English: Thank you very much, Llywydd. I will also declare that I am an honorary member of the Red Squirrels Trust Wales, and I am very proud to be a Member representing an island who are, as a whole, champions for this particular creature. It was around a year ago when I was out running with my wife less than a mile from my home and a red squirrel jumped from the hedge and sped down the road ahead of us - this flash of a red tail bounding down the road. And it ran ahead of us for some good 50 yards, running with us indeed before disappearing back into the hedge. And we were enchanted, because although I've seen a number of squirrels over the years, this was the first time that I'd seen the red squirrel on my own doorstep. And I recall as a young boy growing up on the island, the great pride that this wonderful creature had chosen to make its home on Ynys Môn. But it was under threat, under threat from grey squirrels, as we've heard, and by the mid-1990s it was almost entirely extinct. And when the recovery work started in growing the red squirrel population again, then our pride just grew even further. It brings economic benefits now too, of course. I know of colleagues from this Senedd who have travelled to Anglesey with the sole purpose of seeing a red squirrel. But the greatest value, of course, and I'm sure we could all agree on this, is in the conservation itself, as we heard from the Chair of the Petitions Committee, and the contribution of a healthy red squirrel population to the biodiversity of the island and the biodiversity of the whole of Wales. And now, two thirds of all Welsh red squirrels are on Anglesey once again. But that didn't happen by accident, and it's very, very important to bear that in mind, and we should give real thanks for the tireless work of conservationists and volunteers on a local level. We've heard the name of Craig Shuttleworth; I could name Raj Jones, and all the work that she has done over the years in ensuring that signs appeared over the island - the red squirrel forest signs - which was a literal sign that the creature was back. And thank goodness, the red squirrel is safeguarded by legislation. It's an offence to destroy dreys, but there is no safeguard for the woodland that they occupy. The squirrel is protected, but its habitat is not. And that's what this petition seeks to remedy. And I welcome the petition and what the petitioners are calling for - over 10,000 of them; 1,700 of them from my own constituency. They want to change the licensing system, which would enable us to place conditions before allowing tree felling, so, conditions not to fell during breeding seasons, for example. At the moment, tree felling can happen even without a survey of how many squirrel nests there are. And we see that happening far too often in my own constituency. Why, after all of the work in helping the population to recover, would we want the habitat to be under threat? I've had constituents contact me about plans by Natural Resources Wales to clear fell forestry, or to allow the clear felling of forestry, on several sites on Ynys Môn - Newborough, Pentraeth, as we've heard, Mynydd Bodafon, habitats we know are treasures in terms of the red squirrel population. People are concerned about Penrhos in Holyhead, concerned that not enough coverage is given to safeguarding that habitat. Scotland's already changed legislation. The Nature Conservation (Scotland) Act 2004 placed a clause in the Forestry Act 1967 that specifically allows the rejection of tree felling permits or attaches conditions to them -
