English: Thank you, Presiding Officer, although I don't know why I should thank you in some ways because this Bill makes me despair. It is here that we have yet another example of Welsh Government rushing through shoddily constructed legislation in pursuit of a policy objective that none would argue with. Indeed, the Welsh Conservatives had a commitment to enacting measures in our last manifesto to tackle the prevalence of inappropriate alcohol use. However, during all the committee phases and Stage 3, you have failed to impress, Cabinet Secretary, with your reasoning for refusing to ensure that there is greater clarity of, and clear measurement within, this Bill. You have refused to put the minimum unit price on the face of the Bill. There's no statutory starting point, and therefore the Bill can be seen as an incomplete piece of legislation. It leaves manufacturers in limbo, business in a quandary and does nothing to reassure ordinary people that you are not intending to be punitive, with devastating results for those on low incomes who have every right to enjoy alcohol as much as those whose wallets will feel less of an impact. During evidence gathering in the Scottish Parliament's deliberations, strong evidence was heard that poorer drinkers will be affected disproportionately by minimum unit pricing, and concerns were raised in our evidence sessions along the same lines. Whilst on the subject of the Bill in Scotland, it does seem extraordinary to me that you were prepared to wait and see how the judicial challenge would pan out but you are not prepared to wait and learn from Scotland's experience with implementation of this novel legislation. That surely would have been helpful, given the raft of unintended consequences that could flow from this Bill, such as the issues of cross-border trade. Unlike Scotland, in Wales, our border with England is porous, is long and densely populated, with high levels of cross-border traffic, but these concerns were brushed aside. I also remain unconvinced that the potential for unlicensed, smuggled and counterfeit alcohol was properly explored. But my biggest concern is that you could be replacing one addiction with another. A number of charities, including some working with the homeless, and others working with alcoholism and substance abuse, have highlighted the dangers of minimum unit pricing as a blunt, punitive instrument. There's a lot of talk about evidence in relation to this legislation, but little evidence to suggest that these concerns have been allayed or even properly examined. Indeed, the health committee heard evidence from users of an alcohol recovery centre who said that higher prices could push drinkers towards other, more harmful substances. Additionally, the Huggard Centre, a Cardiff-based homeless charity that many of you will be aware of, warned that raising price alone for legal drugs such as alcohol may simply change one addiction for another and condemn people to a more entrenched and desperate life on the streets - their words, not mine. Consider, last week, the images we saw of young people on the drug Spice, which can be bought now for small change. How can we be convinced that putting up alcohol prices won't simply push more of the poorest in society towards substances like Spice? The Welsh Conservatives are deeply sceptical that current drug and alcohol rehabilitation services will be enough to help those affected. Addiction is a mental illness, and we all know the issues that exist with the provision of mental health services. With north Wales losing the last of their residential detoxification beds and the third sector highlighting cuts to service provision elsewhere, additional support services do not look likely, and we would like to have your reassurance again that you will provide those. In short, Cabinet Secretary, this is a sound policy objective, but I would never have brought such a poor quality Bill to the floor of this Chamber. It is simply not joined up, and the only thing - the only thing - that has rescued this Bill from an abstention by the Welsh Conservatives is the sunset clause, but even there, Cabinet Secretary, I issue a warning: you have rejected call after call by members of the opposition for rigorous monitoring of the effects of the Bill on areas ranging from the Bill's impact on addiction support services, on age groups, to the effect on those with small incomes. Nor are there commitments to measure the effects on domestic violence, on substitution, on alcohol-related hospital admissions, to name just a few of the consequences that we, the Welsh Conservatives, have raised at every stage of this Bill's passage. But this sunset clause will be reviewed and voted on in the future by the Assembly of that day, and that Assembly, those Members, will judge you harshly if you do not collect credible, consistent, outcome-focused evidence that would enable proper scrutiny and sound judgment when reviewing the Public Health (Minimum Price for Alcohol) (Wales) Bill.
