English: I'd like to start by thanking my colleagues for all the valid and important points they've raised so far in this debate, and to pay tribute to my colleague Joyce for raising her own personal experience. The issue of spiking drinks in pubs and nightclubs has been an ongoing situation for some time. Whilst everyone can be affected, it is, as we have already heard, predominantly women who are subjected to this. The issue is so bad that young people, especially women, are increasingly afraid to go out. In Swansea, for example, it's already prompted an organised response from university students, when they held a Big Night In on 24 October this year, as has already been highlighted by other Members in this Chamber, which encourages students not to go out nightclubbing on the busiest day of the week in the hope of raising awareness and forcing nightclubs to address the problem. Unfortunately, the major issue with spiking is the difficulty of, as you have already heard, catching and prosecuting those people who have committed the offence. There are several methods used to spike drinks, but the most common is adding alcohol to non-alcoholic drinks or adding extra alcohol to already-alcoholic drinks. Prosecutions are extremely rare given the number of instances, and this is largely due to the fact that there is little evidence to prove spiking has occurred. Blood tests are needed within a narrow window of spiking to provide evidence, and there are many people who feel that they are often not taken seriously enough by the police and health professionals when they report alleged spiking - basically that they have drunk too much, or they can't handle their drink. Worryingly, a survey conducted by the Alcohol Education Trust has, in some way, revealed the extent of this problem. This survey of 750 people found that 35 per cent of drinks were spiked at private parties, and 28 per cent in nightclubs, 13 per cent in bars, and 7 per cent in festivals. As many as one in seven women aged between 16 and 25 reported being targeted, though 92 per cent of the victims chose not to report their experiences to the police. Of those who did, the survey revealed that nothing happened as a result. The lack of criminal prosecutions for spiking drinks has left those perpetrators so confident they have now started injecting people. This extremely worrying behaviour is seemingly becoming more prevalent, and because these needles are being reused over and over again, it also increases the risk of the victims catching diseases such as HIV and hepatitis. While spiking a drink can carry a maximum sentence of 10 years, the problem lies in the ability of the police to reliably catch people spiking them and to prosecute accordingly. This remains an exceptionally difficult thing for them to do, and I believe that until an appropriate system is put into place, men and women will continue to be subjected to this abhorrent crime. At this present time, the issue of spiking drinks is at the forefront of people's minds because of recent media attention. People will naturally become more vigilant in the short term; however, this is simply pushing those people who spike drinks into the shadows. As time goes on and this issue is no longer covered by the media, they will return. Drink spiking has been an ongoing problem for a very long time, and there needs to be a long-term solution put into place. We need to ask ourselves what programmes have been put into place to educate teenagers and young people of the danger, but to also spotlight the inappropriate attitudes and behaviours that are conducted towards women. What have nightclubs and pubs done to help negate the problem? Drinks with lids are an obvious short-term answer, but until it is mandatory, then it will be nothing other than a short-term fix to alleviate the current worry. We need better CCTV installed in our nightclubs and pubs, better access to testing facilities, and better collection of evidence to identify repeating patterns of behaviour. Unless there is political will to make long-term changes, this will remain an ongoing risk for our young people for some time, and this is why we need to support this debate and put into place firm action to tackle it. Thank you.
