English: Diolch yn fawr iawn, Deputy Llywydd, and I'm honoured to formally move the motion, tabled in the name of Darren Millar, and to open this debate on such an important but difficult topic. Like many of us here in this Chamber, I pledged my support for the WAVE Trust's target of a 70 per cent reduction in adverse childhood experiences by the end of this decade. During the last Senedd, almost every Member supported the 70/30 pledge. In fact, the only ones who did not support setting targets to tackle child abuse were Welsh Government Ministers, even though the former First Minister, Carwyn Jones, told the Chamber that he supported the work of the WAVE Trust. We have a real opportunity before us today. We can re-affirm our commitment to the 70/30 target and put Wales on a path to becoming one of the leading nations when it comes to tackling adverse childhood experiences. Adverse childhood experiences, or ACEs, can have such devastating impacts on individuals. They raise the risk of poor physical and mental health, contribute to poorer educational outcomes and lead to shorter life expectancies. We have all seen the stats and believe we understand the issues, but it's not until you speak to victims to hear their story that you can truly grasp the scale of the problems facing many children, young people and adults. The trauma impacts and drives their lives off their tracks. One such victim shared their harrowing story with me. They were sexually abused at the age of 12. This horrific experience was compounded as the rape resulted in pregnancy and then a miscarriage. The trauma continued throughout her young life. More sexual assaults followed as did two teenage pregnancies. The individual did not finish their formal education and turned to drink and drugs. She ended up addicted to heroin and said she contemplated taking her life more than once. Throughout this traumatic ordeal, she cried out for help. The only help she received was anti-depressants. When she became pregnant, again, she asked for help with addiction, only to be prescribed Subutex with little regard for the impact this could have had upon her unborn child. All through this multiple-decade ordeal, she reached out to many agencies for help. Over 150 different departments and people interacted with her, yet none offered support without judgment. One of her older children went on to abuse drugs and alcohol. It was only when she heard about WAVE Trust and learnt about adverse childhood experiences that she took action to turn her life around. Without help, she kicked the heroin habit all by herself and is proud to be two years sober. She did this for her children, but we continue to let her and them down. She has been prescribed trauma therapy, but told there is more than a two-year wait. She hopes, by sharing her story, she can help prevent anyone else living with the same hell as she has been through. She fell through the cracks, as did her children. She didn't get help for her child because she lived in the wrong postcode, as she resided in a perceived affluent area that didn't qualify for Flying Start nor Families First. How can this happen in a modern Wales? I really don't know, but what I do know is that we have to take action, and that journey starts with us officially adopting the 70/30 target. It won't magically fix everything, but it will focus minds. Welsh Government have been reluctant to adopt 70/30 because it's both not ambitious enough nor fully in the Government's ambit. This didn't stop the Scottish Government, and it shouldn't stop us. And if we are going to put an end to the abuse and trauma impacting children's lives, then we have to take the first step. My party pledges to make a 70 per cent reduction in adverse childhood experiences by 2030. Will you?
