Delyth Jewell

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1. “So, I propose a motion, under Standing Order 17.42, to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting today. Are you content for us to do so? Okay. We will wait to hear that we're in private.”

   Original: “Felly, rwy'n cynnig, o dan Reol Sefydlog 17.42, fod y pwyllgor yn gwahardd y cyhoedd o weddill y cyfarfod heddiw. Ydych chi'n fodlon inni wneud? Ocê. Fe wnawn ni aros i glywed ein bod ni'n breifat.”

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2. “Yes, agree. Thank you for that. Unless anyone wants to say anything else additional on the record—. No. For those who have written to us—”

   Original: “Ie, cytuno. Diolch am hwnna. Oni bai bod unrhyw un eisiau dweud unrhyw beth ychwanegol ar y record—. Na. I'r rhai sydd wedi ysgrifennu atom ni—”

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3. “Members, we are moving to item 3, which is papers to note. We have several papers to note, from the British Council, from the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol, Community Leisure UK, the Equality and Human Rights Commission, and one from the Government too. There are several papers. Are you content with us noting these, or does anyone want to note anything in public? I'll go to Heledd, and then to Mick. Heledd.”

   Original: “Aelodau, dŷn ni'n symud yn syth at eitem 3, sef papurau i'w nodi. Mae gyda ni sawl papur i'w nodi, gan y British Council, gan y Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol, Community Leisure UK, y Comisiwn Cydraddoldeb a Hawliau Dynol, ac un gan y Llywodraeth hefyd. Mae yna sawl papur. Ydych chi'n fodlon inni nodi'r rhain, neu oedd unrhyw beth roedd unrhyw un eisiau ei ddweud yn gyhoeddus? Fe wnaf i fynd at Heledd, ac wedyn at Mick. Heledd.”

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4. “Okay, thank you. Unless any Member has any additional questions—no, I see that they don't. So, we'll close there. Thank you for your evidence this morning. You will have a transcript that will be sent to you when it is available to make sure that it's a fair record. I know that we have agreed, perhaps, that there's some information we will want to get from you in the future. So, thank you for the session this morning—we're very grateful. Members, we are moving on, but thank you again to our witnesses for their evidence this morning. Thank you very much for that, and a merry Christmas to you.”

   Original: “Ocê, diolch. Oni bai fod gan unrhyw Aelod gwestiwn ychwanegol—na, dwi ddim yn gweld bod. Felly, gwnawn ni gau yn fanna. Diolch yn fawr iawn i chi am eich tystiolaeth y bore yma. Bydd transgript o'r hyn sydd wedi cael ei ddweud yn cael ei anfon atoch chi i'w wirio ei fod e'n gofnod teg. Dwi'n gwybod ein bod ni wedi cytuno, efallai, y bydd peth gwybodaeth y byddwn ni eisiau ei chael ar ôl gennych chi hefyd. Felly, diolch yn fawr iawn am y sesiwn y bore yma—dŷn ni'n ddiolchgar iawn. Aelodau, dŷn ni'n symud yn syth ymlaen, ond dŷn ni'n diolch unwaith eto i'n tystion am eu tystiolaeth y bore yma. Diolch yn fawr iawn i chi am hwnna. Nadolig llawen, hefyd, i chi.”

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5. “This morning, we're holding our annual scrutiny session with Amgueddfa Cymru, Museum Wales. I'd like to welcome our witnesses to today's meeting. I'll ask them to introduce themselves for the record. I'll go to Jane, first of all.”

   Original: “Y bore yma, rŷn ni'n cynnal ein gwaith craffu blynyddol ar Amgueddfa Cymru. Dwi eisiau croesawu ein tystion ni i'r cyfarfod y bore yma. Fe wnaf i ofyn iddyn nhw gyflwyno eu hunain ar gyfer y record. Fe wnaf i fynd at Jane yn gyntaf.”

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6. “Good morning. I'd like to welcome Members to this meeting of the Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport and International Relations Committee. We have received apologies this morning from Lee Waters. Do Members have any declarations of interest to make? I see that there are none, so we'll move straight on.”

   Original: “Bore da. Hoffwn i groesawu'r Aelodau i'r cyfarfod hwn o'r Pwyllgor Diwylliant, Cyfathrebu, y Gymraeg, Chwaraeon a Chysylltiadau Rhyngwladol. Dŷn ni wedi derbyn ymddiheuriadau y bore yma gan Lee Waters. Oes gan unrhyw Aelodau fuddiannau i'w datgan? Dwi ddim yn gweld bod, felly fe wnawn ni symud yn syth ymlaen.”

