English: I'm grateful to you, Minister, for the statement and your answers this afternoon, which I think have set a lot of minds at rest. In answer to a question from Russell George at the beginning of the session, you said that it wasn't the time to discuss dismantling our regulations, if you like, when you're at the centre of a storm. I would argue that that is exactly the right time to discuss the way forward, as it happens, because when we're seeking to persuade a population to abide by particular regulations, I think we have to be able to draw a route-map for people as we go through this storm, as we go through these regulations. I think the points about a route-map were well made by the leader of the opposition, actually, earlier this afternoon as well. So, I'd like to understand from the Government where you see this going at the moment. Now, I'm not asking you to make predictions, but I'm asking you to be a little bit more clear, if you like. What metrics are the Government using in order to inform its decisions? It appears to be hospitalisations rather than infection levels. Infection levels are very, very high, and so have positivity rates been. But we haven't seen changes to regulations as a consequence of that. So, I assume we're looking at hospitalisations as a consequence. Is that the case? At which point would a particular number of people being hospitalised trigger additional regulations, or reductions in hospitalisations trigger a reduction in regulations? I think it would be useful for us to understand the Government's thinking on that. The final point, Presiding Officer, I'd like to make, is on the role of the COVID passes in terms of reducing the regulations we have at the moment. Like others, I would like to see a far greater number of freedoms in terms of outdoor activities, and I have to say I'm not overly convinced by some of the Government's arguments on some of the outdoor activities. I'm not sure the Government has made its case on that. But certainly, in terms of enabling people to meet and to attend events and activities, the COVID pass was before Christmas, in the autumn, when we had our debates on this, the means of enabling people to do that with a level of safety. I agree with that argument. I think the COVID pass was a good measure in order to promote and to ensure public safety whilst enabling people to enjoy a level of freedom, and I would like to see the COVID pass being used as part of a step-down from regulations where we are today, in order to ensure that the maximum number of people can enjoy the maximum amount of freedom, commensurate with the overriding requirement to maintain a priority of public health. Thank you.
Welsh: Rwy'n ddiolchgar i chi, Gweinidog, am y datganiad a'ch atebion y prynhawn yma, sydd, yn fy marn i, wedi tawelu llawer o feddyliau. Wrth ateb cwestiwn gan Russell George ar ddechrau'r sesiwn, fe wnaethoch chi ddweud nad dyma'r amser i drafod datgymalu ein rheoliadau, os hoffech chi, pan fyddwch yn llygad y storm. Byddwn i'n dadlau mai dyna'r union amser cywir i drafod y ffordd ymlaen, fel mae'n digwydd, oherwydd pan fyddwn ni'n ceisio dwyn perswâd poblogaeth i gadw at reoliadau penodol, rwy'n credu bod yn rhaid i ni allu llunio map llwybr i bobl wrth i ni fynd drwy'r storm hon, wrth i ni fynd drwy'r rheoliadau hyn. Rwy'n credu bod y pwyntiau am fap llwybr wedi'u gwneud yn dda gan arweinydd yr wrthblaid, mewn gwirionedd, yn gynharach y prynhawn yma hefyd. Felly, hoffwn ddeall gan y Llywodraeth lle'r ydych chi'n gweld hyn yn mynd ar hyn o bryd. Nawr, nid wyf yn gofyn i chi wneud rhagfynegiadau, ond rwy'n gofyn i chi fod ychydig yn fwy clir, os mynnwch chi. Pa fetrigau mae'r Llywodraeth yn eu defnyddio er mwyn llywio ei phenderfyniadau? Mae'n ymddangos mai nifer o dderbyniadau i'r ysbyty yn hytrach na lefelau heintiau yw hynny. Mae lefelau heintiau yn uchel iawn, iawn, ac felly hefyd cyfraddau positif. Ond nid ydym wedi gweld newidiadau i reoliadau o ganlyniad i hynny. Felly, rwy'n cymryd ein bod yn edrych ar nifer y derbyniadau i'r ysbyty o ganlyniad i hynny. Ydy hynny'n wir? Pryd fyddai nifer penodol y bobl sy'n cael eu derbyn i'r ysbyty yn sbarduno rheoliadau ychwanegol, neu ostyngiadau mewn derbyniadau i ysbytai yn arwain at ostyngiad mewn rheoliadau? Rwy'n credu y byddai'n ddefnyddiol i ni ddeall meddylfryd y Llywodraeth ar hynny. Mae'r pwynt olaf, Llywydd, yr hoffwn i ei wneud, ar rôl y pasys COVID o ran lleihau'r rheoliadau sydd gennym ar hyn o bryd. Fel eraill, hoffwn i weld llawer mwy o ryddid o ran gweithgareddau awyr agored, a rhaid i mi ddweud nad wyf wedi fy argyhoeddi'n ormodol gan rai o ddadleuon y Llywodraeth ar rai o'r gweithgareddau awyr agored. Nid wyf yn siŵr a yw'r Llywodraeth wedi cyflwyno ei hachos ar hynny. Ond yn sicr, o ran galluogi pobl i gyfarfod a mynychu digwyddiadau a gweithgareddau, y pàs COVID cyn y Nadolig, yn yr hydref, pan gawsom ni ein dadleuon ar hyn, oedd y modd o alluogi pobl i wneud hynny gyda lefel o ddiogelwch. Rwy'n cytuno â'r ddadl honno. Rwy'n credu bod y pàs COVID yn fesur da er mwyn hyrwyddo a sicrhau diogelwch y cyhoedd gan hefyd alluogi pobl i fwynhau lefel o ryddid, a hoffwn i weld y pàs COVID yn cael ei ddefnyddio fel rhan o gam i lawr o reoliadau lle'r ydym ni heddiw, er mwyn sicrhau bod y nifer fwyaf o bobl yn gallu mwynhau'r rhyddid mwyaf, yn gymesur â'r gofyniad pennaf i gynnal blaenoriaeth iechyd y cyhoedd. Diolch.