English: Diolch - thank you very much indeed. I've long called, for many years, for temporary blue badges, representing the views of constituents and organisations, and, clearly, the proposed amendment regulations are a step in the right direction, but they don't go nearly far enough, and I will briefly explain that. I've received many items of correspondence from constituents over the years who have had temporary impairments, requiring them to depend upon perhaps a wheelchair or a walking stick because of limited ability for a limited period - because of an accident, because of an operation, primarily, but occasionally other factors, too - and the impact on their lives has been devastating, hence I raised this repeatedly during the last Assembly, amongst other things as co-chair of the cross-party group on disability, and received a very warm and positive response from the then Minister responsible for this issue, Edwina Hart. Now, I'll quote just from one of the constituent letters. This was one that was copied, actually, to all the then North Wales Members in December 2013. She said: 'I broke my leg (knee and ankle damage) on Tuesday November 5thI am to put NO weight on it for EIGHT weeks How is it that those such as I am not permitted a TEMPORARY "Blue parking badge for Disability." The necessity to have the wheelchair brought right around to the fully open passenger car door is virtually impossible in 99.9 per cent of parking places. I dread the icy winter rain coming whilst I am in this condition; and of equal concern is the pressure and physical difficulty put on my dear husband as he struggles to cope with me on top of his own long-term illness'. Now, in May 2014, speaking in this Chamber, I told the Minister, the then Minister for Economy, Science and Transport, that I had written to her regarding this matter the previous December, and she had replied helpfully by referring her to the blue badge review group and stating it had identified obstacles to temporary badges, such as recovering the badge when it was no longer required, and the consequent potential for abuse. I asked what consideration had been given, or would or could be given, to temporary badges being provided with dates of duration or expiry or renewal dates on them so that they could not be recycled in that way. Again, I did that on behalf of constituents who suggested I raise that point. The Minister said that she would forward my contribution to her officials for discussion. On 17 June 2014, the Minister wrote to all Assembly Members, stating that, 'during Plenary on 21 May, Mark Isherwood AM asked if consideration could be given to issuing temporary blue badges and I wanted to update all Members on this.' And she concluded, 'This is an area where further work is required, and I've asked my officials to explore this matter, including the suggestion of introducing badges with shorter time limits.' In April 2015, responding to that Minister's statement on blue badges again in this Chamber, I said: 'Last year, I raised with you the case of a constituent who'd been temporarily disabled and was in a wheelchairfollowing a serious injury, and asked what consideration could be given to temporary badges being provided, with dates of duration, or expiry, or renewal datesso they could not be recycled, or used when somebody was no longer eligible. You confirmed that you would forward this proposal to your officials for discussion. Having heard nothing on that specific point since, I would be grateful if you could comment.' I also welcomed her announcement that she was appointing a task and finish group to look at this. She said that she would have to look at the regulation changes, possibly in October 2015. In December 2015, the Minister then made a written statement on the blue badge task and finish group report. She said she'd appointed the group, chaired by former AM Val Lloyd and she was publishing the report and recommendations at that point. And she said that in order to take forward the