English: Thank you for bringing forward a statement on the Bill today, Minister. The Welsh Conservatives will be supporting it. I know that it's very much looked forward to by the medical profession - it's a great step forward. I do want to just echo the comments made by the three Chairs who've spoken, as to why we've had to rush this at the last knockings and why it didn't come forward earlier on this year, given that you'd already made that intent and you'd implemented the future liabilities scheme. In terms of any commentary that I might wish to make on the Bill, I think I would like to reserve most of my commentary for, 'Have you made enough plans for the money?' I was actually, personally, very shocked during the evidence session to find out that, sometimes, a negligence claim can come forward 20 years after the event. So, it must be extremely difficult. I noted from your additional letter that you sent to the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee that you'd commissioned external financial advisers to undertake the financial due diligence and that you had been liaising with actuaries to try to predict it, and I wonder whether, perhaps, in your response you might just give a little bit more information about how confident you feel that this rough £100 million will be enough. Obviously, if we end up with fewer claims than that, then the Welsh Government's a winner. I do take on board your point that you will make sure that there's a transfer of assets that meets it, but because we don't know whether there could be some dreadful claims lurking out there that we're not going to know about for another five or 10 years, how confident do you feel that you've got the number about right when it comes to planning that future, going forward? I appreciate you can't give us that much of an update on the discussions with the Medical Defence Union, but, again, they're one of the biggest players, and I think that having them on board is absolutely key. If the Medical Defence Union are sitting in their offices watching this by any chance, I'd like to say to them, 'Please can you come to the table to make this happen?' I say to you, Welsh Government, 'Make it happen', because I do think it's vital for the workforce out there in primary care. It will help with every single thing that can help with the retention of workers in primary care - of GPs. It is absolutely vital, and this is a real tool that might persuade people to stay longer or to defray their expenses if they come back on a pro-tem basis to help out. I'd be very interested to know whether you think that there's going to be any issues with any cross-border effects because of this, because, obviously, we have a very porous border in some parts of Wales. I am pleased that you've come to an agreement with the Medical Protection Society. Finally, I would like to reiterate - I think they were comments that Dai Lloyd made - our view at the end of this report about the rising cost of clinical negligence. Every time there's a clinical negligence claim, the NHS has to pay it and it comes out of what we need to do - it comes out of beds, nurses, doctors and primary care. So, I would urge you to constantly give us updates and to, perhaps, once a year come back to just let us know about what you've been able to do to encourage the UK Government and all of the other Governments of the devolved nations to really come together to try to address the root cause of how eye-wateringly expensive some of these medical negligence claims are, because that's where the real difference, long term, will be made. Thank you.
