English: I rise to support the sentiments of the petition, because I do think it's really important that the lessons-learned exercise is complete and does take in all the aspects that residents, businesses and everyone affected by these terrible floods in February 2020 and other flooding incidents that followed it are learnt, because the scale of the flooding was beyond recognition. I can well remember visiting various areas and just seeing the total devastation, whether it be domestic properties, whether it be businesses, or whether is just be the allotments that you can see off the A48 in the Pontypridd constituency, just completely washed away, showing the force of the water and the extent of the damage. And it's not just water when flooding hits those residential properties; it's this raw sewage that comes up through the drains and completely devastates the properties beyond habitable use until they're rectified and put back to good measure. Obviously, what we have here are many public sector organisations who did their best; without a shadow of a doubt, they did try their best in the aftermath to do what they could to help the communities that were affected, whether that be in the Rhondda or any other part of South Wales Central, but there are lessons to be learnt here. The warning system, as we know from some of the early indications from NRW, failed in many instances, and if you can't get the basic warning system right, what hope have you got of making sure that the more structural changes that you need to make to flood prevention measures are put in place, such as cleaning the culverts out and making sure the waterways are clear? These are some of the basic things that used to go on by the river boards and agencies that used to exist some 20, 30 years ago, which were taken for granted at the time, and allowed water to flow relatively freely. It is a fact that we are going to see more incidents like this. It is a fact that since time immemorial there have been flooding events, but many of the communities that were affected by the events in February and other events through 2020 have maybe never even seen flooding before. So, there are some administrative issues that need to be checked, there is a follow-through exercise, and only an inquiry will get to the bottom of those issues, which has the power of Government to create that inquiry, and probe and pull together those public bodies from the local authorities, the health boards, NRW and the economic impact in particular in those communities where businesses were so devastated, as well as the domestic living conditions wiped away from many individuals and families. We can all remember the image of the landslide that happened, and there's much work to still do in that particular area, and that's where the two Governments, the Westminster Government and the Welsh Government, need to be working together to address that particular issue. So, that's why I rise to support the call for a public inquiry, because I do think it is only through a public inquiry, and the weight of the report of that public inquiry, that we can make the changes that will be required, we can reflect on what did work, but invariably we can reflect and remedy the things that didn't work. So, I do hope that the Government will be more positive, rather than just saying they're still waiting for various administrative reports to come in from all the various organisations that are marking their own homework. That will not be good enough for the residents I represent in South Wales Central, and I do call on the Government to act more positively in response to this request from the petition today.
Welsh: Codaf i gefnogi'r hyn y mae'r ddeiseb yn ei ddweud, oherwydd rwy'n credu ei bod yn bwysig iawn fod yr ymarfer gwersi a ddysgwyd wedi'i gwblhau a'i fod yn ystyried yr holl agweddau y mae trigolion, busnesau a phawb yr effeithiwyd arnynt gan y llifogydd ofnadwy hyn ym mis Chwefror 2020, a digwyddiadau llifogydd eraill a'i dilynodd, yn cael eu dysgu, oherwydd roedd maint y llifogydd yn wahanol i ddim a welwyd cyn hynny. Gallaf gofio ymweld ag ardaloedd amrywiol a gweld dinistr llwyr, boed yn eiddo domestig, boed yn fusnesau, neu ddim ond y rhandiroedd y gallwch eu gweld oddi ar yr A48 yn etholaeth Pontypridd, wedi'u golchi ymaith yn llwyr, gan ddangos grym y dŵr a maint y difrod. Ac nid dŵr yn unig sy'n taro'r eiddo preswyl hynny ond y carthion amrwd sy'n codi drwy'r draeniau ac sy'n difetha'r eiddo fel na ellir byw ynddo hyd nes eu bod yn cael eu trwsio a'u hatgyweirio'n drylwyr. Yn amlwg, yr hyn sydd gennym yma yw llawer o sefydliadau yn y sector cyhoeddus sydd wedi gwneud eu gorau; heb amheuaeth, maent wedi gwneud eu gorau yn y cyfnod a ddilynodd i wneud yr hyn a allent i helpu'r cymunedau yr effeithiwyd arnynt, boed hynny yn y Rhondda neu unrhyw ran arall o Ganol De Cymru, ond mae gwersi i'w dysgu yma. Methodd y system rybuddio mewn llawer o achosion, fel y gwyddom o rai o'r adroddiadau cynnar gan Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru, ac os na allwch gael y system rybuddio sylfaenol yn iawn, pa obaith sydd gennych o sicrhau bod y newidiadau mwy strwythurol y mae angen i chi eu gwneud i fesurau atal llifogydd yn cael eu rhoi ar waith, megis glanhau'r ffosydd a sicrhau bod y dyfrffyrdd yn glir? Dyma rai o'r pethau sylfaenol roedd asiantaethau a byrddau afonydd yn arfer eu gwneud pan oeddent yn bodoli tua 20, 30 mlynedd yn ôl, pethau a gâi eu cymryd yn ganiataol ar y pryd, a phethau a oedd yn caniatáu i ddŵr lifo'n gymharol rydd. Mae'n ffaith y byddwn yn gweld mwy o ddigwyddiadau fel hyn. Mae'n ffaith bod llifogydd wedi bod yn digwydd erioed ond mae'n bosibl nad yw llawer o'r cymunedau yr effeithiwyd arnynt gan y digwyddiadau ym mis Chwefror, a digwyddiadau eraill drwy 2020, erioed wedi gweld llifogydd o'r blaen. Felly, ceir rhai materion gweinyddol y mae angen eu harchwilio, gwaith dilynol sydd angen ei wneud, ac ymchwiliad yw'r unig beth a fydd yn mynd at wraidd y materion hynny, a'r Llywodraeth sydd â'r pŵer i greu'r ymchwiliad hwnnw, a holi a dwyn ynghyd y cyrff cyhoeddus hynny o'r awdurdodau lleol, y byrddau iechyd, Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru a'r effaith economaidd, yn enwedig yn y cymunedau hynny lle cafodd busnesau eu dinistrio i'r fath raddau, yn ogystal â'r mannau byw domestig a gafodd eu hysgubo ymaith i lawer o unigolion a theuluoedd. Gallwn i gyd gofio llun y tirlithriad a ddigwyddodd, ac mae llawer o waith i'w wneud o hyd yn yr ardal benodol honno, a dyna lle mae angen i'r ddwy Lywodraeth, Llywodraeth San Steffan a Llywodraeth Cymru, gydweithio i fynd i'r afael â'r mater penodol hwnnw. Felly, dyna pam rwy'n codi i gefnogi'r alwad am ymchwiliad cyhoeddus, oherwydd credaf mai ymchwiliad cyhoeddus, a phwysau adroddiad yr ymchwiliad cyhoeddus hwnnw, yw'r unig ffordd y gallwn wneud y newidiadau y bydd eu hangen, myfyrio ar yr hyn a wnaeth weithio, ond yn ddieithriad, gallwn ystyried ac unioni'r pethau na weithiodd. Felly, rwy'n gobeithio y bydd y Llywodraeth yn fwy cadarnhaol, yn hytrach na dim ond dweud eu bod yn dal i aros am wahanol adroddiadau gweinyddol gan yr holl sefydliadau amrywiol sy'n marcio eu gwaith cartref eu hunain. Ni fydd hynny'n ddigon da i'r trigolion rwy'n eu cynrychioli yng Nghanol De Cymru, a galwaf ar y Llywodraeth i weithredu'n fwy cadarnhaol mewn ymateb i'r cais hwn gan y ddeiseb heddiw.