recommendations she had formed a blue badge implementation group. She said: 'I've previously stated I would like to see changes to eligibility to include people with temporary conditions which require extensive treatment and rehabilitation that impacts on their mobility.' Then, in January this year, again in a business statement, I called for a statement on the blue badge scheme. I said: 'There are further questions on something that I've been questioning the Minister positively for a number of years over, which is a blue badge for people with temporary conditions'. The explanatory memorandum to the regulations for the amendment that we're discussing today rightly states that: 'At present, Blue Badges can only be issued to people whose mobility is permanently impaired. However, there are other temporary conditions and impairments that can severely affect mobility for the duration of the impairment or condition.' That is the hub of it; that's bang on. The problem is what it then goes on to say. Because the Disabled Persons (Badges for Motor Vehicles) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2016, laid before the Assembly on 30 March, are restrictive in only allowing blue badges to be issued for one year to a person who is unable to walk, who has considerable difficulty walking, by reason of a temporary but substantial difficulty which is expected to last for a period of at least 12 months. That, for example, would have invalidated the letter I read out earlier, which triggered this whole process with the then Minister. This is in breach of the Welsh Government's publicly stated commitments to person-centred support, to independent living and to the social model of disability. The social model makes the important difference between impairment and disability. It's been worked out by disabled people themselves, who say that 'most of the problems we face are caused by the way society is organised, but barriers to access and inclusion, not impairment or our bodies, are the main causes of disabling problems; these barriers include people's attitudes to disability and physical and organisational barriers.' I'm quoting there Disability Wales, and such are, may I say, the barriers these regulations, if they go through, as are currently drafted, will put in place. The policy and research officer for Disability Wales has told me, 'I agree that blue badges should ideally have a more person-centred time limit to reflect individual impairment, rather than the one-size-fits-all period of one year; achieving this would be a step in the right direction'. And the policy adviser for Age Cymru also wrote to me saying, 'I'm writing to you with reference to the Plenary debate' - this Plenary debate, the motion to annul the amendment regulations. She says: 'Age Cymru welcomes the extension of the availability of the badge for people with temporary mobility impairments. We agree with you that there should be flexibility around the period for which the temporary badges are issued, and we deem that the duration of the badge in such circumstances should be based on the recovery time of the applicant, and feedback from a relevant healthcare professional'. They also believe, they said, that the fast track procedure must be available from all local authorities, otherwise people may lose a substantial component of the time for which they need help. They attached a copy of their response to the Welsh Government's consultation on this issue in February 2016, confirming that these points had been raised with the Welsh Government at that time. I welcome the fact that the business Minister rang me last week to clarify my purpose behind bringing forward this motion today. And I explained what I've explained today - because it didn't go far enough, not because we wish to undo and remove the opportunity to bring in temporary blue badges. The Minister proposed perhaps I could consider instead a statement being provided in the Assembly, and I explained that we could have that, but it's not binding