English: Thank you, Llywydd. With regard to items 6, 7 and 9, which are taken together, Members will know that the the Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2020 are the principal regulations on coronavirus in Wales. The Senedd approved these regulations on 5 August 2020. We reported on the No. 6 and the No. 7 amending regulations on 14 September, and yesterday we reported on the No. 9 amending regulations. Now, we acknowledge that, while we are debating these regulations today, the Welsh Government has also made further amending regulations, which demonstrates the fast-moving nature of the Government's actions in these matters. The No. 6 regulations came into force on 22 August and permitted up to four households to join together in an extended household, and people to gather indoors in a group of up to 30 people for certain events. The No. 7 regulations came into force on 28 August and they make further amendments to the principal regulations. These include that no person may without reasonable excuse be involved in organising certain unlicensed music events, and that a person who fails to comply with the restriction commits and offence and may be issued with a fixed penalty notice of £10,000. They also include that people have a reasonable excuse to gather indoors, to visit a resident in a care home, hospice or secure accommodation for children, and clarified that people have a reasonable excuse to gather to access educational services. For both the No. 6 and the No. 7 regulations, we made the same merits reporting point, namely that the regulations were not subject to a public consultation or a regulatory impact assessment. We noted, though, the Welsh Government's explanation that this was due to the pandemic and the need for an urgent public health response, and that the changes are being communicated to the public and businesses through ongoing public information broadcasts and press conferences. In relation to the No. 7 regulations, we also noted that the Welsh Government has had ongoing discussions with the police forces in Wales about the introduction of a new offence. The No. 9 regulations made further changes to the principal regulations, which came into force on 14 September. These changes included restricting gatherings indoors of members of an extended household to six people, not including any children under the age of 11, and requiring face coverings to be worn in the indoor public areas of open premises and transport hubs, unless an exemption applies or the person has a reasonable excuse for not wearing the face covering. Our report identified two merits reporting points. The first is with the No. 6 and the No. 7 regulations. We reported there had been no public consultation or regulatory impact assessment prepared in relation to these regulations for the same reasons. However, we noted that an integrated impact assessment is being developed and will be published shortly, which we welcome. We also noted that steps were taken by the Welsh Government to publicise the changes. Secondly, we noted that these regulations introduce a tightening of coronavirus-related restrictions. As such, these regulations do fall within the territory of human rights considerations for individual rights under the Human Rights Act 1998 and the European charter of fundamental rights. This means that any restrictions must be proportionate to achieving a legitimate aim. Now, as regards the specific issues I've referred to in these regulations regarding meeting indoors and the wearing of face coverings, the explanatory memorandum states that the restrictions and requirements will or may engage rights under article 8, that is the right to respect for family and private life; article 9, freedom of thought, conscience and religion; article 11, freedom of assembly and association; and article 14, prohibition of discrimination. The Welsh Ministers consider, and we're in agreement, that to the extent that requirements imposed by the regulations engage or interfere with those rights, the interference is justified because it pursues the legitimate aim of providing a public health response to the threat posed by the increasing incidents and spread of coronavirus across Wales and is proportionate to that aim. Diolch, Llywydd.