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7. “I'll be very brief. Thank you so much for that. What would be particularly useful is if there could be a register that was available publicly that included not just the sites that have been established as being contaminated land but also those that are either under investigation or those where, for technical reasons, they don't meet the criteria but there has obviously been environmental pollution of chemical waste, but sometimes the criteria are very strict on it.”

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8. “We cannot allow our communities to suffer this indignity again, and we cannot afford to miss the chance to hold those companies to account.”

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9. “If that is the case when that Bill is presented, it must be corrected. And that Bill's scope we know will leave another gaping hole. Opencast sites like Ffos-y-fran will fall outside the scope of the Bill. We owe it to communities like those in Merthyr Tydfil not to leave more wounds in our Valleys. Those opencast sites too, they can be destabilised by heavy rainfall. Many, like Ffos-y-fran, have been left with bodies of water because of failures to restore the sites when the companies stopped making money. We must use this new legislation to end coal mining in our towns, be it through opencast sites or mining by stealth, where companies seek to finance coal tip reclamation through mining the tips for their spoils, as is proposed at Bedwas.”

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10. “That disaster, that preventable disaster, left a long shadow on these Valleys, a shadow that deepened in 2020 with the collapse of the Tylorstown tip and has darkened again because of the coal slip at Cwmtillery. Now, the Welsh Government has asked for £25 million from Westminster to clear the tips, when we know the price will be significantly higher, closer to £500 million or perhaps £600 million. As I said in the Chamber yesterday, the cost of clearing the Tylorstown tip alone stands at £20 million. We must receive assurances that Westminster will pay the price of making our communities safe. What more would it take for them to do this? Now, the legislation we expect in December will focus, as I understand it, on safety not on finance, though of course we wait to see the detail of that.”

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11. “The coal tips are the legacy of mining. They are all we were left with once our wealth was stolen from us. Aside from the dust that clogged the lungs of miners, those spectres on the hills were our only inheritance, an endowment left in muck and grime, keeping our Valleys in shadow as they leered and mocked us from the sky. Aberfan should have been the moment that changed it. The deaths of those poor children and their teachers should have shocked not just the world but even the hearts of Westminster. Aberfan was betrayed twice over, once by the negligence of the coal board and then again by the fecklessness of Ministers who stole from their charity fund to pay to clear the tip that killed their children.”

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12. “One woman contacted me who said that she had been told that she'd have to wait 15 months. Surely, we're letting women down here. So, could we have a meeting please to discuss that and some other aspects of that motion that was passed recently?”

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13. “Thank you very much for that, Minister. A few weeks ago, this Senedd supported a motion that I presented that aimed to strengthen women's voices in their healthcare. My motion called for action to address women's pain and how that is accepted as normal in healthcare, and for this upcoming women's health plan to be used as a means of changing that. The motion was passed unanimously. Could you assure me, please, that the upcoming women's health plan will indeed address that? I'd be really grateful to have a meeting with you, if we could discuss that further, please. I am particularly concerned at present about the lack of adequate aftercare that's given to women after they've given birth. There are, I understand, long waiting lists to see gynaecologists. Particularly, I'm concerned about traumatic birth aftercare.”

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14. “8. Will the Cabinet Secretary provide an update on the development of the proposed NHS Wales women's health plan? OQ61932”

    Original: “8. A wnaiff yr Ysgrifennydd Cabinet ddarparu diweddariad ynglŷn â datblygu'r cynllun iechyd menywod GIG Cymru arfaethedig? OQ61932”

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15. “Again, this was a storm that lots of people are saying is unprecedented—it wasn't unprecedented, of course—but the destruction to the coal tip is something that people had not been expecting. We need to make sure that people in our communities feel safe. Diolch yn fawr.”

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16. “But I'd ask whether you are now reassessing how quickly we'll need to clear the tips, and if your Government will be demanding more from Keir Starmer's Treasury, because how else can we reassure people living in the shadow of other tips that future storms won't bring them down too? The First Minister said earlier that she'd requested £25 million from Westminster. The cost of clearing one tip at Tylorstown alone stands at £20 million, as I understand it. If that's just the cost of addressing one tip, when we have hundreds of high-risk tips, I'd ask what assessment you are making at the moment about, given what's happened in recent days, how urgently we'll need to press for further funding from Westminster, and whether funding in full for this is what you'd ask for.”