on the Government. But I said if the Minister was able to come back to me with a proposal that would enable us going forward on this within this Assembly term, I'd be pleased to perhaps consider that and talk that through with her with a view, possibly, to removing today's motion. Well, I heard nothing, and therefore I've gone ahead with the motion as proposed. As I say, these amendment regulations represent progress, but they don't go far enough because they still disable too many people. I therefore call on the Welsh Government to temporarily defer the introduction of these regulations in order to bring in the flexibility being called for by so much of the sector and people affected. If the Welsh Government is not prepared to do that today, I call on Members to ensure that your support today for enabling the Welsh Government to go forward, or not, is based upon their commitment, after today, to go away and consider and review the current regulations that may well still go ahead if you don't support me, with a view to bringing in the flexibility that's so badly needed by so many people and which paradoxically triggered this whole process in the first place with the previous Minister. If you'll back me this can go through with that commitment publicly made by the Welsh Government, but if you simply talk down what I'm saying then the Welsh Government will implement the regulations without any commitment to introduce the flexibility that so many people need. I leave it with you. I hope you'll do the right thing so that we can collectively achieve what I think, in your hearts, all of us want to achieve, which is remove those barriers to access and inclusion facing people with impairments and disabling too many of them. Thank you.
Welsh: Diolch - diolch yn fawr iawn. Rwyf wedi galw ers amser, am flynyddoedd lawer, am fathodynnau glas dros dro, wrth gynrychioli barn etholwyr a sefydliadau, ac, yn amlwg, mae'r rheoliadau diwygio a fwriedir yn gam i'r cyfeiriad cywir, ond nid ydynt yn mynd yn ddigon pell o lawer, ac rwyf am esbonio hynny'n fyr. Rwyf wedi derbyn llawer o eitemau o ohebiaeth gan etholwyr dros y blynyddoedd sydd wedi cael nam dros dro, yn golygu bod yn rhaid iddynt ddibynnu ar efallai gadair olwyn neu ffon gerdded oherwydd gallu cyfyngedig am gyfnod - oherwydd damwain, oherwydd llawdriniaeth, yn bennaf, ond ffactorau eraill hefyd weithiau - ac mae'r effaith ar eu bywydau wedi bod yn aruthrol, a dyna pam y codais hyn dro ar ôl tro yn ystod y Cynulliad diwethaf, ymysg pethau eraill, fel cyd-gadeirydd y grŵp trawsbleidiol ar anabledd, a chefais ymateb cynnes a chadarnhaol iawn gan y Gweinidog sy'n gyfrifol am y mater hwn, Edwina Hart. Nawr, rwyf am ddyfynnu dim ond un o'r llythyrau gan etholwyr. Roedd hwn, mewn gwirionedd, yn un y cafodd bob un o Aelodau Gogledd Cymru ar y pryd gopi ohono, ym mis Rhagfyr 2013. Dywedodd: Torrais fy nghoes (niwed i'r pen-glin a'r ffêr) ddydd Mawrth 5 Tachwedd Nid wyf yn cael rhoi DIM pwysau arni am WYTH wythnos Pam nad yw pobl fel fi ddim yn cael "bathodyn parcio glas ar gyfer Anabledd" DROS DRO. Mae'r angenrheidrwydd i ddod â'r gadair olwyn yr holl ffordd o gwmpas y car at y drws teithiwr sydd ar agor i'r eithaf bron yn amhosibl mewn 99.9 y cant o leoedd parcio. Mae meddwl am law rhewllyd y gaeaf yn achosi pryder mawr i mi tra fy mod yn y cyflwr hwn; a phryder arall yr un mor fawr yw'r pwysau a'r anhawster corfforol ar fy annwyl ŵr gan ei fod yn ei chael hi'n anodd ymdopi â mi yn ogystal â'i salwch tymor hir eu hun'. Nawr, ym mis Mai 2014, wrth siarad yn y Siambr hon, dywedais wrth y Gweinidog, Gweinidog yr Economi, Gwyddoniaeth a Thrafnidiaeth, fy mod wedi ysgrifennu ati ynglŷn â'r mater hwn yn y mis Rhagfyr blaenorol, a bod ei hateb yn ddefnyddiol gan ei chyfeirio at y grŵp adolygu bathodynnau glas a datgan ei fod wedi nodi rhwystrau i fathodynnau dros dro, megis cael y bathodyn yn ôl pan nad oedd ei angen mwyach, a'r potensial o'i gamddefnyddio wedyn. Gofynnais pa ystyriaeth oedd wedi ei roi, neu y byddai yn cael ei roi, neu