Welsh: Diolch, Llywydd. O ran eitemau 6, 7 a 9, sy'n cael eu cynnwys gyda'i gilydd, bydd yr Aelodau'n gwybod mai Rheoliadau Diogelu Iechyd (Cyfyngiadau Coronafeirws) (Rhif 2) (Cymru) 2020 yw'r prif reoliadau ar gyfer y coronafeirws yng Nghymru. Cymeradwyodd y Senedd y rheoliadau hyn ar 5 Awst 2020. Adroddwyd ar reoliadau diwygio Rhif 6 a Rhif 7 ar 14 Medi, a ddoe adroddwyd ar reoliadau diwygio Rhif 9. Nawr, rydym yn cydnabod, wrth inni drafod y rheoliadau hyn heddiw, fod Llywodraeth Cymru hefyd wedi gwneud rheoliadau diwygio pellach, sy'n dangos pa mor gyflym mae'r Llywodraeth yn gweithredu yn y materion hyn. Daeth rheoliadau Rhif 6 i rym ar 22 Awst a chaniataodd i hyd at bedair aelwyd ymuno â'i gilydd ar aelwyd estynedig, a phobl i ymgynnull dan do mewn grŵp o hyd at 30 o bobl ar gyfer digwyddiadau penodol. Daeth rheoliadau Rhif 7 i rym ar 28 Awst ac maent yn gwneud diwygiadau pellach i'r prif reoliadau. Mae'r rhain yn cynnwys y rheoliad na chaiff neb, heb esgus rhesymol, fod yn rhan o'r gwaith o drefnu rhai digwyddiadau cerddorol didrwydded, a bod rhywun sy'n methu â chydymffurfio â'r cyfyngiad yn troseddu ac y gellir rhoi hysbysiad cosb benodedig o £10,000 iddo. Maent hefyd yn cynnwys bod yn rhaid i bobl gael esgus rhesymol i ymgynnull dan do, i ymweld â phreswylydd mewn cartref gofal, hosbis neu lety diogel i blant, gan egluro bod gan bobl esgus rhesymol i ymgynnull er mwyn cael gwasanaethau addysgol. Ar gyfer rheoliadau Rhif 6 a Rhif 7, gwnaethom yr un pwynt adrodd rhinweddau, sef nad oedd y rheoliadau'n destun ymgynghoriad cyhoeddus nac asesiad effaith rheoleiddiol. Fodd bynnag, nodwyd esboniad Llywodraeth Cymru mai'r pandemig oedd yn gyfrifol am hyn a'r angen am ymateb brys er mwyn iechyd y cyhoedd, a bod y newidiadau'n cael eu cyfleu i'r cyhoedd a busnesau drwy ddarllediadau gwybodaeth gyhoeddus parhaus a chynadleddau i'r wasg. O ran rheoliadau Rhif 7, nodwyd hefyd fod Llywodraeth Cymru wedi cael trafodaethau parhaus gyda'r heddluoedd yng Nghymru ynghylch cyflwyno trosedd newydd. Gwnaeth rheoliadau Rhif 9 newidiadau pellach i'r prif reoliadau, a ddaeth i rym ar 14 Medi. Roedd y newidiadau hyn yn cynnwys cyfyngu ar gynulliadau dan do o aelodau o aelwyd estynedig i chwech o bobl, heb gynnwys unrhyw blant o dan 11 oed, a'i gwneud yn ofynnol i orchuddion wyneb gael eu gwisgo yn ardaloedd cyhoeddus dan do safleoedd agored a chanolfannau trafnidiaeth, oni bai bod eithriad yn berthnasol neu fod gan y person esgus rhesymol dros beidio â gwisgo gorchudd wyneb. Nododd ein hadroddiad ddau bwynt adrodd ar rinweddau. Mae'r cyntaf yn ymwneud â rheoliadau Rhif 6 a Rhif 7. Nodwyd na chafodd unrhyw ymgynghoriad cyhoeddus nac asesiad effaith rheoleiddiol eu paratoi mewn cysylltiad â'r rheoliadau hyn am yr un rhesymau. Fodd bynnag, nodwyd bod asesiad effaith integredig yn cael ei ddatblygu ac y caiff ei gyhoeddi'n fuan, ac rydym yn croesawu hynny. Nodwyd hefyd bod Llywodraeth Cymru wedi cymryd camau i roi cyhoeddusrwydd i'r newidiadau. Yn ail, nodwyd bod y rheoliadau hyn yn cyflwyno mesurau tynhau cyfyngiadau sy'n gysylltiedig â'r coronafeirws. Fel y cyfryw, mae'r rheoliadau hyn yn dod o fewn cwmpas ystyriaethau hawliau dynol ar gyfer hawliau unigol o dan Ddeddf Hawliau Dynol 1998 a siarter hawliau sylfaenol Ewrop. Mae hyn yn golygu bod yn rhaid i unrhyw gyfyngiadau fod yn gymesur â chyflawni nod cyfreithlon. Nawr, o ran y materion penodol yr wyf wedi cyfeirio atynt yn y rheoliadau hyn ynghylch cyfarfod dan do a gwisgo gorchuddion wyneb, mae'r memorandwm esboniadol yn nodi y bydd neu y gallai'r cyfyngiadau a gofynion fod yn berthnasol i hawliau o dan erthygl 8, sef yr hawl i barchu bywyd teuluol a phreifat; erthygl 9, rhyddid meddwl, cydwybod a chrefydd; erthygl 11, rhyddid i gynulliad a chymdeithas; ac erthygl 14, gwahardd gwahaniaethu. Mae Gweinidogion Cymru o'r farn, ac rydym yn cytuno, i'r graddau bod gofynion a osodir gan y rheoliadau yn ymwneud â'r hawliau hynny neu'n ymyrryd â nhw, y gellir cyfiawnhau'r ymyrraeth oherwydd mai ei amcan dilys yw darparu ymateb iechyd cyhoeddus i'r bygythiad a achosir gan ddigwyddiadau cynyddol a lledaeniad y coronafeirws ledled Cymru ac sy'n gymesur â'r nod hwnnw. Diolch, Llywydd.