English: I want to start by thanking you for bringing this debate to the Chamber today. Child and adolescent mental health is one of the key issues that young people raise with me across Bridgend and Porthcawl. In Bridgend last week, it was great to host our young person's fair on this very topic with Bridgend Youth Council, where schools, pupils and local support groups came together to discuss how we can make mental health provision better for young people in our community. Because, as with a lot of issues, or all issues related to young people, there are often very well-meaning adults who assume what is best, and this shouldn't be the case. Any decisions that impact young people should at least have the consultation and engagement to ensure that we provide support that will make a difference. I know that our Deputy Minister is absolutely committed to this. I also wanted to add in that one of our Youth Parliament Members from Bridgend, Ollie, who represents the Carers Trust Wales, did also want to say that people's voices and opinions sometimes are overlooked and undervalued in decision making, so we do want to make sure that that is always a priority. I believe it is worth as well remembering the integral role that I think young people have played in bringing the conversation around depression and anxiety into our daily lives. We owe much of the work that has been done to break down barriers and the shame of talking about mental health to young people across our communities, and I know this is a priority for our Youth Parliament Member for Bridgend, Ewan Bodilly, who said that, since the pandemic, it has been easy for young people to feel alienated, and it is only through engaging with young people that things will improve. And at the mental health fair, our youth mayor, Xander, said young people have been calling for mental health to be a priority for too long, but the pandemic has shown how important it is that we make sure services are available and mental health is a priority, going forward. I also want to say that I am thankful to the Welsh Government for their commitment to prioritise mental health for young people through schools with the whole-school approach. There are already schools across my constituency doing this work, with Porthcawl Comprehensive School working with local mental health support groups to destigmatise reaching out and ensuring that all young people know where to turn to if they need to. But this should be standardised, and every child and young person should know where to reach out to. Every child should be given the tools to have access to support when and if they need it, for whatever the circumstance is. I want to end by saying I didn't actually plan to speak on this today, but, James, I want to say this in support of your call for an eating disorder unit in Wales, and preferably a residential eating disorder unit. I myself had anorexia nervosa when I was 14. It was absolutely terrifying for me and my family, and for my friends and my teachers, and I actually had a chat with my mum about it a couple of months ago - I think it was weeks ago, sorry - when we were doing the debate on eating disorders, because I wanted to speak on it. And my mum actually told me something that she'd never told me before, which was that my paediatric consultant at the time wrote to my counsellor, and didn't even tell my parents this - didn't give them the heads-up - that I was two days away from them admitting me to the adult psychiatric ward at east Glamorgan hospital, when I was 14. They would have locked me up in an adult psychiatric ward at east Glamorgan hospital. I would never have come out. I would never have come out. So, the only other option at the time was a residential unit, which was in Bristol, and it was full, and my parents were