í, and thatís a valid question that we will consider as part of the response
to the committeeís report.
It may need legislation to make sure that the situation is clear.
For example, Members will know I was, a year and a half ago now, on the A55, where flooding
had occurred.
Ultimately it was a matter for Gwynedd Council, but it needed funding from Welsh Government,
so we worked together to deliver that.
But, clearly, there is an issue here that will need to be resolved in terms of: is the
situation robust enough if we have that many organisationsóand individuals, quite oftenówho
are responsible for controlling flooding?
And weíll consider our response to that as part of our response to the committeeís report.
Llyr Gruffydd: Mae rheolau a rheoliadauír Undeb Ewropeaidd, wrth gwrs, wedi bod yn bennaf
gyfrifol am y trawsnewidiad rydym ni wedi ei weld yn ansawdd dwr nofio a glendid traethau
aír ffaith bod cynifer nawr oín traethau ni yn y gogledd ‚ statws baner las, sydd
wedi bod yn ffactor bwysig iawn o safbwynt denu twristiaid.
Gan ein bod niín gadael yr Undeb Ewropeaidd, wrth gwrs, a bod Brexit yn dod, beth allwn
ni ei wneud i sicrhau ein bod niín gwarchod y safonau amgylcheddol yna?
Beth fyddwn chi fel Llywodraeth Cymru yn ei wneud i sicrhau na fyddwn ni byth yn mynd
nÙl iír sefyllfa fel ag yr oedd hi lleír oedd ein traethau aín moroedd ni ymhlith
y butraf aír mwyaf afiach yn Ewrop gyfan?
Carwyn Jones: Mae hynnyín iawn.
Nid oes dim rheswm pam allwn ni ddim cadwír rheolau sydd yna ar hyn o bryd.
Mae hynnyín rhywbeth, wrth gwrs, i Lywodraeth Cymru aír Cynulliad hwn iíw benderfynu.
Ond, na, ni fyddwn ni fel Llywodraeth ddim o blaid lleihauír safonau sydd yna.
Rwyín cofioír amser lleír oedd yr afon a oedd yn mynd trwyír dref lle ges i fy nghodi,
Pen-y-bont, yn rhedeg ‚ lliwiau gwahanol, yn dibynnu ar beth oedd wedi cael ei daflu
i mewn iír afonóglo, lipsticóroedd popeth yn mynd i mewn iír afon, ac o achos hynny,
roedd yr afon yn goch ac yn wyrdd.
Wel, nid oes neb yn moyn mynd yn Ùl i hynny, ond, wrth gwrs, beth syín bwysig yw, er ein
bod niín gadael yr Undeb Ewropeaidd, nid yw hynnyín meddwl bod rhaid inni felly newid
y rheoliadau yma yng Nghymru.
Jeremy Miles: 5.
Pa asesiad y mae Llywodraeth Cymru wedi'i wneud o bleidleisio gorfodol?
OAQ(5)0643(FM) Carwyn Jones: We are not in favour of compulsory
voting.
As a Government, of course, weíve taken a position that in Assembly elections we want
to see 16 to 18-year-olds voting, but weíre not in favour of compulsory voting.
Jeremy Miles: I thank the First Minister for that answer.
And on the subject of voting, I thank him for his leadership of the Welsh Labour election
campaign, which, in contrast to that of the party opposite, was both strong and stable.
[Interruption.]
Another feature of the campaign was an increase in turnout, and yet one in three people did
not vote.
Compulsory voting is no substitute for political engagement or political education, but as
well as being a right that people have fought for and died for, it can also be seen as a
civic obligation that we owe one to another.
As the Welsh Government and the National Assembly consider voting arrangements in the future,
notwithstanding the Welsh Governmentís position, will he ensure that the experience of Australia
and Belgium is taken into full account, and that of other countries where that civic obligation
has been enshrined in law?
Carwyn Jones: We will consider that.
I have to say I sometimes consider compulsory voting to be a form of cop-out for politicians.
Itís all our responsibility, collectively, to increase turnout.
Weíll never getó.
They donít even get to 100 per cent in the countries where thereís compulsory voting.
What I saw on Thursday was a huge increase in the numbers of young people voting.
At 10 oíclock on the Thursday morning, I could see that something unusual was happening
in terms of the turnout.
So, from my perspective, it was marvellous to see young people coming out to vote in
the numbers that they did.
I hope that continues in the future, because it was never good for society for a view to
take hold that older people vote and younger people donít.
