English: Thank you very much. This is an interesting debate, a first opportunity to scrutinise the winter plan. Unfortunately, we have no winter plan to scrutinise as of yet. I do appreciate the short briefing that was made available earlier today to members of the health committee on some of the principles underpinning the plan. I appreciate having a preview from the Minister today of some of those principles, but, in a way, this session is posing more questions than it's answering. There is talk about access to primary care and making mental health central to services, but the question we want answers to is how is that going to be done, that's what we'd hope for in the report itself and hope for in the report on Thursday. There are many principles and elements that I welcome, some of them that I outlined as things that I would want to see in a session a fortnight ago, asking for improved signposting so that people get the right care in the right place, and the Minister has said that that is going to be a priority. I know that the BMA today has highlighted some research that suggests that only around 10 per cent of people were aware of the Government's Choose Well programme in 2018, so, obviously, we need a lot more investment in that kind of work. And again, I'm looking forward to having more detail on that on Thursday, hopefully, and I would appeal to the Minister to ensure that time is made available in Government time after half term so that we can scrutinise and ask questions in light of the publication of the report itself. There are questions that I can pose today, particularly around the fact that, as the Minister said, COVID and the pandemic are the context to this winter still. I was critical last week in hearing the Minister say that we are in a period of stability in terms of the pandemic. There is a risk, of course, that 'stability' is seen as being something positive, but the figures are frighteningly high in Wales, as the Minister will know, and we need to bring those figures down. Amongst schoolchildren, there is huge concern being voiced to me by people from all parts of Wales, and I would like to hear from the Minister this afternoon what urgent steps are being taken now to try to bring cases down within schools. And, following on from the question from the Conservative spokesperson, I do think we need more information as to the strategy of the booster programme. We heard the Minister say that we'll get more figures on Thursday, but will we have an update on a change of strategy or a gear-shift, perhaps? Because we might be suffering here from having had an early and successful vaccination programme, so the period of a decline in the effectiveness of the vaccination is hitting more swiftly than it is in the rest of Europe. And that means that we need to rush forward with the booster programme. So, an update on that would be useful. And also, in the past few hours, we've heard of a possible new variant related to the delta variant, and that that might be responsible for as many as 6 per cent of new cases now. So, an update from the Minister on what the implications of that could be would be appreciated and what's being done to monitor that in Wales. I want to take this opportunity, too, to ask one specific question on a problem that we could face over the winter in terms of providing diagnoses, that there is a great shortage in terms of test tubes for blood tests. This is causing great problems across the NHS, with doctors having to make very difficult decisions as to which patients should have those blood tests because of the shortage of these vials. So, when is this problem going to be resolved, because it's been a problem for many weeks now, and there are very real concerns across health services that this is holding diagnosis and treatment back? And finally, very briefly, we heard the First Minister today saying that he had been satisfied by the Prime Minister yesterday in terms of his pledges on giving Wales a voice within the UK-wide COVID inquiry, but the campaigners are angry, the campaigners are disappointed with the First Minister's response, following his conversation with the Prime Minister yesterday. We've seen nothing in black and white. Why should we trust Boris Johnson on this when he's been undermining Wales in so many other ways recently?
