English: With it being a UNCRC, I'd imagine it's a universal way that all Governments sign up to. So, I'm not sure on the details of the UK Government, but my job primarily is to scrutinise the Welsh Government, which I'm trying to do, and not to talk too much about the UK Government, which seems to be the trend these days. So, where was I? Throughout the pandemic, the rights of children have been at best ignored and at worst eroded. Children and young people have suffered the most, yet they are unlikely to suffer serious illnesses from COVID. At the start of the COVID outbreak, schools were closed to help stop the spread of the virus. No regard was given to the impact this had on children. Welsh Government failed to conduct rights assessments on any of its COVID regulations. When the Government's measures adversely impacted young people, it once again took the intervention of the children's commissioner to overturn the decision to omit 16 and 17-year-olds from revised regulations allowing single people to join an extended household bubble. This oversight by Welsh Government would have been caught before the legislation was introduced, had they conducted a CRIA. Even now, when the vast majority of adults are vaccinated against COVID, schools are still closing to curb the spread of a virus that has little to no impact on young people. How is this protecting the rights of children and young people in Wales? I hope that, alongside the children's rights scheme, the Welsh Government will commit to conducting children's rights impact evaluations. The draft budget will include a CRIA and will have been drafted in compliance with the 2011 children's rights Measure. They will guarantee no more school closures due to COVID and commit to holding an independent Welsh public inquiry into the Welsh Government's handling of COVID-19. Welsh Government's handling of the pandemic has had such a profound impact on children that we need a Welsh public inquiry in order to learn the lessons and strengthen the rights of children in Wales. Thank you very much.
Welsh: Gan ei fod yn CCUHP, byddwn i'n dychmygu ei bod yn ffordd gyffredinol y mae pob Llywodraeth yn ymrwymo iddi. Felly, nid wyf i'n siŵr am fanylion Llywodraeth y DU, ond fy ngwaith i'n bennaf yw craffu ar Lywodraeth Cymru, a dyna'r hyn yr wyf i'n ceisio'i wneud, a pheidio â siarad gormod am Lywodraeth y DU, sef y duedd y dyddiau hyn. Felly, ble oeddwn i? Drwy gydol y pandemig, mae hawliau plant wedi cael eu hanwybyddu ar y gorau ac ar eu gwaethaf wedi'u herydu. Plant a phobl ifanc sydd wedi dioddef fwyaf, ond eto nid ydyn nhw'n debygol o ddioddef salwch difrifol o COVID. Ar ddechrau'r argyfwng COVID, roedd ysgolion ar gau i helpu i atal lledaeniad y feirws. Ni chafodd unrhyw ystyriaeth ei rhoi i'r effaith a gafodd hyn ar blant. Methodd Llywodraeth Cymru â chynnal asesiadau hawliau ar unrhyw un o'i rheoliadau COVID. Pan effeithiodd mesurau'r Llywodraeth yn andwyol ar bobl ifanc, unwaith eto, cymerodd ymyriad y comisiynydd plant i wrthdroi'r penderfyniad i hepgor pobl ifanc 16 ac 17 oed o reoliadau diwygiedig sy'n caniatáu i bobl unigol ymuno â swigod estynedig aelwydydd. Byddai'r diofalwch hwn gan Lywodraeth Cymru wedi'i nodi cyn i'r ddeddfwriaeth gael ei chyflwyno, pe baen nhw wedi cynnal asesiadau o effaith ar hawliau plant. Hyd yn oed nawr, pan fydd y mwyafrif llethol o oedolion wedi'u brechu yn erbyn COVID, mae ysgolion yn dal i gau i leihau lledaeniad feirws nad yw'n cael fawr ddim effaith ar bobl ifanc. Sut mae hyn yn diogelu hawliau plant a phobl ifanc yng Nghymru? Gobeithio, ochr yn ochr â'r cynllun hawliau plant, y bydd Llywodraeth Cymru yn ymrwymo i gynnal gwerthusiadau o'r effaith ar hawliau plant. Bydd y gyllideb ddrafft yn cynnwys asesiadau o effaith ar hawliau plant a bydd wedi'i drafftio yn unol â Mesur hawliau plant 2011. Byddan nhw'n gwarantu ni fydd mwy o ysgolion yn cau oherwydd COVID ac yn ymrwymo i gynnal ymchwiliad cyhoeddus annibynnol yng Nghymru i'r ffordd y mae Llywodraeth Cymru yn ymdrin â COVID-19. Mae'r ffordd y mae Llywodraeth Cymru wedi ymdrin â'r pandemig wedi cael cymaint o effaith ar blant fel bod angen ymchwiliad cyhoeddus yng Nghymru er mwyn dysgu'r gwersi a chryfhau hawliau plant yng Nghymru. Diolch yn fawr iawn.