English: I just want to start by explaining my reasons for speaking in this debate today. As Members will know, prior to being elected, I was a teacher, and, in my 16 years as a teacher, each summer we would hold an assembly with Welsh Water where we would outline the dangers of swimming in reservoirs. Each year we did this diligently and we felt secure in the knowledge that we'd done all we could to protect our students. Yet, one summer, we received the devastating news that one of our former pupils, Daniel Clemo, a real character, a fit, strong young man, full of life and vibrancy, had drowned while swimming in a reservoir on a hot sunny day. I know first-hand how this loss devastated Daniel's family and how deeply it shook the community, and I know that we need to do more, much more, to try and prevent such deaths in future. And I'd like to commend the bravery of Mark Allen's family for their tireless work in this area. Turning to the report itself, I'd like to commend the Petitions Committee for this excellent piece of work. Like many of us, I was shocked by the scale of the challenge - for example, that the number of accidental drowning deaths is higher than the number of fatalities from a range of arguably higher profile causes, and that, in Wales, per head of population, the rate of drowning is double that of the UK average. But perhaps even more chilling was the data around the number of incidents that don't result in deaths. According to Water Safety Wales, over 1,750 water-related incidents each year require an emergency response, and all of those could of course lead to loss of life of those people in danger or, possibly, our emergency services. So, this shows how important it is that, despite personal loss, Leeanne has led this campaign so other families do not suffer. Turning to the next steps, I'm pleased to see recommendations 3 and 6 in particular. Education and awareness of the danger that bodies of water pose are critical to prevent loss of life. It is right that we try and impress this lesson on our children and young people from an early age, and that we take a lifelong approach to ensure that message is remembered. I'm glad that the Welsh Government has accepted both these recommendations and that work has already been undertaken around reservoir safety and carried out in a way that is relevant and easy to access, so that Mark Allen's legacy can live on and lives can be saved.
Welsh: Hoffwn ddechrau drwy egluro fy rhesymau dros siarad yn y ddadl hon heddiw. Fel y gŵyr yr Aelodau, cyn cael fy ethol, roeddwn yn athrawes, ac yn fy 16 mlynedd fel athrawes, bob haf, byddem yn cael gwasanaeth gyda Dŵr Cymru lle byddem yn amlinellu peryglon nofio mewn cronfeydd dŵr. Roeddem yn gwneud hyn yn ddiwyd bob blwyddyn, gan wybod ein bod wedi gwneud popeth y gallem i ddiogelu ein disgyblion. Fodd bynnag, un haf, cawsom y newyddion ysgytwol fod un o'n cyn-ddisgyblion, Daniel Clemo, cymeriad go iawn, dyn ifanc heini, cryf, llawn bywyd a bywiogrwydd, wedi boddi wrth nofio mewn cronfa ddŵr ar ddiwrnod braf. Rwy'n gwybod o'm profiad fy hun sut y dinistriodd y golled hon deulu Daniel, a chymaint fu'r ysgytwad i'r gymuned, a gwn fod angen inni wneud mwy, llawer mwy, i geisio atal marwolaethau o'r fath yn y dyfodol. A hoffwn ganmol dewrder teulu Mark Allen am eu gwaith diflino yn y maes hwn. Gan droi at yr adroddiad ei hun, hoffwn ganmol y Pwyllgor Deisebau am y gwaith rhagorol hwn. Fel llawer ohonom, fe'm syfrdanwyd gan faint yr her - er enghraifft, fod nifer y marwolaethau drwy foddi damweiniol yn uwch na nifer y marwolaethau o amrywiaeth o achosion y gellir dadlau bod ganddynt broffil uwch, ac yng Nghymru, fesul pen o'r boblogaeth, fod y gyfradd o achosion o foddi ddwywaith cymaint â chyfartaledd y DU. Ond efallai hyd yn oed yn fwy iasol oedd y data ynghylch nifer y digwyddiadau nad ydynt yn arwain at farwolaethau. Yn ôl Diogelwch Dŵr Cymru, mae angen ymateb brys i dros 1,750 o ddigwyddiadau sy'n gysylltiedig â dŵr bob blwyddyn, a gallai pob un o'r rheini wrth gwrs arwain at farwolaethau'r bobl sydd mewn perygl, neu o bosibl, ein gwasanaethau brys. Felly, dengys hyn pa mor bwysig yw hi, er gwaethaf ei cholled bersonol, fod Leeanne wedi arwain yr ymgyrch hon, fel nad yw teuluoedd eraill yn dioddef. Gan droi at y camau nesaf, rwy'n falch o weld argymhellion 3 a 6 yn arbennig. Mae addysg ac ymwybyddiaeth o'r perygl sy'n gysylltiedig â chrynofeydd dŵr yn hollbwysig er mwyn atal marwolaethau. Mae'n iawn ein bod yn ceisio dysgu'r wers hon i'n plant a'n pobl ifanc o oedran cynnar, a'n bod yn mabwysiadu agwedd gydol oes i sicrhau bod y neges honno'n cael ei chofio. Rwy'n falch fod Llywodraeth Cymru wedi derbyn y ddau argymhelliad hyn, a bod gwaith eisoes wedi'i wneud ar ddiogelwch cronfeydd dŵr ac wedi'i wneud mewn ffordd sy'n berthnasol ac yn hawdd cael mynediad ato, fel y gall gwaddol Mark Allen barhau, ac fel y gellir achub bywydau.