English: Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. I would like to thank Bethan for bringing forward this proposed legislation, and I want to say at the outset that I fully support her in this. Like Bethan, I met Mayameen when she came to the Senedd to present her petition, calling for the provision of child houses in Wales for victims of child sexual abuse. I spent time with Mayameen as she informed a couple of us of her harrowing tale of abuse by her father. Her bravery and strength of spirit shone through. I can safely say that she is one of the most inspirational persons I have ever had the pleasure to meet. Mayameen did not want other child victims to suffer from the same lack of basic support that she had suffered. And she said a child suffering any form of abuse should not be returned to that same environment once they have made that complaint and it has become known by certain services. By adopting the Barnahus model, it is not necessarily about the creation of multiple safe houses, but recognising that we are failing to provide any basic provision for child victims of sexual abuse. The model has been so successful around the world and in other parts of the UK that it has been widely adopted as the preferred model by experts in child protection. Wales needs to adopt this model to ensure that children who are suffering child abuse will have somewhere to escape. Without Barnahus, they will be returned back home, back into the arms of their abuser, just like we did to Mayameen. Mayameen has spoken out so that others don't suffer like she did as a child. We owe it to her and countless other victims of child sexual abuse to listen. Communication and teamwork between agencies such as social services and police are of paramount importance in these cases. This proposal answers those calls and I urge Members to support it and to pass this legislation as soon as we can. Diolch yn fawr.
Welsh: Diolch, Ddirprwy Lywydd. Hoffwn ddiolch i Bethan am gyflwyno'r ddeddfwriaeth arfaethedig hon, ac rwyf am ddweud ar y dechrau fy mod yn ei chefnogi'n llwyr yn hyn o beth. Fel Bethan, cyfarfûm â Mayameen pan ddaeth i'r Senedd i gyflwyno ei deiseb yn galw am ddarparu tai plant yng Nghymru ar gyfer plant sy'n cael eu cam-drin yn rhywiol. Treuliais amser gyda Mayameen pan adroddodd ei stori erchyll wrth un neu ddau ohonom am y modd y cafodd ei cham-drin gan ei thad. Roedd ei dewrder a chryfder ei hysbryd yn eglur iawn. Gallaf ddweud yn bendant ei bod yn un o'r bobl fwyaf ysbrydoledig y cefais y pleser o gyfarfod â hwy. Nid oedd Mayameen eisiau i blant eraill ddioddef o'r un diffyg cefnogaeth sylfaenol ag y mae hi wedi'i ddioddef. A dywedodd na ddylid mynd â phlentyn sy'n dioddef unrhyw fath o gam-drin yn ôl i'r un amgylchedd wedi iddynt wneud y gŵyn honno ac wedi iddi ddod yn hysbys i wasanaethau penodol. Drwy fabwysiadu'r model Barnahus, nid yw'n ymwneud o reidrwydd â chreu tai diogel lluosog, ond â chydnabod ein bod yn methu darparu unrhyw ddarpariaeth sylfaenol ar gyfer plant sy'n cael eu cam-drin yn rhywiol. Mae'r model wedi bod mor llwyddiannus ledled y byd ac mewn rhannau eraill o'r DU fel ei fod wedi'i fabwysiadu'n eang fel y model a ffafrir gan arbenigwyr ym maes amddiffyn plant. Mae Cymru angen mabwysiadu'r model hwn i sicrhau y bydd gan blant sy'n cael eu cam-drin rywle i ddianc iddo. Heb Barnahus, cânt eu dychwelyd adref, yn ôl i freichiau'r sawl a fu'n eu cam-drin, fel y gwnaethant i Mayameen. Mae Mayameen wedi codi llais fel nad oes eraill yn dioddef fel y gwnaeth hi pan oedd yn blentyn. Mae'n ddyletswydd arnom i wrando arni hi ac ar blant dirifedi eraill sy'n cael eu cam-drin yn rhywiol. Mae cyfathrebu a gwaith tîm rhwng asiantaethau fel y gwasanaethau cymdeithasol a'r heddlu yn hollbwysig yn yr achosion hyn. Mae'r cynnig hwn yn ateb y galwadau hynny ac anogaf yr Aelodau i'w gefnogi ac i basio'r ddeddfwriaeth hon cyn gynted ag y gallwn. Diolch yn fawr.