English: I just want to pick up on the references that we've heard to the 2,000 people dying prematurely because of air pollution. Of course, that doesn't take into account as well the many thousands who are suffering illnesses as a result of pollution in the air. The scale of those experiences is not reflected in the scale of the response from the Welsh Government, which is a sentiment that's already been made that I want to support. We saw, back in May 2017, how Plaid Cymru sought to amend the Welsh Government's public health Bill to recognise air pollution as a public health issue. Unfortunately, Labour voted down those amendments. Back in January 2018, the Welsh Government conceded in a High Court case brought by Client Earth that it had failed to meet EU targets to cut air pollution, and they were legally obliged to draft a clean air plan by the end of April and have a final plan in place by the end of July 2018. It had to seek an extension to do that. I still feel that we haven't seen that step change in attitude from the Welsh Government, being willing to grapple with this and to get to grips with it and to sort it. Since then, we've still seen the Government - . It feels as if the Government is flip-flopping between whether it's going to be a clean air Act, or whether it's going to be a clean air plan. Certainly, I feel the Government has failed to create and introduce robust measures to take real action. In December, there was a statement on clean air, and it seemed to reaffirm a commitment to a clean air Act. However, the statement committed only to a 12-week consultation and then publication of the findings before the end of this Assembly. Well, there's not much urgency there, and it very much feels like kicking the issue into the long grass. Now, if you want a concrete example of why we need a clean air Act to protect communities and people's health, look no further than Chirk. It's an area I know that the Minister is familiar with. It's a small town near Wrexham, home to a large wood-chip manufacturer, Kronospan, that recently suffered a fire in its log yard. It's the seventeenth fire in 18 years, although anecdotally local people tell me that there are even more regular occurrences than that. Now, because of a lack of air pollution monitoring, it took 48 hours for residents living across the road from the burning plant to be advised to close their doors and their windows. It took 48 hours to advise children at the school across the road not to play in the yard. And it took 48 hours to get monitoring equipment there from Swansea to assess the air quality. Now, this is a community that's had more than its share of such incidents and, frankly, they've had enough. They've had enough, and they're now mounting weekly pickets of the plant and they want to see action. But of course, they won't get it from this Government, because the Minister told me last week that she didn't think an independent inquiry was necessary; this despite evidence that there was formaldehyde present in the air, that was eventually monitored 48 hours after the worst of the fire had passed, and we know about the carcinogenic dangers as well of damp wood smoke. Just to be clear, this was no small fire. We were talking here about 7,000 tonnes of wood that were destroyed in the fire. So, that's why we need a clean air Act: to force complacent Governments to act, rather than wash their hands of responsibility. A clean air Act such as that proposed by Plaid Cymru would enable the residents of Chirk and elsewhere to have permanent air quality monitoring near schools and hospitals. Chirk's hospitals and schools are within a stone's throw of the Kronospan plant. The clean air Act would also give councils added powers to refuse planning permission if it meant air quality was being compromised. Councillors have been hamstrung as planning application after planning application has come before them. To the people of Chirk and the surrounding area, a clean air Act isn't an abstract idea, it's a must-have piece of legislation to protect their children and future generations. And if this Government wants to pay more than lip service to the well-being of future generations, it will ensure that this Senedd gets Plaid Cymru's clean air Act on to the statue book as soon as possible.