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17. “Finally, the coal tip that slipped at Cwmtillery should have sent shockwaves all the way to Westminster. We have warned them about the risk these tips pose to our communities, these tips that remind us how we were exploited. Only £25 million was promised to us from the UK Government in its budget for clearing those tips. That's a fraction of the £600 million that's needed. This weekend has shown that we no longer have the luxury of waiting for Westminster to find its conscience with these tips. Our communities cannot stand another near miss. It was a category D tip; we knew it was high risk, but it still wasn't secure against the storm. I commend the quick thinking of firefighters, who may well have saved people's lives. They certainly have saved people from injury and from pain. I commend everyone who's been involved in the clear-up.”

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18. “Emergency funding will be welcome, but what these communities need is a guarantee that that financial assistance will reach them with urgency, that infrastructure will be repaired and upgraded, that at-risk areas will receive investment to prevent this devastation happening again. Would the Government provide an urgent funding package for flood forums in at-risk areas? I heard the First Minister say in the press that we can't protect every person's home. That will leave so many people in utter desperation, because many people can't move from these properties. Many people can't get insurance for their homes or businesses because they're on floodplains. So, what support, please, can be given to those people who cannot leave these properties?”

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19. “Why did residents receive the flood warnings so late, when water was already in their homes? Did communication failures within any agency contribute to this failure to warn people of the destruction that was on its way? Because NRW monitors river levels and rainfall, it issues warnings. Something surely has gone seriously wrong. Flood defences and warning systems clearly didn't work well enough in every place. I'd ask what specific measures the Government has taken, please, since storm Dennis, to improve resilience and to set out why the Government thinks that those measures have not worked this time in every instance.”

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20. “The thoughts of everyone in this Chamber will be with the family of Bryan Perry, who lost his life so tragically on the River Conwy. Dirprwy Lywydd, we all extend our sympathies to everyone who loved him. In south Wales, hundreds of homes have been hit again by flooding, and the devastation caused by storm Bert has left communities in crisis. Alongside feelings of anger and fear, there is one of disbelief and horror that this could happen again, because so many of the streets and houses affected by this flood were devastated by storm Dennis just four years ago. We were assured then that lessons would be learnt, but here we are, hearing the same accounts of delayed flood warnings, inadequate preparation, and preventable damage. Why weren't those lessons learnt?”

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21. “We know our energy market is broken—it works for the benefit of shareholders instead of keeping people alive—but, sadly, we have a Government in Westminster that is making things immeasurably worse this winter. So, can that statement set out the likely effects of these two vicious policies being brought in together—a rise in energy bills and this caustic cut to the winter fuel allowance?”

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22. “I'd like to associate myself with the remarks of Heledd Fychan earlier. Trefnydd, Ofgem has announced that the energy price cap will be raised in January. That will, without a doubt, push more pensioners into poverty at just the time when their winter fuel allowance is being cut so cruelly. I'd like the Government to make a statement, please, setting out how it thinks this shameful price hike by Ofgem will affect Welsh households, particularly pensioners on the brink of poverty. Now, I'd request your support in calling on the head of Ofgem to appear before a Senedd committee, so that they can justify this increase in customer bills—an increase that's coming at a time when we are already expecting up to 4,000 extra deaths in Wales because of Westminster's cut to the winter fuel allowance.”

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23. “Thank you very much for that, Cabinet Secretary. Would you recognise that although—? I appreciate you setting out where the different responsibilities are for these different bodies. Do you recognise that even between those different bodies, because there are areas of overlap, that the danger always is—and it's realised as well—that the buck is passed and so, ultimately, when something goes so terribly wrong, like with Ffos-y-fran, it's not clear who steps in and says, 'Right, we're not going to allow this void to fill with water now'?”

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24. “Would you agree with the principle, though, that because the legacy of coal mining—and I realise that we're straying a little bit here outside the strict confines of this report, but it is very related—the legacy of mining predates devolution, and so it should be for Westminster to be funding this, and we are left in this position where we're having to think, ‘Oh God, shall we trust this company?’ It's not against that company individually, it's just we shouldn't have to be in this position at all.”

