English: None of these important questions have been settled yet, and they will all need to be carefully considered. They'll need to be consulted upon and agreed before the inquiry can start its work, which, hopefully, will be next year. I've listened very carefully to the points that have been made in this debate, and I will ensure that those points are fed into consideration as discussions continue between the United Kingdom Government and the devolved administrations on the establishment of the inquiry. And, of course, there will be further opportunities for these matters to be considered in the future. I know there have been calls for an urgent inquiry in Wales to enable us to learn lessons that we can apply immediately in respect of the pandemic. But it's really important for us to remember that the pandemic is not over. We're all familiar with the rising numbers that we see now as we're entering the third peak. The very people who need to be focused on keeping people safe, on continuing to make difficult decisions to steer Wales through the pandemic, would be the people needing to contribute to the inquiry, and now is not the time to divert their attention and to add to their load. We should remind ourselves that public inquiries are not the only, and sometimes not the best, way to improve practice swiftly. Public inquiries are many things, but they are not urgent, I'm afraid. They have to be set up in accordance with specific legislation that governs inquires, it takes time to identify a chair, to decide on scope, to consult on terms of reference and then to get the work up and running. The inquiry, then, has to call for evidence and listen to oral evidence, and then sift and consider all the information presented to it before it reaches its conclusions and recommendations. That's not going to happen overnight. There are many other feedback and learning mechanisms through which the Government and the NHS can adapt approaches in the light of experience. We're drawing on these mechanisms in real time to adapt practices as we go along. Setting up a Welsh inquiry, as has been proposed in some quarters, and I'm sure for the best of motives, is, I appreciate, important for some, but it would actually slow us down from our agile approach of drawing on experience to develop our approach in dealing with the next phase of the pandemic. It would, as Jane Dodds has pointed out, also distract attention from addressing the waiting list backlog. We recognise the impact that the COVID pandemic has had on everyone, and the loss of loved ones that people have experienced. We are committed, absolutely, to learning and improving outcomes. For example, the NHS in Wales has put a framework in place to review all incidents of COVID-19 transmission within hospitals, so that they can identify any learning, and, importantly, help to answer questions families may have. There are also established arrangements in place, called 'Putting Things Right', to raise concerns about patient care and treatment, and we would encourage individuals to contact their individual health board directly if they have concerns. There are established mortality review processes in place for the review of all deaths in hospital. In addition, the new medical examiner service is in the process of being rolled out across Wales, and that will increasingly involve the independent scrutiny of all deaths. There is much agreement in the Senedd today. We all share a conviction that it's appropriate that there should be a thorough, independent and professional inquiry into the preparedness of the UK for a pandemic, and how the pandemic has been managed, so that lessons can be learnt for the future. The Welsh Government will go into the forthcoming inquiry with a positive and constructive approach, so as to assist the inquiry to do the best possible job, and to help enable the nation to be properly equipped to deal with future global health emergencies. But now is not the time for a Welsh public inquiry.
