English: Dirprwy Lywydd, this is less a debate today and more a call for action. We are calling on the Government to act on behalf of those who seek justice for themselves and for their families. In her opening contribution, Julie Morgan mentioned a constituent of our colleague, Mick Antoniw - Mr Leigh Sugar - who passed away from hepatitis C. Mr Sugar's aunt is a constituent of mine - Mrs Dorothy Woodward. She has expressed to me her hope that the Welsh Government will do the right thing today and recognise the impact this tragedy has had on the lives of all the families affected. It's good to see the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Well-being and Sport there to listen to that plea. I'd also like to speak about the stories of two more of my constituents, who contacted me ahead of the debate today. Mr Kirk Ellis is 35 years old. He has haemophilia and he was infected with hepatitis C at just two years of age. Kirk has continued to work, even when undergoing various chemotherapy-type treatments to eradicate hepatitis C. He's had such severe side effects that it has forced him to stop treatment purely because it made him unable to work, and he couldn't afford not to work. Unfortunately, Kirk has been recently informed that he has cirrhosis of the liver, caused by hepatitis C. His disease has not been adequately monitored as there have been delays with the appointment of a consultant hepatologist at the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff. Kirk had been overlooked, and when he was eventually seen by the newly appointed hepatologist, it was confirmed that he had had cirrhosis as early as May 2015. Unaware of the deterioration in his liver, Kirk and his partner decided to start a family, and they now have a 15-week-old baby. Since his diagnosis, Kirk has continued to work but has lost his disability living allowance and his housing benefit. He feels that he is being penalised for trying to stay at work despite being ill with the side-effects of treatment. Another of my constituents got in touch to tell me the tragic story of how his family had been affected. His younger twin brothers were infected with HIV and hepatitis C by contaminated blood transfusions supplied by the NHS to treat haemophilia. After many years of terrible illness, they succumbed to the effects of HIV. My constituent's brothers suffered discrimination, as well as verbal and physical abuse to - and he put this in quotes - 'having AIDS'. Their mother never recovered from the death of her youngest sons and lived in her final years with depression. It's been very difficult for him to contact me and speak about this, but he expressed to me his hope that the personal stories of all the affected families will help to finally achieve some closure on this matter, which is why the names have been on the screen today of those who've passed, and why I'm telling these stories. These are just two examples from people in Caerphilly. Can any of us imagine how this must affect people who are suffering through absolutely no fault of their own? It's a grave injustice, and it's absolutely essential that the UK Government holds a full public inquiry into why this has happened. It's not a party-political issue. The inquiry needs to be UK wide, as these events happened prior to devolution and occurred in all corners of the UK. I know that the Cabinet Secretary has recently finished consulting on the sustainable compensation package for people in Wales who've been affected by this tragedy. I would urge him to listen to their views as much as possible, and their stories, when putting his plans in place. Kirk Ellis feels strongly that Wales needs to adopt a compensation scheme similar to that in Scotland so that his family can support themselves should anything happen to him. Many of those in Wales living with the effects of this tragedy do not feel that the current compensation scheme, which mirrors that in England, goes far enough. I hope that, today, we as Assembly Members have given a voice to constituents who've been affected by this terrible tragedy.