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25. “As the Cadeirydd has said, it is too late to prevent what's happened at sites like Ffos-y-fran; it should not be too late though to ensure that communities don't lose out on tens of millions of pounds' worth of restoration. I would take this opportunity to ask whether the Cabinet Secretary is aware if any independent investigation has taken place, and to whether Merthyr (South Wales) Ltd can afford to fund the full agreed original restoration plan. I haven't seen any such evidence. I'd welcome a meeting with the Cabinet Secretary to discuss that further, please, for the sake of those affected communities. This report—and I'll say this in closing, Dirprwy Lywydd—should not be allowed to gather dust. It must mark a moment when things change, for the sake of our planet, our communities and the lives of the people we live alongside.”

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26. “—in full. I'm sure you will. But Westminster needs to be paying for this in full, because it shouldn't be for private companies to do that, because it will be at the expense of our environment, yet again. I'd ask the Cabinet Secretary if he will finally take the necessary steps to close those loopholes in our policy. There are other recommendations that I don't have time to deal with in depth in relation to transparency, to help residents access information more readily, to do with community involvement. Recommendation 7 calls for an independent review of how much funding is required for opencast site restoration. That is surely essential for us to understand the true scale of what's needed to repair the damage done.”

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27. “Thank you for that, Hefin. We are not in this report trying to claim that what is being proposed, for example, in Bedwas, is the same as Ffos-y-fran. It's almost the danger that it could lead to coal extraction almost by stealth, even if it's not the intended purpose. That in order to finance private coal tip reclamation work, that that would be the way that it's financed, which would mean that, through the backdoor, we continue with coal extraction, which is why I'd argue that Westminster needs to be paying—”

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28. “I'd like to start by expressing my thanks to the Chair of the committee, the clerking team and the research team for bringing this inquiry forward.”

    Original: “Hoffwn i ddechrau drwy roi ar y record fy niolch i Gadeirydd y pwyllgor, y tîm ymchwil a'r tîm clercio am ddod â'r ymchwiliad hwn ger ein bron.”

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29. “Could you assure us that you’re working to shorten that time frame as much as possible, to start to develop those targets in parallel with the Bill’s passage, so that we can meet this urgent challenge of reversing biodiversity loss by 2030, because the longer the delay, the more irreversible losses we’ll see, and the more things that we’ll lose that we’ll never get back in our natural world?”

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30. “We absolutely can change the world. And one of the possibly more quiet elements of that—a quiet element of changing our natural world, but an element that is nevertheless fundamentally important—is about addressing biodiversity loss. In your recent session with the climate change committee on this, you set out that the biodiversity targets under the environmental governance Bill could take up to three years after the Bill is passed. Given that we expect the Bill to pass in 2026, that could mean delays until 2029. Now, that is a serious concern because the legislation is crucial to Wales’s responsibility to halt biodiversity loss, and, yes, changing the natural world. And I heard some sniggers from another part of the Chamber when we said that, but that is essentially what we’re looking to do.”

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31. “So, is the Welsh Government giving serious consideration to adopting the Wales Net Zero 2035 Challenge Group pathways in order to reach net zero by 2035 because of this accelerated commitment that’s needed?”

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32. “Thank you for that and for setting down that challenge. It’s fair to expect that, given this new commitment on a UK level to accelerate emissions targets, this will come with increased Government support for a just transition, and you’ve just been setting that out. Now, that creates a vital opportunity for us to take forward all of those ambitions you have set out, Cabinet Secretary. The Wales Net Zero 2035 Challenge Group have provided clear pathways for achieving net zero by 2035. Now, as you’ve just outlined, the Senedd will soon decide carbon budget 4 targets. The next Welsh Government will outline its strategy for carbon budget 3. There is a pressing need for Wales to align with that faster pace.”

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33. “Can you assure us that Wales's specific needs, our perspectives, are being taken into account as we respond to this urgent, increasingly alarming climate crisis?”

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34. “Diolch, Llywydd. The warning signals of climate breakdown are flashing red, with intensifying floods, storms, heatwaves. Climate leadership by Wales and the UK is more essential than ever. But the imminent return of Trump, a recognised climate denier, means the prospect of the US once again abandoning the Paris agreement looms large. Analysts predict Trump's agenda could pump billions more tonnes of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. In that context, Keir Starmer's pledge to cut UK emissions by 81 per cent by 2035, it's a step in the right direction. It must surely be seen as a baseline not a limit, though. Could you clarify, please, what conversations you've had with the UK Government about that new pledge, and, crucially, to what degree the Welsh Government has been involved in shaping that goal?”

