English: I'd like to speak in support of this Bill. It's an important Bill designed to tackle a social evil that has been with us for far too long. It's also a Bill to which a commitment was made in the 2016 Welsh Labour manifesto, a manifesto that I was proud to be elected on. I want to thank the Members of the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee, the Finance Committee and the Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee. I think they've done an important job in scrutinising the Welsh Government's proposals and also suggesting areas where the Bill could be strengthened. The principles underpinning the case for a minimum unit price are quite clear-cut, but it is a fact that excessive alcohol consumption causes harm. It's a fact that in 2015 there were 463 alcohol-related deaths in Wales. And it is also a fact that in 2015-16 there were over 50,000 hospital admissions attributed to alcohol misuse. Alcohol abuse causes crime and anti-social behaviour. It damages our economy and moreover it is corrosive to family life. The Westminster all-party group on children of alcoholics have done some work on this that has been really crucial in showing its impact. They suggest that, around the UK, one in five children lives with a parent who drinks too much. That's over 2.5 million children. The all-party group notes that these children are twice as likely to experience difficulties at school as their peers, three times more likely to consider suicide, five times more likely to develop eating disorders, and four times more likely to become alcoholics themselves. We must take action to deal with this problem, and the Welsh Government has clearly set out why a minimum unit price is the way forward. It has also set out a few of the beneficial impacts of a 50p minimum price. Annually, this could lead to 53 fewer deaths, 1,400 fewer hospital admissions, and be worth, in effect, £882 million-worth of savings to the Welsh economy. However, there are a couple of issues I want to flag up today. Firstly, while I was conducting my research for today, I came across another interesting statistic. Last year, 51 million bottles of gin were sold in the UK. That's nearly 10 million up on the previous year. Now, I don't want to get drawn into a discussion around craft gins, but by presuming that this is linked to more middle-class patterns of consumption, this helps me illustrate my first point. The Bill's measures seem focused on the cheapest, strongest forms of alcohol. If people can afford to pay more, won't they just spend more money on alcohol? Will minimum unit pricing help us to tackle more affluent problem drinkers? Or will it just hit those who can least afford to pay the price hike? Secondly, I want to mention an issue that was raised during the Supporting People workshop held by the Public Accounts Committee. Concerns were raised there that minimum pricing could, as an unintended consequence, fuel anti-social behaviour, as desperate people - addicts - resort to desperate measures to fuel their addiction. I would be keen for the thoughts of the Cabinet Secretary on how we could make sure that this is not the case. Going forward, I would hope any minimum pricing is kept under annual review. I know this is something that committee scrutiny of the general principles has suggested. [ Interruption.]
