English: Thank you, Deputy Llywydd. Can I thank James Evans for bringing forward this important and timely debate? And as everybody in the Chamber I'm sure would agree, obesity is a serious public health issue; James pointed out the issues, as well as Rhun. The Welsh health service - it's costing that millions a year to treat, and things are getting worse. It is an issue that clearly needs to be tackled head on, but, to do so, we need to look more widely at the issue, rather than simply encouraging people to be more active, because, fundamentally, issues like obesity and malnutrition are interlinked with people's diets, which is dependent on the availability and accessibility of food. And so the question is how we improve the accessibility and availability of good quality, nutritious and healthy food to help prevent issues such as obesity in the first place, as well as responding to the various socioeconomic issues that can lead to obesity. In a recent report, the Food Research Collaboration has argued that a substantial body of evidence has shown that connected integrated policy making is vital for tackling complex cross-cutting issues such as food and obesity, rather than piecemeal policy approaches. This is not necessarily a simple thing to achieve, but the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has previously called on Governments to undertake a stock take of policies relevant to food systems, increasing the evidence base on policy interactions. I think there is also more scope for us to use education as a preventative measure to help improve the health and well-being of future generations. Something that Food Sense Wales has called for is an integrated policy around food in schools, better aligning Government policy to improve food and education, offer more opportunity for local producers to supply more of their products locally and increase the supply of healthy food in schools. This would benefit the environment, improve the well-being of children, and boost local economics. Those overarching aims are something that my proposed food Bill aims to establish. In drafting the Bill, I've heard an increasing body of evidence that points towards the need to rethink how the food system here in Wales is designed and how to integrate issues like malnutrition and obesity into the wider food system to ensure that the various Government policies and plans all pull together in the same direction. To conclude, Deputy Llywydd, I thank my colleagues for bringing forward this timely debate and urge all Members to support the original motion. This is so important a subject; we can't shy away from it. Thank you.
Welsh: Diolch, Ddirprwy Lywydd. A gaf fi ddiolch i James Evans am gyflwyno'r ddadl bwysig ac amserol hon? Ac fel y byddai pawb yn y Siambr yn cytuno, rwy'n siŵr, mae gordewdra yn fater iechyd cyhoeddus difrifol; tynnodd James sylw at y materion sy'n codi, yn ogystal â Rhun. Gwasanaeth iechyd Cymru - mae'n costio miliynau y flwyddyn i hwnnw ei drin, ac mae pethau'n gwaethygu. Yn amlwg, mae'n broblem y mae angen mynd ben ben â hi, ond er mwyn gwneud hynny, mae angen inni edrych yn ehangach ar y mater, yn hytrach na dim ond annog pobl i fod yn fwy egnïol, oherwydd yn y bôn, mae problemau fel gordewdra a diffyg maeth yn gysylltiedig â deiet pobl, sy'n dibynnu ar argaeledd a hygyrchedd bwyd. Ac felly, y cwestiwn yw sut rydym yn gwella hygyrchedd ac argaeledd bwyd maethlon, iach, o ansawdd da i helpu i atal problemau fel gordewdra yn y lle cyntaf, yn ogystal ag ymateb i'r gwahanol broblemau economaidd-gymdeithasol a all arwain at ordewdra. Mewn adroddiad diweddar, mae Cydweithrediad Ymchwil Bwyd wedi dadlau bod corff sylweddol o dystiolaeth wedi dangos bod llunio polisïau integredig cysylltiedig yn hanfodol ar gyfer mynd i'r afael â materion trawsbynciol cymhleth fel bwyd a gordewdra, yn hytrach na dulliau polisi tameidiog. Nid yw hyn o reidrwydd yn beth syml i'w gyflawni, ond mae'r Sefydliad ar gyfer Cydweithrediad a Datblygiad Economaidd wedi galw o'r blaen ar Lywodraethau i edrych ar eu polisïau sy'n berthnasol i systemau bwyd, gan gynyddu'r sylfaen dystiolaeth ar ryngweithiadau polisi. Credaf fod mwy o le hefyd inni ddefnyddio addysg fel mesur ataliol i helpu i wella iechyd a llesiant cenedlaethau'r dyfodol. Rhywbeth y mae Synnwyr Bwyd Cymru wedi galw amdano yw polisi integredig ar gyfer bwyd mewn ysgolion, gan alinio polisi'r Llywodraeth yn well i wella bwyd ac addysg, cynnig mwy o gyfle i gynhyrchwyr lleol gyflenwi mwy o'u cynnyrch yn lleol a chynyddu'r cyflenwad o fwyd iach mewn ysgolion. Byddai hyn o fudd i'r amgylchedd, yn gwella llesiant plant, ac yn rhoi hwb i economeg leol. Mae'r nodau cyffredinol hynny'n rhywbeth y mae fy Mil bwyd arfaethedig yn anelu at ei sefydlu. Wrth ddrafftio'r Bil, rwyf wedi clywed corff cynyddol o dystiolaeth sy'n cyfeirio at yr angen i ailystyried sut y mae'r system fwyd yma yng Nghymru wedi'i chynllunio a sut i integreiddio materion fel diffyg maeth a gordewdra o fewn y system fwyd ehangach er mwyn sicrhau bod gwahanol bolisïau a chynlluniau'r Llywodraeth i gyd yn tynnu i'r un cyfeiriad. I gloi, Ddirprwy Lywydd, diolch i fy nghyd-Aelodau am gyflwyno'r ddadl amserol hon ac rwy'n annog yr holl Aelodau i gefnogi'r cynnig gwreiddiol. Mae hwn yn bwnc mor bwysig; ni allwn gilio rhagddo. Diolch.