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35. “Achos dydyn ni ddim eisiau i bobl allu medru'r iaith yn unig; dŷn ni eisiau gweld yr iaith Gymraeg yn iaith fyw, rhywbeth sydd yn cael ei siarad bob dydd, yn ei holl gymhlethdodau, ei gwahaniaethau ac, ie, ei gwallau ysblennydd. Efallai na fydd pobl yn hoffi'r ffaith fy mod i'n dweud hwnna, ond pan fo pobl yn gwneud gwallau, mae hwnna'n dangos eu bod nhw'n siarad Cymraeg a bod yr iaith yn un sydd yn fyw. Mae pobl yn dysgu'r iaith. Dŷn ni i gyd yn dal i ddysgu'r Gymraeg bob dydd rŷn ni'n ei siarad hi. Dysgwyr ydym ni oll. Yr her hyder, efallai, ydy'r her fwyaf cymhleth ac ystyfnig, ond hefyd yr her fydd fwyaf pwysig i'w gorchfygu. Cawsom iaith, mae angen inni ei cheisio hi.”

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36. “Dwi wedi siarad â nifer o bobl sydd yn poeni am hyn yn sir Fynwy ac yng Nghaerffili; bydd hwn yn rhywbeth sydd yn digwydd dros Gymru, a dwi'n meddwl bod yn rhaid inni fynd i'r afael â'r her yna. Dyma’r pwynt olaf y buaswn i eisiau ei wneud, Dirprwy Lywydd. Roedd Heledd wedi sôn am ba mor bwysig yw hi, os yw'r Gymraeg yn mynd i fod yn iaith ar gyfer pawb yng Nghymru, ein bod ni'n clodfori Cymraeg pawb. Rwy'n gwybod bod y comisiynydd wedi gwneud gwaith yn ddiweddar ar hyder a'r Gymraeg a'r ffaith bod angen inni newid ein diwylliant ni, efallai, gyda'r iaith os ydym ni am weld y cynnydd yna, a chynnydd digonol yn y nifer o bobl sydd yn defnyddio'r iaith bob dydd.”

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37. “Felly, mae'r tensiwn yna, dwi'n meddwl, yn rhywbeth y mae'n rhaid inni ei gydnabod. Rwy'n cytuno â'r rhai sydd wedi sôn am fynediad at addysg Gymraeg. Dyna un o'r heriau mwyaf, ac mae'r comisiynydd wedi amlygu hwnna hefyd. Rwy'n ofni y gallai’r newidiadau y mae cymaint o gynghorau ar draws Cymru'n edrych i'w gwneud, o ran pa mor anodd y bydd hi i blant gael mynediad at addysg Gymraeg o ran cludiant ysgol, ddod â sgil-effeithiau negyddol o ran mynediad i'r iaith—y nifer o deuluoedd di-Gymraeg, efallai y rhai nad oeddent wedi cael y tlws hwn o'r genhedlaeth ddiwethaf, os ydyn nhw'n mynd i benderfynu cymryd y naid honna er mwyn rhoi'r trysor hwnnw i'w plant.”

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38. “Rwyf i’n meddwl weithiau bod yna densiwn rhwng y ffaith—ie, fel roedd Tom wedi sôn amdano—fod Cymru yn destun cenfigen gan wledydd Celtaidd eraill, oherwydd cymaint o statws sydd gan yr iaith, cymaint mewn sefyllfa well ydyn ni na’n gorffennol ni, ond bod yna densiwn rhwng hynny a’r ffaith bod heriau i statws yr iaith, fel busnesau fel HSBC yn cwtogi ar y gwasanaethau iaith Gymraeg sydd ar gael, ac ie, hefyd, y ffigurau sensws. Dwi'n meddwl mai perl o werth enfawr ydy’r Gymraeg, neu efallai diamond, rhywbeth sydd wedi cael ei wasgu gan a dan bwysau eithriadol, ond dŷn ni ddim eisiau rhoi’r Gymraeg fel tlws jest mewn cas gwydr, i edrych arni hi. Dŷn ni eisiau gwneud yn siŵr ei bod hi’n cael ei gweld, ein bod ni’n ei thrysori hi bob dydd, ein bod ni'n ei gwisgo hi bob dydd.”