Welsh: Hoffwn siarad o blaid y Bil hwn. Mae'n Fil pwysig sydd â'r nod o fynd i'r afael â drwg cymdeithasol sydd wedi bod o gwmpas yn rhy hir o lawer. Mae hefyd yn Fil y gwnaethpwyd ymrwymiad iddo ym maniffesto Llafur Cymru 2016, maniffesto yr oeddwn i'n falch o gael fy ethol ar ei sail. Hoffwn ddiolch i Aelodau'r Pwyllgor Iechyd, Gofal Cymdeithasol a Chwaraeon, y Pwyllgor Cyllid a'r Pwyllgor Materion Cyfansoddiadol a Deddfwriaethol. Credaf eu bod wedi gwneud gwaith pwysig wrth graffu ar gynigion Llywodraeth Cymru a hefyd awgrymu meysydd lle gellid cryfhau'r Bil. Mae'r egwyddorion sy'n sail i'r achos dros isafbris uned yn eithaf clir, ond mae'n ffaith bod goryfed alcohol yn achosi niwed. Mae'n ffaith y bu 463 o farwolaethau yn gysylltiedig ag alcohol yng Nghymru yn 2015. Ac mae hefyd yn ffaith bod dros 50,000 o dderbyniadau i'r ysbyty yn 2015-16 wedi eu priodoli i gamddefnydd o alcohol. Mae camddefnyddio alcohol yn achosi troseddu ac ymddygiad gwrthgymdeithasol. Mae'n niweidio ein heconomi ac yn niweidio bywyd teuluol hefyd. Mae'r grŵp hollbleidiol yn San Steffan ar blant pobl sy'n gaeth i alcohol wedi gwneud rhywfaint o waith ar hyn, gwaith sydd wedi bod yn wirioneddol hanfodol o ran dangos ei effaith. Maen nhw'n awgrymu bod un ym mhob pump o blant ledled y DU yn byw gyda rhiant sy'n yfed gormod. Mae hynny dros 2.5 miliwn o blant. Mae'r grŵp hollbleidiol yn nodi bod y plant hyn ddwywaith yn fwy tebygol o brofi anawsterau yn yr ysgol na'u cyfoedion, dair gwaith yn fwy tebygol o ystyried hunanladdiad, bum gwaith yn fwy tebygol o ddatblygu anhwylderau bwyta, a phedair gwaith yn fwy tebygol o ddod yn gaeth i alcohol eu hunain. Mae'n rhaid inni gymryd camau i fynd i'r afael â'r broblem hon, ac mae Llywodraeth Cymru wedi nodi'n glir pam mai isafbris uned yw'r ffordd ymlaen. Mae hefyd wedi nodi rhai o effeithiau manteisiol isafbris o 50c. Bob blwyddyn, gallai hyn arwain at 53 yn llai o farwolaethau, 1,400 yn llai yn cael eu derbyn i'r ysbyty, a gallai, mewn gwirionedd, arbed £882 miliwn i economi Cymru. Fodd bynnag, rwyf eisiau tynnu sylw at un neu ddau o faterion heddiw. Yn gyntaf, tra'r oeddwn yn ymchwilio ar gyfer heddiw, deuthum ar draws ystadegyn diddorol arall. Y llynedd, gwerthwyd 51 miliwn o boteli o jin yn y DU. Mae hynny bron i 10 miliwn yn fwy nag yn y flwyddyn flaenorol. Nawr, nid wyf am gael fy nhynnu i mewn i drafodaeth am jin crefft, ond drwy ragdybio bod hyn yn gysylltiedig â phatrymau yfed mwy dosbarth canol, mae hyn yn fy helpu i egluro fy mhwynt cyntaf. Mae'n ymddangos bod mesurau'r Bil yn canolbwyntio ar y mathau rhataf a chryfaf o alcohol. Os gall pobl fforddio i dalu mwy, oni fyddant ond yn gwario mwy ar alcohol? A fydd gosod isafbris uned yn ein helpu i fynd i'r afael â phroblem yfed y rhai mwy cefnog? Neu a fydd ond yn taro'r rhai nad ydyn nhw'n gallu fforddio'r codiad mewn pris? Yn ail, hoffwn grybwyll mater a godwyd yn ystod y gweithdy Cefnogi Pobl a gynhaliwyd gan y Pwyllgor Cyfrifon Cyhoeddus. Codwyd pryderon yno y gallai gosod isafbris, yn anfwriadol, hybu ymddygiad gwrthgymdeithasol, gan fod pobl mewn cyfyngder - y rhai sy'n gaeth - yn troi at gyflawni gweithredoedd difrifol i fwydo eu dibyniaeth. Rwy'n awyddus i gael sylwadau Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet ynglŷn â sut y gallwn ni wneud yn siŵr na fydd hyn yn digwydd. Yn y dyfodol, byddwn yn gobeithio y byddai gosod isafbris o unrhyw fath yn cael ei adolygu'n flynyddol. Gwn fod hyn yn rhywbeth y mae'r craffu a wnaed gan b wyllgorau ar yr egwyddorion cyffredinol wedi ei awgrymu. [ Torri ar draws.]