Iím glad that younger people have found their voice.
David Melding: First Minister, can I say that, like you, Iím glad that the voter turnout
last Thursday was much closer to the historic trend that weíve had in the United Kingdom,
and that is something that we should all be very grateful for?
One thing thatís always struck me as very peculiar is why we vote on a Thursday.
There have been a couple of occasions in the twentieth century where general elections
were held on Tuesdays, but why donít we vote, like most countries around the world, over
the weekend?
That, surely, would be a great way of ensuring that as many citizens as possible have every
opportunity to get to the voting booth.
Carwyn Jones: Thereís no reason why it should be a Thursday.
In fact, thereís no reason why we shouldnít look at weekend voting.
Sunday is still problematic.
I donít think the DUP will be pressing for that in the discussions that they have with
the Conservative Government, as sabbatarians.
[Laughter.]
Indeed, the western isles of Scotlandópeople there will have a view on that.
I think Sunday voting, therefore, is still difficult in some parts of the UK, but thereís
no reason why people shouldnít vote on a Saturday, for example, when most people are
not in work and when voting might be easier.
Thatís something to consider as an institution in the years to come.
Simon Thomas: Nid oes ffigurau, wrth gwrsóer bod yna ffigurau wedi eu dyfynnu, nid oes
ffigurau am faint o bobl ifanc a wnaeth bleidleisio wythnos diwethaf.
Ond, fel chithau, roeddwn iín teimlo bod yna fwy o bobl ifanc yn troi mas yn y gorllewin,
ac rwyín arbennig o falch bod Aelod ifancaf y Senedd erbyn hyn, yn Ben Lake, yn Aelod
dros Blaid Cymru yng Ngheredigion.
Yn sicr, roedd Ben Lake wedi cael lot fawr o ffermwyr ifanc yn ei helpu fe yn ystod ei
ymgyrch.
Ond, o edrych ar sut allwn ni gadwír bobl ifanc yma yn dod mas i bleidleisio, ac yn
brin o bleidleisioín orfodol, beth arall a allwn ni ei wneud?
Ie, pleidleisio ar ddiwrnodau gwahanol, ond nag yw eín bryd hefyd i dorriír cyswllt
yma bod yn rhaid ichi fwrw pleidlais mewn un man yn unig?
Mewn oes electronig, oni ddylai fod yn bosib i unrhyw un fwrw pleidlais unrhyw le yng Nghymru
dros yr ymgeisydd maen nhwín ei foyn?
Carwyn Jones: Wel, nid oes rheswm, mewn egwyddor, pam ddylai pleidleisio digidol ddim digwydd.
Mae yna broblem ymarferol ynglyn ‚ diogelwch, fel rwyín ei ddeall, sydd yn ei wneud eín
anodd iawn ar hyn o bryd.
Ond nid oes rheswm, yn y pen draw, pam ddylai hynny ddim ddigwydd.
Ar un adeg, roedd pob un yn y Siambr hon yn gweld y diwrnod pleidleisio fel y diwrnod
oedd eisiau cael pobl mas i bleidleisio.
Nid felly mae hi rhagor, achos mae cymaint o bobl yn pleidleisio drwyír post.
So, mewn egwyddor, nid oes rheswm pam ddylaiír system aros yn gwmws fel mae fe, achos un
oír pethau a wnes i sylwi dros y diwrnodau diwethaf o wythnos diwethaf roedd y ffaith
bod pobl ifanc yn cael eu hysbrydoli i bleidleisio o achos cyfryngau cymdeithasol.
Dyna le maen nhwín cael eu newyddion.
Roedd grwpiau ohonyn nhw wedi penderfynu pleidleisio.
Felly, maeín hollbwysig bod hynnyín cael ei ystyried ac maeín hollbwysig ein bod niín
ystyried, yn y pen draw, pan fydd yr amser yn iawn, pleidleisio digidol.
Mike Hedges: 6.
A wnaiff y Prif Weinidog ddatganiad am ddefnydd Llywodraeth Cymru o psyllids i fynd i'r afael
‚ chlymog Japan?
OAQ(5)0641(FM) Carwyn Jones: Progress has been made on the
biocontrol of Japanese knotweed, including psyllid stocks from Japan.
There are now better survival rates for the psyllids, as well, and thatís a key development
in tackling knotweed.
There are further releases of psyllids that are planned for the course of this year.
