English: Thank you for your statement, Cabinet Secretary, and I would like to add my thanks to Dr Atherton for his second annual report as chief medical officer. I'm pleased that Dr Atherton has opted to use his annual reports to shine a spotlight on growing public health challenges. Last year, he singled out the health inequalities that exist between those living in our most and least deprived areas, and this year he has focused on gambling. When you consider the major public health challenges facing our nation, such as obesity and drug, alcohol and tobacco addiction, these are well known and well understood. Problem gambling, or rather the public health implications of problem gambling, aren't as well understood. Whilst there have always been problem gamblers, we are starting to see them in greater numbers. It is therefore welcome that Dr Atherton has drawn attention to this issue now. In 2005, the Labour Government, under Tony Blair's stewardship, undertook the biggest deregulation of gambling our nation has seen. This led to an explosion in online betting. With tv ads for gambling now permitted, you can't escape prime-time adverts for online casinos and bingo. It is now much easier than ever before for young people to gamble. A recent Gambling Commission survey found an increase in students who gamble, with two out of three gambling, many online. This finding led the Gambling Commission to produce advice to universities, encouraging them to provide information and support about potential gambling-related harm to their students - much as they do for drugs, alcohol, and safer sex. As Dr Atherton highlights, 1.5 million of us gambled in the past 12 months. Whilst there is nothing wrong with the occasional flutter on the grand national, or buying a lottery ticket once in a while, the sheer ease of access makes it easier for gambling to become problem gambling. I welcome Dr Atherton's recommendations for the need to conduct further research. We need to fully understand the risks and the harms, and develop evidence-based policy that balances the social benefits of gambling against the harms related to problem gambling. Cabinet Secretary, could you outline what action you are taking to implement Dr Atherton's recommendation for further research into the impact of problem gambling? How do you intend to balance the need to take action to target problem gambling without impacting on an adult's ability to gamble responsibly? Finally, Cabinet Secretary, how will you involve the Assembly in the development of an evidence-based policy approach on tackling problem gambling? Thank you once again for your statement and to Dr Atherton for his latest report. I look forward to working with you to develop a balanced approach to this and other emerging public health issues. Diolch yn fawr. Thank you.
Welsh: Diolch ichi am eich datganiad, Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet, ac fe hoffwn innau ddiolch hefyd i Dr Atherton am ei ail adroddiad blynyddol ers bod yn brif swyddog meddygol. Rwy'n falch bod Dr Atherton wedi dewis defnyddio ei adroddiadau blynyddol er mwyn taflu goleuni ar yr heriau cynyddol sy'n wynebu iechyd cyhoeddus. Y llynedd, amlygodd yr anghydraddoldebau iechyd sydd i'w gweld rhwng y rhai sy'n byw yn ein hardaloedd mwyaf a lleiaf difreintiedig, ac mae wedi canolbwyntio ar hapchwarae eleni. Wrth ystyried y prif heriau i iechyd cyhoeddus ar gyfer ein cenedl, fel gordewdra a chaethiwed i gyffuriau, alcohol a thybaco, ceir gwybodaeth a dealltwriaeth eang o'r rhain. Nid oes dealltwriaeth gystal o broblem hapchwarae, neu, yn hytrach, goblygiadau problemau hapchwarae ar iechyd cyhoeddus. Er bod pobl gyda phroblemau hapchwarae wedi bod erioed, rydym yn dechrau gweld eu niferoedd yn cynyddu. Croesewir y ffaith bod Dr Atherton wedi tynnu sylw at y mater hwn yn awr felly. Yn 2005, cyflwynodd y Llywodraeth Lafur, o dan arweiniad Tony Blair, broses ddadreoleiddio fwyaf ein cenedl ar y diwydiant hapchwarae. Arweiniodd hyn at ffrwydrad mewn betio ar-lein. Caniateir hysbysebion teledu ar gyfer hapchwarae erbyn hyn felly nid oes modd dianc rhag hysbysebion yn ystod oriau brig teledu ar gyfer casinos a bingo ar-lein. Erbyn hyn mae'n llawer haws nag erioed o'r blaen i bobl ifanc hapchwarae. Canfu arolwg diweddar y Comisiwn Hapchwarae y bu cynnydd yn nifer y myfyrwyr sy'n hapchwarae, gyda dau o bob tri yn hapchwarae, a llawer ohonynt ar-lein. Arweiniodd y canfyddiad hwn at y Comisiwn Hapchwarae yn cyhoeddi cyngor i brifysgolion, yn eu hannog i ddarparu gwybodaeth a chymorth i'w myfyrwyr am niwed posibl sy'n gysylltiedig â hapchwarae - cymaint ag y maen nhw'n ei wneud ar gyfer cyffuriau, alcohol a rhyw mwy diogel. Fel y mae'r Dr Atherton yn ei bwysleisio, mae 1.5 miliwn ohonom ni wedi hapchwarae yn ystod y 12 mis diwethaf. Er nad oes dim o'i le ar hapchwarae bob hyn a hyn ar y grand national, neu brynu tocyn loteri yn achlysurol, mae rhwyddineb gwneud hynny yn ei gwneud hi'n haws i hapchwarae ddod yn broblem. Rwy'n croesawu argymhellion y Dr Atherton bod angen rhagor o ymchwil. Mae angen inni ddeall yn llwyr y risgiau a'r niwed, a datblygu polisi wedi'i seilio ar dystiolaeth sy'n cydbwyso manteision cymdeithasol hapchwarae gyda'r niweidiau sy'n gysylltiedig â phroblemau hapchwarae. Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet, a wnewch chi amlinellu beth yr ydych chi'n ei wneud i weithredu argymhelliad Dr Atherton am ragor o ymchwil i effaith y broblem hapchwarae? Sut ydych chi'n bwriadu sicrhau cydbwysedd rhwng yr angen i weithredu er mwyn targedu'r broblem hapchwarae heb effeithio ar allu oedolyn i hapchwarae yn gyfrifol? Yn olaf, Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet, sut fyddwch chi'n cynnwys y Cynulliad yn y broses o ddatblygu ymagwedd polisi sydd wedi'i seilio ar dystiolaeth o ran mynd i'r afael â phroblemau hapchwarae? Diolch i chi unwaith eto am eich datganiad ac i'r Dr Atherton am ei adroddiad diweddaraf. Rwy'n edrych ymlaen at weithio gyda chi i ddatblygu ffordd gytbwys o ymdrin â'r mater hwn a materion eraill sy'n dod i'r amlwg ym maes iechyd cyhoeddus. Diolch yn fawr. Diolch.