English: Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd, and thank you for the opportunity to speak in this debate today. Over a year has passed since committee Chairs began discussing how the Senedd should approach its scrutiny of the statutory reports of the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales and the Auditor General for Wales, which reflect on the implementation of the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015. But when I compare then to now, I'm struck by how much the landscape of public services in Wales has changed, not least because we have all had to come to terms with the devastating impact of a global pandemic. Before I speak about our key findings, I'd like to put on the record the committee's thanks to everyone who contributed to our inquiry during such challenging times. In particular, I'd like to extend special thanks to the following: officials from Aneurin Bevan University Health Board; Velindre University NHS Trust and Public Health Wales, who gave such valuable evidence to us at the height of the second wave of the pandemic; students from Coleg Gwent and INSPIRE Training Wales in Swansea, who debated and submitted to us their views at the time when face-to-face learning was impossible. I'd also like to thank the Wales Centre for Public Policy, which published its own report on the implementation of this Act, and agreed to submit it to us in summary form, of their key findings. In total, 97 organisations fed into the inquiry - a testament, we felt, to the strength of feeling about this legislation. While very few people would object to what this Act tries to achieve, many were sceptical about whether legislation was the right way to achieve it, and it's still the case that many are sceptical about whether it does achieve it. However, scepticism is no longer good enough if we want to shape a better future for generations to come.
Welsh: Diolch, Ddirprwy Lywydd, a diolch am y cyfle i siarad yn y ddadl hon heddiw. Mae dros flwyddyn wedi mynd heibio ers i Gadeiryddion pwyllgorau ddechrau trafod sut y dylai'r Senedd fynd ati i graffu ar adroddiadau statudol Comisiynydd Cenedlaethau'r Dyfodol Cymru ac Archwilydd Cyffredinol Cymru, sy'n ystyried gweithrediad Deddf Llesiant Cenedlaethau'r Dyfodol (Cymru) 2015. Ond pan fyddaf yn cymharu'r adeg honno â nawr, caf fy nharo gan faint y mae tirwedd gwasanaethau cyhoeddus yng Nghymru wedi newid, yn bennaf oherwydd ein bod ni i gyd wedi gorfod dod i delerau ag effaith ddinistriol pandemig byd-eang. Cyn i mi siarad am ein canfyddiadau allweddol, hoffwn gofnodi diolch y pwyllgor i bawb a gyfrannodd at ein hymchwiliad mewn cyfnod mor heriol. Yn benodol, hoffwn ddiolch yn arbennig i'r canlynol: swyddogion o Fwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Aneurin Bevan; Ymddiriedolaeth GIG Prifysgol Felindre ac Iechyd Cyhoeddus Cymru, a roddodd dystiolaeth mor werthfawr i ni ar anterth ail don y pandemig; myfyrwyr o Goleg Gwent ac INSPIRE Training Wales yn Abertawe, a fu'n trafod ac yn cyflwyno eu barn i ni ar yr adeg pan oedd dysgu wyneb yn wyneb yn amhosibl. Hoffwn ddiolch hefyd i Ganolfan Polisi Cyhoeddus Cymru, a gyhoeddodd eu hadroddiad eu hunain ar weithredu'r Ddeddf hon, ac am gytuno i gyflwyno eu canfyddiadau allweddol i ni ar ffurf gryno. Cafodd cyfanswm o 97 o sefydliadau eu bwydo i mewn i'r ymchwiliad - ffigur y teimlem ei fod yn dyst i gryfder y teimladau am y ddeddfwriaeth hon. Er mai ychydig iawn o bobl a fyddai'n gwrthwynebu'r hyn y mae'r Ddeddf hon yn ceisio'i gyflawni, roedd llawer yn amheus ai deddfwriaeth oedd y ffordd gywir o'i gyflawni, ac mae'n dal yn wir fod llawer yn amheus a yw'n ei chyflawni. Fodd bynnag, nid yw amheuaeth yn ddigon da mwyach os ydym am lunio dyfodol gwell i genedlaethau'r dyfodol.