Mike Hedges: Can I thank the First Minister for his answer?
As people are well aware both here, and definitely in Swansea, Swansea is very much the capital
of knotweed.
Itís not a title we particularly like.
But itís a huge problem within my constituency and the neighbouring constituency.
Iím very pleased as to the success of the initial trial, but I wouldnít be fulfilling
my duty as a Swansea Member without saying: can I ask that, if further sites are being
considered, sites in Swansea, which is one of the worst affected areas in Wales, are
considered for these new sites?
Carwyn Jones: As the Member knows, the trial site in Swansea is located in his constituency
at Llansamlet, along a 450m section of the Nant Bran stream.
Care has to be taken, of course, when releasing another non-native species to control an existing
non-native species, as the Australians will tell you, given the plagues of frogs that
they quite oftenóbiblical, almost, plagues of frogs that they experience there.
So, this has been done in a controlled way.
We hope, of course, that this will be a successful way of controlling knotweed by a natural predator
without, of course, that creating imbalance elsewhere in terms of biodiversity.
Paul Davies: Brif Weinidog, fel rydym niín gwybod, mae clymog Japan yn blanhigyn syín
cael effaith negyddol nid dim ond ar blanhigion eraill ond ar adeiladau, ac o ganlyniad maeín
gallu rhwystro pobl rhag cael morgais neu insiwrans ar adeiladau.
Yn sgÓl y difrod maeír planhigyn yma yn gallu ei achosi, beth, ar y cyfan, yw strategaeth
Llywodraeth Cymru pan ddaw hi i dacloír planhigyn yma?
A ydych chi hefyd yn cytuno ‚ mi dylai Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru fod yn gyfrifol am fynd iír
afael ‚ír broblem yma?
Oherwydd rydw iín deall nad oes gan Gyfoeth Naturiol Cymru bwerau statudol o gwbl i fynd
iír afael ‚ír planhigyn yma.
Carwyn Jones: Wel, yn gyntaf, mae yna grwpówel, bwrdd prosiectósydd wedi cael ei sefydlu
ynglyn ‚ delio gyda ëknotweedí.
Rydym niín gweithio gyda phartneriaid ar draws y Deyrnas Unedig ynglyn ‚ hynny.
Maeír Ganolfan Amaeth a Biowyddoniaeth Rhyngwladol, sef sefydliad sydd ddim yn gwneud elw, yn
gwneud y gwaith ymchwilóy gwaith gwyddonolóar hyn o bryd, ar ran y bwrdd prosiect hwnnw.
So, mae yna waith yn cymryd lle, ac mae Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru yn rhan oír gwaith hwnnw.
Caroline Jones: First Minister, itís estimated that around £200 million has been spent in
the UK alone trying to tackle Japanese knotweed, which causes around £170 million-worth of
damage to property each year.
The psyllid trials are very promising, but, if the insect can successfully establish itself
in the UK, it will only tame knotweed, not eradicate it.
What more can the Welsh Government do to support Swansea University in their search to find
ways to ensure that knotweed is eradicated and no longer threatens the property of our
constituents?
Carwyn Jones: We have supported a two-year trial at Swansea, examining the chemical and
mechanical control of Japanese knotweed.
Discussions are taking place at the moment with the university to improve our control
advice in line with those findings.
Rhun ap Iorwerth: 7.
A wnaiff y Prif Weinidog ddatganiad am wasanaethau iechyd meddwl iír ifanc?
OAQ(5)0656(FM)W Carwyn Jones: Erbyn hyn, rydym niín gweld
effaith y rhaglen o welliannau sydd ar y gweill fel rhan o ëLaw yn Llaw at Iechyd Meddwlí,
a chaiff y rhaglen ei chefnogi gan £8 miliwn y flwyddyn o gymorth ychwanegol i wasanaethau
iechyd meddwl plant a phobl ifanc.
Rhun ap Iorwerth: Mi oeddwn iín falch iawn, ychydig wythnosau yn Ùl, o gael sgwrs efo
Laura Burton, merch ifanc o FÙn syín gwirfoddoli i Amser i Newid ac syín gwneud gwaith rhagorol
yn pwyso am welliannau i wasanaethau iechyd meddwl.
Mi oeddwn iín cytuno efo hi, yn sicr, bod angen gwneud mwy i newid agweddau pobl ifanc
tuag at iechyd meddwl, ond hefyd bod yn rhaid i gynnydd mewn ymwybyddiaeth fynd law yn llaw,
wrth gwrs, ‚ buddsoddiad mewn adnoddau a chyllid digonol.
