English: Minister, thank you for your opening statement on the Stage 4 proceedings. As Welsh Conservatives, we're pleased to support the Bill's progress into law. It is a fact, though, that, sadly, Wales is the last part of the United Kingdom to bring this legislation into action, and instead of leading on this, we've been following what, as you highlighted in your remarks, Scotland and England have already done. But, hopefully, with those 6,000 responses, people will have confidence now that the legislation that will come into force once Royal Assent is achieved will protect wild animals from travelling with circuses across the whole of the United Kingdom. I'd like to put on record my thanks to the staff of the committee and to the witnesses who came before us on both sides of the debate and provided us with such excellent evidence, and in particular the staff who provided such quality research for us to deliberate in this particular area. I do think the Bill could have been strengthened if the amendments that we tabled around training and suitably qualified people taking tests and samples from any animals where there's a dispute had been incorporated within the finished piece of legislation, but I respect the Minister's position, and it's her right to either accept those amendments or not. We must remember that this Bill will only affect about 19 animals in total, which currently travel with two particular circuses, but that's not to say that if this Bill hadn't been put in place there wouldn't have been a greater number of animals suffering through touring as well with circuses. So, it's important that enforcement measures are put in place to make sure that local authorities feel confident that should, in the future, they need to deploy this legislation, they can, and effectively deploy it. I look forward to the Bill going to the vote and, ultimately, receiving Royal Assent in August.
Welsh: Gweinidog, diolch am eich datganiad agoriadol ar drafodion Cyfnod 4. Rydym ni'r Ceidwadwyr Cymreig, yn falch o gefnogi cynnydd y Bil i fod yn gyfraith. Mae'n ffaith, er hynny, mai Cymru, yn anffodus, yw'r rhan olaf o'r Deyrnas Unedig i roi'r ddeddfwriaeth hon ar waith, ac yn hytrach nag arwain ar hyn, rydym wedi dilyn yr hyn, fel y dywedasoch yn eich sylwadau, y mae'r Alban a Lloegr eisoes wedi'i wneud. Ond, gobeithio, gyda'r 6,000 o ymatebion hynny, y bydd pobl yn hyderus nawr y bydd y ddeddfwriaeth a ddaw i rym wrth i'r Cydsyniad Brenhinol gael ei gyflawni yn amddiffyn anifeiliaid gwyllt rhag teithio gyda syrcasau ar draws y Deyrnas Unedig i gyd. Hoffwn i gofnodi fy niolch i staff y pwyllgor ac i'r tystion a ddaeth ger ein bron ar ddwy ochr y ddadl a rhoi tystiolaeth mor ardderchog inni, ac yn arbennig y staff a ddarparodd ymchwil o safon i'w thrafod yn y maes penodol hwn. Rwy'n credu y byddai wedi bod modd cryfhau'r Bil pe bai'r gwelliannau a gyflwynwyd gennym, ynglŷn â hyfforddiant a phobl cymwys yn cynnal profion a samplau o unrhyw anifeiliaid lle mae anghydfod, wedi'u hymgorffori o fewn y darn terfynol o ddeddfwriaeth. Ond rwy'n parchu safbwynt y Gweinidog, ac mae ganddi hi'r hawl i dderbyn y gwelliannau hynny neu beidio. Rhaid inni gofio na fydd y Bil hwn ond yn effeithio ar oddeutu cyfanswm o 19 o anifeiliaid, sydd ar hyn o bryd yn teithio gyda dwy syrcas benodol. Ond nid yw hynny'n golygu, pe na fyddai'r Bil hwn wedi ei roi ar waith, na fyddai mwy o anifeiliaid yn dioddef drwy deithio gyda syrcasau. Felly, mae'n bwysig bod mesurau gorfodi yn cael eu rhoi ar waith i sicrhau bod awdurdodau lleol yn teimlo'n hyderus y dylen nhw, yn y dyfodol, ddefnyddio'r ddeddfwriaeth hon, a'u bod yn gallu gwneud hynny, a'i defnyddio'n effeithiol. Rwy'n edrych ymlaen at weld y Bil yn mynd i bleidlais ac, yn y pen draw, yn cael Cydsyniad Brenhinol ym mis Awst.