English: Thank you for the statement, Minister. Well, bird flu has been worrying the sector for some time now, and like COVID, it seems that Wales is lagging behind England by a few weeks. Following the announcement of the cases discovered in Flintshire yesterday, and the 3 km control area that has been imposed, bird farmers are naturally concerned that stricter measures will be introduced with biosecurity recording, vehicle cleaning, and larger protection areas being introduced. Those are the concerns at present. Any decision made by the Welsh Government, whether following England's lead or ploughing its own furrow, will have an impact on this sector that will lead to additional costs due to monitoring and cleaning - time and material costs. So, beyond the guidelines introduced by the Government, what support will the Government offer to the sector to help them cope with these additional costs? Some experts have mentioned that the current bird flu outbreak could have the same impact on the game shooting sector as foot-and-mouth disease had on the agricultural sector at the turn of the century. The sector will face significantly higher costs and it could have an impact on the animal food supply chain as well. You'll know that people travel a long way to shoot game here in Wales, and we're in the middle of the shooting season now. I do note that you have published a mitigation strategy for bird flu in wild birds in England and Wales. Could you confirm that this strategy includes requirements on shooters who travel for miles to come to shoot game here, requirements including the cleaning of vehicles, shoes and the other hygiene measures that they need to undertake before arriving to take part in a shoot here? If there is confirmation of bird flu in any flock, then the likelihood is we will see the birds culled and the owners will be compensated for any healthy birds that will have to be culled in accordance with the value of the bird before it's culled. There will also be a responsibility on owners to ensure that secondary cleaning takes place, and failure to do this will have a significant impact on the international trade in poultry, eggs and breeding hens. So, what assessment has the Government made of the impact of bird flu on the risk to food security here in Wales, and international trade? A spokesperson on behalf of the Government recently said,
Welsh: Diolch i'r Gweinidog am y datganiad. Mae'r ffliw adar yma wedi pryderu'r sector ers peth amser bellach, ac yn debyg i COVID, mae'n ymddangos bod Cymru yn lagio tu ôl i Loegr o rai wythnosau. Yn dilyn y cyhoeddiad am y canfyddiad yn sir y Fflint ddoe, a'r ardal reolaeth o 3 km sydd wedi ei gosod, mae ffermwyr adar yn pryderu yn naturiol y bydd camau llymach yn cael eu cyflwyno efo cofnodi bioddiogelwch, glanhau cerbydau, ac ardaloedd cadwraeth fwy yn cael eu cyflwyno. Dyna'r pryderon sydd ar hyn o bryd. Mae unrhyw benderfyniad, mewn gwirionedd, a wneir gan Lywodraeth Cymru, boed yn dilyn arweiniad Lloegr neu yn torri ei chwys ei hun, am gael effaith ar y sector yma a fydd yn arwain at gostau ychwanegol yn sgil monitro a glanhau - costau amser a chostau deunydd. Felly, y tu hwnt i'r canllawiau sydd wedi'u cyflwyno gan y Llywodraeth, pa gymorth bydd y Llywodraeth yn ei gynnig i'r sector er mwyn eu cynorthwyo i ymdopi â'r costau ychwanegol yma? Mae rhai arbenigwyr wedi sôn y gallai'r ffliw adar presennol yma gael yr un effaith ar y sector saethu gêm ag a gafodd clwy'r traed a'r genau ar y sector amaethyddol ar droad y ganrif hon. Bydd y sector yma yn wynebu costau sylweddol uwch a gall gael effaith ar y gadwyn fwyd anifeiliaid hefyd. Byddwch chi'n gwybod bod pobl yn teithio o bell er mwyn dod i saethu gêm yma yng Nghymru, ac rydyn ni yng nghanol y tymor saethu rŵan. Dwi'n nodi eich bod chi wedi cyhoeddi strategaeth liniaru ar gyfer ffliw adar mewn adar gwyllt yng Nghymru a Lloegr. A fedrwch chi gadarnhau bod y strategaeth yma yn cynnwys gofynion ar saethwyr sydd yn teithio milltiroedd i ddod yma, a'r anghenion arnynt i lanhau cerbydau, esgidiau, a'r camau glendid sydd angen eu cymryd wrth gymryd rhan mewn shoot cyn cyrraedd yma? Pe ceir cadarnhad o'r ffliw adar mewn unrhyw un haid, yna'r tebygrwydd ydy y gwelwn ni adar yn cael eu difa. Caiff perchnogion yr adar eu digolledi am unrhyw adar iach fydd yn gorfod cael eu difa, yn unol â gwerth yr aderyn cyn iddo gael ei ladd. Hefyd bydd cyfrifoldeb ar berchnogion i sicrhau bod glanhau eilradd yn digwydd, a bydd methu â gwneud hyn yn effeithio yn arw ar y fasnach ryngwladol mewn cig adar, wyau a chywion sy'n magu. Felly, pa asesiad mae'r Llywodraeth wedi ei wneud o effaith y ffliw adar ar y risg i ddiogelwch bwyd yma yng Nghymru, a'r fasnach ryngwladol yng Nghymru? Dywedodd llefarydd ar ran y Llywodraeth yn ddiweddar,