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39. “Cafwyd sgwrs ddiddorol iawn ddoe yn y grŵp trawsbleidiol ar undod rhwng cenedlaethau gyda’r Ysgrifennydd Cabinet am yr iaith Gymraeg, lle gwnaethon ni drafod nifer o bethau gwahanol, gan gynnwys yr hanesion teuluol sydd gan gynifer ohonom ni, lle gwnaeth un genhedlaeth benderfynu peidio â phasio’r iaith ymlaen a’r sgil-effeithiau mae hynna wedi'i gael am flynyddoedd. Mae’n rhywbeth wnaeth effeithio ar fy nheulu i, yn sicr, a dwi'n meddwl bod trafodaethau am yr iaith Gymraeg a’r angen i blant gael mynediad at yr iaith, y cyfleon yna, yn destun eithriadol o bersonol, emosiynol, i gymaint ohonom ni, oherwydd hynny. Weithiau, rŷn ni’n gwerthfawrogi pethau’n fwy pan ŷn ni’n sylweddoli pa mor fregus maen nhw’n gallu bod.”

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40. “I would say that, usually, I would be contributing to a debate such as this as Chair of the culture and Welsh language committee, but because of the timing of the report this year, we haven't yet had an opportunity to consider it. It will be extremely interesting and useful for us in the future, but I wanted to make it clear that I am speaking as an individual Member in this debate. I'd like to thank the commissioner and her team for the extremely important work that they've done, and also thank the Cabinet Secretary for bringing this debate before the Senedd. There was a very interesting discussion yesterday in the cross-party group on intergenerational solidarity with the Cabinet Secretary on the Welsh language, where we discussed a number of different issues, including those family stories that so many of us have, where one generation decided not to pass the language on to the next and the impact that that has had over a period of many years. It is something that affected my own family, certainly, and I think that discussions about the Welsh language and the need for children to have access to the Welsh language, and to have those opportunities, are an incredibly personal and emotional thing for so many of us, because of that. Sometimes, we appreciate things more when we realise how fragile they can be. I think there is sometimes a tension between the fact that—yes, as Tom mentioned—Wales is envied by other Celtic nations, because of the status that the language has and how much better off we are now than we were previously, but there is a tension between that and the fact that there are still challenges to the status of the language, with businesses like HSBC cutting Welsh language services, and, yes, there are the census figures too. So, the Welsh language is a valuable gem, perhaps a diamond, something that's been compressed by and under huge pressure, but we don't want to put the Welsh language in a glass case, as something to be admired. We want to ensure that it is seen, that we appreciate it every day, that we use it every day. So, there is that tension, I think, and it's something that we do need to recognise. I agree with those who mentioned access to Welsh-medium education. That's one of the greatest challenges that we face, and I think the commissioner has highlighted that too. I fear that the changes that so many councils across Wales are thinking of making, in terms of access to Welsh-medium education in terms of school transportation, are going to bring negative impacts in terms of access to the Welsh language—the number of non-Welsh-speaking families, perhaps, those who haven't been handed down this treasure from the previous generation, whether they will take that leap in order to transfer that gem to their children. I've spoken to a number of people who are concerned about this in Monmouthshire and in Caerphilly; it will happen across Wales, and I do think that we need to address that challenge. This is the final point that I would want to make, Dirprwy Lywydd. Heledd mentioned how important it is, if the Welsh language is to be a language for everyone in Wales, that we do praise everyone's efforts in using the language. I know that the commissioner has done some work on confidence in relation to the Welsh language, and the fact that we need a change of culture, perhaps, in relation to the language if we want to see that progress, and adequate progress in the number of people who use the language on a daily basis. Because we don't want people just to be able to speak the language, we want to see the language as a living language, something that is spoken every day, in all its complexities, its variance and, yes, its wonderful errors. People won't like me saying that, perhaps, but when people do make mistakes, it shows that they are speaking Welsh and that the Welsh language is a living language. People are learning the language. We are all continuously learning the Welsh language, every day as we speak it. We are all learners. The confidence challenge is perhaps the most complex and most stubborn of those challenges, but it's also the most important challenge to overcome. We have the language, and we must use it.”

    Original: “Buaswn i'n dweud, fel arfer, byddwn i’n siarad mewn dadl fel hon fel Cadeirydd y pwyllgor diwylliant a’r iaith Gymraeg, ond oherwydd amseru’r adroddiad eleni, dŷn ni ddim wedi cael cyfle eto i edrych ar yr adroddiad. Bydd e’n eithriadol o ddiddorol a defnyddiol i ni ar gyfer y dyfodol, ond dwi eisiau ei gwneud hi'n glir fy mod i’n siarad fel Aelod unigol yn y ddadl hon. Hoffwn i ddiolch i’r comisiynydd a’i thîm am y gwaith eithriadol o bwysig maen nhw wedi ei wneud fan hyn, a hefyd diolch i’r Ysgrifennydd Cabinet am ddod â’r ddadl hon gerbron y Senedd.”