y gellid ei roi, i ddarparu bathodynnau dros dro â dyddiadau cyfnod penodol neu ddyddiad dod i ben neu ddyddiad adnewyddu arnynt fel na ellid eu hailgylchu yn y ffordd honno. Unwaith eto, gwnes hynny ar ran etholwyr a awgrymodd fy mod yn gofyn y cwestiwn. Dywedodd y Gweinidog y byddai'n anfon fy nghyfraniad at ei swyddogion i'w drafod. Ar 17 Mehefin, 2014, ysgrifennodd y Gweinidog at holl Aelodau'r Cynulliad, gan ddatgan, yn ystod y Cyfarfod Llawn ar 21 Mai, bod Mark Isherwood AC wedi gofyn pe gellid rhoi ystyriaeth i gyflwyno bathodynnau glas dros dro ac roeddwn eisiau diweddaru'r holl Aelodau ar hyn. ' A gorffennodd drwy ddweud, 'Mae hwn yn faes lle y mae angen mwy o waith, ac rwyf wedi gofyn i fy swyddogion archwilio'r mater hwn, gan gynnwys yr awgrym o gyflwyno bathodynnau â therfynau amser byrrach.' Ym mis Ebrill 2015, wrth ymateb i ddatganiad y Gweinidog hwnnw ar fathodynnau glas eto yn y Siambr hon, dywedais: 'Y llynedd, codais achos etholwr gyda chi a oedd wedi bod yn anabl dros dro ac a oedd mewn cadair olwyn yn dilyn anaf difrifol, gan ofyn pa ystyriaeth y gellid ei roi i ddarparu bathodynnau dros dro, â dyddiadau cyfnod penodol, dyddiadau dod i ben , neu ddyddiadau adnewyddu fel na ellid eu hailgylchu, neu ei ddefnyddio pan nad oedd rhywun bellach yn gymwys. Gwnaethoch gadarnhau y byddech yn anfon y cynnig hwn at eich swyddogion ar gyfer trafodaeth. Gan nad wyf wedi clywed dim ar y pwynt penodol hwnnw ers hynny, byddwn yn ddiolchgar pe gallech wneud sylw. ' Rwyf hefyd yn croesawu ei chyhoeddiad ei bod yn penodi grŵp gorchwyl a gorffen i edrych ar hyn. Dywedodd y byddai'n rhaid iddi edrych ar y newidiadau i'r rheoliadau, o bosibl ym mis Hydref 2015. Ym mis Rhagfyr 2015, gwnaeth y Gweinidog ddatganiad ysgrifenedig ar adroddiad grŵp gorchwyl a gorffen y bathodyn glas. Dywedodd ei bod wedi penodi'r grŵp, o dan gadeiryddiaeth y cyn AC Val Lloyd ac roedd hi'n cyhoeddi'r adroddiad a'r argymhellion ar y pwynt hwnnw. A hi a ddywedodd, er mwyn bwrw ymlaen ag argymhellion yr oedd wedi ffurfio grŵp gweithredu bathodyn glas. Dywedodd: 'Rydw i wedi datgan yn flaenorol hoffwn weld newidiadau i'r cymhwyster i gynnwys pobl â chyflyrau dros dro ag angen triniaeth helaeth ac adsefydlu sy'n effeithio ar eu gallu i symud.' Yna, ym mis Ionawr eleni, unwaith eto mewn datganiad busnes, galwais am ddatganiad am gynllun y bathodyn glas. Dywedais: 'Mae cwestiynau pellach ar rywbeth yr wyf i wedi bod yn holi'r Gweinidog yn gadarnhaol am nifer o flynyddoedd drosodd, sef bathodyn glas ar gyfer pobl â chyflyrau dros dro'. Mae'r memorandwm esboniadol at y rheoliadau ar gyfer y gwelliant yr ydym yn ei drafod heddiw yn iawn yn datgan: 'Ar hyn o bryd, Bathodynnau Glas yn unig y gellir rhoi i bobl y mae eu symudedd â nam parhaol. Fodd bynnag, mae amodau a namau dros dro eraill sy'n gallu effeithio'n ddifrifol ar symudedd trwy gydol y nam neu gyflwr. ' Dyna ganolbwynt y mater; hwnna yw'r union bwynt. Y broblem yw yr hyn y mae'n mynd ymlaen i'w ddweud wedyn. Oherwydd bod Rheoliadau Personau Anabl (Bathodynnau ar gyfer Cerbydau Modur) (Cymru) (Diwygio) 2016, a osodwyd gerbron y Cynulliad ar 30 Mawrth, yn gyfyngol gan nad ydynt ond yn caniatáu i fathodynnau glas gael eu cyflwyno am flwyddyn i berson nad yw'n gallu cerdded, sydd yn cael cryn anhawster i gerdded, oherwydd anhawster dros dro ond sylweddol y disgwylir iddo bara am gyfnod o 12 mis o leiaf. Byddai hynny, er enghraifft, wedi annilysu'r llythyr a ddarllenais yn gynharach, a sbardunodd yr holl broses hon gyda'r Gweinidog ar y pryd. Mae hyn yn torri'r ymrwymiadau y gwnaeth Llywodraeth Cymru eu datgan yn gyhoeddus i gymorth sy'n canolbwyntio ar yr unigolyn, i fyw'n annibynnol ac i'r model cymdeithasol o anabledd. Mae'r model cymdeithasol yn nodi'r gwahaniaeth pwysig rhwng nam ac anabledd. Mae wedi ei lunio gan bobl anabl eu hunain, sy'n dweud bod 'y rhan fwyaf o'r problemau yr ydym yn eu hwynebu yn cael eu hachosi gan y ffordd mae cymdeithas yn cael ei threfnu, ond rhwystrau i fynediad a chynhwysiad, nid nam ar ein cyrff, yw prif