English: I'd like to thank the Member for Newport East for raising this really important question here in the Chamber today. Deputy Minister, it was no secret, as the Member for Newport East has said, that people, particularly from ethnic minority backgrounds, faced severe health inequalities during COVID-19, and that was quite prevalent and at a much higher rate for those people from the Bengali, Indian and Pakistani ethnic groups, who are more likely to live in multi-generational homes with high exposure to the virus due to the nature of their jobs and also their lifestyle. A study by the National Institute for Health and Care Research found that when it comes to understanding public health messages, people from ethnic minority groups face specific barriers that prevented them from engaging in behaviour that protected them from the virus. Minister, prior to being elected, my day job was actually working for a PR agency called Mediareach, which was hired by the UK Government, and my role was to oversee the creation and production of 20 advertisements in more than 15 languages, such as Urdu, Hindi, Punjabi, Mandarin, Arabic - these are just to name a few. Now, all of these were aired on numerous various Asian channels, or ethnic minority channels, with known faces and celebrities representing these channels. And, as much as I appreciate the work of Dr Kasim Ramzan from Newport East, as well as other members of the ethnic minority communities who did everything they could, the three UK Government campaigns that were spearheaded went down incredibly well with the ethnic minorities across the spectrum. So, as health is a devolved matter here in Wales, do you agree, Minister, that there is a need to develop and provide access to clear, accurate, targeted and visible educational materials for the ethnic minority groups that live here in Wales? Thank you.
Welsh: Hoffwn ddiolch i'r Aelod dros Ddwyrain Casnewydd am godi'r cwestiwn pwysig hwn yma yn y Siambr heddiw. Ddirprwy Weinidog, nid oedd yn gyfrinach, fel y dywedodd yr Aelod dros Ddwyrain Casnewydd, fod pobl, yn enwedig o gefndiroedd lleiafrifol ethnig, yn wynebu anghydraddoldebau iechyd difrifol yn ystod COVID-19, ac roedd hynny'n eithaf cyffredin ac ar gyfradd lawer uwch i bobl o grwpiau ethnig Bengali, Indiaidd a Phacistanaidd, sy'n fwy tebygol o fyw mewn cartrefi aml-genhedlaeth sydd â chysylltiad uchel â'r feirws oherwydd natur eu swyddi a hefyd eu ffordd o fyw. Canfu astudiaeth gan y Sefydliad Cenedlaethol ar gyfer Ymchwil Iechyd a Gofal, pan ddaw'n fater o ddeall negeseuon iechyd y cyhoedd, fod pobl o grwpiau lleiafrifol ethnig yn wynebu rhwystrau penodol a oedd yn eu hatal rhag ymddwyn mewn ffordd a oedd yn eu hamddiffyn rhag y feirws. Weinidog, cyn cael fy ethol, fy swydd o ddydd i ddydd oedd gweithio i asiantaeth cysylltiadau cyhoeddus o'r enw Mediareach, a gafodd ei llogi gan Lywodraeth y DU, a fy rôl i oedd goruchwylio'r gwaith o greu a chynhyrchu 20 hysbyseb mewn mwy na 15 iaith, megis Wrdw, Hindi, Pwnjabeg, Mandarin, Arabeg - i enwi rhai'n unig. Nawr, cafodd pob un o'r rhain eu darlledu ar nifer o sianeli Asiaidd amrywiol, neu sianeli lleiafrifol ethnig, gydag wynebau cyfarwydd ac enwogion yn cynrychioli'r sianeli hyn. Ac er fy mod yn gwerthfawrogi gwaith Dr Kasim Ramzan o Ddwyrain Casnewydd, yn ogystal ag aelodau eraill o'r cymunedau lleiafrifol ethnig a wnaeth bopeth yn eu gallu, cafwyd ymateb anhygoel o dda i'r tair ymgyrch a gafodd eu harwain gan Lywodraeth y DU ymhlith lleiafrifoedd ethnig ar draws y sbectrwm. Felly, gan fod iechyd yn fater sydd wedi'i ddatganoli yma yng Nghymru, a ydych yn cytuno, Weinidog, fod angen datblygu a darparu mynediad at ddeunyddiau addysgol clir, cywir, pwrpasol a gweledol ar gyfer y grwpiau lleiafrifol ethnig sy'n byw yma yng Nghymru? Diolch.