English: Diolch, Llywydd. As a Government, we want all children in Wales to have the best start in life, to fulfil their potential and to realise their rights. And it's so important in the current context, in the situation that we've been just debating, that we keep that ambition fixed in our sights. It's also crucial that we have this meaningful debate each year to focus on our achievements so far in Wales regarding children's rights, and to take account of the children's commissioner calls for us to go further. So, today, we discuss and debate the Children's Commissioner for Wales's annual report for 2019-20, which was published earlier this month. This report was written looking back at what has taken place during the previous financial year, but within the context of the pandemic. I value having an independent and impartial voice for children and young people in Wales - one that challenges the work of Government and others through the lens of children's rights, one that aims to promote and safeguard their interests. In her annual report, the commissioner has highlighted many of her achievements over the last year. These include engaging with over 15,500 children and young people across Wales through various events, delivering training to 200 early years professionals, and managing 627 cases through her investigations and advice service. While the rest of this session is likely to focus on her 18 recommendations for Government, I'd like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the importance of the work of the commissioner's office, and to thank her and her team for the services they provide to children and young people who need assistance and advice. And I'd also like to take this opportunity to thank the commissioner and her office for working with Welsh Government, Children in Wales, and the Youth Parliament on the 'Coronavirus and Me' survey. This provided an opportunity for children and young people across Wales to tell us about their experience of the coronavirus, the lockdown which was in place at the time, and the impact it was having on their lives. We are the only Government in the UK to have asked directly and consulted children and young people in this way. More than 23,700 children and young people, aged between three and 18, responded; it was a remarkable response. Their responses are being heard by politicians and policy makers alike, and my thanks goes out to all those who took part.
Welsh: Diolch, Llywydd. Fel Llywodraeth, rydym ni eisiau i bob plentyn yng Nghymru gael y dechrau gorau mewn bywyd, cyflawni eu potensial a gwireddu eu hawliau. Ac mae mor bwysig yn y cyd-destun presennol, yn y sefyllfa yr ydym ni newydd ei thrafod, ein bod yn cadw at yr uchelgais hwnnw. Mae hefyd yn hanfodol ein bod yn cynnal y ddadl ystyrlon hon bob blwyddyn i ganolbwyntio ar ein cyflawniadau hyd yma yng Nghymru o ran hawliau plant, ac i ystyried galwad y comisiynydd plant arnom ni i wneud mwy. Felly, heddiw, rydym ni'n trafod adroddiad blynyddol Comisiynydd Plant Cymru ar gyfer 2019-20, a gafodd ei gyhoeddi yn gynharach y mis hwn. Cafodd yr adroddiad hwn ei ysgrifennu gan edrych yn ôl ar yr hyn sydd wedi digwydd yn ystod y flwyddyn ariannol flaenorol, ond yng nghyd-destun y pandemig. Rwyf i'n gwerthfawrogi cael llais annibynnol a diduedd dros blant a phobl ifanc yng Nghymru - un sy'n herio gwaith y Llywodraeth ac eraill o safbwynt hawliau plant, un sy'n ceisio hyrwyddo a diogelu eu buddiannau. Yn ei hadroddiad blynyddol, mae'r comisiynydd wedi tynnu sylw at lawer o'i chyflawniadau yn ystod y flwyddyn ddiwethaf. Mae'r rhain yn cynnwys ymgysylltu â dros 15,500 o blant a phobl ifanc ledled Cymru drwy ddigwyddiadau amrywiol, darparu hyfforddiant i 200 o weithwyr proffesiynol y blynyddoedd cynnar, a rheoli 627 o achosion drwy ei hymchwiliadau a'i gwasanaeth cynghori. Er bod gweddill y sesiwn hon yn debygol o ganolbwyntio ar ei 18 argymhelliad ar gyfer y Llywodraeth, hoffwn i fanteisio ar y cyfle hwn i gydnabod pwysigrwydd gwaith swyddfa'r comisiynydd, ac i ddiolch iddi hi a'i thîm am y gwasanaethau maen nhw'n eu darparu i blant a phobl ifanc y mae angen cymorth a chyngor arnyn nhw. A hoffwn i hefyd fanteisio ar y cyfle hwn i ddiolch i'r comisiynydd a'i swyddfa am weithio gyda Llywodraeth Cymru, Plant yng Nghymru, a'r Senedd Ieuenctid ar yr arolwg 'Coronafeirws a Fi'. Roedd hwn yn gyfle i blant a phobl ifanc ledled Cymru ddweud wrthym ni ynghylch eu profiad nhw o'r coronafeirws, y cyfyngiadau symud a oedd ar waith ar y pryd, a'r effaith yr oedd yn ei chael ar eu bywydau. Ni yw'r unig Lywodraeth yn y DU sydd wedi holi yn uniongyrchol ac ymgynghori â phlant a phobl ifanc fel hyn. Ymatebodd dros 23,700 o blant a phobl ifanc rhwng tair a 18 oed; yr oedd yn ymateb rhyfeddol. Mae eu hymatebion yn cael eu clywed gan wleidyddion a llunwyr polisi fel ei gilydd, ac rwy'n diolch i bawb a gymerodd ran.