Welsh: Hoffwn sôn am y cyfeiriadau a glywsom at y 2,000 o bobl sy'n marw'n gynamserol oherwydd llygredd aer. Wrth gwrs, nid yw hynny'n cyfrif yn ogystal y miloedd lawer sy'n dioddef afiechydon o ganlyniad i lygredd yn yr aer. Nid yw graddau'r profiadau hynny'n cael eu hadlewyrchu yn yr ymateb gan Lywodraeth Cymru, sy'n deimlad sydd eisoes wedi'i fynegi ac un rwyf am ei gefnogi. Yn ôl ym mis Mai 2017, gwelsom sut y ceisiodd Plaid Cymru ddiwygio Bil iechyd y cyhoedd Llywodraeth Cymru i gydnabod llygredd aer fel problem iechyd cyhoeddus. Yn anffodus, pleidleisiodd Llafur yn erbyn y gwelliannau hynny. Yn ôl ym mis Ionawr 2018, cyfaddefodd Llywodraeth Cymru mewn achos yn yr Uchel Lys a ddygwyd gerbron gan Client Earth ei bod wedi methu cyrraedd targedau'r UE i leihau llygredd aer, ac roedd rhwymedigaeth gyfreithiol arni i ddrafftio cynllun aer glân erbyn diwedd Ebrill ac i gael cynllun terfynol ar waith erbyn diwedd Gorffennaf 2018. Bu'n rhaid iddi ofyn am estyniad i wneud hynny. Rwy'n dal i deimlo nad ydym wedi gweld newid sylweddol yn agwedd Llywodraeth Cymru a ddynodai ei bod yn barod i fynd i'r afael â hyn a'i ddatrys. Ers hynny, rydym wedi gweld y Llywodraeth o hyd - . Mae'n teimlo fel pe bai'r Llywodraeth yn methu penderfynu ai Deddf aer glân neu gynllun aer glân a fydd ganddi. Yn sicr, teimlaf fod y Llywodraeth wedi methu creu a chyflwyno mesurau cadarn i roi camau go iawn ar waith. Ym mis Rhagfyr, cafwyd datganiad am aer glân, ac ymddangosai fel pe bai'n cadarnhau ymrwymiad i Ddeddf aer glân. Fodd bynnag, nid oedd y datganiad ond yn ymrwymo i ymgynghoriad 12 wythnos a chyhoeddi'r canfyddiadau wedyn cyn diwedd y Cynulliad hwn. Wel, nid oes llawer o ôl brys yno, ac mae'n teimlo fel pe bai'r broblem yn cael ei rhoi i'r naill ochr. Nawr, os ydych am gael enghraifft bendant o pam y mae angen Deddf aer glân i amddiffyn cymunedau ac iechyd pobl, nid oes angen edrych ymhellach na'r Waun. Mae'n ardal y gwn fod y Gweinidog yn gyfarwydd â hi. Tref fechan ger Wrecsam yw hi, cartref i gwmni gweithgynhyrchu sglodion pren mawr, Kronospan, lle bu tân yn ei iard foncyffion yn ddiweddar. Dyma'r ail dân ar bymtheg mewn 18 o flynyddoedd, er bod y bobl leol yn dweud wrthyf fod mwy o ddigwyddiadau rheolaidd na hynny hyd yn oed. Nawr, oherwydd diffyg monitro llygredd aer, cymerodd 48 awr i breswylwyr sy'n byw ar draws y ffordd i'r gwaith a oedd ar dân gael eu cynghori i gau eu drysau a'u ffenestri. Cymerodd 48 awr i gynghori plant yn yr ysgol ar draws y ffordd i beidio â chwarae yn yr iard. A chymerodd 48 awr i gael offer monitro yno o Abertawe i asesu ansawdd yr aer. Nawr, dyma gymuned sydd wedi cael mwy na'i siâr o ddigwyddiadau o'r fath ac a dweud y gwir, maent wedi cael digon. Maent wedi cael digon, ac maent yn cynnal piced wythnosol yn y ffatri erbyn hyn ac yn awyddus i weld gweithredu. Ond wrth gwrs, ni fyddant yn ei gael gan y Llywodraeth hon, oherwydd dywedodd y Gweinidog wrthyf yr wythnos diwethaf nad oedd hi'n meddwl bod angen ymchwiliad annibynnol; hyn, er gwaethaf tystiolaeth fod fformaldehyd yn yr aer, a gafodd ei fonitro yn y diwedd 48 awr ar ôl i'r adeg yr oedd y tân ar ei waethaf, a gwyddom am beryglon carsinogenaidd mwg pren gwlyb yn ogystal. I fod yn glir, nid tân bach oedd hwn. Roeddem yn sôn yma am 7,000 o dunelli o bren a ddinistriwyd yn y tân. Felly, dyna pam y mae angen Deddf aer glân: i orfodi Llywodraethau hunanfodlon i weithredu yn hytrach na golchi eu dwylo o gyfrifoldeb. Byddai Deddf aer glân fel yr un a argymhellir gan Blaid Cymru yn galluogi trigolion y Waun a mannau eraill i gael ansawdd aer wedi'i fonitro'n barhaol ger ysgolion ac ysbytai. Mae ysbytai ac ysgolion y Waun o fewn tafliad carreg i waith Kronospan. Byddai'r Ddeddf aer glân hefyd yn rhoi pwerau ychwanegol i gynghorau wrthod caniatâd cynllunio pe bai'n golygu cyfaddawdu ar ansawdd yr aer. Cafodd cynghorwyr eu llyffetheirio wrth i gais cynllunio ar ôl cais cynllunio ddod ger eu bron. I bobl y Waun a'r cyffiniau, nid syniad haniaethol yw Deddf aer glân, mae'n ddeddfwriaeth hanfodol i amddiffyn eu plant a chenedlaethau'r dyfodol. Ac os yw'r Llywodraeth hon am wneud mwy nag esgus cefnogi llesiant cenedlaethau'r dyfodol, bydd yn sicrhau bod y Senedd hon yn gosod Deddf aer glân Plaid Cymru ar y llyfr statud cyn gynted ag y bo modd.