English: Thank you very much, Deputy Presiding Officer. I consider it to be a privilege to open this very important debate today on the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee's report on suicide prevention in Wales, 'Everybody's Business'. The number of deaths by suicide in Wales is staggering. There were 360 registered deaths from suicide in Wales in 2017, 278 of those in men. This is an increase from the 2016 figure, when there were 322 registered suicides, and there has been no apparent downward trend over time. It is also likely that official suicide statistics may under-represent the true scale of suicide due to the need to establish beyond reasonable doubt that suicide was the cause of death in a coroner's inquest. We undertook this inquiry to understand what is currently being done and where action is needed to drive the change and improvements that are required to reverse this worrying trend. As part of this inquiry, we took a wide range of evidence. In addition to the usual formal evidence gathering carried out in committee meetings, Members met with representatives of Tir Dewi, formed to help the farmers of west Wales in difficult times, and the Jacob Abraham Foundation in Cardiff, which provides support around mental health issues and supports people bereaved by suicide. I would like to thank everyone who contributed to this work. We have made 31 recommendations in this report, which, if implemented, would be a big step forward in making Wales a zero-suicide country. I will address some of these in the time that I have today.
Welsh: Diolch yn fawr, Dirprwy Lywydd. Rwy'n ei chysidro hi'n anrhydedd i agor y ddadl bwysig yma y prynhawn yma ar adroddiad y Pwyllgor Iechyd, Gofal Cymdeithasol a Chwaraeon ar atal hunanladdiad yma yng Nghymru, 'Busnes Pawb'. Mae nifer y marwolaethau o ganlyniad i hunanladdiad yng Nghymru yn syfrdanol. Bu 360 o farwolaethau cofrestredig o ganlyniad i hunanladdiad yng Nghymru yn 2017, 278 ohonyn nhw yn ddynion. Mae'r ffigur hwn wedi cynyddu ers 2016 - 322 o hunanladdiadau oedd pryd hynny - ac nid yw nifer yr hunanladdiadau wedi bod yn gostwng gydag amser. Mae'n debygol hefyd bod yr ystadegau swyddogol o ran hunanladdiad yn tan-gynrychioli gwir raddfa hunanladdiad oherwydd yr angen i sefydlu y tu hwnt i amheuaeth resymol mewn cwest crwner mai hunanladdiad oedd achos y farwolaeth. Gwnaethom gynnal yr ymchwiliad hwn i ddeall beth sy'n cael ei wneud ar hyn o bryd a lle mae angen gweithredu i annog y newid a'r gwelliannau sydd eu hangen i wrthdroi'r duedd hon sy'n peri pryder. Fel rhan o'r ymchwiliad hwn, cawsom ystod eang o dystiolaeth. Yn ychwanegol at y dulliau ffurfiol, arferol o gasglu tystiolaeth yng nghyfarfodydd y pwyllgor, cyfarfu'r Aelodau efo cynrychiolwyr Tir Dewi, a ffurfiwyd i helpu ffermwyr Gorllewin Cymru mewn cyfnodau anodd, a Sefydliad Jacob Abraham yng Nghaerdydd, sy'n darparu cefnogaeth ar gyfer problemau iechyd meddwl ac sy'n cefnogi pobl sydd wedi colli rhywun yn sgil hunanladdiad. Diolch i bawb a gyfrannodd at y gwaith hwn. Dŷn ni wedi gwneud 31 argymhelliad yn yr adroddiad hwn. Os byddan nhw'n cael eu gweithredu, byddant yn gam mawr ymlaen o ran gwneud Cymru yn wlad heb hunanladdiad. Byddaf yn cyfeirio at rai o'r argymhellion hyn yn yr amser sydd gennyf heddiw.