English: I'm grateful for the opportunity to contribute to this debate. My constituency of Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire has a proud military history dating back over centuries. The town of Pembroke Dock has been home to all three constituent parts of our armed forces. For 113 years, from 1815, it housed a royal dockyard that built five royal yachts and 263 Royal Navy ships. For 120 years in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, it was also a garrison town that accommodated regiments from across the services, and for close to 30 years, in the first half of the twentieth century, it was a base for the RAF, and, at one point, was the largest operational base for flying boats in the world - home to the Sunderland. My constituency is also home to the Castlemartin training area, one of only two armoured vehicle training ranges in the United Kingdom; the Pendine firing range; and the Manorbier air defence range - vital sites in ensuring that our armed forces are trained to the highest calibre for the time when they are called up to active service. With such a strong armed forces presence, my constituency is also home to a number of veterans. - veterans such as Barry John MBE, founder of the VC Gallery, which helps service veterans and those in the wider community by getting them engaged in a variety of art projects. And as we've heard this afternoon, earlier this year we welcomed Pembrokeshire's own Colonel James Phillips as the Veterans' Commissioner for Wales, who is already having a positive impact in supporting our veteran community. This year has been a perfect example of the important role that our armed forces play both in areas of conflict around the world and also in peacetime and ceremonial duties at home: their role in supporting and training Ukrainian forces prior to and following Russia's invasion, and I also commend the armed forces for their professionalism and the precise execution of their duties in the sombre ceremony that followed the late Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II's death. I'm sure other Members, like myself, have close relatives or friends who have served or continue to serve. Remembrance Day provides us with an opportunity to say thank you: a thank you to them and to those who have laid down their lives in defence of our nation. In closing, it would be remiss not to recognise the fantastic role that the Royal British Legion play in supporting past and present military personnel and their families. It is not just the commemoration on Remembrance Sunday and the selling of poppies, but also the help that they give to veterans, young and old, transitioning into civilian life. We are a better society for the selfless work the legion undertakes. As someone with relatives who fought on both sides of the second world war divide, when I lay my poppy wreath in the constituency on Sunday, I will take a private moment to think of them and all those who died and suffer during times of conflict. Diolch.
Welsh: Rwy'n ddiolchgar am y cyfle i gyfrannu at y ddadl hon. Mae gan fy etholaeth yng Ngorllewin Caerfyrddin a De Sir Benfro hanes milwrol balch sy'n dyddio'n ôl dros ganrifoedd. Mae tref Doc Penfro wedi bod yn gartref i'r tri rhan cyfansoddol o'n lluoedd arfog. Am 113 o flynyddoedd, o 1815, bu'n gartref i iard ddociau brenhinol a adeiladodd bum cwch hwylio brenhinol a 263 o longau'r Llynges Frenhinol. Am 120 mlynedd yn y bedwaredd ganrif ar bymtheg a'r ugeinfed ganrif, roedd hefyd yn dref garsiwn a oedd yn lletya catrodau o bob rhan o'r gwasanaethau, ac am yn agos i 30 mlynedd, yn hanner cyntaf yr ugeinfed ganrif, roedd yn ganolfan i'r Awyrlu, ac, ar un adeg, hi oedd y ganolfan weithredol fwyaf ar gyfer cychod hedfan yn y byd - cartref y Sunderland. Mae fy etholaeth hefyd yn gartref i ardal hyfforddi Castellmartin, un o ddim ond dau faes hyfforddi cerbydau arfog yn y Deyrnas Unedig; maes tanio Pentywyn; ac maes amddiffyn awyr Maenorbŷr - safleoedd hanfodol wrth sicrhau bod ein lluoedd arfog wedi'u hyfforddi i'r safon uchaf ar gyfer yr adeg pan gânt eu galw i wasanaethu. Gyda phresenoldeb y lluoedd arfog mor gryf, mae fy etholaeth hefyd yn gartref i nifer o gyn-filwyr - cyn-filwyr fel Barry John MBE, sylfaenydd Oriel y VC, sy'n helpu cyn-filwyr a'r rhai yn y gymuned ehangach drwy eu cael i gymryd rhan mewn amrywiaeth o brosiectau celf. Ac fel rydym ni wedi clywed y prynhawn yma, yn gynharach eleni fe wnaethon ni groesawu Cyrnol James Phillips o sir Benfro fel Comisiynydd Cyn-filwyr Cymru, sydd eisoes yn cael effaith gadarnhaol o ran cefnogi ein cymuned o gyn-filwr. Mae eleni wedi bod yn enghraifft berffaith o'r swyddogaeth bwysig sydd gan ein lluoedd arfog mewn ardaloedd o wrthdaro ledled y byd a hefyd mewn dyletswyddau heddwch a seremonïol gartref: eu swyddogaeth wrth gefnogi a hyfforddi lluoedd Wcrainaidd cyn ac yn dilyn goresgyniad Rwsia, ac rwyf hefyd yn cymeradwyo'r lluoedd arfog am eu proffesiynoldeb ac am eu manwl-gywirdeb wrth weithredu eu dyletswyddau yn y seremoni brudd a ddilynodd farwolaeth y diweddar Frenhines Ei Mawrhydi Elizabeth II. Rwy'n siŵr bod gan Aelodau eraill, fel fi, berthnasau neu ffrindiau agos sydd wedi gwasanaethu neu'n parhau i wasanaethu. Mae Dydd y Cofio yn rhoi cyfle i ni ddweud diolch: diolch iddyn nhw ac i'r rhai sydd wedi gosod eu bywydau i amddiffyn ein cenedl. Wrth gloi, byddai'n esgeulus ohonof i beidio â chydnabod y swyddogaeth wych sydd gan y Lleng Brydeinig Frenhinol yn cefnogi personél milwrol y gorffennol a'r presennol a'u teuluoedd. Nid dim ond y coffáu ar Sul y Cofio a gwerthu pabïau, ond hefyd y cymorth y maen nhw'n ei roi i gyn-filwyr, hen ac ifanc, wrth bontio i fywyd sifil. Rydym yn gymdeithas well oherwydd y gwaith anhunanol y mae'r lleng yn ei gyflawni. Fel rhywun sydd â pherthnasau a frwydrodd ar ddwy ochr yr ail ryfel byd, pan osodais fy nhorch babi yn yr etholaeth ddydd Sul, byddaf yn cymryd eiliad breifat i feddwl amdanynt a phawb a fu farw ac a ddioddefodd yn ystod cyfnodau o wrthdaro. Diolch.