Welsh: Diolch yn fawr. Mae hon yn drafodaeth ddiddorol, cyfle cyntaf i sgrwtineiddio cynllun y gaeaf. Yn anffodus, does gennym ni ddim cynllun gaeaf i'w sgrwtineiddio eto. Dwi'n gwerthfawrogi'r briefing byr gawson ni yn gynharach heddiw fel aelodau o'r pwyllgor iechyd ar rai o'r egwyddorion sydd y tu ôl i'r cynllun a gawn ni ddydd Iau. Dwi'n gwerthfawrogi cael rhyw ragflas gan y Gweinidog heddiw am rai o'r egwyddorion hynny, ond mewn ffordd, gosod mwy o gwestiynau mae'r sesiwn yma. Mae yna sôn am fynediad i bobl i ofal sylfaenol, mae yna sôn am wneud iechyd meddwl yn ganolog i wasanaethau ond y cwestiynau rydyn ni eisiau atebion iddyn nhw ydy sut, a dyna, wrth gwrs, fyddwn ni'n gobeithio ei gael yn yr adroddiad ei hun ddydd Iau. Mae yna nifer o elfennau ac egwyddorion dwi'n eu croesawu - rhai ohonyn nhw y bues i'n eu hamlinellu fel blaenoriaethau buaswn i'n licio eu gweld yn y sesiwn bythefnos yn ôl erbyn hyn, yn gofyn am well 'signpost-o' pobl i'r lle iawn i gael gofal, er enghraifft, ac mae'r Gweinidog wedi dweud bod hynny'n mynd i fod yn flaenoriaeth. Dwi'n gwybod bod y BMA yn tynnu sylw heddiw at waith ymchwil sy'n awgrymu mai dim ond rhyw 10 y cant oedd yn ymwybodol o raglen Choose Well y Llywodraeth o 2018, felly mae angen, wrth gwrs, rhoi llawer mwy o fuddsoddiad i mewn i'r math yna o waith. Ac eto, dwi'n edrych ymlaen at gael mwy o fanylion ar hynny ddydd Iau gobeithio. Ac mi fyddwn i'n apelio ar y Gweinidog i sicrhau bod yna amser yn cael ei wneud yn amser y Llywodraeth ar ôl yr hanner tymor inni gael sgrwtineiddio a gofyn cwestiynau yn sgil cyhoeddi'r adroddiad ei hun. Mae yna gwestiynau dwi'n gallu eu gofyn heddiw yma yn sicr o gwmpas y ffaith, fel y gwnaeth y Gweinidog ei ddweud wrthym ni, mai COVID a'r pandemig ydy cyd-destun y gaeaf yma o hyd. Roeddwn i yn feirniadol yr wythnos ddiwethaf o glywed y Gweinidog yn dweud ein bod ni mewn cyfnod sefydlog, ein bod ni mewn cyfnod stable o ran y pandemig. Mae yna beryg, wrth gwrs, bod 'stable' yn cael ei weld fel rhywbeth cadarnhaol, ond mae'r ffigurau'n frawychus o uchel yng Nghymru, wrth gwrs, fel y mae'r Gweinidog yn gwybod. Mae'n rhaid dod â'r ffigurau yna i lawr. Ymhlith plant ysgol, mae yna bryder mawr yn cael ei leisio efo fi gan bobl o bob rhan o Gymru. Mi fyddwn i'n licio gwybod gan y Gweinidog y prynhawn yma beth ydy'r camau brys sy'n cael eu cymryd rŵan i drio dod ag achosion i lawr mewn ysgolion. Yn dilyn ymlaen o'r cwestiwn gan lefarydd y Ceidwadwyr, dwi'n meddwl bod angen mwy o awgrym o beth ydy'r strategaeth fydd yn dangos brys efo'r rhaglen booster. Mi glywson ni funud yn ôl y Gweinidog yn dweud y byddwn ni'n cael rhagor o ffigurau ddydd Iau; a fyddwn ni'n cael diweddariad ar newid strategaeth, ar newid gêr, o bosib? Achos efallai ein bod ni'n dioddef yn fan hyn o fod wedi cael rhaglen frechu gynnar a llwyddiannus, sef bod y cyfnod o leihau effeithlonrwydd y brechiad, o bosib, yn ein taro ni ynghynt na rhai gwledydd eraill ar draws Ewrop. Wel, mae hynny'n golygu bod angen rhuthro ymlaen efo'r rhaglen booster yn gyflymach. Felly, mi fyddai gwybodaeth ar hynny yn ddefnyddiol. A hefyd yn yr oriau diwethaf rydyn ni'n clywed am, o bosib, amrywiolyn newydd yn gysylltiedig â'r amrywiolyn delta gwreiddiol, a bod hynny o bosib yn gyfrifol am gymaint â 6 y cant o achosion newydd rŵan. Mi fyddai diweddariad gan y Gweinidog ar beth allai goblygiadau hynny fod a beth sy'n cael ei wneud i fonitro hynny yng Nghymru yn ddefnyddiol hefyd. Dwi am ddefnyddio'r cyfle yma hefyd i ofyn un cwestiwn penodol ynglŷn â phroblem y gallem ni ei gael dros y gaeaf efo rhoi diagnosis i bobl, sef y prinder mawr o gyflenwad o boteli i gymryd gwaed. Mae hyn yn achosi problemau difrifol ar draws y gwasanaeth iechyd, efo meddygon yn gorfod gwneud dewisiadau anodd iawn, iawn, iawn ar bwy - pa gleifion - ddylai gael profion gwaed oherwydd y diffyg sydd ganddyn nhw yn y vials yma. Pa bryd mae'r broblem yma yn mynd i gael ei datrys, achos mae hi'n mynd ers wythnosau erbyn hyn, ac mae yna bryderon go iawn, fel rydw i'n dweud, ar draws y gwasanaethau iechyd, bod hyn yn dal diagnosis a thriniaeth yn ei ôl? Ac yn olaf, yn fyr iawn, mi glywson ni'r Prif Weinidog heddiw yma'n dweud ei fod o wedi cael ei fodloni gan y Prif Weinidog ddoe efo'i addewidion o ynglŷn â rhoi llais i Gymru o fewn ymchwiliad COVID drwy'r Deyrnas Unedig. Mae'r ymgyrchwyr yn flin. Mae'r ymgyrchwyr yn siomedig efo ymateb y Prif Weinidog, yn dilyn ei sgwrs efo Prif Weinidog Prydain ddoe. Dydyn ni ddim wedi gweld dim byd ar ddu a gwyn, pam ddylwn ni drystio Boris Johnson ar hyn pan ydy o wedi bod yn tanseilio Cymru mewn cymaint o ffyrdd eraill yn ddiweddar?