English: Today is 4 July, and in Jefferson's sparkling prose, we are reminded that we are born with inalienable rights, and the most important are 'Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness'. Now, 'the pursuit of happiness' we would define as some form of emotional well-being today, and there's absolutely no doubt that the denial of effective help and diagnosis of emotional and mental health conditions in childhood has a huge impact on the person and their development as adults, and the potential for their happiness and the pursuit of all sorts of goals in life. I speak from my own experience. It was not something picked up. I have lived with periods of depression and, more particularly, anxiety, throughout my life. A lot of my coping mechanisms have been self-learnt and, more latterly, through effective health interventions. But, you know, it's an incredibly alienating experience, and I remember, even at university, being completely perplexed by some of my symptoms and not having a basic apprehension of what they were. That, I think, is a terrible situation to be in. I commend this report. I think it is outstanding, as is Lynne Neagle, who has to be one of our greatest backbenchers, and the way you hold your side to account is a masterclass about how people should pursue the national good, and that takes you way beyond partisan politics. You're held in the highest esteem across the Chamber. Can I just say that I have the privilege of chairing the Government's ministerial advisory group on outcomes for children? We met on Friday, and this report, 'Mind over matter', was one of the agenda items, and it was received with great enthusiasm, particularly amongst the third sector representatives that are crucial to the working of that group. But there was some concern, in particular, about this practice of accepting in principle. Now, I explained, in a fairly neutral way, that this was something that had been the practice in Governments' responses to reports for many years, and that a committee would usually spend a lot of time returning to the items that had been accepted in principle, and examining how deep that was after six months, a year or whatever, whether something had practically been done, or whether it was a way of basically putting something on the shelf. So, I know you will return to this when you come to your in-depth scrutiny post report, and I know the Ministers will be aware of this as well, and they will know the concern and the frustration of some Members here. But I do remind the Cabinet Secretaries that the Permanent Secretary last year said that the Welsh Government would move away from the practice of accepting recommendations in principle and say frankly whether they accept the recommendation as it's framed or not, and then they can give their reasons for that. I do think that's at the heart of real accountability. It is somewhat frustrating to see what happens in this report. Can I just turn to some of the detail? I think the need to focus now on the preventative end of the pathway is really, really important, otherwise we will see further difficulties with the acute end, and the referral via CAMHS in the inappropriate referrals out of not knowing where else to go, so you make a CAMHS referral. I think some of the practical suggestions - the national approach for schools, including the need for a guidance teacher model, so that lead members of staff have responsibility and enable other teachers to pick up the things - this is basic pedagogy. I find it astonishing that it is referred to as somehow being impractical that, amongst the most highly professional people we have in our country, the teaching staff are not capable of this. They should receive the training and the support to do it. The importance of therapeutic intervention has been very, very key in my own experience, and the active offer of advocacy for children accessing mental health services. Can I commend, in particular, recommendation 22 - the assessment of the emotional and mental health needs of children entering care? That's of particular concern to the ministerial advisory group. And recommendation 23 - the Welsh Government to assess the provision of emotional mental health services for looked-after children, and this should be informed by the work of the ministerial advisory group - [ Inaudible.]