achosion problemau analluogi; mae'r rhwystrau hyn yn cynnwys agweddau pobl tuag at anabledd a rhwystrau ffisegol a sefydliadol.' Rwy'n dyfynnu Anabledd Cymru yn y fan yna, a dyna, os caf i ddweud, yw'r rhwystrau y bydd y rheoliadau hyn, os byddant yn mynd trwodd, fel y maent wedi eu drafftio ar hyn o bryd, yn eu rhoi ar waith. Mae swyddog polisi ac ymchwil Anabledd Cymru wedi dweud wrthyf, 'Rwy'n cytuno y dylai bathodynnau glas yn ddelfrydol fod â chyfnod amser sy'n canolbwyntio mwy ar yr unigolyn i adlewyrchu ei nam unigol, yn hytrach na'r un dull ar gyfer pawb am gyfnod o flwyddyn; byddai cyflawni hyn yn gam i'r cyfeiriad cywir'. Ac ysgrifennodd cynghorydd polisi Age Cymru ataf hefyd gan ddweud, 'Rwy'n ysgrifennu atoch ynglŷn â'r ddadl yn y Cyfarfod Llawn'­ - y ddadl Cyfarfod Llawn hon, y cynnig i ddirymu'r rheoliadau diwygio. Mae hi'n dweud: 'Mae Age Cymru yn croesawu ymestyn y cyfnod y bydd bathodyn ar gael ar gyfer pobl â nam dros dro ar eu symudedd. Rydym yn cytuno â chi y dylai fod hyblygrwydd o ran y cyfnod y bydd y bathodynnau dros dro yn cael eu cyflwyno, ac rydym o'r farn y dylai cyfnod y bathodyn mewn amgylchiadau o'r fath fod yn seiliedig ar gyfnod adfer yr ymgeisydd, ac adborth gan weithiwr gofal iechyd proffesiynol perthnasol'. Maent hefyd yn credu, roeddynt yn dweud, bod yn rhaid i'r weithdrefn llwybr cyflym fod ar gael gan bob awdurdod lleol, neu fel arall gallai pobl golli elfen sylweddol o'r amser y mae angen cymorth arnynt. Gwnaethant atodi copi o'u hymateb i ymgynghoriad Llywodraeth Cymru ar y mater hwn ym mis Chwefror 2016, gan gadarnhau bod y pwyntiau hyn wedi'u codi gyda Llywodraeth Cymru ar yr adeg honno. Rwy'n croesawu'r ffaith fod y Gweinidog busnes wedi fy ffonio yr wythnos diwethaf i gael eglurhad ar y bwriad sydd y tu ôl i mi'n cyflwyno'r cynnig hwn heddiw. Ac eglurais yr hyn yr wyf wedi'i egluro heddiw - oherwydd nad oedd yn mynd yn ddigon pell, nid oherwydd ein bod yn dymuno dadwneud a chael gwared ar y cyfle i gyflwyno bathodynnau glas dros dro. Cynigiodd y Gweinidog efallai y gallwn ystyried yn hytrach ddatganiad i gael ei ddarparu yn y Cynulliad, ac eglurais ac eglurais y gallem gael hynny, ond nid yw'n rhoi'r Llywodraeth dan ymrwymiad. Ond dywedais pe byddai'r Gweinidog yn gallu dod yn ôl ataf gyda chynnig a fyddai'n ein galluogi ni i symud ymlaen â hyn yn ystod y tymor Cynulliad hwn, byddwn yn falch o ystyried hynny o bosibl ac i drafod hynny â hi gyda golwg, o bosibl, ar gael gwared ar gynnig heddiw. Wel, chlywais i ddim, ac felly rwyf wedi mynd ymlaen â'r cynnig fel y'i cynigiwyd. Fel y dywedais, mae'r rheoliadau diwygio hyn yn cynrychioli cynnydd, ond nid ydynt yn mynd yn ddigon pell oherwydd eu bod yn dal i analluogi gormod o bobl. Galwaf felly ar Lywodraeth Cymru i ohirio dros dro cyflwyno'r rheoliadau hyn er mwyn darparu'r hyblygrwydd y mae cymaint o'r sector a'r bobl yr effeithir arnynt yn galw amdano. Os nad yw Llywodraeth Cymru yn fodlon gwneud hynny heddiw, galwaf ar yr aelodau i sicrhau bod eich cefnogaeth heddiw i alluogi Llywodraeth Cymru i symud ymlaen, neu beidio, yn seiliedig ar ei hymrwymiad, ar ôl heddiw, i fynd ymaith ac ystyried ac adolygu'r rheoliadau cyfredol a allai fynd yn eu blaenau o hyd os na fyddwch yn fy nghefnogi i, gyda'r bwriad o greu'r hyblygrwydd sydd cymaint ei angen gan gymaint o bobl ac yn baradocsaidd, a sbardunodd y broses gyfan hon yn y lle cyntaf gyda'r Gweinidog blaenorol. Os byddwch yn fy nghefnogi i, gall hyn fynd drwodd gyda'r ymrwymiad hwnnw a wnaed yn gyhoeddus gan Lywodraeth Cymru, ond os byddwch yn anwybyddu'r hyn yr wyf yn ei ddweud yna bydd Llywodraeth Cymru yn gweithredu'r rheoliadau heb unrhyw ymrwymiad i gyflwyno hyblygrwydd y mae cymaint o bobl ei angen. Gadawaf y mater gyda chi. Rwy'n gobeithio y byddwch yn gwneud y peth iawn fel y gallwn gyflawni gyda'n gilydd yr hyn yr wyf yn ei gredu, yn eich calonnau, y mae pob un ohonom yn dymuno ei gyflawni, sef cael gwared ar y rhwystrau hynny i fynediad a chynhwysiad sy'n wynebu pobl â namau ac sy'n analluogi gormod ohonynt. Diolch.