Welsh: Hoffwn ddechrau drwy ddiolch i fy nghyd-Aelodau am yr holl bwyntiau dilys a phwysig y maent wedi'u codi hyd yma yn y ddadl hon, a thalu teyrnged i fy nghyd-Aelod, Joyce, am siarad am ei phrofiad personol. Mae sbeicio diodydd mewn tafarndai a chlybiau nos wedi bod yn broblem ers peth amser. Er y gallai unrhyw un gael eu heffeithio, fel y clywsom eisoes, menywod sy'n dioddef hyn yn bennaf. Mae'n broblem mor ddrwg fel bod pobl ifanc fwyfwy, yn enwedig menywod, yn ofni mynd allan. Yn Abertawe, er enghraifft, mae eisoes wedi ysgogi ymateb trefnedig gan fyfyrwyr prifysgol, pan gynhaliwyd Big Night In ar 24 Hydref eleni, fel y nodwyd eisoes gan Aelodau eraill yn y Siambr hon, i annog myfyrwyr i beidio â mynd allan i glybiau nos ar ddiwrnod prysuraf yr wythnos yn y gobaith o godi ymwybyddiaeth a gorfodi clybiau nos i fynd i'r afael â'r broblem. Yn anffodus, y brif broblem gyda sbeicio yw'r anhawster, fel y clywsoch eisoes, i ddal ac erlyn y bobl a gyflawnodd y drosedd. Defnyddir sawl dull i sbeicio diodydd, ond y mwyaf cyffredin yw ychwanegu alcohol at ddiodydd nad ydynt yn rhai alcoholaidd neu ychwanegu alcohol ychwanegol at ddiodydd sydd eisoes yn rhai alcoholaidd. Prin iawn yw'r erlyniadau o ystyried nifer yr achosion, a hynny'n bennaf am nad oes llawer o dystiolaeth i brofi bod sbeicio wedi digwydd. Mae angen profion gwaed o fewn cyfnod byr wedi i'r sbeicio ddigwydd i allu darparu tystiolaeth, ac mae llawer o bobl yn teimlo nad yw'r heddlu a gweithwyr iechyd proffesiynol yn rhoi ystyriaeth ddigon difrifol i'r hyn a ddywedant am sbeicio honedig - yn y bôn eu bod wedi yfed gormod, neu na allant ddal eu diod. Mae maint y broblem yn destun pryder fel y datgelodd arolwg a gynhaliwyd gan yr Ymddiriedolaeth Addysg Alcohol. Canfu'r arolwg o 750 o bobl fod 35 y cant o ddiodydd wedi cael eu sbeicio mewn partïon preifat, a 28 y cant mewn clybiau nos, 13 y cant mewn bariau, a 7 y cant mewn gwyliau. Dywedodd cynifer ag un o bob saith menyw rhwng 16 a 25 oed eu bod wedi'u targedu, er bod 92 y cant o'r dioddefwyr wedi dewis peidio â rhoi gwybod i'r heddlu am eu profiadau. O'r rhai a wnaeth, datgelodd yr arolwg nad oedd dim wedi digwydd o ganlyniad. Mae'r diffyg erlyniadau troseddol am sbeicio diodydd wedi gwneud y troseddwyr mor hyderus nes eu bod bellach wedi dechrau chwistrellu pobl. Mae'n ymddangos bod yr ymddygiad hynod ofidus hwn yn dod yn fwy cyffredin, ac oherwydd bod y nodwyddau'n cael eu hailddefnyddio dro ar ôl tro, mae hefyd yn cynyddu'r risg y bydd dioddefwyr yn dal clefydau fel HIV a hepatitis. Er y gall sbeicio diod arwain at ddedfryd o hyd at 10 mlynedd o garchar, y broblem yw gallu'r heddlu i ddal pobl yn sbeicio mewn modd dibynadwy ac i erlyn yn unol â hynny. Mae hyn yn parhau i fod yn anodd eithriadol, a hyd nes y rhoddir system briodol ar waith, credaf y bydd dynion a menywod yn parhau i ddioddef yn sgil y drosedd ffiaidd hon. Ar hyn o bryd, mae sbeicio diodydd ar flaen meddyliau pobl oherwydd sylw diweddar ar y cyfryngau. Yn naturiol, bydd pobl yn dod yn fwy gwyliadwrus yn y tymor byr; fodd bynnag, dim ond gwthio'r bobl sy'n sbeicio diodydd i'r cysgodion y mae hyn yn ei wneud. Gydag amser, a'r cyfryngau'n colli diddordeb yn y broblem, byddant yn dychwelyd. Mae sbeicio diodydd wedi bod yn broblem ers amser maith, ac mae angen rhoi ateb hirdymor ar waith. Rhaid inni ofyn i ni'n hunain pa raglenni sydd ar waith i addysgu rhai yn eu harddegau a phobl ifanc am y perygl, ond hefyd i dynnu sylw at agweddau ac ymddygiad amhriodol tuag at fenywod. Beth y mae clybiau nos a thafarndai wedi'i wneud i helpu i gael gwared ar y broblem? Mae diodydd â chaeadau yn ateb tymor byr amlwg, ond hyd nes y bydd yn orfodol, dim ond ateb tymor byr fydd hynny i leddfu'r pryder presennol. Mae angen gosod systemau teledu cylch cyfyng gwell yn ein clybiau nos a'n tafarndai, gwella mynediad at gyfleusterau profi, a gwella ffyrdd o gasglu tystiolaeth i nodi patrymau ymddygiad ailadroddus. Oni bai bod ewyllys wleidyddol i wneud newidiadau hirdymor, bydd hyn yn parhau i fod yn risg barhaus i'n pobl ifanc am beth amser, a dyma pam y mae angen inni gefnogi'r ddadl hon a rhoi camau cadarn ar waith i fynd i'r afael â'r broblem. Diolch.