English: Diolch. I'm yet again staggered to see the Tories bring forward a motion in this Senedd lamenting poverty and deprivation. What next? What can we expect next? Can we expect to see a motion lamenting capitalism from them perhaps? Now, I've got a large amount of sympathy for arguments that hold this Labour Government to account for their failure to replace the Communities First programme with an alternative anti-poverty programme, and indeed their failure to have a poverty reduction strategy at all. I would also have sympathy with arguments that show the woeful failure of this Government, having been in power for the entire 20 years that we've had devolution, to make anything more than a small dent in overcoming the poverty faced by people in our former industrial areas, those areas that have been in deep and intractable poverty since Margaret Thatcher deliberately de-industrialised us. These are failures that have had widespread and deep effects and those effects can still be felt today. I have to say, though, it's nothing short of bare-faced cheek to outline these failures without looking in the mirror. The benefits policies of the Tories in Westminster have been heavily criticised by the UN special rapporteur and the impact of those measures has been outlined in this Chamber by many Members on many occasions. We all understand why there are so many more people forced to live on the streets: it's a direct result of your Government's policies. Yet, you come here and you wring your hands about poverty in Wales. In the debate that follows, Plaid Cymru will outline practical and effective measures to tackle child poverty in particular. It's beyond a scandal that child mortality rates, in fact, overall mortality rates, in England and Wales are worsening while child mortality rates are improving in Scotland. That means people are dying younger here. Yes, that's partly because we've lived with 12 years of austerity, but it's more than that, otherwise the Scottish mortality rates would be the same as those for England and Wales. But, Scotland has a Government with a strategy to tackle poverty that includes prioritising investment in maternity and early years services, and that investment is paying off. Poverty is not a natural phenomenon. Poverty is not inevitable. It's created deliberately by policy, and it can be stemmed. It can even be stopped, with political will. But, I don't see that will in the Government here. And I see the absolute opposite of that from the party run by your Government on the other end of the M4. We can overcome poverty, but, as I see it, we can rely on neither the Labour Party nor the Tories to do that. It's only going to happen if we decide to do it for ourselves.
Welsh: Diolch. Caf fy syfrdanu unwaith eto i weld y Torïaid yn cyflwyno cynnig yn y Senedd hon yn gresynu at dlodi ac amddifadedd. Beth nesaf? Beth allwn ni ei ddisgwyl nesaf? A allwn ni ddisgwyl gweld cynnig ganddynt yn gresynu at gyfalafiaeth efallai? Nawr, mae gennyf lawer iawn o gydymdeimlad â dadleuon sy'n dwyn y Llywodraeth Lafur hon i gyfrif am eu methiant i gael rhaglen wrth-dlodi amgen yn lle Cymunedau yn Gyntaf, ac yn wir am eu methiant i gael strategaeth lleihau tlodi o gwbl. Buaswn yn cydymdeimlo hefyd â dadleuon sy'n dangos methiant truenus y Llywodraeth hon, ar ôl bod mewn grym am yr 20 mlynedd gyfan ers datganoli, i wneud unrhyw beth mwy na tholc bach yn y gwaith o oresgyn y tlodi a wynebir gan bobl yn ein hen ardaloedd diwydiannol, yr ardaloedd sydd wedi bod mewn tlodi dwfn ac anhydrin ers i Margaret Thatcher fynd ati'n fwriadol i'n dad-ddiwydiannu. Mae'r rhain yn fethiannau sydd wedi cael effeithiau eang a dwfn ac mae'r effeithiau hynny'n dal i gael eu teimlo heddiw. Rhaid imi ddweud serch hynny mai hyfdra pur yw amlinellu'r methiannau hyn heb edrych yn y drych. Mae polisïau budd-daliadau'r Torïaid yn San Steffan wedi cael eu beirniadu'n hallt gan rapporteur arbennig y Cenhedloedd Unedig a disgrifiwyd effaith y mesurau hynny yn y Siambr gan lawer o'r Aelodau ar sawl achlysur. Mae pawb ohonom yn deall pam y mae cymaint mwy o bobl yn cael eu gorfodi i fyw ar y strydoedd. Canlyniad uniongyrchol i bolisïau eich Llywodraeth chi ydyw. Ac eto fe ddowch yma a gwneud sioe o boeni am dlodi yng Nghymru. Yn y ddadl sy'n dilyn, bydd Plaid Cymru yn amlinellu mesurau ymarferol ac effeithiol i fynd i'r afael â thlodi plant yn arbennig. Mae y tu hwnt i sgandal fod cyfraddau marwolaethau plant, a chyfraddau marwolaeth cyffredinol mewn gwirionedd, yn gwaethygu yng Nghymru a Lloegr, tra bod cyfraddau marwolaeth plant yn gwella yn yr Alban. Mae hynny'n golygu bod pobl yn marw'n iau yma. Deillia hynny'n rhannol o'r ffaith ein bod wedi byw drwy 12 mlynedd o gyni, ond mae'n fwy na hynny, neu byddai cyfraddau marwolaeth yr Alban yr un fath â'r rhai ar gyfer Cymru a Lloegr. Ond mae gan yr Alban Lywodraeth sy'n meddu ar strategaeth i drechu tlodi, sy'n cynnwys blaenoriaethu buddsoddiad mewn gwasanaethau mamolaeth a blynyddoedd cynnar, ac mae'r buddsoddiad hwnnw'n talu ar ei ganfed. Nid yw tlodi'n ffenomen naturiol. Nid yw tlodi'n anochel. Caiff ei greu'n fwriadol gan bolisi a gellir ei leihau. Gellir ei atal hyd yn oed gydag ewyllys wleidyddol. Ond nid wyf yn gweld yr ewyllys honno yn y Llywodraeth yma. Ac rwy'n gweld y gwrthwyneb llwyr i hynny gan y blaid sy'n cael ei rhedeg gan eich Llywodraeth chi ar ben arall yr M4. Gallwn oresgyn tlodi, ond fel rwy'n ei weld, ni allwn ddibynnu ar y Blaid Lafur na'r Torïaid i wneud hynny. Ni fydd yn digwydd heblaw ein bod yn penderfynu ei wneud drosom ein hunain.