English: Thank you for this very important statement. I'd like to declare that I am a councillor on RCT council, and I was part of the working group that looked at this. I was pleased to hear Sioned mention Elyn Stephens. She was extremely brave, as a young woman, coming into a council and starting to talk about periods. You should have seen the shock on the face of the councillors and they felt uncomfortable, but if you change the word 'period' for 'going to the toilet' and talk about toilet paper, which is exactly what Elyn did, then people start to listen. I think that's the thing here - if we were talking about toilet paper, it's a no brainer, but because it doesn't affect everybody then we're not having that same discussion. I would imagine that if we were having a debate on toilet roll, this Chamber would be full, because this is an issue that's important to men and women - each and every one of us - and that's what's important in terms of having this discussion. Education is crucially important, not just for girls and young women, so that they understand what's happening to their bodies, but to those young men who will be friends and employers in the future, because that's very often where we can provide the greatest support. In my previous role, I was given training in terms of the menopause. There was a policy in National Museum Wales to raise awareness of the menopause across the board, and we had menopause champions. It's useful for me - I haven't got to that age yet, but I learned so much, and also in terms of how to manage people who are going through the menopause. It's extremely important that we are open about these issues. I think the main thing that's a challenge to us all are the points that have already been raised in terms of inconsistency - the inconsistency in terms of accessing products in schools, the right even to go to the toilet that people have to ask permission for now, and this idea that there is a power dynamic where teachers can prevent you from going to the toilet in case somebody does something. Well, people were throwing wet toilet paper onto the ceiling when I was at school. It's entirely absurd. Although the products are available now, we still hear stories about girls bleeding through their clothing because they haven't been given that right to go to the toilet at times. There are inconsistencies. We need to discuss this so that it isn't a problem in contemporary Wales. This is a fundamental right, it's a matter of dignity, we are all duty bound here to continue to talk about this. I'm extremely proud of Elyn Stephens, when she raised this, because she was challenged and told that it wasn't a problem and that there were plenty of products available. That isn't true. There is still more to be done, and I'm very proud to see this plan in place and to work across parties to ensure this issue of dignity on something that is entirely natural.
Welsh: Diolch am y datganiad hynod o bwysig hwn. Hoffwn ddatgan fy mod i'n gynghorydd ar gyngor Rhondda Cynon Taf, ac mi oeddwn i'n rhan o'r gweithgor a edrychodd ar hyn. Roeddwn i'n falch o glywed Sioned yn sôn am Elyn Stephens. Mi oedd hi'n ddewr aruthrol, fel merch ifanc, yn dod i mewn i gyngor ac yn dechrau sôn am fislif. Byddech chi wedi gweld y sioc ar wynebau'r cynghorwyr ac roedden nhw'n teimlo'n anghyfforddus ofnadwy, ond os ydych chi'n newid gair 'mislif' am 'fynd i'r tŷ bach' a sôn am bapur tŷ bach, sef yn union beth wnaeth Elyn, mae pobl yn dechrau gwrando. Dwi'n meddwl mai dyna ydy'r peth fan hyn - os oedden ni'n sôn am bapur tŷ bach, mae o'n no-brainer, ond gan ei fod o ddim yn effeithio ar bob un person ar y funud, dydyn ni ddim yn cael yr un math o drafodaeth. Byddwn i'n meddwl, petasem ni'n cael trafodaeth am bapur tŷ bach, byddai'r Siambr yma'n llawn, neu ar Zoom heddiw, oherwydd mae hwn yn fater sydd o bwys i ddynion a merched - pob un ohonom ni - a dyna sy'n bwysig o ran cael y drafodaeth hon. Mae'r ochr o ran addysg yn allweddol bwysig, ac nid dim ond i ferched, fel eu bod nhw'n deall beth sy'n digwydd i'w cyrff, ond i'r dynion hynny sy'n mynd i fod yn ffrindiau ac yn gyflogwyr yn y dyfodol, oherwydd, yn aml, dyna lle rydyn ni'n gallu bod fwyaf cefnogol. Yn fy swydd flaenorol, mi wnes i gael hyfforddiant o ran y menopos. Mi oedd o'n bolisi gan Amgueddfa Cymru i godi ymwybyddiaeth i bawb o ran y menopos, a bod gennym ni hyrwyddwyr menopos. Roedd o'n ddefnyddiol i fi - dwi heb gyrraedd yr oed yna eto, ond mi wnes i ddysgu gymaint o ran hynny, a hefyd o ran sut i reoli pobl sydd yn mynd drwy'r menopos. Mae'n eithriadol o bwysig ein bod ni yn agored am bethau fel hyn. Y prif beth dwi'n meddwl sy'n her inni i gyd ydy'r pwyntiau sydd wedi cael eu codi o ran yr anghysondeb ar y funud - yr anghysondeb o ran gallu cael gafael ar y cynnyrch yn yr ysgolion, yr hawl hyd yn oed i fynd i'r tŷ bach y mae pobl yn gorfod gofyn amdano fo rŵan, a'r syniad yna bod yna ryw bŵer gan athrawon i'ch atal chi rhag mynd i'r tŷ bach rhag ofn i rywun wneud rhywbeth. Wel, roedd pobl yn gwneud papur tŷ bach yn wlyb ac yn eu taflu nhw ar y to ac ati pan oeddwn i yn yr ysgol. Mae o'n hollol hurt. Er bod y cynnyrch ar gael rŵan, rydym ni'n dal yn clywed straeon am ferched yn gwaedu drwy eu dillad gan fod yr hawl yna wedi cael ei wrthod iddyn nhw fynd i'r tŷ bach ar adegau. Mae yna anghysondeb. Rydyn ni angen bod yn trafod hyn fel ei fod o ddim yn broblem yn y Gymru fodern. Mae hwn yn hawl sylfaenol, mae o'n fater o urddas, mae yna gyfrifoldeb arnom ni i gyd oll fan hyn i barhau i siarad amdano fo. Dwi'n falch eithriadol o Elyn Stephens, pan gododd hi hyn, oherwydd mi gafodd hi ei herio gan ddweud ei bod hi ddim yn broblem a bod yna ddigon o gynnyrch ar gael. Dydy hynny ddim yn wir. Mae yna fwy i'w wneud, a dwi'n falch eithriadol o weld y cynllun hwn ac i gydweithio ar draws y pleidiau i sicrhau mater o urddas ar rywbeth sy'n gyfan gwbl naturiol.