English: I wish to deal primarily with the first petition mentioned in this debate, which is on the closing of gyms. It is an undisputed fact that a person's overall health condition is one of the most important factors in their being able to deal with infections of all kinds, including COVID-19. We have been told for many years to keep fit and exercise in order to ward off ill health. It is an undeniable fact that the fitness centres and gyms contribute hugely to the general health of the nation. We're also constantly being told that our health service is under severe, if not critical, strain, yet here we have a facility that has a proven beneficial effect on health and therefore a considerable mitigating effect on the COVID virus for those who contract it, which should of course mean that they will have little or no need to use healthcare facilities, whether it be primary care services or our hospital facilities. This will, of course, have the effect of easing the pressure on all health services. One would have thought that the Government would have considered the very positive effects associated with gyms and exercise facilities before forcing them to shut down. Why is it that the Welsh Government seems to have ignored their own COVID infection figures, which show that gyms have just a 1.7 per cent contamination rate? As for the other two petitions, golf would be one of the easiest sports to exercise Government guidelines with regard to distancing. And, if limited to two players per game, there would be almost no possibility of cross-transfer of the virus. Indeed, much less chance than in any supermarket. With regard to the third petition, I believe that football and other field games are always well organised under the association rules, and therefore would almost certainly be safe environments for people to congregate. Again, we cannot overemphasise the value of physical fitness in making people far more resilient to the COVID virus and neither can we ignore the effect that physical well-being has on mental health. To conclude, Dirprwy Lywydd, it is hugely important that any restrictions are thought to be valid and proportionate by the population as a whole in order for them to be willing participants in lockdown measures. The restrictions mentioned in these petitions do not appear appropriate or, indeed, sensible, given that they have the potential to cause many more people to be seriously ill with COVID, rather than protect people from the consequences of contracting COVID-19. Thank you, Dirprwy Lywydd.
Welsh: Hoffwn ymdrin yn bennaf â'r ddeiseb gyntaf a grybwyllir yn y ddadl hon, sy'n ymwneud â chau campfeydd. Mae'n ffaith ddiamheuol mai cyflwr iechyd cyffredinol unigolyn yw un o'r ffactorau pwysicaf yn eu gallu i wrthsefyll heintiau o bob math, gan gynnwys COVID-19. Dywedwyd wrthym ers blynyddoedd lawer am gadw'n heini ac ymarfer corff er mwyn atal afiechyd. Mae'n ffaith ddiymwad fod y canolfannau ffitrwydd a'r campfeydd yn cyfrannu'n aruthrol at iechyd cyffredinol y genedl. Dywedir wrthym yn gyson hefyd fod ein gwasanaeth iechyd o dan straen ddifrifol, ac eto yma mae gennym gyfleuster sy'n cael effaith fuddiol brofedig ar iechyd ac effaith liniarol sylweddol felly ar feirws COVID i'r rhai sy'n ei ddal, a ddylai olygu, wrth gwrs, na fyddant fawr o angen defnyddio cyfleusterau gofal iechyd, os o gwbl, boed yn wasanaethau gofal sylfaenol neu'n gyfleusterau ysbyty. Bydd hyn, wrth gwrs, yn lleddfu'r pwysau ar yr holl wasanaethau iechyd. Byddai rhywun wedi meddwl y byddai'r Llywodraeth wedi ystyried yr effeithiau cadarnhaol iawn sy'n gysylltiedig â champfeydd a chyfleusterau ymarfer corff cyn eu gorfodi i gau. Pam y mae'n ymddangos bod Llywodraeth Cymru wedi anwybyddu eu ffigurau heintiau COVID eu hunain, sy'n dangos mai cyfradd heintio o 1.7 y cant yn unig sydd gan gampfeydd? O ran y ddwy ddeiseb arall, golff fyddai un o'r campau hawsaf i allu arfer canllawiau'r Llywodraeth ar gadw pellter cymdeithasol. Ac os yw'n gyfyngedig i ddau chwaraewr y gêm, bron na fyddai unrhyw berygl o drosglwyddo'r feirws. Yn wir, llawer llai o berygl nag mewn unrhyw archfarchnad. Mewn perthynas â'r drydedd ddeiseb, credaf fod pêl-droed a gemau maes eraill bob amser wedi'u trefnu'n dda o dan reolau'r gymdeithas, ac felly mae hi bron yn sicr y byddent yn amgylcheddau diogel i bobl allu ymgynnull. Unwaith eto, ni allwn orbwysleisio gwerth ffitrwydd corfforol i wneud pobl yn llawer mwy tebygol o allu gwrthsefyll feirws COVID ac ni allwn ychwaith anwybyddu'r effaith y mae lles corfforol yn ei chael ar iechyd meddwl. I gloi, Ddirprwy Lywydd, mae'n bwysig dros ben fod y boblogaeth gyfan yn ystyried bod unrhyw gyfyngiadau'n ddilys a chymesur er mwyn iddynt fod yn barod i gydymffurfio â'r mesurau. Nid yw'r cyfyngiadau a grybwyllir yn y deisebau hyn yn ymddangos yn briodol nac yn synhwyrol yn wir, o ystyried eu bod mewn perygl o wneud i lawer mwy o bobl fod yn ddifrifol o sâl gyda COVID, yn hytrach na diogelu pobl rhag canlyniadau dal COVID-19. Diolch, Ddirprwy Lywydd.