O gyfnod cynnar, roeddem wedi nodi bod angen arweinyddiaeth ymgysylltiol, gydweithredol, ar y cyd ar ein hymgyrch i drawsnewid y gwasanaethau cymdeithasol yng Nghymru. I'r perwyl hwnnw, sefydlodd Gwenda Thomas AC, pan oedd hi'n Ddirprwy Weinidog y Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol, Gynghrair Arweinyddiaeth Cenedlaethol y Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol, ac mae wedi parhau i'w arwain. Hoffwn ddiolch iddi am hyn, am yr holl gefnogaeth y mae hi wedi'i gynnig i mi, ac am yr arweiniad y mae hi wedi'i roi i'r sector yn ystod y cyfnod hollbwysig hwn. O dan ei harweiniad, mae'r Cynghrair, sy'n cynnwys y Fforwm Partneriaeth Cenedlaethol, y Grŵp Arweiniad, a'r Panel Dinasyddion, wedi sicrhau cyfraniad amhrisiadwy at y gwaith o ddatblygu ein cynigion deddfwriaethol a'u dwyn i bwynt eu gweithredu.
From an early stage, we identified that our drive to transform social services in Wales needed collective, engaged and collaborative leadership. To that end, Gwenda Thomas AM, when Deputy Minister for Social Services, set up the National Social Services Leadership Alliance, and has continued to lead it. I would like to thank her for this, for all of the support she has offered me, and for the leadership she has given to the sector, during this crucial period. Under her guidance the Alliance, consisting of the National Partnership Forum, Leadership Group, and Citizen Panel, has provided an invaluable contribution to developing our legislative proposals and bringing them to the point of implementation.