just so scared. I think, to be honest, I was so unwell I don't even think I was scared anymore; I didn't know what was going on. I did recover, and I'm very rare. If you look at the statistics, it's very rare to recover from this, and I did. And I can't even really tell you how I did, even now. But I just wanted to say that that was 20 years ago, and we still don't have a unit in Wales. And in my community of Bridgend, we do have Mental Health Matters Wales, and it was only, actually, a couple of years ago I met Michaela at Mental Health Matters Wales, and she had an eating disorder group where people who are suffering with it, but also their families, can come together to get support. And I'd never really talked about this, and I went in and it all just came out, and we laughed, which I know sounds really strange, but there are just things that are sometimes bizarre, especially some of the things you do when you're going through this. And she just made me feel so - . I just thought to myself, 'God, I wish I'd had you when I was that age. I wish I'd had you, I wish my parents had had you at that age'. So, I know, Minister, you're doing so much on this. I know that we've talked about it before as well, and I always really appreciate your support, but if there is any way that we can have a residential eating disorder unit in Wales so that people - just so that there's more space - don't have to move away from their home. Again, at 14, I don't know how I would have gone off to Bristol like that. So, yes - thank you. I just want to end by saying to any and all young people out there, as I always say to you, you are not alone - there is nothing wrong with you, there is help available, and you can get through this. [ Applause.]
Welsh: Hoffwn ddechrau drwy ddiolch ichi am ddod â'r ddadl hon i'r Siambr heddiw. Iechyd meddwl plant a'r glasoed yw un o'r prif faterion y mae pobl ifanc yn ei ddwyn i fy sylw ar draws Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr a Phorthcawl. Ym Mhen-y-bont ar Ogwr yr wythnos diwethaf, roedd yn wych cynnal ein ffair pobl ifanc ar yr union bwnc hwn gyda Chyngor Ieuenctid Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr, lle y daeth ysgolion, disgyblion a grwpiau cymorth lleol at ei gilydd i drafod sut y gallwn wneud darpariaeth iechyd meddwl yn well i bobl ifanc yn ein cymuned. Oherwydd, fel gyda llawer o faterion, neu'r holl faterion sy'n ymwneud â phobl ifanc, mae oedolion sy'n aml yn llawn bwriadau da yn rhagdybio beth sydd orau, ac nid felly y dylai fod. Dylai unrhyw benderfyniadau sy'n effeithio ar bobl ifanc o leiaf fod yn destun ymgynghori ac ymgysylltu i sicrhau ein bod yn darparu cymorth a fydd yn gwneud gwahaniaeth. Gwn fod ein Dirprwy Weinidog wedi ymrwymo'n llwyr i hyn. Roeddwn am ychwanegu hefyd fod un o'n Haelodau Senedd Ieuenctid o Ben-y-bont ar Ogwr, Ollie, sy'n cynrychioli Ymddiriedolaeth Gofalwyr Cymru, am ddweud bod lleisiau a barn pobl yn cael eu hanwybyddu a'u tanbrisio weithiau wrth wneud penderfyniadau, felly rydym am sicrhau bod hynny bob amser yn flaenoriaeth. Credaf ei bod yn werth cofio hefyd am y rôl ganolog y credaf fod pobl ifanc wedi'i chwarae yn cyflwyno'r sgwrs am iselder a gorbryder i'n bywydau bob dydd. I bobl ifanc ar draws ein cymunedau y mae llawer o'r diolch am lawer o'r gwaith a wnaed i chwalu rhwystrau a'r cywilydd o siarad am iechyd meddwl, a gwn fod hyn yn flaenoriaeth i'n Haelod Senedd Ieuenctid dros Ben-y-bont ar Ogwr, Ewan Bodilly, a ddywedodd ei bod wedi bod yn hawdd i bobl ifanc deimlo eu bod wedi'u dieithrio ers y pandemig, a dim ond drwy ymgysylltu â phobl ifanc y bydd pethau'n gwella. Ac yn y ffair iechyd meddwl, dywedodd ein maer ieuenctid, Xander, fod pobl ifanc wedi bod yn galw am i iechyd meddwl fod yn flaenoriaeth ers gormod o amser, ond mae'r pandemig wedi dangos pa mor