Welsh: Nid oes yr un o'r cwestiynau pwysig hyn wedi'u hateb eto, a bydd angen ystyried pob un yn ofalus. Bydd angen ymgynghori a chytuno arnynt cyn y gall yr ymchwiliad ddechrau ar ei waith, a fydd yn digwydd y flwyddyn nesaf, gobeithio. Rwyf wedi gwrando'n astud iawn ar y pwyntiau a wnaed yn y ddadl hon, a byddaf yn sicrhau bod y pwyntiau hynny'n cael eu hystyried wrth i drafodaethau barhau rhwng Llywodraeth y Deyrnas Unedig a'r gweinyddiaethau datganoledig ar sefydlu'r ymchwiliad. Ac wrth gwrs, bydd cyfleoedd pellach i'r materion hyn gael eu hystyried yn y dyfodol. Gwn fod galwadau wedi bod am ymchwiliad brys yng Nghymru i'n galluogi i ddysgu gwersi y gallwn eu defnyddio ar unwaith mewn perthynas â'r pandemig. Ond mae'n bwysig iawn inni gofio nad yw'r pandemig ar ben. Rydym i gyd yn gyfarwydd â'r niferoedd cynyddol a welwn yn awr wrth inni nesu at anterth y drydedd don. Yr union bobl y mae angen iddynt ganolbwyntio ar gadw pobl yn ddiogel, ar barhau i wneud penderfyniadau anodd i lywio Cymru drwy'r pandemig, fyddai'r bobl y byddai angen iddynt gyfrannu at yr ymchwiliad, ac nid dyma'r adeg i dynnu eu sylw ac ychwanegu at eu llwyth gwaith. Dylem atgoffa ein hunain nad ymchwiliadau cyhoeddus yw'r unig ffordd, ac weithiau nid y ffordd orau, o wella ymarfer yn gyflym. Mae ymchwiliadau cyhoeddus yn llawer o bethau, ond nid ydynt yn bethau y dylid eu gwneud ar frys, mae arnaf ofn. Rhaid eu sefydlu yn unol â deddfwriaeth benodol sy'n llywodraethu ymchwiliadau, mae'n cymryd amser i nodi cadeirydd, penderfynu ar gwmpas, ymgynghori ar gylch gwaith a rhoi'r gwaith ar y gweill. Wedyn, rhaid i'r ymchwiliad alw am dystiolaeth a gwrando ar dystiolaeth lafar, a didoli ac ystyried yr holl wybodaeth a gyflwynir iddo cyn iddo ddod i'w gasgliadau a'i argymhellion. Nid yw hynny'n mynd i ddigwydd dros nos. Mae llawer o systemau adborth a dysgu eraill y gall y Llywodraeth a'r GIG eu defnyddio i addasu dulliau gweithredu yng ngoleuni profiad. Rydym yn defnyddio'r mecanweithiau hyn mewn amser real i addasu arferion wrth i ni fynd yn ein blaenau. Mae sefydlu ymchwiliad Cymreig, fel y mae rhai wedi'i gynnig, ac am y rhesymau gorau rwy'n siŵr, yn bwysig i rai, rwy'n derbyn hynny, ond byddai'n arafu ein dull hyblyg o ddefnyddio profiad i ddatblygu ein dull o ymdrin â cham nesaf y pandemig. Fel y nododd Jane Dodds, byddai hefyd yn tynnu sylw oddi ar fynd i'r afael ag ôl-groniad y rhestrau aros. Rydym yn cydnabod yr effaith y mae'r pandemig COVID wedi'i chael ar bawb, a'r modd y mae pobl wedi dioddef yn sgil colli anwyliaid. Rydym wedi ymrwymo'n llwyr i ddysgu a gwella canlyniadau. Er enghraifft, mae'r GIG yng Nghymru wedi rhoi fframwaith ar waith i adolygu pob achos o drosglwyddo COVID-19 mewn ysbytai fel y gallant nodi unrhyw wersi i'w dysgu, ac yn bwysig, helpu i ateb cwestiynau a allai fod gan deuluoedd. Mae trefniadau sefydledig ar waith hefyd, o'r enw 'Gweithio i Wella', ar gyfer mynegi pryderon am ofal a thriniaeth cleifion, a byddem yn annog unigolion i gysylltu â'u bwrdd iechyd unigol yn uniongyrchol os oes ganddynt bryderon. Mae prosesau adolygu sefydledig ar waith ar gyfer marwolaethau i adolygu yr holl farwolaethau yn yr ysbyty. Yn ogystal, mae'r gwasanaeth archwilydd meddygol newydd wrthi'n cael ei gyflwyno ledled Cymru a bydd hwnnw yn gynyddol yn cynnwys craffu annibynnol ar bob marwolaeth. Mae llawer o gytundeb yn y Senedd heddiw. Rydym i gyd yn rhannu barn ei bod yn briodol cael ymchwiliad trylwyr, annibynnol a phroffesiynol i ba mor barod oedd y DU ar gyfer pandemig a sut y mae'r pandemig wedi cael ei reoli fel y gellir dysgu gwersi ar gyfer y dyfodol. Bydd Llywodraeth Cymru yn wynebu'r ymchwiliad sydd ar y ffordd gydag ymagwedd gadarnhaol ac adeiladol er mwyn cynorthwyo'r ymchwiliad i wneud y gwaith gorau posibl a helpu i alluogi'r wlad i fod mewn sefyllfa briodol i ymdrin ag argyfyngau iechyd byd-eang yn y dyfodol. Ond nid dyma'r adeg ar gyfer ymchwiliad cyhoeddus yng Nghymru.