English: It's a pleasure to participate in this debate. I might as well say also that, when I was younger, I too was a county councillor in Swansea, and it was a pleasant experience, I have to say, over a number of years. I learnt a lot and, specifically, I learnt the importance of social services. Because, at heart, without social care and services, the health service would fail. So, I'm going to focus on that in my contribution now with regard to the importance of social services. I've said many times in the Chamber that the number of older people in the population is increasing. That's a positive sign of the success of our care services and healthcare services. In 1950, only 250 people in the UK were 100 years of age. Two years ago, there were 13,700 people in the UK 100 years and over. The figures have increased significantly. Of course, as doctors, we do have to keep people at home in their own homes now, whereas 10 or 20 years ago we would have sent those people to hospital because they were so vulnerable. But, of course, the number of beds has decreased and, of course, we're in the situation where we have to keep people at home now. Sometimes they live alone and are entirely dependent on those people who come around to care for them. The entire system, therefore, depends on social care. Also, people are more vulnerable very often, and they have conditions that are far more complex now than they did back in the day. People who have different tubes and wires attached to them are cared for at home as well by social care workers these days. So, there is a significant challenge facing those who do provide that care. Now, the social care services do care for all sorts of different issues with regard to childcare and safeguarding and so on, and with regard to mental health services, but I will focus on carers, because that's the system that we have that ensures that our health service can run as smoothly as it does. But, with regard to how we think about care, I've said before in this Chamber that I think, over the years, we've tended to downgrade that principle of caring for another person. Back in the day, before perhaps we had a health service, we did care very well for people. Our nurses cared very well and there were quality carers caring very well. But, over the years, as medicine has become more technical, that element of care has been downgraded. We tend to forget about it; we tend to devolve care to those people who perhaps haven't received the kind of training that we would like to see them receive, and they don't receive the wages that they deserve, and they have to live, as we've already heard, on zero-hours contracts. Now, it's part of societal attitudes towards this entire principle of caring for another person. As a society, we tend to downgrade that. Mike.
Welsh: Mae'n bleser i gyfranogi yn y ddadl yma. Man a man i mi ddweud hefyd, pan oeddwn i'n iau, roeddwn innau hefyd yn gynghorydd sir yn Abertawe, ac roedd o'n brofiad eithaf melys, mae'n rhaid i mi ddweud dros nifer o flynyddoedd. Gwnes i ddysgu llawer, ac, yn benodol, felly, pwysigrwydd gwasanaethau cymdeithasol. Achos, yn y bôn, heb ofal cymdeithasol, byddai'r gwasanaeth iechyd yn mynd i'r wal. Felly, rydw i'n mynd i ganolbwyntio ar hynny yn fy nghyfraniad i rŵan yn nhermau pwysigrwydd y gwasanaethau cymdeithasol. Rwyf wedi dweud wrthych chi o'r blaen yn y Siambr yma fod nifer ein henoed ni yn cynyddu'n ddirfawr. Mae hynny yn agwedd bositif o lwyddiant ein systemau gofal ni a systemau gwasanaethau iechyd. Ym 1950, dim ond 250 o bobl oedd ym Mhrydain a oedd yn 100 mlwydd oed. Ddwy flynedd yn ôl, roedd 13,700 o bobl ym Mhrydain yn 100 mlwydd oed. Mae'r ffigurau wedi codi yn sylweddol. Wrth gwrs, fel meddygon, rydym ni'n gorfod cadw pobl adref yn eu cartrefi eu hunain rŵan, lle y byddem ni, dyweder 10 neu 20 mlynedd yn ôl, wedi danfon y bobl yna i mewn i'r ysbyty gan mor fregus oedd eu hiechyd. Ond, wrth gwrs, mae'r gwelyau wedi mynd i lawr yn eu niferoedd ac, wrth gwrs, rydym ni yn y sefyllfa lle mae'n rhaid i ni gadw pobl adref rŵan. Weithiau maen nhw'n byw ar eu pen eu hunain ac yn gyfan gwbl ddibynnol ar y sawl sy'n dod rownd i ofalu amdanyn nhw. Mae'r holl system, felly, yn dibynnu ar ofal cymdeithasol. Hefyd, mae pobl yn fwy bregus yn aml, a hefyd mae ganddyn nhw afiechydon llawer mwy cymhleth nawr nag oedd ganddyn nhw nôl yn y dydd. Mae pobl efo gwahanol diwbiau a gwifrau ac ati ynghlwm ynddyn nhw hefyd yn cael gofal adref gan ofalwyr cymdeithasol y dyddiau yma. Felly, mae yna her sylweddol o flaen y sawl sydd yn darparu'r gofal hwnnw. Wrth gwrs, mae'r gwasanaethau cymdeithasol yn edrych ar ôl pob math o broblemau eraill, megis diogelu plant, wrth gwrs, a hefyd systemau iechyd meddwl. Ond rwy'n mynd i ganolbwyntio ar y gofalwyr achos dyna'r system sydd gyda ni sydd yn gwneud yn siŵr bod ein gwasanaeth iechyd ni yn gallu rhedeg mor eithriadol a chystal ag y mae fe. Ond, yn nhermau sut rydym ni'n meddwl am ofal, rwyf wedi dweud wrthych chi o'r blaen hefyd yn y Siambr yma, rwy'n credu dros y blynyddoedd rydym ni wedi tueddu i israddio yr egwyddor o ofalu am berson arall. Nôl yn y dydd, cyn efallai i ni gael gwasanaeth iechyd, roeddem ni yn gofalu yn dda iawn am bobl. Roedd ein nyrsys ni yn carco yn fendigedig ac roedd gofalwyr o safon ac ati yn gofalu yn dda iawn. Ond, dros y blynyddoedd, fel mae meddygaeth wedi mynd yn fwy technegol, mae'r elfen o ofal wedi cael ei israddio. Rydym ni'n tueddu i anghofio amdano ac rydym yn tueddu i ddatganoli gofal i bobl sydd ddim wedi derbyn y math o hyfforddiant y buaswn i'n licio eu gweld nhw'n ei dderbyn, ac nid ydyn nhw'n derbyn y cyflog y dylen nhw ei dderbyn a hefyd maen nhw'n gorfod byw, fel yr ydym ni wedi'i glywed eisoes, ar gytundebau dim oriau. Rhan o agwedd cymdeithas tuag at yr holl egwyddor o ofalu am berson arall ydy hynny. Fel cymdeithas, rydym ni wedi tueddu i israddio hynny. Mike.