Welsh: Ddirprwy Lywydd, mae hon yn fwy o alwad i weithredu na dadl heddiw. Rydym yn galw ar y Llywodraeth i weithredu ar ran y rhai sy'n ceisio cyfiawnder i'w hunain ac i'w teuluoedd. Yn ei chyfraniad agoriadol, soniodd Julie Morgan am un o etholwyr ein cyd-Aelod, Mick Antoniw - Mr Leigh Sugar - a fu farw o hepatitis C. Mae modryb Mr Sugar yn un o fy etholwyr - Mrs Dorothy Woodward. Mae hi wedi sôn wrthyf am ei gobaith y bydd Llywodraeth Cymru yn gwneud y peth iawn heddiw ac yn cydnabod yr effaith a gafodd y drychineb hon ar fywydau'r holl deuluoedd yr effeithiwyd arnynt. Mae'n dda gweld Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Iechyd, Llesiant a Chwaraeon yno i wrando ar yr apêl honno. Hoffwn siarad hefyd am hanesion dau arall o fy etholwyr a gysylltodd â mi cyn y ddadl heddiw. Mae Mr Kirk Ellis yn 35 mlwydd oed. Mae ganddo hemoffilia a chafodd ei heintio â hepatitis C pan oedd ond yn ddwy oed. Mae Kirk wedi parhau i weithio, hyd yn oed wrth gael gwahanol driniaethau tebyg i gemotherapi i ddileu hepatitis C. Mae wedi cael sgil-effeithiau mor ddifrifol nes ei orfodi i roi'r gorau i'r driniaeth am ei bod yn golygu na all weithio, ac ni allai fforddio peidio â gweithio. Yn anffodus, cafodd Kirk wybod yn ddiweddar fod ganddo sirosis yr afu, a achoswyd gan hepatitis C. Nid yw ei glefyd wedi cael ei fonitro'n ddigonol oherwydd yr oedi a achoswyd wrth benodi hepatolegydd ymgynghorol yn Ysbyty Athrofaol Cymru, Caerdydd. Cafodd Kirk ei anghofio, a phan gafodd ei weld yn y pen draw gan yr hepatolegydd a benodwyd, cadarnhawyd bod sirosis arno mor gynnar â Mai 2015. Gan nad oedd yn ymwybodol o'r dirywiad yn ei afu, penderfynodd Kirk a'i bartner ddechrau teulu, a bellach mae ganddynt fabi 15 wythnos oed. Ers ei ddiagnosis, mae Kirk wedi parhau i weithio ond mae wedi colli ei lwfans byw i'r anabl a'i fudd-dal tai. Mae'n teimlo ei fod yn cael ei gosbi am geisio aros yn y gwaith er ei fod yn sâl gyda sgil-effeithiau'r driniaeth. Cysylltodd un arall o fy etholwyr â mi i ddweud y stori drasig ynglŷn â sut yr effeithiwyd ar ei deulu. Cafodd ei ddau frawd iau a oedd yn efeilliaid eu heintio â HIV a hepatitis C gan drallwysiadau gwaed halogedig a gyflenwyd gan y GIG i drin hemoffilia. Ar ôl blynyddoedd lawer o afiechyd ofnadwy, bu'r ddau farw o effeithiau HIV. Dioddefodd brodyr fy etholwr wahaniaethu, yn ogystal â cham-drin geiriol a chorfforol - ac fe roddodd hyn mewn dyfynodau - 'am fod ganddynt AIDS'. Ni ddaeth eu mam dros farwolaeth ei meibion ieuengaf a bu'n dioddef o iselder drwy ei blynyddoedd olaf. Mae wedi bod yn anodd iawn iddo gysylltu â mi a siarad am hyn, ond mynegodd i mi ei obaith y bydd straeon personol yr holl deuluoedd yr effeithiwyd arnynt yn help iddynt symud ymlaen gyda'u bywydau, a dyna pam y mae enwau'r ymadawedig ar y sgrin heddiw, a pham rwy'n dweud y straeon hyn. Dwy enghraifft yn unig yw'r rhain o bobl yng Nghaerffili. A all unrhyw un ohonom ddychmygu sut y mae'n rhaid bod hyn yn effeithio ar bobl sy'n dioddef heb fod unrhyw fai o gwbl arnynt hwy? Mae'n anghyfiawnder enbyd, ac mae'n gwbl hanfodol fod Llywodraeth y DU yn cynnal ymchwiliad cyhoeddus llawn i weld pam y digwyddodd hyn. Nid yw'n fater pleidiol. Mae angen i'r ymchwiliad gynnwys y DU gyfan, gan fod y digwyddiadau hyn wedi digwydd cyn datganoli ac ym mhob cwr o'r DU. Gwn fod Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet newydd orffen ymgynghori yn ddiweddar ar y pecyn iawndal cynaliadwy i bobl yng Nghymru yr effeithiwyd arnynt gan y drychineb hon. Buaswn yn ei annog i wrando ar eu barn cymaint â phosibl, a'u straeon, wrth roi ei gynlluniau ar waith. Mae Kirk Ellis yn teimlo'n gryf fod angen i Gymru fabwysiadu cynllun iawndal tebyg i'r un yn yr Alban fel y gall ei deulu gynnal eu hunain pe bai unrhyw beth yn digwydd iddo. Nid yw llawer o'r rheini yng Nghymru sy'n byw gydag effeithiau'r drychineb hon yn teimlo bod y cynllun iawndal presennol, sy'n adlewyrchu'r un yn Lloegr, yn mynd yn ddigon pell. Rwy'n gobeithio, heddiw, ein bod ni fel Aelodau'r Cynulliad wedi rhoi llais i etholwyr yr effeithiwyd arnynt gan y drychineb ofnadwy hon.