English: Thank you for your statement, Cabinet Secretary, and thank you to the individuals who have suffered and campaigned avidly on this topic. I welcome the appointment of Mr Justice Langstaff and the fact that he will be a full-time chair of the inquiry. The contaminated blood scandal is one of the darkest periods in the history of our NHS. The fact that people who sought help from the health service were exposed to deadly viruses is shocking enough, but the fact that they've been denied a proper explanation as to how this was allowed to happen is inexcusable. Mr Justice Langstaff clearly intends to right this wrong. He has promised a thorough examination of the evidence behind the major scandal. I also welcome the fact that he has indicated that the process needs to lead to a full report within the shortest timescales that such thoroughness can accommodate. This is very much welcomed. It's disappointing that it has still taken nearly a year to get the inquiry up and running after the Government made the announcements. Victims of the scandal are still dying, and the longer this goes on, the more victims will be denied answers and justice. In fact, in the same time since the inquiry was announced, another 60 victims have sadly passed away. I am grateful that Mr Justice Langstaff acknowledges this and has started the consultation on the terms of reference before he takes up the full-time role on 1 May. I'm also grateful that he's consulting the victims and their families - those like my friend Faye Denny, whose brother has now sadly passed away. That means that Owen Denny will not get the answers or the justice he deserves, but I hope Faye will. I have just a couple of questions, Cabinet Secretary. We don't know how many others who received contaminated blood contracted an infection but remain undiagnosed. What is the Welsh Government doing to help identify these victims, and have you discussed this with Mr Justice Langstaff? What assistance can the Welsh Government give in publicising the inquiry and facilitating evidence sessions in Wales? What can the Welsh Government do to assist the inquiry in investigating the role of Professor Arthur Bloom and the Cardiff haemophilia centre in exposing haemophiliacs to HIV and hep C? Professor Bloom was well aware of the risks of administering contaminated factor. He said: 'It is therefore very important to find out by studies in human beings to what extent the infectivity of the various concentrates has been reduced. The most clear-cut way of doing this is by administering those concentrates to patients requiring treatment who have not been previously exposed to large pool concentrates.' He is believed to have experimented on patients at the Cardiff haemophilia centre that now bears his name. Professor Bloom cannot be called to give evidence as he passed away in 1992, but can you assure us that all his notes and records from the centre will be made available to the inquiry? Thank you once again, Cabinet Secretary. I appreciate all that you are doing to ensure that the victims and their families get both the answers they need and the justice they deserve. Thank you.
Welsh: Diolch am eich datganiad, Ysgrifennydd Cabinet, a diolch i'r unigolion sydd wedi dioddef ac ymgyrchu'n frwd ar y pwnc hwn. Rwy'n croesawu penodiad Mr Ustus Langstaff a'r ffaith y bydd yn gadeirydd llawn-amser ar yr ymchwiliad. Y sgandal gwaed halogedig yw un o'r cyfnodau tywyllaf yn hanes ein GIG. Mae'r ffaith bod pobl a oedd yn ceisio cymorth gan y gwasanaeth iechyd wedi dod i gysylltiad â firysau marwol yn ddigon brawychus, ond mae'r ffaith nad ydynt wedi cael esboniad priodol ynglŷn â sut y caniatawyd i hynny ddigwydd yn anfaddeuol. Mae Mr Ustus Langstaff yn amlwg yn bwriadu unioni'r cam. Mae wedi addo archwiliad trylwyr o'r dystiolaeth y tu ôl i'r sgandal mawr. Rwyf hefyd yn croesawu'r ffaith ei fod wedi dweud bod angen i'r broses arwain at adroddiad llawn o fewn yr amserlenni byrraf posibl i gael y fath drylwyredd. Mae hyn i'w groesawu'n fawr iawn. Mae'n siomedig ei bod yn dal i fod wedi cymryd bron i flwyddyn i gychwyn yr ymchwiliad ar ôl i'r Llywodraeth wneud y cyhoeddiadau. Mae dioddefwyr y sgandal yn dal i farw, a'r hiraf y bydd hyn yn parhau, y mwyaf o ddioddefwyr fydd ddim yn cael atebion a chyfiawnder. Yn wir, yn yr un amser ers y cyhoeddwyd yr ymchwiliad, yn anffodus mae 60 o ddioddefwyr eraill wedi marw. Rwy'n ddiolchgar bod Mr Ustus Langstaff yn cydnabod hyn ac wedi dechrau'r ymgynghoriad ar y cylch gorchwyl cyn iddo gymryd y swydd lawn-amser ar 1 Mai. Rwyf hefyd yn ddiolchgar ei fod yn ymgynghori â'r dioddefwyr a'u teuluoedd - rhai fel fy ffrind Faye Denny; mae ei brawd hi nawr yn anffodus wedi marw. Mae hynny'n golygu na chaiff Owen Denny yr atebion na'r cyfiawnder y mae'n eu haeddu, ond gobeithio y caiff Faye. Mae gennyf gwpl o gwestiynau, Ysgrifennydd Cabinet. Dydyn ni ddim yn gwybod faint o bobl eraill a gafodd waed halogedig a ddaliodd haint ond sydd heb gael diagnosis eto. Beth mae Llywodraeth Cymru'n ei wneud i helpu i ganfod y dioddefwyr hyn, ac a ydych wedi trafod hyn gyda Mr Ustus Langstaff? Pa gymorth y gall Llywodraeth Cymru ei roi i roi cyhoeddusrwydd i'r ymchwiliad a hwyluso sesiynau tystiolaeth yng Nghymru? Beth gall Llywodraeth Cymru ei wneud i gynorthwyo'r ymchwiliad i ymchwilio i'r rhan a chwaraeodd yr Athro Arthur Bloom a chanolfan hemoffilia Caerdydd o ran dod â phobl â hemoffilia i gysylltiad â HIV a hepatitis C? Roedd yr Athro Bloom yn ymwybodol iawn o risgiau rhoi ffactor halogedig. Dywedodd: 'Felly mae'n bwysig iawn canfod drwy gynnal astudiaethau ar fodau dynol i ba raddau mae heintusrwydd y gwahanol grynodiadau wedi gostwng. Y ffordd gliriaf o wneud hyn yw drwy roi'r crynodiadau hynny i gleifion sydd angen triniaeth sydd ddim wedi dod i gysylltiad yn flaenorol â chrynodiadau cronfa fawr.' Credir ei fod wedi arbrofi ar gleifion yn y ganolfan hemoffilia yng Nghaerdydd sydd heddiw'n dwyn ei enw. Ni ellir galw ar yr Athro Bloom i roi tystiolaeth, oherwydd bu farw yn 1992, ond a allwch ein sicrhau y bydd ei holl nodiadau a'i gofnodion o'r ganolfan ar gael i'r ymchwiliad? Diolch unwaith eto, Ysgrifennydd Cabinet. Rwy'n gwerthfawrogi popeth yr ydych yn ei wneud i sicrhau bod y dioddefwyr a'u teuluoedd yn cael yr atebion sydd eu angen arnynt a'r cyfiawnder y maent yn ei haeddu. Diolch.