English: Thank you. I'll go on with my own story. I was adopted as a baby and throughout my childhood and as a young adult I was both physically and emotionally abused by my adoptive mother. My adoptive father did not take part but he did allow it to happen. Nobody noticed. The punches were in places where bruises are not visible, and my very long hair grew back after it was yanked out when I was pulled out of bed, downstairs for my nightly beatings. I was informed that if I told anyone I would get worse than I'd had already. This, though, was my normality at that time, and, from my own real-life experience I know there is a night-and-day difference between abuse and a smack. It is abusers like my parents who need to feel the full weight of the law, not loving parents. I will not repeat here all of the obvious practical issues with the implementation and policing of this policy as other Members have stated them. I would much prefer that precious police time, social services' and court resources are spent tackling child abuse and not chasing after parents who have administered a tap on the legs. We hear every week in this Chamber just how stretched our services are, how austerity has impacted, and yet Welsh Labour now want to add to those pressures with this madness. The Welsh public do not want members of the Welsh Government to sit on their sofa, help themselves to their biscuits and use the last of their hot water. Get out of their lives and focus on creating a culture of mutual respect, personal choice and personal responsibility. This is no more than a nanny state invasion of privacy and the biggest single act of virtue signalling I have ever seen in my whole life.
Welsh: Diolch. Af ymlaen â'm stori. Cefais fy mabwysiadu'n faban a drwy gydol fy mhlentyndod a phan oeddwn i'n oedolyn ifanc cefais fy ngham-drin yn gorfforol ac yn emosiynol gan fy mam fabwysiadol. Nid oedd fy nhad mabwysiadol yn cymryd rhan ond roedd yn caniatáu i hynny ddigwydd. Ni sylwodd neb. Roedd y pwniadau mewn mannau lle nad oedd cleisiau yn weladwy, ac fe dyfodd fy ngwallt hir yn ôl ar ôl iddo gael ei rwygo allan wrth imi gael fy nhynnu o'r gwely, i lawr y grisiau i gael fy nghuro bob nos. Dywedwyd wrthyf petawn i'n dweud wrth unrhyw un y byddwn yn cael fy nhrin yn waeth. Dyma, fodd bynnag, oedd normalrwydd i mi ar y pryd, ac, o'm profiad i o fywyd go-iawn fe wn i fod y gwahaniaeth rhwng cam-drin a smacio mor amlwg â nos a dydd. Camdrinwyr fel fy rhieni sydd angen teimlo grym llawn y gyfraith, nid rhieni cariadus. Wnaf i ddim ailadrodd yn y fan yma yr holl faterion ymarferol amlwg sy'n ymwneud â gweithredu a phlismona'r polisi hwn gan fod Aelodau eraill wedi eu datgan. Byddai'n well o lawer gennyf i petai amser gwerthfawr yr heddlu, gwasanaethau cymdeithasol ac adnoddau llysoedd yn cael eu defnyddio i fynd i'r afael â cham-drin plant ac nid i ymlid rhieni fu'n rhoi tap ar y coesau. Rydym ni'n clywed bob wythnos yn y Siambr dan gymaint o bwysau y mae ein gwasanaethau, beth yw effaith cyni, ac eto mae Llafur Cymru nawr eisiau ychwanegu at y pwysau hynny gyda'r gwallgofrwydd hwn. Nid yw'r cyhoedd yng Nghymru eisiau i aelodau Llywodraeth Cymru eistedd ar eu soffa, helpu eu hunain i'r bisgedi a defnyddio'r hyn sydd ar ôl o'u dŵr poeth. Ewch allan o'u bywydau a chanolbwyntio ar greu diwylliant lle mae pawb yn parchu ei gilydd, diwylliant o ddewis personol a chyfrifoldeb personol. Nid yw hyn yn ddim mwy nag ymyriad ar lonyddwch gan wladwriaeth faldodus a'r enghraifft unigol fwyaf o ymffrostio mewn rhinweddau a welais i erioed yn fy mywyd.