English: Thank you to the Tory group for bringing the motion, which I support, although I do find it astounding that, in 2019, we have so many young carers. I met an 18-year-old carer at the weekend who is looking after her ill mother and disabled sister. She's got no life of her own. She deserves a medal, she deserves support, but more than that, she deserves that life of her own, and the authorities are depriving her of that. The Government has made noises here about supporting initiatives against modern slavery, but then allow this to happen to thousands of our country's children. Had the girl I met the other day been trafficked here and held in domestic slavery, attempts would rightly be made to rescue her, so why isn't she and her family being given the support they need to free her and thousands of others? Labour say that they're the party of the NHS and the vulnerable, yet we have a health and social care system that increases inequality. Children of wealthy families won't have their education or career hampered by having to care for a family member. Their life chances will continue to increase, while the child from a poor family will be held back - not by the fact they have a family member who needs care, but by the state withholding help that it could, if it wanted to, provide and that it's actually there to provide. That's what our welfare system was supposed to be there for, so that children wouldn't be working and taking the lion's share of the responsibility for caring for a sick relative. Young carers are working for nothing, not even the minimum wage. Now, some people defend the situation by saying that young people are keen to help in the care of loved ones. That's very true and it's absolutely laudable and lovely that children and young people want to help their sick family members, but just because they want to do that doesn't mean to say that we should let them - that we should let them sacrifice their lives, their young lives, to do a job that the social care system should be doing. There are plenty of things that we don't allow young people to do for their own protection, and we age-restrict it. In 2019 it's absurd that we have children who have to give care. We're a modern nation; so much has been discovered in the last 50 years and life has been transformed. We can cure all sorts of illnesses that couldn't be cured 50 years ago, all sorts of technological advancements, and yet we still have children who are forced to care because the state isn't providing the support they need. So, I really do support the Tory motion, but I do so with a heavy heart, and a massive wish that this motion wasn't necessary. So, I'll be supporting the Plaid amendment but not the amendment by Labour, because it is typical of a Government that takes its citizens for granted, siding with Labour councillors and council officers over the people they're supposed to serve. This Government doesn't force local councils to do much. The least they can do is to insist they implement a young carers ID card. Even this Government should be able to do that, surely. Thank you.
Welsh: Diolch i'r grŵp Torïaidd am gyflwyno'r cynnig, ac rwy'n ei gefnogi, er fy mod yn rhyfeddu bod gennym gynifer o ofalwyr ifanc yn 2019. Cyfarfûm â gofalwr 18 oed dros y penwythnos sy'n gofalu am ei mam sy'n sâl a'i chwaer anabl. Nid oes ganddi fywyd ei hun. Mae'n haeddu medal, mae'n haeddu cael cefnogaeth, ond yn fwy na hynny, mae'n haeddu ei bywyd ei hun, ac mae'r awdurdodau'n ei hamddifadu o hynny. Mae'r Llywodraeth wedi siarad yma ynglŷn â chefnogi mentrau yn erbyn caethwasiaeth fodern, ond wedyn maent yn caniatáu i hyn ddigwydd i filoedd o blant ein gwlad. Pe bai'r ferch y cyfarfûm â hi y diwrnod o'r blaen wedi cael ei masnachu yma a'i chadw mewn caethwasiaeth ddomestig, byddai'n briodol ceisio ei hachub, felly pam nad yw hi a'i theulu'n cael y gefnogaeth sydd ei hangen i'w rhyddhau hi a miloedd o bobl eraill? Dywed Llafur mai hwy yw plaid y GIG a'r rhai sy'n agored i niwed, ond eto mae gennym system iechyd a gofal cymdeithasol sy'n cynyddu anghydraddoldeb. Ni fydd plant teuluoedd cyfoethog yn cael eu llyffetheirio yn eu haddysg neu eu gyrfa drwy orfod gofalu am aelod o'r teulu. Bydd eu cyfleoedd mewn bywyd yn parhau i gynyddu, tra bydd y plentyn o deulu tlawd yn cael ei ddal yn ôl - nid gan y ffaith bod ganddynt aelod o'r teulu sydd angen gofal, ond gan y wladwriaeth sy'n eu hamddifadu o'r cymorth y gallai ei ddarparu pe bai'n dymuno gwneud hynny, y cymorth y mae yno i'w ddarparu mewn gwirionedd. Dyna beth oedd ein system les i fod yno i'w wneud, fel na fyddai plant yn gweithio ac yn ysgwyddo'r rhan fwyaf o'r cyfrifoldeb am ofalu am berthynas sâl. Mae gofalwyr ifanc yn gweithio am ddim, ac nid ydynt yn cael yr isafswm cyflog hyd yn oed. Nawr, mae rhai pobl yn amddiffyn y sefyllfa drwy ddweud bod pobl ifanc yn awyddus i helpu i ofalu am eu hanwyliaid. Mae hynny'n wir iawn ac mae'n gwbl ganmoladwy ac yn hyfryd fod plant a phobl ifanc eisiau helpu aelodau o'u teulu sy'n sâl, ond nid yw'r ffaith eu bod am wneud hynny'n golygu y dylem adael iddynt ei wneud - y dylem adael iddynt aberthu eu bywydau, eu bywydau ifanc, i wneud gwaith y dylai'r system gofal cymdeithasol fod yn ei wneud. Mae digonedd o bethau nad ydym yn caniatáu i bobl ifanc eu gwneud er eu diogelwch eu hunain, ac rydym yn cyfyngu ar eu hoedran i'w rhwystro rhag eu gwneud. Yn 2019 mae'n hurt fod gennym blant sy'n gorfod rhoi gofal. Rydym yn genedl fodern; mae cymaint wedi cael ei ddarganfod yn ystod y 50 mlynedd diwethaf ac mae bywyd wedi ei weddnewid. Gallwn wella pob math o afiechydon na ellid eu gwella 50 o flynyddoedd yn ôl, pob math o ddatblygiadau technolegol, ac eto mae gennym blant o hyd sy'n cael eu gorfodi i ofalu am nad yw'r wladwriaeth yn rhoi'r cymorth sydd ei angen arnynt. Felly, rwy'n gefnogol iawn i gynnig y Torïaid, ond gwnaf hynny â chalon drom, a chan resynu'n enfawr fod y cynnig hwn yn angenrheidiol. Felly, byddaf yn cefnogi gwelliant Plaid Cymru ond nid y gwelliant gan Lafur, oherwydd mae'n nodweddiadol o Lywodraeth sy'n cymryd ei dinasyddion yn ganiataol, gan ochri gyda chynghorwyr Llafur a swyddogion cyngor ar draul y bobl y maent i fod i'w gwasanaethu. Nid yw'r Llywodraeth hon yn gorfodi cynghorau lleol i wneud llawer. Y peth lleiaf y gallant ei wneud yw mynnu eu bod yn gweithredu cerdyn adnabod i ofalwyr ifanc. Dylai hyd yn oed y Llywodraeth hon allu gwneud hynny, bid siŵr. Diolch.