English: I also welcome this report and congratulate Sally Holland on it. I also particularly welcome the consultation that has taken place, 'Beth Nesa', because it is, as Llyr Gruffydd said, a solid base for her to base her recommendations on. Six-thousand children took part in that consultation, aged three to 18, to try to find out what were the main concerns of children in Wales - what's the state of children in Wales. I'm very pleased that the commissioner says in her report that the voices that she listened to were not just the voices that perhaps we'd be more likely to hear, but the voices of those children who are seldom heard. She listed homeless children, care leavers, and Gypsy and Traveller children. Of course, I thought it was particularly good that there were 758 responses from under-sevens, because I know our emphasis in this Assembly is trying to reach children as young as possible and I think to reach those children under seven is a great achievement, because I think we do need to consult with children at a very early age and to get information from them about how they feel about their surrounding lives. One of the interesting things that's not surprising is that, the youngest children consulted, one of the things they wanted was more places to play, because I think we all know how vitally important play is, and, of course, the Welsh Government has been praised for the fact that it has legislated for play. In 1926, David Lloyd George said: 'The right to play is the child's first claim on the community. Play is nature's training for life. No community can infringe that right without doing enduring harm to the minds and bodies of its citizens.' I really believe we should be making use of every opportunity we have to create the opportunities for play for our children. So, I think it's really important that we look at the environment, particularly the built environment, to ensure it reflects the needs of our children. Looking at the survey that the children's commissioner sent out, the survey asked children to pick up to three favourite places to play from a list of nine places. It's interesting that 61 per cent of them chose the swimming pool as one of the three favourite places to play, and the other two most popular were parks and beaches. Very few children actually chose the street as one of their favourite places to play. I think that does reflect how society has basically changed, and children aren't able to go outside their door and play. Obviously, we know that is because of the build-up of traffic, and I think that this is something that we should actually be taking a lot more action on, creating safe places to play. I know that there are such things as play streets and street play games, street play initiatives. But, in order to get children to naturally play as part of their everyday lives, I think that we should be taking a lot more initiatives along those lines. I'd wondered if there was anything the Government could think to do to prompt more street closures, creating safer spaces. I personally think there should be more places in the city centre for children to play. I think it's very important in an urban environment, and it is important that we get the feedback from children on the places that we do have and what they mean to them. One of the great joys, I think, of this job is meeting school councils when they come into this building and we hear from them, first hand, exactly what their views are, because consultation with children and giving them a chance to have their say I think does really make them realise that they can decide things and they can change things. I think they have been able to do that through the works of the children's commissioner, because I'm sure people will remember, for many years, there were huge complaints via the children's commissioner's reports about school toilets. Now, the school toilets I've visited now are much improved; they're much better. I don't know if that is reflected by other Members, but, now, I think we need to move on to the provision of public toilets that are suitable for children to use and that are easily available, because I think that is a situation that is getting worse by the day. I think it's very important that public toilets are available and that libraries have public toilets available, because that doesn't happen in all libraries. I'd just like to finish with a really great example of where children have been consulted in my constituency. We've a group there called 'Awen at the Library'. It's been set up to support the arts and develop the library for wider use in the community, and it recently held a competition for children to draw their ideal library. I think seeing those drawings was so stimulating and so interesting. Linking back to the consultation, it's really interesting to see that, a lot of the children - the majority - actually had swimming pools in the libraries. They had rooms where they could go and sit quietly, they had soda fountains - they seem to want to bring all the pleasures of their life into the libraries. I thought that was a very interesting reflection of how important the libraries were for them and how they wanted them extended. Thank you very much.