O ran yr adnoddau, a ydyír Prif Weinidog yn cytuno ei bod hiín annerbyniol bod Ynys
MÙn wedi cael ei gadael heb seiciatrydd ymgynghorol o gwbl i oedolion rhwng 18 a 65 oedórhywbeth
syín effeithio ar Laura, fel llawer o bobl eraill?
Ac a ydyír Prif Weinidog yn cytuno hefyd, o ran yr ochr ymwybyddiaeth, bod angen gwneud
llawer mwy i fuddsoddi mewn addysg iechyd meddwl ar gyfer pobl ifanc er mwyn gwneud
y gwaith yna o godi ymwybyddiaeth?
Carwyn Jones: Mae yna ymgynghorydd ym mhob ysgol uwchradd, wrth gwrs, er mwyn helpu,
ond, i rai pobl ifanc, maeín rhaid cael mwy o gyngor, a dyna pam, wrth gwrs, rydym ni
wedi buddsoddi £8 miliwn y flwyddyn mewn i CAMHS.
Os edrychwn ni ar ardal Betsi Cadwaladr, gan gynnwys Ynys MÙn, wrth gwrs, rydym niín
gwybod bod y nifer a oedd yn aros am asesiad wedi mynd lawr o 669 i 90 mewn blwyddyn, felly
lleihad o 86.5 y cant, a dyna, wrth gwrs, beth y maeír buddsoddiad wediíi wneud.
Angela Burns: First Minister, the ëMaking Senseí report was published in tandem with
the Making Sense initiative, which is supported by the High Needs Collaborative and the Wales
Observatory on Human Rights of Children and Young People.
This report highlighted that, for many young people, support for the transition into adult
services is non-existent.
In fact, young people say that they are ill-prepared for the way that adult services operate, which
is quite different to the way that CAMHS operates.
Itís a scenario borne out by many cases that have come to me in my own constituency of
Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire.
First Minister, can you clarify what the Welsh Government intends to do to ensure that that
transition, which is a tricky time for children becoming young people and young people becoming
adults in all sorts of different areas, from education through to health services, is particularly
looked at and reviewed to help those who need the support of professionals, such as adult
services and children and adolescent mental health?
Carwyn Jones: Yes, that transition is important, but we have ensured that the funding has been
made available for third sector partners to ensure that young people with the most severe
mental illnesses are supported into social, education, and employment opportunities.
But, of course, with regard to the extra CAMHS funding, what that is designed to do, of course,
is make sure that young people get the help that they need at the time they need it, so
they donít have to relyósome will of course, but they donít have to rely on adult mental
health services in the future.
Paul Davies: 8.
A wnaiff y Prif Weinidog ddatganiad am ddarparu gwasanaethau iechyd yn Sir Benfro?
OAQ(5)0640(FM) Carwyn Jones: Fy mlaenoriaeth i yw gwneud
yn siwr bod pobl sir Benfro yn cael gwasanaethau iechyd sydd yn rhoiír canlyniadau gorau posibl
i gleifion.
Paul Davies: Rydw iín siwr byddech chiín cytuno ‚ mi, Brif Weinidog, ei bod yn bwysig
bod gwasanaethau iechyd brys yn cael eu lleoli mor agos i bobl ag sydd yn bosibl.
Mae ymgynghorydd sydd wedi ymddeol o ysbyty Llwynhelyg wedi adolygu nifer y babanod sydd
wedi marw ar Ùl genedigaeth yn sir Benfro.
Mae ei adolygiad yn dangos bod y sefyllfa wedi gwaethygu ers i wasanaethau babanod gael
eu canoli yn ysbyty Glangwili yng Nghaerfyrddin.
Yn sgil yr adolygiad yma, a ydyích Llywodraeth chi yn awr yn fodlon ailedrych ar y sefyllfa
yma ac ystyried ailgyflwynoír uned gofal arbennig i fabanod, a sicrhau bod gwasanaethau
pediatreg llawn amser yn ysbyty Llwynhelyg?
Carwyn Jones: Wel, byddaiín beth braf pe buasaiír ymgynghorydd yn rhoiír data inni
a sicrhau ein bod niín gallu ystyried y data er mwyn gweld a ywír dataín iawn neu beidio.
Nid yw wedi gwneud hynny.
Byddai hynnyín help.
