English: I welcome this opportunity to contribute to the case for recognition of this contaminated blood scandal and tragedy and its ongoing consequences to support the campaign for justice by affected families and Haemophilia Wales and the need for full answers as to how it was allowed to happen. Dirprwy Lywydd, my constituent Lynn Ashcroft's husband, Bill Dumbelton, was a haemophiliac and one of the first to treat himself at home with cryoprecipitate. As a result of contamination, he contracted HIV and hepatitis C and died aged 49, leaving her a widow at 35. Bill had no life insurance: he could not get any as a haemophiliac. Lynn was left to cope with the mortgage and all the other financial pressures. She found available support inadequate and dispiriting and believes the UK Government should ensure financial security for survivors. Lynn says the UK Government has no conscience and has lost the plot. She does not want the one-off £10,000 payment on offer, which she considers insulting. My constituents Janet and Colin Smith's lives were torn apart by the death of their son, Colin. Little Colin was a haemophiliac and given a batch of contaminated blood product in the middle of the AIDS crisis. At age 7, after years of suffering, he died in his mother's arms weighing 13 pounds. Colin and Janet think Little Colin knew he was going to die. He told his brothers they could have his toys. He obviously knew they would get to use them for longer than he would and he had turned to his brother Daniel and said, 'You will miss me, you know.' And Daniel does miss him, as do his other brothers, Patrick and Darren. Dirprwy Lywydd, the family have been denied answers as to why the provision of contaminated product was allowed to happen. It was, in fact, a freedom of information request that revealed the blood was from a prison in Arkansas and it wasn't until three years after his death that Colin's parents discovered he had hepatitis C. That had been kept secret from them. They continue to be ignored and feel strongly that they have to continue to fight for justice for Little Colin and everybody else affected by this tragedy. Dirprwy Lywydd, families and Haemophilia Wales have now been waiting some 30 to 40 years for the truth and they are crystal clear: they need a public inquiry to get that truth.
Welsh: Rwy'n croesawu'r cyfle hwn i gyfrannu at yr achos dros gydnabod y sgandal gwaed halogedig a'i ganlyniadau parhaus er mwyn cefnogi'r ymgyrch am gyfiawnder gan deuluoedd yr effeithiwyd arnynt a Hemoffilia Cymru a'r angen am atebion llawn ynglŷn â sut y caniatawyd i'r drasiedi ddigwydd. Ddirprwy Lywydd, roedd gŵr un o fy etholwyr, Lynn Ashcroft, sef Bill Dumbelton, yn dioddef o hemoffilia ac yn un o'r rhai cyntaf i drin ei hun gartref â cryoprecipitate. O ganlyniad i gael ei halogi, daliodd HIV a hepatitis C a bu farw'n 49 oed, gan adael ei wraig yn weddw yn 35 oed. Nid oedd gan Bill yswiriant bywyd: ni allai gael yswiriant bywyd fel person hemoffilig. Gadawyd Lynn i ymdopi â'r morgais a'r holl bwysau ariannol eraill. Teimlai fod y cymorth a oedd ar gael yn annigonol ac yn ei digalonni ac mae'n credu y dylai Llywodraeth y DU sicrhau diogelwch ariannol i oroeswyr. Mae Lynn yn dweud nad oes gan Lywodraeth y DU unrhyw gydwybod a'i bod wedi colli gafael ar realiti. Nid yw eisiau'r taliad untro o £10,000 sy'n cael ei gynnig, ac mae'n ei ystyried yn gynnig sarhaus. Cafodd bywydau fy etholwyr Janet a Colin Smith eu chwalu gan farwolaeth eu mab, Colin. Roedd Colin bach yn dioddef o hemoffilia a chafodd gynnyrch gwaed halogedig yng nghanol yr argyfwng AIDS. Yn 7 oed, ar ôl blynyddoedd o ddioddef, bu farw ym mreichiau ei fam yn pwyso 13 pwys. Mae Colin a Janet yn meddwl fod Colin bach yn gwybod ei fod yn mynd i farw. Dywedodd wrth ei frodyr y gallent gael ei deganau. Roedd yn amlwg yn gwybod y buasent yn cael eu defnyddio am amser hwy nag y câi ef, ac roedd wedi troi at ei frawd, Daniel, a dweud, 'Fe fyddwch yn fy ngholli, wyddoch chi.' Ac mae Daniel yn gweld ei golli, fel y mae ei frodyr eraill, Patrick a Darren. Ddirprwy Lywydd, mae'r teulu wedi methu cael atebion ynglŷn â pham y caniatawyd i'r ddarpariaeth o gynnyrch halogedig ddigwydd. Mewn gwirionedd, cais rhyddid gwybodaeth a ddatgelodd fod y gwaed yn dod o garchar yng Arkansas ac nid tan dair blynedd ar ôl ei farwolaeth y darganfu rhieni Colin fod ganddo hepatitis C. Roedd hynny wedi cael ei gadw'n gyfrinachol rhagddynt. Maent yn parhau i gael eu hanwybyddu a theimlant yn gryf fod yn rhaid iddynt barhau i frwydro dros gyfiawnder i Colin bach a phawb arall yr effeithiwyd arnynt yn sgil y drasiedi hon. Ddirprwy Lywydd, mae'r teuluoedd a Hemoffilia Cymru bellach wedi aros oddeutu 30 i 40 mlynedd am y gwirionedd ac maent yn hollol glir: maent angen ymchwiliad cyhoeddus i ddod o hyd i'r gwirionedd hwnnw.