English: I'd like to request a statement explaining three distinct but related matters about care homes. The first is the rationale behind the initial decision by the Welsh Government to refuse COVID-19 tests for asymptomatic residents leaving hospital before going back to care homes. Given the number of deaths and grieving families that resulted from the policy, there's clear public interest in explaining the reasons for this decision. Saying, 'That's just what we were advised' isn't good enough. Now, the second is an explanation of why this policy was changed from 23 April onwards. When I originally asked the First Minister during First Minister's questions on 29 April about this, he told me the policy was changed, and I quote, 'not because the clinical advice had changed, but because we recognised the need to give confidence to people in the sector'. But in a press conference on Monday, he said in relation to this matter, and, again, I quote: 'When the advice changed, we changed the practice.' I think the First Minister has a duty to explain why he's given contradictory answers to this question. Then, the final matter is an explanation, please, for the health Minister's claim that the original policy led to no deaths when there's clear evidence to the contrary. I spoke to a care home owner this morning who described that claim as 'breathtakingly stupid. All the evidence points to the fact that not testing people leaving hospital led to these deaths.' Now, trying to get information from the Welsh Government about this matter is like trying to get blood from a stone, and the continued obfuscation gives the impression they're trying to hide something. So, I would request that a statement be provided, setting out all the facts in relation to this matter as soon as possible.
Welsh: Hoffwn ofyn am ddatganiad i egluro tri mater gwahanol ond cysylltiedig ynghylch cartrefi gofal. Y cyntaf yw'r rhesymeg y tu ôl i'r penderfyniad gwreiddiol gan Lywodraeth Cymru i wrthod profion COVID-19 ar gyfer preswylwyr asymptomatig sy'n gadael yr ysbyty cyn mynd yn ôl i gartrefi gofal. O ystyried nifer y marwolaethau a'r teuluoedd mewn galar yn sgil y polisi, mae budd cyhoeddus clir mewn esbonio'r rhesymau dros y penderfyniad hwn. Nid yw dweud 'Dyna yw'r cyngor a gawsom' yn ddigon da. Nawr, yr ail yw esboniad pam y newidiwyd y polisi hwn o 23 Ebrill ymlaen. Pan ofynnais i'r Prif Weinidog am hyn yn wreiddiol yn ystod cwestiynau i'r Prif Weinidog ar 29 Ebrill, dywedodd wrthyf fod y polisi wedi'i newid, a dyfynnaf, 'nid oherwydd bod y cyngor clinigol wedi newid, ond oherwydd ein bod ni'n cydnabod yr angen i roi ffydd i bobl yn y sector'. Ond mewn cynhadledd i'r wasg ddydd Llun, dywedodd, mewn perthynas â'r mater hwn, ac unwaith eto, rwy'n dyfynnu Pan newidiodd y cyngor, fe wnaethom newid yr arfer. Credaf fod dyletswydd ar y Prif Weinidog i egluro pam ei fod wedi rhoi atebion gwrthgyferbyniol i'r cwestiwn hwn. Yna, y mater olaf yw esboniad, os gwelwch yn dda, ynglŷn â honiad y Gweinidog iechyd nad arweiniodd y polisi gwreiddiol at unrhyw farwolaethau, pan fo tystiolaeth glir i'r gwrthwyneb. Siaradais â pherchennog cartref gofal y bore yma a alwodd yr honiad hwnnw'n syfrdanol o dwp. Mae'r holl dystiolaeth yn awgrymu mai peidio â phrofi pobl a oedd yn gadael yr ysbyty a arweiniodd at y marwolaethau hyn. Nawr, mae ceisio cael gwybodaeth gan Lywodraeth Cymru am y mater hwn fel ceisio cael gwaed o garreg, ac mae'r cymylu parhaus yn rhoi'r argraff eu bod yn ceisio cuddio rhywbeth. Felly, rwyf am ofyn am ddatganiad sy'n nodi'r holl ffeithiau mewn perthynas â'r mater hwn cyn gynted â phosibl.