English: Well, I thank the Member for this important question, and I share with her the concern about the increase in numbers of recorded hate crimes. And this undoubtedly includes additional crimes taking place, but also it reflects better awareness of hate crime and increased confidence to report it, and better recording of such hate by police forces across Wales. And we very much, as you say, do take a partnership approach in Wales with our hate crime and community tensions board Cymru that engages all Welsh police forces, and that includes Gwent Police. And I know during National Hate Crime Awareness Week last week, Gwent Police and Victim Support's training and engagement officer for Gwent collaborated on an open training session to raise awareness of hate crime in the region. But I think the raising-awareness aspect is really important, not just in terms of the forms that hate crime can take - so, whilst those physical attacks we've seen all too often reported these days are abhorrent, it also takes different forms: it can be verbal abuse, intimidation, threats, harassment and bullying, and it can take place offline and online. And I think, really, it is important to talk about it to encourage more people to realise the different forms, but also to come forward. Actually, this year, both myself and my wife were on the receiving end of a hate crime. In August, just after we launched the Welsh Government's draft LGBTQ action plan consultation, one morning, I woke up to correspondence, and the next day she got something very similar, urging us for the deliverance of the spirit from homosexuality. It told us it was time to abandon a homosexual lifestyle and leave one another, and then went on to reference things around conversion therapy. I'm sharing it today because I want to encourage more people to come forward. I'm grateful for the support that we had, both in terms of when we reported that, but also from my colleagues, in particular my colleague here - my ministerial colleague - and just to encourage others to come forward, to stand up to hate crime and to stamp it out in Wales.
Welsh: Wel, diolch i'r Aelod am y cwestiwn pwysig hwn, ac rwy'n rhannu ei phryder ynghylch y cynnydd yn nifer y troseddau casineb a gofnodwyd. Ac mae hyn yn ddi-os yn cynnwys troseddau ychwanegol sy'n digwydd, ond hefyd mae'n adlewyrchu gwell ymwybyddiaeth o droseddau casineb a mwy o hyder i'w hadrodd, a bod troseddau casineb o'r fath yn cael eu cofnodi'n well gan heddluoedd ledled Cymru. Ac fel y dywedwch, rydym yn mabwysiadu dull partneriaeth yma yng Nghymru gyda bwrdd troseddau casineb a thensiynau cymunedol Cymru sy'n ymgysylltu â holl heddluoedd Cymru, ac mae hynny'n cynnwys Heddlu Gwent. Ac yn ystod Wythnos Genedlaethol Ymwybyddiaeth o Droseddau Casineb yr wythnos diwethaf, cydweithiodd Heddlu Gwent a swyddog hyfforddi ac ymgysylltu Cymorth i Ddioddefwyr Gwent ar sesiwn hyfforddi agored i godi ymwybyddiaeth o droseddau casineb yn y rhanbarth. Ond rwy'n credu bod yr elfen godi ymwybyddiaeth yn bwysig iawn, nid yn unig o ran y mathau gwahanol o droseddau casineb - felly, er bod yr ymosodiadau corfforol a welsom yn cael eu hadrodd yn rhy aml o lawer y dyddiau hyn yn gwbl wrthun, ceir mathau eraill o droseddau casineb hefyd: gall fod yn gam-drin geiriol, bygythiadau, aflonyddu a bwlio, a gall ddigwydd all-lein ac ar-lein. Ac mae'n bwysig siarad amdano i annog mwy o bobl i sylweddoli bod yna fathau gwahanol o droseddau casineb, ond hefyd i roi gwybod amdanynt. A dweud y gwir, eleni, dioddefais i a fy ngwraig drosedd gasineb. Ym mis Awst, ychydig ar ôl i ni lansio ymgynghoriad Llywodraeth Cymru ar y cynllun gweithredu LHDTC drafft Llywodraeth Cymru, un bore, dihunais i weld gohebiaeth, a thrannoeth cafodd hithau rywbeth tebyg iawn, a oedd yn ein hannog i ymwared â chyfunrywioldeb. Dywedodd wrthym ei bod yn bryd cefnu ar y ffordd gyfunrywiol o fyw a gadael ein gilydd, ac aeth ati i gyfeirio at bethau'n ymwneud â therapi trosi. Rwy'n ei rannu heddiw am fy mod eisiau annog mwy o bobl i roi gwybod am y pethau hyn. Rwy'n ddiolchgar am y gefnogaeth a gawsom ni pan wnaethom gysylltu â'r heddlu, ond hefyd gan fy nghyd-Aelodau, yn enwedig fy nghyd-Aelod yma - fy nghyd-Weinidog. Hoffwn annog pobl eraill i adrodd, i wrthsefyll troseddau casineb a chael gwared arnynt yng Nghymru.