Welsh: Mae'n 4 Gorffennaf heddiw, ac yn rhyddiaith ddisglair Jefferson, cawn ein hatgoffa ein bod yn cael ein geni â hawliau diymwad, a'r mwyaf pwysig yw bywyd, rhyddid a'r ymchwil am ddedwyddwch. Nawr, byddem yn diffinio'r 'ymchwil am ddedwyddwch' fel rhyw fath o lesiant emosiynol heddiw, ac nid oes unrhyw amheuaeth o gwbl fod amddifadu plant o gymorth effeithiol a diagnosis o gyflyrau iechyd meddwl ac iechyd emosiynol yn ystod plentyndod yn effeithio'n enfawr ar yr unigolyn a'u datblygiad fel oedolion, a'r potensial i fod yn hapus a'r ymdrech i gyflawni pob math o nodau mewn bywyd. Rwy'n siarad o fy mhrofiad fy hun. Nid rhywbeth a nodais ydyw. Rwyf wedi byw gyda chyfnodau o iselder ac yn fwy arbennig, gorbryder, ar hyd fy oes. Dysgais lawer o fy ffyrdd o ymdopi drosof fy hun ac yn fwy diweddar, drwy ymyriadau iechyd effeithiol. Ond wyddoch chi, mae'n brofiad sy'n dieithrio rhywun yn enfawr, a hyd yn oed yn y brifysgol, rwy'n cofio bod mewn dryswch llwyr ynglŷn â rhai o fy symptomau a heb ddealltwriaeth sylfaenol o'r hyn oeddent. Credaf fod honno'n sefyllfa ofnadwy i fod ynddi. Rwy'n cymeradwyo'r adroddiad hwn. Credaf ei fod yn rhagorol, fel y mae Lynne Neagle, sy'n un o'n Haelodau meinciau cefn gorau yn bendant, ac mae eich ffordd o ddwyn eich hochr chi i gyfrif yn ddosbarth meistr ar sut y dylai pobl fynd ar drywydd y lles cenedlaethol ac mae hynny'n mynd â chi ymhell y tu hwnt i wleidyddiaeth plaid. Rydych yn ennyn y parch mwyaf ar draws y Siambr. A gaf fi ddweud mai fy mraint yw cadeirio grŵp cynghori Gweinidog y Llywodraeth ar ganlyniadau i blant? Cawsom gyfarfod ddydd Gwener, ac roedd yr adroddiad hwn, 'Cadernid Meddwl', yn un o'r eitemau ar yr agenda, a chafodd ei dderbyn gyda llawer o frwdfrydedd, yn enwedig ymhlith cynrychiolwyr y trydydd sector sy'n hollbwysig i waith y grŵp. Ond roedd peth pryder, yn arbennig, am yr arfer hwn o dderbyn mewn egwyddor. Nawr, fe eglurais, mewn ffordd weddol niwtral, fod hyn yn rhywbeth sydd wedi bod yn arfer yn ymatebion y Llywodraeth i adroddiadau ers blynyddoedd lawer, ac fel arfer byddai pwyllgor yn treulio llawer o amser yn dychwelyd at yr eitemau a gafodd eu derbyn mewn egwyddor, ac yn archwilio pa mor ddwfn roedd hynny'n mynd ar ôl chwe mis, blwyddyn neu beth bynnag, a wnaed rhywbeth yn ymarferol neu ai ffordd oedd hi o osod rhywbeth o'r neilltu yn y bôn. Felly, gwn y byddwch yn dychwelyd at hyn pan ddowch at y gwaith craffu manwl yn sgil yr adroddiad, a gwn y bydd y Gweinidogion yn ymwybodol o hyn yn ogystal, a byddant yn gwybod am bryder a rhwystredigaeth rhai o'r Aelodau yma. Ond rwy'n atgoffa Ysgrifenyddion y Cabinet fod yr Ysgrifennydd Parhaol wedi dweud y llynedd y byddai Llywodraeth Cymru yn symud oddi wrth yr arfer o dderbyn argymhellion mewn egwyddor ac yn dweud yn onest a ydynt yn derbyn yr argymhelliad fel y'i lluniwyd ai peidio, ac yna gallant roi eu rhesymau am hynny. Credaf mai dyna sy'n dangos atebolrwydd go iawn. Mae gweld yr hyn sy'n digwydd yn yr adroddiad hwn yn rhwystredig braidd. A gaf fi droi at rywfaint o'r manylion? Credaf fod yr angen i ganolbwyntio yn awr ar ben ataliol y llwybr yn bwysig tu hwnt, neu fel arall byddwn yn gweld anawsterau pellach gyda'r pen acíwt, ac atgyfeirio trwy CAMHS, gyda'r atgyfeiriadau amhriodol o beidio â gwybod ble arall i fynd, felly rydych yn gwneud atgyfeiriad CAMHS. Rwy'n credu bod rhai o'r awgrymiadau ymarferol - y dull cenedlaethol o weithredu ar gyfer ysgolion, gan gynnwys yr angen am fodel athro arweiniol, fel bod aelodau arweiniol o staff â chyfrifoldeb ac yn galluogi athrawon eraill i nodi pethau - addysgeg sylfaenol yw hyn. Mae'n anhygoel i mi y cyfeirir ato fel rhywbeth sy'n anymarferol mewn rhyw ffordd, ac ymhlith y bobl fwyaf proffesiynol sydd gennym yn ein gwlad, nad yw staff addysgu'n gallu gwneud hyn. Dylent gael hyfforddiant a chymorth i'w wneud. Mae pwysigrwydd ymyrraeth therapiwtig wedi bod yn allweddol iawn yn fy mhrofiad fy hun, a'r cynnig gweithredol o eiriolaeth ar gyfer plant sy'n cael gwasanaethau iechyd meddwl. A gaf fi gymeradwyo argymhelliad 22 yn benodol - asesiad o anghenion iechyd emosiynol ac iechyd meddwl plant sy'n dechrau derbyn gofal? Mae hynny'n peri pryder penodol i grŵp cynghori'r Gweinidog. Ac argymhelliad 23 - fod Llywodraeth Cymru i asesu'r ddarpariaeth o wasanaethau iechyd emosiynol ac iechyd meddwl ar gyfer plant sy'n derbyn gofal, a dylai hyn gael ei lywio gan waith grŵp cynghori'r Gweinidog - [ Anhyglyw.]