Welsh: Diolch am gyflwyno datganiad ar y Bil heddiw, Gweinidog. Bydd y Ceidwadwyr Cymreig yn ei gefnogi. Gwn fod y proffesiwn meddygol yn edrych ymlaen yn fawr at hyn - mae'n gam mawr ymlaen. Rwy'n awyddus i ategu'r sylwadau a wnaed gan y tri chadeirydd sydd wedi siarad, a pham y bu'n rhaid i ni frysio hyn yn ystod y camau olaf a pham na chafodd ei gyflwyno'n gynharach eleni, o ystyried eich bod eisoes wedi bwriadu gwneud hynny a'ch bod wedi gweithredu'r cynllun rhwymedigaethau'r dyfodol. O ran unrhyw sylwebaeth yr hoffwn ei gwneud ynghylch y Bil, rwy'n credu y byddwn yn hoffi cadw'r rhan fwyaf o'm sylwebaeth ar gyfer, 'A ydych chi wedi gwneud digon o gynlluniau ar gyfer yr arian?' Roeddwn i mewn gwirionedd, yn bersonol, yn synnu'n fawr yn ystod y sesiwn dystiolaeth i ddarganfod y gall hawliad am esgeulustod, weithiau, gael ei gyflwyno 20 mlynedd ar ôl y digwyddiad. Felly, mae'n rhaid ei bod yn anodd iawn. Sylwais o'ch llythyr ychwanegol a anfonasoch at y Pwyllgor Iechyd, Gofal Cymdeithasol a Chwaraeon eich bod wedi comisiynu cynghorwyr ariannol allanol i ymgymryd â'r diwydrwydd dyladwy ariannol ac y buoch yn cysylltu ag actiwarïaid i geisio'i ragweld, a tybed, efallai, yn eich ymateb y gallech chi roi ychydig mwy o wybodaeth am ba mor ffyddiog ydych chi y bydd y £100 miliwn yn fras, yn ddigon. Yn amlwg, os bydd gennym ni lai o geisiadau na hynny, yna bydd Llywodraeth Cymru ar ei hennill. Rwy'n derbyn eich pwynt y byddwch yn sicrhau y caiff yr asedau i gyflawni hynny eu trosglwyddo, ond oherwydd nad ydym ni'n gwybod a oes rhai hawliadau ofnadwy yn llechu na fyddwn ni'n gwybod amdanyn nhw am bump neu 10 mlynedd arall, pa mor ffyddiog ydych chi fod eich swm yn gywir pan ddaw hi'n fater o gynllunio ar gyfer y dyfodol hwnnw? Rwy'n deall na allwch chi roi cymaint o wybodaeth i ni am y trafodaethau gyda'r Undeb Amddiffyn Meddygol, ond, unwaith eto, nhw yw un o'r elfennau mwyaf, ac rwy'n credu bod eu cynnwys yn gwbl allweddol. Os yw'r Undeb Amddiffyn Meddygol yn eistedd yn eu swyddfeydd yn digwydd bod yn gwylio hyn, hoffwn ddweud wrthyn nhw, 'A fyddech cystal â dod at y bwrdd i wneud i hyn ddigwydd?' Rwy'n dweud wrthych chi, Lywodraeth Cymru, 'Gwnewch i hyn ddigwydd', oherwydd rwyf yn credu ei fod yn hanfodol i'r gweithlu sydd yn y maes gofal sylfaenol. Bydd yn helpu gyda phopeth a all fod o gymorth i gadw gweithwyr mewn gofal sylfaenol - meddygon teulu. Mae'n gwbl hanfodol, ac mae hwn yn arf gwirioneddol a allai berswadio pobl i aros yn hwy neu i ad-dalu eu treuliau os deuant yn ôl yn y cyfamser i helpu. Byddai gennyf ddiddordeb mawr gwybod a ydych chi'n credu y bydd unrhyw broblemau o ran unrhyw effeithiau trawsffiniol oherwydd hyn, oherwydd, yn amlwg, mae llawer o fynd a dod dros y ffin mewn rhai rhannau o Gymru. Rwy'n falch eich bod wedi dod i gytundeb â'r Gymdeithas Diogelu Meddygol. Yn olaf, hoffwn ailadrodd - credaf eu bod yn sylwadau a wnaeth Dai Lloyd - ein barn ar ddiwedd yr adroddiad hwn am gost gynyddol esgeuluster clinigol. Bob tro y ceir hawliad am esgeuluster clinigol, mae'n rhaid i'r GIG ei dalu ac mae'n dod o'r hyn y mae angen inni ei wneud - daw o welyau, nyrsys, meddygon a gofal sylfaenol. Felly, byddwn yn eich annog i roi'r wybodaeth ddiweddaraf i ni yn gyson ac, efallai, unwaith y flwyddyn ichi ddychwelyd i roi gwybod i ni am yr hyn yr ydych chi wedi gallu ei wneud i annog Llywodraeth y DU a holl Lywodraethau eraill y gwledydd datganoledig i ddod at ei gilydd mewn gwirionedd i geisio mynd i'r afael â'r achos sylfaenol sy'n gwneud yr hawliadau esgeuluster meddygol hyn mor hynod o gostus, oherwydd dyna ble y gwneir y gwahaniaeth gwirioneddol, yn y tymor hir. Diolch.