Welsh: Rwyf hefyd yn croesawu'r adroddiad hwn ac yn llongyfarch Sally Holland arno. Rwyf hefyd yn croesawu'n benodol yr ymgynghoriad 'Beth Nesa' a gynhaliwyd, oherwydd, fel y dywedodd Llyr Gruffydd, ei fod yn sylfaen gadarn iddi seilio ei hargymhellion arni. Cymerodd chwe mil o blant ran yn yr ymgynghoriad hwnnw, o dair i 18 oed, i geisio darganfod beth oedd prif bryderon plant yng Nghymru - beth yw cyflwr plant yng Nghymru. Rwy'n falch iawn bod y comisiynydd yn dweud yn ei hadroddiad nad y lleisiau y byddem efallai yn fwy tebygol o'u clywed yn unig y gwrandawodd arnynt ond lleisiau'r plant hynny nad ydym yn eu clywed yn aml. Rhestrodd plant digartref, rhai sy'n gadael gofal, a phlant Sipsiwn a Theithwyr. Wrth gwrs, roeddwn i o'r farn ei bod yn arbennig o dda y cafwyd 758 o ymatebion gan blant dan saith oed, oherwydd gwn mai ein pwyslais ni yn y Cynulliad hwn yw ceisio cyrraedd plant mor ifanc â phosibl, ac rwy'n meddwl bod cyrraedd y plant hynny sydd dan saith oed yn llwyddiant mawr, oherwydd rwy'n meddwl bod angen i ni ymgynghori â phlant yn ifanc iawn a chael gwybodaeth ganddyn nhw am sut y maen nhw'n teimlo am eu bywydau o'u cwmpas. Un o'r pethau diddorol, nad yw'n syndod, yw mai un o'r pethau yr oedd y plant ieuengaf yr ymgynghorwyd â nhw ei eisiau oedd mwy o leoedd i chwarae, oherwydd rwy'n credu ein bod ni i gyd yn gwybod pa mor hanfodol bwysig yw chwarae, ac, wrth gwrs, mae Llywodraeth Cymru wedi ei chanmol am ddeddfu ar gyfer chwarae. Ym 1926, dywedodd David Lloyd George: Yr hawl i chwarae yw hawliad cyntaf plentyn ar y gymuned. Chwarae yw hyfforddiant natur ar gyfer bywyd. Ni all unrhyw gymuned ymyrryd â'r hawl hwnnw heb wneud niwed parhaol i feddyliau a chyrff ei dinasyddion. Rwyf wir yn credu y dylem fod yn gwneud defnydd o bob cyfle sydd gennym i greu cyfleoedd i chwarae i'n plant. Felly, rwy'n meddwl ei bod yn bwysig iawn ein bod yn edrych ar yr amgylchedd, yn enwedig yr amgylchedd adeiledig, er mwyn sicrhau ei fod yn adlewyrchu anghenion ein plant. O edrych ar yr arolwg yr anfonodd y comisiynydd plant allan, roedd yr arolwg yn gofyn i blant ddewis hyd at dri o'u hoff lefydd i chwarae, o restr o naw o leoedd. Mae'n ddiddorol bod 61 y cant ohonynt wedi dewis y pwll nofio yn un o'r tri o hoff lefydd i chwarae, a'r ddau arall mwyaf poblogaidd oedd parciau a thraethau. Ychydig iawn o blant mewn gwirionedd a ddewisodd y stryd fel un o'u hoff lefydd i chwarae. Credaf fod hyn yn adlewyrchu sut y mae cymdeithas wedi newid yn y bôn, ac nad yw plant yn gallu mynd y tu allan i'w drws a chwarae. Yn amlwg, rydym yn gwybod bod hynny oherwydd y twf mewn traffig, a chredaf fod hyn yn rhywbeth y dylem fod yn cymryd llawer mwy o gamau gweithredu yn ei gylch mewn gwirionedd, gan greu mannau diogel i chwarae. Rwy'n gwybod bod pethau fel strydoedd chwarae a gemau chwarae ar y stryd, mentrau chwarae ar y stryd. Ond, er mwyn cael plant i chwarae'n naturiol yn rhan o'u bywydau bob dydd, rwy'n meddwl y dylem fod yn cynnal llawer mwy o fentrau o'r math hwnnw. Roeddwn i'n meddwl tybed a oedd unrhyw beth y gallai'r Llywodraeth ei wneud i annog mwy o gau strydoedd, gan greu lleoedd mwy diogel. Yn bersonol, rwy'n credu y dylid cael mwy o leoedd yng nghanol y ddinas i blant chwarae. Rwy'n credu ei bod yn bwysig iawn mewn amgylchedd trefol, ac mae'n bwysig ein bod yn cael yr adborth gan blant ar y lleoedd sydd gennym a'r hyn y maent yn ei olygu iddyn nhw. Un o bleserau mawr y swydd hon, yn fy marn i, yw cwrdd â chynghorau ysgolion pan fyddant yn dod i'r adeilad hwn ac rydym yn clywed ganddynt, o lygad y ffynnon, yn union beth yw eu barn nhw, gan fod ymgynghori â phlant a rhoi cyfle iddynt ddweud eu barn, rwy'n meddwl, wir yn gwneud iddynt sylweddoli y gallant benderfynu pethau ac y gallant newid pethau. Rwy'n credu eu bod wedi gallu gwneud hynny trwy waith y comisiynydd plant, oherwydd rwy'n siŵr y bydd pobl yn cofio, am flynyddoedd lawer, y bu cwynion enfawr trwy adroddiadau'r comisiynydd plant am doiledau ysgol. Nawr, mae'r toiledau ysgol yr ydw i wedi ymweld â nhw erbyn hyn yn well o lawer; yn well o lawer. Nid wyf yn gwybod os yw hynny'n cael ei adlewyrchu gan Aelodau eraill, ond, nawr, rwy'n credu bod angen i ni symud ymlaen at ddarpariaeth toiledau cyhoeddus sy'n addas i blant eu defnyddio ac sydd ar gael yn rhwydd, oherwydd credaf fod hynny'n sefyllfa sy'n mynd yn waeth bob dydd. Credaf ei bod yn bwysig iawn fod toiledau cyhoeddus ar gael a bod toiledau cyhoeddus ar gael mewn llyfrgelloedd, oherwydd nid yw hynny'n digwydd ym mhob llyfrgell. Hoffwn i orffen gydag enghraifft gwirioneddol wych lle yr ymgynghorwyd â phlant yn fy etholaeth i. Mae gennym grŵp yno o'r enw 'Awen yn y Llyfrgell'. Mae wedi ei sefydlu i gefnogi'r celfyddydau a datblygu'r llyfrgell ar gyfer ei defnydd ehangach yn y gymuned, ac yn ddiweddar cafodd cystadleuaeth ei chynnal i blant i dynnu llun o'u llyfrgell ddelfrydol. Rwy'n meddwl bod gweld y lluniau hynny mor ysgogol ac mor ddiddorol. Gan gysylltu yn ôl at yr ymgynghoriad, mae'n ddiddorol iawn i weld bod gan lawer o'r plant - y rhan fwyaf ohonynt - byllau nofio yn y llyfrgelloedd. Roedd ganddynt ystafelloedd lle y gallent fynd i eistedd yn dawel, ac roedd ganddynt ffynhonnau soda - mae'n ymddangos eu bod eisiau dod â holl bleserau eu bywyd i mewn i'r llyfrgelloedd. Roeddwn i'n meddwl bod hynny'n adlewyrchiad diddorol iawn o ba mor bwysig yw llyfrgelloedd iddyn nhw a sut y maent yn dymuno iddynt gael eu hymestyn. Diolch yn fawr iawn.