English: Can I thank the Cabinet Secretary for bringing forward this particular motion, which I think is well timed, given where we are this week? No doubt a good proportion of what we are going to hear today will be related to hate crime post Brexit. We've heard some of that already. But we shouldn't forget that hate crime does include attacks - as we've already heard - based on gender, homophobia, disability and gender assignment. As figures and anecdotal evidence indicate, there's not only an increase in race hate crime, but in all these other areas as well. Although it has been indicated that Brexit may or may not be responsible for this, I just think that it is too coincidental that, post-Brexit, we have seen such rises in other areas. It's almost as though Brexit itself gave people - well, certain people - the green light to express their abhorrent prejudices, directing their hatred at anyone whom they perceive to be different to themselves. Llywydd, today, I wanted to specifically deal with attacks on those with disabilities. As the Cabinet Secretary has already indicated, figures did show that in 2014-15, there was a 20 per cent increase reported in all hate crime, of which 9 per cent related to disability. But of greater concern to me is the suggestion that at least 50 per cent of all hate crime is not reported at all. I will be amazed if the 2015-16 figures that we are about to see - they will be announced this week - don't show that that figure has increased significantly as a result of the post-Brexit situation. But while referencing the increase in reported cases of disability-related hate crime, we should always remember to look behind the figures. As has been said, an increase in reported cases could, of course, mean that more people have the confidence to report such crimes, knowing that they will be both believed and supported, and that authorities will pursue, with appropriate vigour, action against the perpetrator. So, perhaps of more significance might be an analysis of the number of prosecutions over that same period, and we don't have that information at the moment. However, there is always a danger in focusing solely on statistics. We should never lose sight of the fact that, for every case of disability-related hate crime, whether reported or not, whether a prosecution results or not, there is a victim - a victim who may already be among the most vulnerable in our society. So, we must always be mindful of their needs and how best we, as a society, can support them. To start addressing this, we do need to have a fully developed prevention strategy. Part of that, as the Cabinet Secretary has alluded to, must be the education, not just of children, but of the whole society. Of particular importance is that everyone appreciates that diversity should not just be accepted but should be welcomed and fostered. It is for this reason, Llywydd, that I wholeheartedly welcome the Welsh Government's framework for action delivery plan. I am particularly pleased to see specific initiatives set out in the delivery plan in the areas of disability: the equality and inclusion grant supporting the work of Taking Flight theatre with young people; the work with Disability Sport Wales to recruit and train more coaches and leaders who are disabled; support for the disability hate crime group to work with communities in raising awareness of hate crime; and ensuring flexible and accessible reporting mechanisms to report hate crime. In conclusion, colleagues, can I urge not just support for this motion, but ask each and every one of you, as elected Members of this Assembly, to make delivery of this wide-ranging, innovative and progressive delivery plan a reality across the whole of Wales?