Welsh: Diolch yn fawr iawn, Ddirprwy Lywydd, ac rwy'n ei hystyried yn fraint cael gwneud y cynnig, a gyflwynwyd yn enw Darren Millar, yn ffurfiol ac agor y ddadl hon ar bwnc mor bwysig ond anodd. Fel llawer ohonom yma yn y Siambr, ymrwymais i gefnogi targed WAVE Trust o 70 y cant ar gyfer lleihau profiadau niweidiol yn ystod plentyndod erbyn diwedd y degawd hwn. Yn ystod y Senedd ddiwethaf, roedd bron pob Aelod yn cefnogi'r addewid 70/30. Yn wir, yr unig rai nad oeddent yn cefnogi gosod targedau i fynd i'r afael â cham-drin plant oedd Gweinidogion Llywodraeth Cymru, er i'r cyn Brif Weinidog, Carwyn Jones, ddweud wrth y Siambr ei fod yn cefnogi gwaith WAVE Trust. Mae gennym gyfle gwirioneddol ger ein bron heddiw. Gallwn gadarnhau ein hymrwymiad i'r targed 70/30 a rhoi Cymru ar lwybr i fod yn un o'r gwledydd blaenllaw o ran mynd i'r afael â phrofiadau niweidiol yn ystod plentyndod. Gall profiadau niweidiol yn ystod plentyndod gael effeithiau mor ddinistriol ar unigolion. Maent yn codi'r risg o iechyd corfforol a meddyliol gwael, yn cyfrannu at ganlyniadau addysgol gwaeth ac yn arwain at ddisgwyliadau oes byrrach. Rydym i gyd wedi gweld yr ystadegau ac yn credu ein bod yn deall y problemau, ond hyd nes y siaradwch â dioddefwyr a chlywed eu stori, ni allwch lwyr amgyffred maint y problemau sy'n wynebu llawer o blant, pobl ifanc ac oedolion. Mae'r trawma yn effeithio ar eu bywydau ac yn eu gyrru ar gyfeiliorn. Rhannodd un dioddefwr ei stori ysgytwol gyda mi. Cafodd ei cham-drin yn rhywiol yn 12 oed. Cafodd y profiad erchyll hwn ei ddwysáu wrth i'r trais rhywiol arwain at feichiogrwydd, a chamesgoriad wedyn. Parhaodd y trawma drwy gydol ei bywyd ifanc. Dilynodd mwy o ymosodiadau rhywiol yn ogystal â dau feichiogrwydd pan oedd yn ei harddegau. Ni orffennodd ei haddysg ffurfiol a throdd at alcohol a chyffuriau. Yn y pen draw, aeth yn gaeth i heroin a dywedodd ei bod wedi ystyried cyflawni hunanladdiad fwy nag unwaith. Drwy gydol y cyfnod trawmatig hwn, roedd hi'n galw am gymorth. Yr unig gymorth a gafodd oedd gwrth-iselyddion. Pan aeth yn feichiog, unwaith eto, gofynnodd am help gyda dibyniaeth, a rhagnodwyd Subutex iddi heb lawer o ystyriaeth i'r effaith y gallai hyn fod wedi'i chael ar ei phlentyn yn y groth. Drwy'r cyfnod hwn, dros sawl degawd, gofynnodd am gymorth gan lawer o asiantaethau. Bu dros 150 o wahanol adrannau a phobl yn rhyngweithio â hi, ac eto ni wnaeth yr un ohonynt gynnig cymorth heb leisio barn. Aeth un o'i phlant hŷn ymlaen i gamddefnyddio cyffuriau ac alcohol. Pan glywodd am WAVE Trust a dysgu am brofiadau niweidiol yn ystod plentyndod fe weithredodd i newid ei bywyd. Heb gymorth, rhoddodd y gorau i'w harfer heroin ar ei phen ei hun yn llwyr ac mae'n falch o fod yn sobr ers dwy flynedd bellach. Gwnaeth hyn er mwyn ei phlant, ond rydym yn parhau i wneud cam â hi a'i phlant. Cafodd bresgripsiwn ar gyfer therapi trawma, ond dywedwyd wrthi fod rhestr aros o fwy na dwy flynedd. Drwy rannu ei stori, mae'n gobeithio y gall helpu i atal rhywun arall rhag byw drwy'r un uffern ag y mae hi wedi byw drwyddo. Syrthiodd drwy'r bylchau, fel y gwnaeth ei phlant. Ni chafodd gymorth i'w phlentyn oherwydd ei bod yn byw yn y cod post anghywir, gan ei bod yn byw mewn ardal ymddangosiadol gefnog nad oedd yn gymwys ar gyfer Dechrau'n Deg na Teuluoedd yn Gyntaf. Sut y gall hyn ddigwydd yn y Gymru fodern? Nid wyf yn gwybod mewn gwirionedd, ond rwy'n gwybod bod yn rhaid inni weithredu, ac mae'r daith honno'n dechrau gyda mabwysiadu'r targed o 70/30 yn swyddogol. Ni fydd yn datrys popeth yn wyrthiol, ond bydd yn rhoi ffocws i feddyliau pobl. Mae Llywodraeth Cymru wedi bod yn amharod i fabwysiadu 70/30 gan nad yw'n ddigon uchelgeisiol a chan nad yw'n llwyr o fewn cwmpas gwaith y Llywodraeth. Ni wnaeth hyn atal Llywodraeth yr Alban, ac ni ddylai ein hatal ni. Ac os ydym am roi diwedd ar y cam-drin a'r trawma sy'n effeithio ar fywydau plant, mae'n rhaid inni gymryd y cam cyntaf. Mae fy mhlaid yn addo lleihau profiadau niweidiol yn ystod plentyndod 70 y cant erbyn 2030. A wnewch chi?