Welsh: Diolch yn fawr iawn, Llywydd. Mi wnaf innau ddatgan fy mod innau yn aelod anrhydeddus o Ymddiriedolaeth Gwiwerod Coch Cymru, a dwi'n falch iawn o fod yn Aelod sy'n cynrychioli ynys sydd, yn ei chyfanrwydd, yn bencampwyr y creadur arbennig yma. Ryw flwyddyn yn ôl oedd hi pan oeddwn i'n rhedeg efo fy ngwraig lai na milltir o'm cartref i ac mi neidiodd wiwer goch fach o'r clawdd a dechrau sgrialu lawr y ffordd o'n blaenau ni - y fflach fach yma o gynffon goch yn bowndio lawr y ffordd. Ac mi redodd o'n blaenau ni am ryw hanner canllath dda, rhedeg efo ni cyn diflannu mewn i'r gwrych. Ac roedden ni wedi gwirioni, achos er i mi weld nifer o wiwerod dros y blynyddoedd, dyma'r tro cyntaf i fi weld y wiwer ar fy ngharreg drws fy hun. A dwi'n cofio fel hogyn bach yn tyfu i fyny ar yr ynys y balchder mawr oedd yna fod y creadur bach bendigedig yma wedi dewis ymgartrefu ym Môn. Ond mi oedd o dan fygythiad, dan fygythiad gan y wiwer lwyd, fel rydyn ni wedi ei glywed, ac erbyn canol y 1990au mi oedd o bron â diflannu yn llwyr. A phan ddechreuodd y gwaith wedyn o achub y wiwer, o dyfu ei phoblogaeth eto, mi dyfodd ein balchder ni ymhellach. Mae'n dod â balchder economaidd erbyn hyn hefyd, wrth gwrs. Dwi'n gwybod am gydweithwyr o'r Senedd yma sydd wedi teithio i Ynys Môn yn unswydd er mwyn gweld y wiwer goch. Ond mae'r gwerth pwysicaf, dwi'n siŵr y gallwn ni gytuno, yn y gwerth cadwraethol ei hun, fel y clywon ni gan Gadeirydd y Pwyllgor Deisebau, a chyfraniad poblogaeth wiwer goch iach at fioamrywiaeth yr ynys a bioamrywiaeth Cymru. A, rŵan, mae dwy ran o dair o wiwerod coch Cymru ym Môn unwaith eto. Ond nid ar ddamwain ddigwyddodd hynny, mae'n bwysig, bwysig cofio, ac mae yna ddiolch rhyfeddol i'w dalu am waith diflino cadwraethwyr a gwirfoddolwyr lleol. Rydyn ni wedi clywed enw Craig Shuttleworth; mi allwn i enwi Raj Jones, a'r holl waith mae hi wedi'i wneud dros y blynyddoedd, yn sicrhau yr arwyddion yma a wnaeth ymddangos ar draws yr ynys - coedwig wiwer goch - yn datgan fel arwydd llythrennol fod y creadur bach yn ei ôl. A diolch byth, mae'r wiwer goch yn cael ei gwarchod gan ddeddfwriaeth. Mae'n drosedd i ddinistrio ei nythod hi, ond does yna ddim gwarchodaeth i'r coed a'r coedwigoedd maen nhw yn byw ynddyn nhw. Mae'r wiwer yn cael ei gwarchod, ond dydy ei chynefin hi ddim. A dyna mae'r ddeiseb yma yn galw am ei wneud. A dwi'n croesawu'r ddeiseb a'r hyn mae'r deisebwyr yn galw amdano fo - dros 10,000 ohonyn nhw; 1,700 ohonyn nhw o fy etholaeth i - sef maen nhw am newid y system drwyddedu fyddai'n ein galluogi ni i osod amodau cyn caniatáu torri coed, er enghraifft, amodau i beidio â thorri yn ystod tymor bridio. Ar hyn o bryd, mae torri coed yn gallu digwydd hyd yn oed heb arolwg o faint o nythod wiwerod sydd yna. Rydyn ni'n gweld hynny yn digwydd yn rhy aml yn fy etholaeth i. Pam, ar ôl yr holl waith i adfer y boblogaeth, fydden ni am i'w chynefin hi ddod dan fygythiad? Dwi wedi cael etholwyr yn cysylltu efo fi am gynlluniau gan Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru i glirio, neu i ganiatáu clirio coedwigaeth, ar sawl safle ar Ynys Môn - Niwbwrch, Pentraeth, fel rydyn ni wedi'i glywed, Mynydd Bodafon, cynefinoedd rydyn ni'n gwybod sydd yn drysorau o ran y wiwer goch. Mae pobl yn poeni am ddyfodol Penrhos yng Nghaergybi, hefyd yn poeni bod dim digon o sylw yn cael ei roi i warchod y cynefin hwnnw. Mae'r Alban eisoes wedi newid deddfwriaeth. Gwnaeth Deddf Cadwraeth Natur (Yr Alban) 2004 roi cymal mewn yn Neddf Coedwigaeth 1967 sy'n caniatáu yn benodol gwrthod trwydded torri coed neu roi amodau ynghlwm wrthi -