Welsh: A gaf i ddiolch i Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet am gyflwyno'r cynnig penodol hwn, sy'n amserol iawn yn fy marn i, o ystyried y sefyllfa sydd ohoni yr wythnos hon? Mae'n siŵr y bydd cyfran dda o'r hyn yr ydym yn mynd i'w glywed heddiw yn gysylltiedig â throseddau casineb ar ôl Brexit. Rydym wedi clywed rhywfaint o hynny yn barod. Ond ni ddylem anghofio bod troseddau casineb yn cynnwys ymosodiadau - fel yr ydym eisoes wedi'i glywed - yn seiliedig ar ryw, homoffobia, anabledd a rhywedd. Fel y mae ffigurau a thystiolaeth anecdotaidd yn dangos, nid yn unig y mae cynnydd mewn troseddau casineb hiliol, ond yn yr holl feysydd eraill hyn hefyd. Er yr awgrymwyd y gallai Brexit fod yn gyfrifol am hyn, rwy'n credu ei bod yn ormod o gyd-ddigwyddiad ein bod ni, ar ôl Brexit, wedi gweld cynnydd o'r fath mewn meysydd eraill. Mae bron fel pe bai Brexit ei hun wedi rhoi'r hawl i bobl - wel, rhai pobl - fynegi eu rhagfarnau ffiaidd, a chyfeirio eu casineb at unrhyw un y maent yn ei ystyried yn wahanol iddyn nhw eu hunain. Lywydd, heddiw, roeddwn i eisiau ymdrin yn benodol ag ymosodiadau ar bobl anabl. Fel y mae Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet eisoes wedi dweud, roedd y ffigurau yn dangos y bu cynnydd o 20 y cant yn yr holl droseddau casineb, a bod 9 y cant yn ymwneud ag anabledd, yn ystod 2014-15. Ond yr hyn sy'n peri mwy o bryder i mi yw'r awgrym na chaiff o leiaf 50 y cant o'r holl droseddau casineb eu hadrodd o gwbl. Byddaf yn synnu os na fydd ffigurau 2015-16 yr ydym ar fin eu gweld - byddant yn cael eu cyhoeddi yr wythnos hon - yn dangos bod y ffigur hwnnw wedi cynyddu'n sylweddol o ganlyniad i'r sefyllfa ar ôl Brexit. Ond wrth gyfeirio at y cynnydd mewn achosion o droseddau casineb a adroddwyd sy'n gysylltiedig ag anabledd, dylem gofio edrych y tu ôl i'r ffigurau bob amser. Fel y dywedwyd, gallai'r cynnydd mewn achosion a adroddwyd, wrth gwrs, olygu bod gan fwy o bobl yr hyder i roi gwybod am droseddau o'r fath, gan wybod y byddant yn cael eu credu a'u cefnogi, ac y bydd awdurdodau'n cymryd camau, â'r egni priodol, yn erbyn y tramgwyddwr. Felly, efallai ei bod yn fwy arwyddocaol i gael dadansoddiad o nifer yr erlyniadau dros yr un cyfnod, ac nid oes gennym yr wybodaeth honno ar hyn o bryd. Fodd bynnag, mae perygl bob amser wrth ganolbwyntio ar ystadegau yn unig. Ni ddylem byth golli golwg ar y ffaith bod dioddefwyr, ar gyfer pob achos o droseddau casineb sy'n gysylltiedig ag anabledd, pa un a yw'n cael ei adrodd i'r heddlu ai peidio, a pha un a oes erlyniad o ganlyniad i hynny ai peidio, - dioddefwyr sydd eisoes o bosibl ymhlith y bobl mwyaf agored i niwed yn ein cymdeithas. Felly, mae'n rhaid i ni bob amser fod yn ymwybodol o'u hanghenion a'r modd gorau i ni, fel cymdeithas, allu eu cefnogi. Er mwyn dechrau mynd i'r afael â hyn, mae'n rhaid i ni gael strategaeth atal sydd wedi'i datblygu'n llawn. Mae'n rhaid i addysg fod yn rhan o hynny, fel y mae Ysgrifennydd Cabinet wedi cyfeirio ato, ac addygu nid dim ond plant, ond y gymdeithas gyfan. Yr hyn sy'n arbennig o bwysig yw bod pawb yn gwerthfawrogi na ddylid dim ond derbyn amrywiaeth, dylid ei groesawu a'i feithrin. Am y rheswm hwn, Lywydd, rwy'n croesawu cynllun cyflawni fframwaith gweithredu Llywodraeth Cymru. Rwy'n arbennig o falch o weld mentrau penodol wedi'u nodi yn y cynllun cyflawni ym meysydd anabledd: y grant cydraddoldeb a chynhwysiant sy'n cefnogi gwaith theatr Taking Flight gyda phobl ifanc; y gwaith gyda Chwaraeon Anabledd Cymru i recriwtio a hyfforddi mwy o hyfforddwyr ac arweinwyr sy'n anabl; cefnogaeth i'r grŵp troseddau casineb anabledd er mwyn iddynt weithio gyda chymunedau i godi ymwybyddiaeth o droseddau casineb; a sicrhau bod dulliau adrodd hyblyg a hygyrch ar gyfer rhoi gwybod am droseddau casineb. I gloi, gydweithwyr, a gaf i eich annog chi nid yn unig i gefnogi'r cynnig hwn, ond a gaf i ofyn i bob un ohonoch, fel Aelodau etholedig y Cynulliad hwn, sicrhau bod darparu'r cynllun cyflawni arloesol a blaengar hwn yn realiti yng Nghymru benbaladr?