Welsh: Diolch i chi, Llywydd, er nad wyf yn gwybod pam y dylwn ddiolch ychwaith oherwydd mae'r Bil hwn yn gwneud i mi anobeithio. Yma cawn enghraifft arall o Lywodraeth Cymru yn rhuthro drwy ddeddfwriaeth wedi ei llunio'n wael er mwyn cyflawni amcan polisi Llywodraeth Cymru na fyddai neb yn dadlau yn ei gylch. Yn wir, roedd y Ceidwadwyr Cymreig wedi ymrwymo i basio Mesurau yn ein maniffesto diwethaf i fynd i'r afael â'r achosion cyffredin o ddefnyddio alcohol yn amhriodol. Fodd bynnag, yn ystod yr holl gamau pwyllgor a Chyfnod 3, rydych chi wedi methu â chreu argraff dda, Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet, gyda'ch rhesymeg dros wrthod sicrhau y ceir mwy o eglurder o ran y Bil, a mesuro clir o fewn y Bil hwn. Rydych chi wedi gwrthod rhoi lleiafswm pris yr uned ar wyneb y Bil. Nid oes man cychwyn statudol, ac felly gellir ystyried y Bil yn ddarn anghyflawn o ddeddfwriaeth. Mae'n gadael gweithgynhyrchwyr ar goll, busnes mewn penbleth ac nid yw'n gwneud dim i dawelu meddyliau pobl gyffredin nad ydych yn dymuno eu cosbi, gyda chanlyniadau dinistriol i'r rhai ar incwm isel sydd â phob hawl i fwynhau alcohol gymaint â'r rhai y bydd yn teimlo llai o effaith ar eu waledi. Yn ystod trafodaethau Senedd yr Alban pryd y casglwyd tystiolaeth, clywyd tystiolaeth gref y bydd yfwyr tlotach yn cael eu heffeithio'n anghymesur gan isafswm pris fesul uned, a mynegwyd pryderon yn ein sesiynau tystiolaeth ninnau i'r un perwyl. Gan aros gyda'r Bil yn yr Alban, mae'n ymddangos yn rhyfeddol i mi eich bod yn fodlon aros i weld sut y byddai'r her farnwrol yn datblygu ond nad ydych yn fodlon aros a dysgu o brofiad yr Alban wrth weithredu'r ddeddfwriaeth newydd hon. Byddai hynny yn sicr wedi bod yn ddefnyddiol, o ystyried y llu o ganlyniadau anfwriadol a allai ddeillio o'r Bil hwn, megis materion masnach traws-ffiniol. Yn wahanol i'r Alban, yng Nghymru mae ein ffin ni â Lloegr yn fandyllog, yn hir ac yn drwchus ei phoblogaeth, gyda lefelau uchel o draffig trawsffiniol, ond gwthiwyd y pryderon hyn o'r neilltu. Hefyd rwyf yn dal heb gael fy argyhoeddi bod y potensial i alcohol ffug a heb ei drwyddedu gael ei smyglo wedi ei archwilio'n iawn. Ond fy mhryder mwyaf yw y gallech fod yn newid un ddibyniaeth am un arall. Mae nifer o elusennau, gan gynnwys y rhai sy'n gweithio gyda'r digartref, ac eraill sy'n gweithio gydag alcoholiaeth a cham-ddefnyddio sylweddau, wedi amlygu peryglon defnyddio isafswm pris fesul uned fel erfyn di-awch i gosbi. Mae llawer o sôn am dystiolaeth ynghylch y ddeddfwriaeth hon, ond ychydig o dystiolaeth i awgrymu bod y pryderon hyn wedi'u lleddfu neu wedi eu harchwilio'n briodol hyd yn oed. Yn wir, clywodd y Pwyllgor Iechyd dystiolaeth gan ddefnyddwyr canolfan adfer ar gyfer alcohol a ddywedodd y gallai prisiau uwch wthio yfwyr tuag at sylweddau eraill, mwy niweidiol. Yn ogystal â hyn, rhybuddiodd Canolfan Huggard, elusen digartrefedd wedi ei lleoli yng Nghaerdydd ac sy'n adnabyddus i lawer ohonoch, na fyddai codi pris cyffuriau cyfreithiol fel alcohol yn unig ddim ond yn newid un ddibyniaeth am un arall a chondemnio pobl i fywyd anobeithiol a di-syfl ar y stryd - eu geiriau hwy, nid fy rhai i. Ystyriwch yr wythnos diwethaf, gwelsom luniau o effaith y cyffur Spice ar bobl ifanc, cyffur y gellir ei brynu bellach â newid mân. Sut y gellir ein hargyhoeddi na fyddai codi prisiau alcohol yn gwthio'r bobl dlotaf mewn cymdeithas tuag at sylweddau fel Spice? Mae'r Ceidwadwyr Cymreig yn dra amheus y bydd y gwasanaethau adsefydlu cyffuriau ac alcohol presennol yn ddigon i helpu'r rhai sydd wedi eu heffeithio. Mae dibyniaeth yn salwch meddwl, a gwyddom i gyd am y problemau ynghylch darparu gwasanaethau iechyd meddwl. Gyda'r gogledd yn colli yr olaf o'u gwelyau dadwenwyno preswyl, a'r trydydd sector yn amlygu toriadau i'r ddarpariaeth o wasanaethau mewn mannau eraill, nid yw hi'n edrych yn debygol y ceir gwasanaethau cymorth ychwanegol, ac fe hoffem i chi ein sicrhau unwaith eto y byddwch chi yn eu darparu. Yn fyr, Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet, mae hwn yn amcan polisi cadarn, ond ni fyddwn i erioed wedi cyflwyno Bil o ansawdd mor wael â hwn i lawr y Siambr. Nid yw wedi ei saernio'n iawn, a'r unig beth - yr unig beth - sydd wedi achub y Bil hwn rhag ymataliad gan y Ceidwadwyr Cymreig yw'r cymal machlud, ond gyda hwnnw yn oed, Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet, rwy'n rhybuddio; rydych chi wedi gwrthod galwad ar ôl galwad gan aelodau o'r wrthblaid am fonitro trylwyr o effeithiau'r Bil ar feysydd yn amrywio o effaith y Bil ar wasanaethau cymorth ar gyfer dibyniaeth, ar grwpiau oedran, i'r effaith ar y rhai sydd ar incwm isel. Nid oes ychwaith ymrwymiadau i fesur yr effeithiau ar drais domestig, ar therapi amnewid ar y nifer o dderbyniadau i'r ysbyty sy'n gysylltiedig ag alcohol, i enwi dim ond rhai o'r canlyniadau a nodwyd gennym ni, y Ceidwadwyr Cymreig, ar bob cam o hynt y Bil hwn. Ond bydd y cymal machlud hwn yn cael eu ei adolygu a phleidleisir arno yn y dyfodol gan Gynulliad yr adeg honno, a bydd y Cynulliad hwnnw, yr Aelodau hynny, yn eich beirniadu'n llym os na fyddwch yn casglu tystiolaeth gredadwy a chyson, sy'n canolbwyntio ar ganlyniadau a fyddai'n caniatâu craffu priodol a barn gadarn wrth adolygu Bil Iechyd y Cyhoedd (Isafbris Alcohol) (Cymru).