English: Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer. I'd like to thank Plaid Cymru for tabling this debate. UKIP fully supports this proposal, but the question that I asked the last time this idea was discussed in this place still stands. Do we not think that more needs to be done to improve and promote the life offer available to professionals in order to have them come to north Wales or not to leave in the first place? We undoubtedly have a recruitment problem in Wales. Whilst a medical school in Wales may result in a number of medical graduates remaining in Wales - hopefully, they'll realise what a wonderful place it is to live and work and remain here - it isn't a cure-all. I would also like to add that a medical school in north Wales also has a greater chance of attracting and retaining Welsh speakers. So, I am fully in support of the proposal. But qualified doctors can pretty much choose anywhere in the world to live and work. So, the fact that they moved a couple of hundred miles down the road to train isn't going to be a deal-breaker when deciding whether or not to return to their roots. Labour's amendment shows that they're trying to deny there's a problem. It is because of Labour's refusal to accept the problems they have not fixed that the Welsh NHS is in the desperate state it is today. Labour make such a play of claiming to be the sole guardians of the NHS, but, for electoral reasons, they cannot admit that, after years of being in charge, they still haven't got it right. We need to be selling the lifestyle on offer here. Wales is a beautiful and peaceful place to live, you get more bang for your buck property wise, and commuting distances between your own little piece of heaven and work can be as long or short as you like. I'm sure, between us, we could come up with an extensive list of reasons why it's such a great place to live and work. But even if we can sell Wales as a desirable place to work and show off the beauty of north Wales, if you have a family and hold education in as high a regard as a medical graduate clearly does, would you want your children thrown onto the lottery that is the Welsh school system, undoubtedly the result of the Government's failures? Something must be done. Although I'm not convinced that a medical school in north Wales will solve the recruitment and retention problems, I support a plan like this that increases jobs and employment possibilities in north Wales, which the opening of such a facility would undoubtedly do. The medical school would also increase the number of training places on offer nationally. I therefore support Plaid's motion and would urge the other Members of this Assembly to support it also. Thank you.
Welsh: Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. Hoffwn ddiolch i Blaid Cymru am gyflwyno'r ddadl hon. Mae UKIP yn llwyr gefnogi'r cynnig hwn, ond mae'r cwestiwn a ofynnais y tro diwethaf y trafodwyd y syniad hwn yn y lle hwn yn dal i sefyll. Onid ydym yn meddwl bod angen gwneud mwy i wella a hyrwyddo'r cynnig bywyd sydd ar gael i weithwyr proffesiynol er mwyn eu cael i ddod i ogledd Cymru neu i beidio â gadael yn y lle cyntaf? Yn bendant mae gennym broblem recriwtio yng Nghymru. Er y gallai ysgol feddygol yng Nghymru arwain at nifer o raddedigion meddygol yn aros yng Nghymru - gobeithio y byddant yn sylweddoli lle mor wych ydyw i fyw a gweithio ac aros ynddo - nid yw'n ateb i bob dim. Hoffwn ychwanegu hefyd fod gan ysgol feddygol yng ngogledd Cymru fwy o obaith o ddenu a chadw siaradwyr Cymraeg. Felly, rwy'n llwyr o blaid y cynnig. Ond gall meddygon cymwys ddewis byw a gweithio yn unrhyw ran o'r byd fwy neu lai. Felly, nid yw'r ffaith eu bod wedi symud ychydig gannoedd o filltiroedd i lawr y ffordd i hyfforddi yn mynd i wneud gwahaniaeth wrth benderfynu a ydynt yn mynd i ddychwelyd at eu gwreiddiau ai peidio. Mae gwelliant Llafur yn dangos eu bod yn ceisio gwadu bod yna broblem. Mae GIG Cymru yn y cyflwr anobeithiol y mae ynddo heddiw oherwydd gwrthodiad Llafur i dderbyn y problemau nad ydynt wedi'u datrys. Mae Llafur yn gwneud cymaint o ddrama o hawlio mai hwy yw unig warcheidwaid y GIG, ond am resymau etholiadol, ni allant gyfaddef eu bod, ar ôl blynyddoedd o fod mewn grym, yn dal i fod heb ei gael yn gywir. Mae angen i ni werthu'r ffordd o fyw sydd i'w chael yma. Mae Cymru'n lle prydferth a heddychlon i fyw ynddo, fe gewch fwy o werth am eich arian o ran eiddo, a gall cymudo'r pellter rhwng eich darn bach eich hun o'r nef a'r gwaith fod mor hir neu fyr ag y dymunwch. Rhyngom, rwy'n siŵr y gallem greu rhestr hir o resymau pam y mae'n lle mor wych i fyw a gweithio ynddo. Ond hyd yn oed os gallwn werthu Cymru fel lle dymunol i weithio ac arddangos harddwch gogledd Cymru, os oes gennych deulu a'ch bod yn rhoi cymaint o bwys ar addysg ag y mae rhywun sydd â gradd feddygol yn amlwg yn ei wneud, a fyddech eisiau i'ch plant gael eu taflu ar drugaredd loteri system ysgolion Cymru, sy'n bendant yn ganlyniad methiannau'r Llywodraeth? Rhaid gwneud rhywbeth. Er nad wyf yn argyhoeddedig y bydd ysgol feddygol yng ngogledd Cymru yn datrys y problemau recriwtio a chadw staff, rwy'n cefnogi cynllun fel hwn sy'n cynyddu posibiliadau o ran swyddi a chyflogaeth yng ngogledd Cymru, a byddai agor cyfleuster o'r fath yn gwneud hynny, yn ddi-os. Byddai'r ysgol feddygol hefyd yn cynyddu nifer y lleoedd hyfforddi a fyddai ar gael yn genedlaethol. Felly, rwy'n cefnogi cynnig Plaid Cymru a byddwn yn annog Aelodau eraill y Cynulliad hwn i'w gefnogi hefyd. Diolch.