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41. “But what I'm most worried about is how it could curtail young people's imagination and aspiration, how it could close down doors in children's minds, just as they're being formed. So, can the Government set out what support will be made available, and, urgently—the consultation in Caerphilly closes in December?”

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42. “Trefnydd, I'd like a statement, please, about the importance of libraries to education and well-being, and I'd like that statement to set out what support can be given to local authorities to keep libraries open. Across my region, library services face closure because of council cuts. Caerphilly council is proposing to close 12 libraries across the borough. I've had e-mails from constituents worried about losing their libraries in Nelson and Newbridge, Abertridwr, Aberbargoed. Libraries are not just places to borrow books: they're hubs for the community, a place where older people can go to escape loneliness, and a place of refuge for children and teenagers in holidays or after school. Now, I have concerns about how these closures could widen divisions, could punish people for being poor.”

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43. “Gwyddom oll fod Brexit wedi dod â'r rhyddid i symud i ben. Yn ein hadroddiad, rŷm ni'n sôn am y ffaith nad arafu symudiad pobl yn unig oedd hyn; arafodd hefyd y rhyddid i symud o ran creadigrwydd, syniadau a photensial.”

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44. “Thank you, acting Llywydd. Citizens’ rights are a fundamental part of the withdrawal agreement, but they're often lost in discussions about the Northern Ireland protocol, or the Windsor framework. I thank the Equality and Social Justice Committee for this opportunity to discuss citizens’ rights provisions. As Chair of the committee responsible for international relations, I always welcome the opportunity for the whole Senedd to discuss UK-EU matters. Acting Llywydd, today, our committee published a report on the impacts of Brexit on our culture sector. This looks primarily at the effects of the trade and co-operation agreement between the UK and the EU, but there is a common thread in our work and the subject of this debate, namely the effects of Brexit on people. We all know that Brexit brought about an end to freedom of movement. In our report, we talk about how this didn’t just slow the movement of people, it also slowed the free movement of creativity, ideas and potential.”

    Original: “Diolch, Lywydd dros dro. Mae hawliau dinasyddion yn rhan sylfaenol o’r cytundeb ymadael, ond yn aml maen nhw’n cael eu colli mewn trafodaethau am brotocol Gogledd Iwerddon neu fframwaith Windsor. Rwy’n diolch yn fawr i’r Pwyllgor Cydraddoldeb a Chyfiawnder Cymdeithasol am y cyfle i drafod darpariaethau ar hawliau dinasyddion. Fel Cadeirydd y pwyllgor sy’n gyfrifol am gysylltiadau rhyngwladol, rwyf i bob amser yn croesawu’r cyfle i’r Senedd gyfan drafod materion y Deyrnas Unedig a’r Undeb Ewropeaidd. Lywydd dros dro, heddiw mae’n pwyllgor ni wedi cyhoeddi adroddiad ar effeithiau Brexit ar ein sector diwylliant. Mae'r adroddiad yn edrych ar effeithiau'r cytundeb masnach a chydweithredu rhwng y Deyrnas Unedig a'r Undeb Ewropeaidd yn bennaf, ond mae llinyn cyffredin rhwng ein gwaith ac ym mhwnc y ddadl hon, sef effeithiau Brexit ar bobl.”

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45. “And to the few politicians who fought with them, chiefly amongst them my predecessor Steffan Lewis, who is still so missed by so many of us. So, would the Government release that statement, please, of congratulations, and will it endeavour to ensure that every ex-miner gets what they deserve from this scheme?”

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46. “Trefnydd, in last week's budget, Westminster finally allowed the £1.5 billion mineworkers' pension fund to be handed back to ex-miners. I would call for a statement from the Government congratulating those campaigners on their victory and acknowledging how cruelly long they've had to wait to see this day. Many miners have died waiting, have died in bitter poverty, whilst Westminster Governments, both Tory and Labour, have sat on their savings, pocketing the billions the miners were owed. Now, this change is a cause for celebration, but thanks should go to the campaigners who fought this injustice, those who stood on wet street corners gathering signatures, who took petitions to Downing Street—the men and women who never gave up.”

