English: Plaid Cymru will be abstaining on the regulations relating to Bangor in my constituency. We didn't oppose their introduction, but we were dissatisfied with communication issues and the lack of local communication around the process of introducing the regulations. We need far clearer communication with local communities, such as those in Bangor, if local lockdowns will be required again in future. Circumstances have now changed, but there are important lessons to be learned, I believe. I would like to draw attention to point 5 in the explanatory memorandum, which mentions consultation and says that there was no formal consultation on the regulations for the eight Bangor wards. Now, I accept that there isn't time for formal consultation in a time of crisis, but I do think that there are lessons to be learned from the way in which these restrictions and the need for these restrictions were communicated to the local population. And I do believe that we need to introduce new protocols in order to ensure improved communications with community leaders at a local level. In the case of Bangor, there was no communication between the Welsh Government and county councillors in the eight wards, or the city councillors, and the only thing I received as a Member of the Senedd - and the same was true for the Member of Parliament - was a phone call a quarter of an hour before a Government Minister stated on television that those restrictions were to come into place in less than 24 hours' time. That led to all sorts of problems for constituents who were naturally turning to their community leaders for information, but that information wasn't available to us. Had we been briefed beforehand, even eight hours beforehand, we could have helped to avoid much of the confusion that arose. In the case of Bangor, many were questioning why one whole ward, which includes a large part of the city, was left out from the local health protection zone. I assume that there is a rationale behind that, but I received no explanation as to what that was and, to this day, I've received no explanation on that point. Including the Pentir ward would have made sense, because it would have included the whole city within the local health protection zone and would have also included a rural part, which includes a section of the coastal path as well as other rural areas, which would then have been available to constituents within the city who have had to be restricted to an urban geographical area with very few green spaces. I assume that there is a scientific explanation why the Pentir ward wasn't included, but without knowing that, how can local leaders convey that information to local people? Without that information you get confusion and doubt, and ultimately that leads to less compliance, and compliance is what we are looking for of course. So, I would draw the Government's attention to this issue in the Senedd today so that you can take action to secure better communication and clear communication as we move forward. I hope that you will listen to these comments. My purpose is to assist Government to improve communications protocols as we move to the next phase, in order to secure better compliance ultimately.
Welsh: Mi fydd Plaid Cymru yn atal pleidlais ar y rheoliadau yn ymwneud â Bangor, yn fy etholaeth i. Doedden ni ddim yn gwrthwynebu eu cyflwyno nhw, ond mi oedden ni'n anfodlon efo'r materion cyfathrebu a'r diffyg cyfathrebu lleol o gwmpas y broses o'u cyflwyno nhw. Mae angen cyfathrebu llawer cliriach efo cymunedau lleol, fel y rhai ym Mangor, os bydd angen cyfnodau clo lleol eto i'r dyfodol. Mae amgylchiadau wedi newid erbyn hyn, ond mae yna wersi pwysig i'w dysgu, dwi'n credu. Hoffwn i dynnu sylw at bwynt 5 yn y memorandwm esboniadol, sydd yn sôn am ymgynghori ac yn dweud na fu unrhyw ymgynghori ffurfiol ar y rheoliadau ar gyfer wyth ward Bangor. Rŵan, dwi'n derbyn nad oes amser i ymgynghori'n ffurfiol mewn argyfwng, ond dwi yn meddwl bod gwersi i'w dysgu yn sgil y ffordd y cafodd y cyfyngiadau a'r angen am gyfyngiadau eu cyfathrebu i'r boblogaeth leol. A dwi yn credu bod angen cyflwyno protocolau arbennig er mwyn sicrhau gwell cyfathrebu efo arweinwyr cymunedol lleol. Yn achos Bangor, ni chafwyd dim cyfathrebu rhwng Llywodraeth Cymru a chynghorwyr sir yr wyth ward, na'r cynghorwyr dinas, a'r unig beth gefais i fel yr Aelod o'r Senedd, a'r Aelod yn San Steffan, oedd galwad ffôn chwarter awr cyn i Weinidog o'r Llywodraeth ddatgan ar y teledu fod y cyfyngiadau i ddod i rym, a hynny mewn llai na 24 awr. Roedd hynny'n arwain at bob math o broblemau i etholwyr a oedd yn naturiol yn troi at eu harweinwyr cymunedol am wybodaeth, ond doedd y wybodaeth honno ddim gennym ni. Petaem ni wedi cael ein briffio ymlaen llaw, hyd yn oed wyth awr ymlaen llaw, fe fyddem ni wedi gallu helpu i osgoi llawer o'r dryswch a'r penbleth. Yn achos Bangor, roedd llawer iawn yn cwestiynu pam gadael un ward gyfan, sy'n cynnwys talp o'r ddinas, allan o'r ardal diogelu iechyd. Dwi'n cymryd bod yna resymeg i hynny, ond chefais i ddim esboniad, a dwi ddim wedi cael esboniad hyd heddiw ynglŷn â hynny. Mi fyddai cynnwys ward Pentir wedi gwneud synnwyr, oherwydd byddai wedi cynnwys y ddinas gyfan o fewn yr ardal diogelu iechyd a hefyd wedi cynnwys rhan wledig, sydd yn cynnwys darn o lwybr yr arfordir yn ogystal â mannau gwledig, a fyddai wedi bod ar gael i etholwyr y ddinas sydd wedi gorfod cael eu cyfyngu i ardal ddaearyddol drefol heb fawr ddim o ardaloedd gwyrdd ynddi hi. Dwi'n cymryd bod yna esboniad gwyddonol pam ddim cynnwys ward Pentir, ond heb wybod yr esboniad, sut mae modd i arweinwyr lleol drosglwyddo'r wybodaeth honno? A heb y wybodaeth, dryswch sydd yn digwydd ac amheuaeth, ac yn y pen draw mae hynny'n arwain at lai o gydymffurfiaeth, a chydymffurfiaeth ydy yr hyn rydym ni yn chwilio amdano fo, wrth gwrs. Felly, dwi'n tynnu sylw Llywodraeth Cymru at hyn ar lawr y Senedd heddiw er mwyn ichi fedru gweithredu, er mwyn cael gwell cyfathrebu a chyfathrebu clir wrth inni symud ymlaen. Gobeithio eich bod chi'n talu sylw i'r sylwadau hyn. Y pwrpas ydy cynorthwyo'r Llywodraeth i wella protocolau cyfathrebu wrth inni symud i'r cyfnod nesaf, a hynny er mwyn cael gwell cydymffurfiaeth yn y pen draw.