bwysig yw sicrhau bod gwasanaethau ar gael a bod iechyd meddwl yn flaenoriaeth wrth symud ymlaen. Hoffwn ddweud hefyd fy mod yn ddiolchgar i Lywodraeth Cymru am eu hymrwymiad i flaenoriaethu iechyd meddwl i bobl ifanc drwy ysgolion gyda'r dull ysgol gyfan. Mae ysgolion ar draws fy etholaeth eisoes yn gwneud y gwaith hwn, gydag Ysgol Gyfun Porthcawl yn gweithio gyda grwpiau cymorth iechyd meddwl lleol i ddadstigmateiddio gofyn am gymorth a sicrhau bod pob unigolyn ifanc yn gwybod lle i droi os oes angen. Ond dylid safoni hyn, a dylai pob plentyn ac unigolyn ifanc wybod lle i droi. Dylai pob plentyn gael yr offer i gael mynediad at gymorth pan fo angen, beth bynnag yw'r amgylchiadau. Hoffwn orffen drwy ddweud nad oeddwn yn bwriadu siarad am hyn heddiw mewn gwirionedd, ond James, hoffwn ddweud hyn i gefnogi eich galwad am uned anhwylderau bwyta yng Nghymru, ac uned anhwylderau bwyta preswyl yn ddelfrydol. Roedd gennyf anorecsia nerfosa pan oeddwn yn 14 oed. Roedd yn gwbl frawychus i mi a fy nheulu, a fy ffrindiau a fy athrawon, a chefais sgwrs gyda fy mam am y peth ychydig fisoedd yn ôl - wythnosau yn ôl, mae'n ddrwg gennyf - pan oeddem yn gwneud y ddadl ar anhwylderau bwyta, oherwydd roeddwn am siarad amdano. A dywedodd fy mam rywbeth wrthyf nad oedd erioed wedi'i ddweud wrthyf o'r blaen, sef bod fy meddyg ymgynghorol pediatrig ar y pryd wedi ysgrifennu at fy nghwnselydd, a heb hyd yn oed ddweud hyn wrth fy rhieni - heb roi gwybod iddynt - fy mod ddeuddydd i ffwrdd o gael fy nerbyn i'r ward seiciatrig oedolion yn ysbyty dwyrain Morgannwg, pan oeddwn yn 14 oed. Byddent wedi fy nghloi mewn ward seiciatrig i oedolion yn ysbyty dwyrain Morgannwg. Ni fyddwn byth wedi dod allan. Ni fyddwn byth wedi dod allan. Felly, yr unig opsiwn arall ar y pryd oedd uned breswyl, a oedd ym Mryste, ac roedd yn llawn, ac roedd fy rhieni mor ofnus. A bod yn onest, rwy'n credu fy mod i mor sâl fel nad wyf yn meddwl fy mod i'n ofnus erbyn hynny; nid oeddwn yn gwybod beth oedd yn digwydd. Fe wellais, ac rwy'n anghyffredin iawn. Os edrychwch ar yr ystadegau, mae gwella o hyn yn anghyffredin iawn, ac fe wnes i wella. Ac ni allaf ddweud yn iawn wrthych sut y gwnes i hynny, hyd yn oed yn awr. Ond roeddwn i eisiau dweud bod hynny 20 mlynedd yn ôl, ac nid oes gennym uned yng Nghymru o hyd. Ac yn fy nghymuned i ym Mhen-y-bont ar Ogwr, mae gennym Mental Health Matters Wales, a flwyddyn neu ddwy yn ôl cyfarfûm â Michaela yn Mental Health Matters Wales, ac roedd ganddi grŵp anhwylderau bwyta lle y gall pobl sy'n dioddef ohono, a'u teuluoedd hefyd, ddod at ei gilydd i gael cefnogaeth. Ac nid oeddwn erioed wedi siarad am hyn mewn gwirionedd, ac fe es i mewn ac fe ddaeth y cyfan allan, ac fe wnaethom ni chwerthin, ac rwy'n gwybod bod hynny'n swnio'n rhyfedd iawn, ond mae rhai pethau'n rhyfedd weithiau, yn enwedig rhai o'r pethau y byddwch yn eu gwneud pan fyddwch chi'n mynd drwy hyn. Ac fe wnaeth imi deimlo mor - . Yr hyn a âi drwy fy meddwl oedd, 'Duw, byddai'n dda gennyf pe baech chi wedi bod yno pan oeddwn i yr oedran hwnnw. Byddai'n dda gennyf be bawn i wedi cael hynny, byddai'n dda gennyf pe baech chi wedi bod yno i fy rhieni pan oeddwn i yr oedran hwnnw'. Felly, Weinidog, gwn eich bod yn gwneud cymaint ar hyn. Gwn ein bod wedi siarad amdano o'r blaen hefyd, ac rwyf bob amser yn gwerthfawrogi eich cefnogaeth yn fawr, ond os oes unrhyw ffordd y gallwn gael uned anhwylderau bwyta preswyl yng Nghymru - fel bod mwy o le - fel nad oes raid i bobl symud i ffwrdd o'u cartref. Unwaith eto, yn 14 oed, nid wyf yn gwybod sut y byddwn wedi mynd i Fryste fel yna. Felly, ie - diolch. Hoffwn orffen drwy ddweud wrth unrhyw un a phob unigolyn ifanc allan yno, fel y dywedaf wrthych bob amser, nid ydych ar eich pen eich hun - nid oes dim o'i le arnoch, mae cymorth ar gael, a gallwch ddod drwy hyn. [ Cymeradwyo.]