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47. “Thank you for that. Internationally, that piece of legislation is a source of pride for Wales. But, in reality, at home, there is a feeling that the law has no teeth. We've received two reports in recent years—from the Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee and the auditor general—that have highlighted how much work still needs to be done to ensure that the Act is more than just a collection of words. And I say that as someone who genuinely is in favour of the principle of the Act—it's something that I feel very proud of when I speak to people from other countries on these isles. Could the Government ensure that we get full post-legislative consideration of the Act to consider the challenges that have stood in the way of implementing the Act and how we could overcome those challenges?”

    Original: “Diolch am hynny. Yn rhyngwladol, mae’r darn yma o ddeddfwriaeth yn destun balchder i Gymru. Ond, mewn gwirionedd, gartref, mae yna ymdeimlad nad oes gan y Ddeddf ddannedd. Rŷn ni wedi derbyn dau adroddiad yn y blynyddoedd diwethaf—o’r Pwyllgor Cyfrifon Cyhoeddus a Gweinyddiaeth Gyhoeddus a’r archwilydd cyffredinol—sydd wedi amlygu cymaint o waith sydd dal i’w wneud er mwyn sicrhau bod y Ddeddf yn fwy na geiriau. Ac rwy'n dweud hynny fel rhywun sydd wir o blaid egwyddor y Ddeddf—mae'n rhywbeth rwy'n teimlo'n falch ohono fe pan fyddaf i'n siarad â phobl o wledydd eraill yn yr ynysoedd hyn. A fydd y Llywodraeth yn sicrhau ein bod yn cael ystyriaeth ôl-ddeddfwriaethol lawn o'r Ddeddf i ystyried pa heriau sydd wedi sefyll yn y ffordd o'i implementeiddio, a, hefyd, sut y gallem ni orchfygu’r heriau hynny?”

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48. “6. What assessment has the Counsel General made of the impact the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 has had on Welsh legislation? OQ61792”

    Original: “6. Pa asesiad y mae'r Cwnsler Cyffredinol wedi'i wneud o'r effaith y mae Deddf Llesiant Cenedlaethau'r Dyfodol (Cymru) 2015 wedi'i chael ar ddeddfwriaeth Cymru? OQ61792”

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49. “Thank you for that. I'm sure that we would all in the Chamber agree with the principle that the company that pollutes should pay for the pollution—the polluter pays principle, as we say in English. But I'd be eager to know if law officers have expressed any concerns about any precedent that may be set by the way in which Westminster legislates in devolved areas on this issue. I would like to know what assessment the Government has made about how this can affect exactly what you talked about, the performance of Wales internationally, the fact that we're ranked second in the world for recycling. Is there a risk here that we could be dragged down the table as a result of Westminster's inflexibility and stubborness, and what can we do to prevent that from happening?”

    Original: “Diolch am hwnna. Dwi'n siŵr y buasem ni i gyd yn y Siambr yn cytuno gyda'r egwyddor taw'r cwmni sy'n llygru ddylai dalu am y llygredd—fel rydyn ni'n dweud yn Saesneg, the polluter pays principle . Buaswn i'n awyddus i wybod os ydy swyddogion cyfreithiol eraill wedi mynegi unrhyw bryderon am unrhyw gynsail y gellid ei osod gan y ffordd y mae San Steffan yn deddfu mewn meysydd datganoledig gyda hyn. Hoffwn wybod pa asesiad mae'r Llywodraeth wedi ei wneud am sut y gall hyn effeithio ar yr union beth rydych chi newydd sôn amdano, sef perfformiad Cymru yn rhyngwladol, y ffaith ein bod ni'n ail yn y byd o ran ailgylchu. Oes yna berygl yma y gallwn ni gael ein tynnu i lawr yn y tablau o ganlyniad i anhyblygrwydd ac ystyfnigrwydd San Steffan, a beth y gallwn ni ei wneud i osgoi hynny rhag digwydd?”

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50. “5. What discussions has the Counsel General had with other UK law officers regarding the implication for Wales of the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) Regulations 2024? OQ61793”

    Original: “5. Pa drafodaethau y mae'r Cwnsler Cyffredinol wedi'u cael gyda swyddogion y gyfraith eraill y DU ynghylch goblygiadau Rheoliadau Rhwymedigaethau Cyfrifoldeb Cynhyrchwyr (Pecynwaith a Gwastraff Pecynwaith) 2024 i Gymru? OQ61793”

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