English: Thank you very much, Deputy Presiding Officer, and I thank the Business Committee for allowing me to bring forward this debate today. I also thank the 13 Assembly Members who were my co-submitters of this motion, or supporters of the motion. I think that number does demonstrate that this is an issue that has struck a chord with the membership of this Senedd more generally. We are noting in this debate the increasing number of services that are available online only, whilst many people still don't have access to the internet or don't have convenient access, certainly, or simply aren't comfortable in using the internet for whatever reason. We are asking the Welsh Government to step in to assist. This isn't some old-fashioned opinion; we're not rejecting new technology. I'm more than comfortable, myself, using online services, and like so many people, technology of this kind has certainly made my life easier in very many ways. But as more and more services do go online - banking services, postal services, bus pass renewal systems, even the courts - more and more people are at risk of being excluded. And I do see from casework in my own office that this can cause real anxiety for some people, particularly older people. Lack of access to the internet is a problem for some, as I said, not only because of broadband problems that you will have heard me discussing numerous times in the past, along with many other Members, but also because many people, particularly older people, don't have computers or smartphones. The older people's commissioner's office tell me that almost 30 per cent of people between 50 and 64 and 65 to 75 don't have access to the internet, and that goes up to around 50 per cent, or over 50 per cent, in fact, among people over 75 years of age.
Welsh: Diolch yn fawr iawn, Dirprwy Lywydd, a diolch i'r Pwyllgor Busnes am ganiatáu i fi gael cyflwyno'r ddadl yma heddiw yma. Diolch hefyd i'r 13 o Aelodau eraill a oedd yn barod i'w chyd-gyflwyno efo fi neu ei chefnogi. Rydw i'n meddwl bod y nifer yna'n dangos bod hwn yn fater sydd wedi taro deuddeg efo aelodaeth y Senedd yma'n gyffredinol. Nodi ydym ni yn y ddadl yma y nifer cynyddol o wasanaethau sydd ar gael ar-lein yn unig, tra bod llawer o bobl yn dal unai heb fynediad at y rhyngrwyd - neu heb fynediad hawdd, yn sicr - neu sydd ddim yn gyfforddus yn defnyddio'r we am ba bynnag reswm. Ac rydym ni'n gofyn i Lywodraeth Cymru gamu i mewn i helpu. Nid rhyw agwedd hen ffasiwn ydy hyn. Nid ymwrthod â thechnoleg newydd ydw i; dwi'n gyfforddus iawn, fy hun, yn defnyddio gwasanaethau ar-lein, a fel cymaint o bobl, mae technoleg o'r math yma wedi gwneud fy mywyd i, yn sicr, yn haws mewn llawer ffordd. Ond, fel mae mwy a mwy o wasanaethau yn mynd ar-lein, o wasanaethau bancio, post, adnewyddu tocyn bws, llysoedd, hyd yn oed, mae mwy a mwy o bobl mewn peryg o golli allan, a dwi'n gweld o waith achos yn fy swyddfa i bod hyn yn gallu bod yn boen meddwl go iawn i rai, yn enwedig pobl hŷn. Mae diffyg mynediad at y rhyngrwyd yn broblem i rai, fel y dywedais i, nid yn unig drwy broblemau band llydan - rydych chi wedi fy nghlywed i'n sôn amdanyn nhw droeon, rydw i'n siŵr, ynghyd â nifer o Aelodau eraill - ond hefyd y ffaith bod yna lawer o bobl, eto pobl hŷn yn bennaf, heb gyfrifiaduron na ffonau clyfar. Mae swyddfa'r comisiynydd pobl hŷn yn dweud wrthyf fi fod gan bron i 30 y cant o bobl rhwng 50 a 64 oed a 65 i 74 ddim mynediad i'r rhyngrwyd. Mae hynny'n mynd i fyny bron i dros 50 y cant ymhlith pobl dros 75 oed.