Ond rym niín gwybod bod y coleg brenhinol wedi dweud bod gwasanaethau yn ardal Hywel
Dda yn saff.
Simon Thomas: Ond maeír sefyllfa gyda gofal pediatreg dros nos i fod yn sefyllfa dros
dro, lle mae hynny wedi cael ei dynnu oddi ar ysbyty Llwynhelyg.
Nid yw hynny i fod yn sefyllfa barhaol.
Felly, pryd y cawn ni nÙl y gwasanaeth pediatreg dros nos?
Carwyn Jones: Rwyín gwybod bod y bwrdd iechyd yn ymgynghori ar hyn o brydóneuín mynd i
ymgynghori cyn bo hirógydag arbenigwyr yn yr ardal er mwyn sicrhau gwasanaethau cynaliadwy.
Ond maeín wir i ddweud mai rhywbeth dros dro yw hwn, ac nid rhywbeth parhaol.
Vikki Howells: 9.
Pa gamau y mae Llywodraeth Cymru yn eu cymryd i hyrwyddo cydraddoldeb i fenywod hyn yng
Nghwm Cynon?
OAQ(5)0652(FM) Carwyn Jones: We are strongly committed both
to supporting older people and to promoting equality between genders.
That is reflected, of course, in the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 and
the strategy for older people, which supports action to address issues facing both women
and men in later life.
Vikki Howells: Thank you, First Minister.
I know you have written previously to the then Secretary of State for Energy and Climate
Change, calling for a review of the minersí pension scheme.
I recently met with campaigners from the UK miners pension scheme association, who highlighted
to me how the current workings of the scheme badly affect minersí widows, in particular,
with some, for example, receiving just £10 a week.
Would you write to the UK Government again, highlighting the way that reform of the scheme
could not only benefit miners, but also promote economic equality for minersí widows in my
constituency of Cynon Valley and elsewhere in Wales?
Carwyn Jones: I met with representatives from the south Wales National Union of Mineworkers
a few weeks ago, and they outlined, again, strongly, the case for a review.
We will be writing to the newly elected UK Government, requesting it to consider a review
of the scheme.
As a Government, we have indicated our support for a review of the current arrangements for
the surpluses of the mineworkers pension scheme, as Members will knowóthatís already been
said in Plenary.
I wrote to the trade unions this February to reiterate our support for a review.
David Melding: First Minister, many older women have a problem with mobilityóthey are
quite frailóand we need to shape certain public policies with that mind.
For instance, with transport, the improvement in bus services, free bus travel, et cetera,
is a help, but really we need to focus on things like community transport schemes as
well, which allow people who would otherwise be excluded from at least easy transportation
the right to access a whole range of services.
Carwyn Jones: Thatís correct, and thatís why we work with local authorities and with
bus and train operators to make sure that services are accessible.
For example, as part of the work for the south Wales metro, accessibility of trains and stations
will be an important part of the development of that project.
Michelle Brown: 10.
Pa asesiad y mae'r Prif Weinidog wedi'i wneud o'r effaith a gaiff Etholiad Cyffredinol y
DU yr wythnos ddiwethaf ar bolisi addysg Llywodraeth Cymru?
OAQ(5)0657(FM) Carwyn Jones: Education is devolved, and our
priorities are set out in ëTaking Wales Forwardí.
Michelle Brown: Okay.
Thank you for that, First Minister.
Labourís education policies included the abolition of tuition fees and the reintroduction
of maintenance grantsósomething that we would actually support in UKIP in respect of STEM
students.
Do you have any intention of implementing this in Wales?
Carwyn Jones: Well, that was on the basis of a Labour Government being elected and providing
us with the money to enable us to look at doing that.
That has not happened, yet, and when that happens, we will of course want to see how
we can ensure that students in Wales are no worse off than those in England, as weíve
done for the past number of years under successive Governments.
Mark Reckless: Will the First Minister reconsider the future curriculum for Wales and the extent
to which it will be based on changes that weíve already seen in Scotland in light of
both the declining trend in Scottish PISA results and the decline in support for the
SNP, who have overseen that curriculum?
Carwyn Jones: We havenít just taken the Scottish model and implemented it in Wales; the model
will be implemented to ensure it is appropriate to Wales.
Itís right that we should look at changing the curriculum in order to make sure that
it provides young people with the best education possible.
Y Llywydd / The Llywydd: Diolch iír Prif Weinidog.
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