English: Thank you very much, Deputy Presiding Officer. The Government entirely agrees that it's important that there should be an impartial and appropriate inquiry held into the way in which we have dealt with the pandemic. We do need to gather and sift evidence in a systematic way, listening carefully to the stories of those who saw their lives overturned in such a dramatic and cruel way during this difficult period. We need to analyse what was done well and those things that weren't done as well, and I know that many have listed some of those today. And we need to recommend to Governments, and to society more generally, what we can learn from our experiences of the pandemic, so that we can be ready to face similar challenges in the future. However, we will be voting against this motion. The First Minister has already informed the Senedd that he agrees with the UK Prime Minister that a public inquiry that he said that he would commence in spring of next year should deal with the UK as a whole. As part of that, it will look separately at what happened in Wales. We believe - and this is the belief of the UK Prime Minister too, it appears - that this is the best possible arrangement for Wales. Wales has been responsible, on a number of occasions over this period, for dealing in its own way with aspects of the pandemic, and on occasion, as we know, the Welsh Government has decided to do things differently to England. And, of course, it's fair that a public inquiry should consider those issues. However, other decisions were taken at a UK level, and the only appropriate way of considering those is through looking at the pan-UK situation, and that's why I don't agree with people such as Peter Fox. Holding a separate Welsh inquiry, as is suggested, would either lead to duplication of much of the work done by a UK-wide inquiry, or an England-only inquiry, or it would mean that important aspects of the pandemic that should be taken into account wouldn't be part of a Welsh inquiry. The agreement, therefore, between the First Minister and UK Prime Minister to hold a UK-wide inquiry ensures that particular attention must be paid to Wales as part of this inquiry. Of course, there are many decisions yet to be taken about the inquiry. We will need to define its purpose very carefully in order to ensure that it considers the right issues. We will need to decide on the remit of the work. The pandemic has impacted on virtually all aspects of people's lives and all parts of society, and so, perhaps the remit of the inquiry will be very broad indeed. But, simultaneously, we must be able to keep control of this work and it must be completed within a reasonable timescale. So, we will need to strike the appropriate balance. We will need to draw the remit of the inquiry carefully and agree on that. The way in which the inquiry tackles the work will be important too, and, of course, there's a question as to who should undertake that inquiry, and that's very important too.
Welsh: Diolch yn fawr, Dirprwy Lywydd. Mae'r Llywodraeth yn cytuno'n llwyr ei bod hi'n bwysig bod ymchwiliad diduedd a phriodol yn cael ei gynnal i'r ffordd rydyn ni wedi delio â'r pandemig. Mae angen casglu a didoli tystiolaeth mewn ffordd systematig, wrth wrando'n ofalus ar storïau'r rheini a welodd eu bywydau'n cael eu chwyldroi mewn ffordd mor ddramatig ac enbyd yn ystod y cyfnod anodd hwn. Mae angen dadansoddi'r pethau da a phethau nad oedd cystal, a dwi'n gwybod bod llawer wedi enwi rhai o'r rheini heddiw. Ac mae angen argymell i Lywodraethau, ac i gymdeithas yn gyffredinol, beth y gallwn ni ei ddysgu o'n profiad o'r pandemig er mwyn inni fod yn barod i ddelio â heriau tebyg yn y dyfodol. Er hynny, byddwn ni yn pleidleisio yn erbyn y cynnig hwn. Mae'r Prif Weinidog eisoes wedi dweud wrth y Senedd ei fod yn cytuno â Phrif Weinidog y Deyrnas Unedig y dylai ymchwiliad cyhoeddus y dywedodd ei fod am ei ddechrau yn y gwanwyn y flwyddyn nesaf ymdrin â'r Deyrnas Unedig yn gyfan. Fel rhan o hynny, bydd yn edrych ar wahân ar yr hyn ddigwyddodd yng Nghymru. Rŷn ni'n credu - a dyna gred Prif Weinidog y Deyrnas Unedig hefyd, mae'n amlwg - mai dyma'r trefniant gorau i Gymru. Mae Cymru wedi bod yn gyfrifol sawl gwaith dros y cyfnod yma am ddelio yn ei ffordd ei hun ag agweddau o'r pandemig, ac ambell waith, fel y gwyddom, mae Llywodraeth Cymru wedi penderfynu i wneud pethau mewn ffordd wahanol i Loegr, ac, wrth gwrs, mae'n deg bod ymchwiliad yn ystyried y materion hynny. Ond cafodd penderfyniadau eraill eu gwneud ar lefel y Deyrnas Unedig yn gyfan, a'r unig ffordd briodol o ystyried y rheini yw trwy edrych ar sefyllfa y Deyrnas Unedig yn gyfan, a dyna pam dwi ddim yn cytuno â phobl fel Peter Fox. Byddai cynnal ymchwiliad ar wahân i Gymru, fel sydd wedi'i awgrymu, naill ai'n arwain at ddyblygu llawer o'r gwaith fydd yn cael ei wneud gan ymchwiliad ar lefel y Deyrnas Unedig, neu Loegr yn unig, neu'n golygu na fyddai agweddau pwysig ar y pandemig a ddylai cael eu hystyried yn rhan o ymchwiliad Cymreig. Mae cytundeb felly rhwng Prif Weinidog Cymru a Phrif Weinidog y Deyrnas Unedig i gynnal ymchwiliad ar lefel y Deyrnas Unedig yn gyfan yn mynnu y dylid rhoi sylw penodol i Gymru yn yr ymchwiliad yma. Wrth gwrs, mae llawer o benderfyniadau heb eu gwneud eto ynghylch yr ymchwiliad. Bydd angen diffinio ei bwrpas yn ofalus iawn i wneud yn siŵr ei fod yn ystyried y pethau iawn. Bydd angen penderfynu ar gwmpas y gwaith. Mae'r pandemig wedi effeithio mwy neu lai ar bob agwedd ar fywydau pobl ac ar bob rhan o gymdeithas, felly efallai y bydd cwmpas yr ymchwiliad yn un eang iawn, iawn. Ond, ar yr un pryd, rhaid gallu cadw rheolaeth ar y gwaith a rhaid ei gwblhau o fewn amser rhesymol. Felly, bydd angen taro ar y cydbwysedd cywir. Bydd angen llunio cylch gwaith yr ymchwiliad yn ofalus a chytuno arno. Bydd y ffordd yr aiff yr ymchwiliad i'r afael â'r gwaith yn bwysig hefyd, ac wrth gwrs mae'r cwestiwn o bwy ddylai cynnal yr ymchwiliad yn hynod o bwysig hefyd.