English: Getting to grips with the health issues of our nation has to be a priority. I barely need to say that. We know that obesity and physical inactivity, which helps to create that obesity, is something that we can't afford to ignore at any level. There is a Public Health (Wales) Act 2017 that we now have that demands that a strategy is in place to tackle obesity. I was pleased to play my part, as the health spokesperson for Plaid Cymru at the time, to ensure that that amendment was added to the original draft Bill. But the challenge now is to ensure that a strategy is put in place that can genuinely change the culture, with new investment and introducing greater urgency in the Government's actions. Without a doubt, ensuring that steps are taken to encourage greater physical activity amongst children and young people has to be, I think, at the heart of that. Indeed, I was very pleased, as a member of the health committee at the time, that there was a consensus reached among the Members that this was an issue that deserved our attention, and this report that we're discussing today is the result of that, of course. It's a national issue. I'm sorry to say that it is a particularly serious problem in my constituency, where recent research by Public Health Wales showed that 13.5 per cent of children who are four and five years old in Anglesey are obese, as compared to 12 per cent across Wales. Over a quarter of children in Wales are considered to be overweight. And I was very pleased that the first witness who came before us as a committee as part of this inquiry was Ray Williams, a former physical trainer in the army, who won the Commonwealth Games gold for weightlifting, and who now, through his gym, which is a social enterprise in Holyhead, is trying to change attitudes towards health and fitness. I had a chat with Ray at the beginning of this week, and we both agreed that the report is very useful, but that the Government's response was very disappointing. We both have no doubt that one of the main things that needs to be done is to use the fact that we have children in school for a large proportion of their lives to drive a change in fitness levels. Personally, I would like to move towards something like an hour of physical activity every day for everyone, through a combination of activities within school hours and outside school hours. The committee received international evidence. Slovenia came to the fore as a nation that realised the health crisis facing them and transformed their attitude towards introducing physical activity into the lives of children and young people, and to do that on a national level. I'll quote from the report: 'The Slovenian Parliament has adopted a National Programme of Sport for 2014-2023 which proposes the following actions: to provide at least 180 min of high quality PE per week to every child, to provide free swimming and cycling lessons as a means of enhancing social competencies, and to ensuring leisure time for sporting activities.' It goes on to list some of the other steps. And yes, the time that is allocated for physical activity is important, and that's why I, like the Chair of the committee, am so disappointed to see the Government rejecting the committee's recommendation 8 to put that 120 minutes of physical activity, which is already recommended for schools, on a statutory footing. As I've already said, 120 minutes a week isn't ambitious enough in my view, and to reject even guaranteeing that is a major failure on the part of the Government to take this issue seriously enough. What's happening far too often, I know from experience with my own children and what we heard as a committee, is that the time for physical activity is used for other purposes. The purpose of recommendation 9 is to prevent that from happening, by getting Estyn to give greater priority to physical activity, to monitor and evaluate the physical activity that is being provided. Yes, the Government agrees on that issue of making it a priority, but they note, then, in their response to the committee that they don't of course agree that giving greater priority to physical activity should mean ensuring 120 minutes of activity a week. That, again, is extremely disappointing. To conclude, another issue I'm disappointed in is that the Government is rejecting recommendation 6 to introduce a programme of investment in schools that isn't part of the twenty-first century schools programme. They say in their response, as we heard from Helen Mary Jones, that it's an issue for local authorities. Of course, local authorities have seen their budgets being cut to the bone, but it's about investment in our children, in our future. The health of our nation won't come for free. Healthy body, healthy mind.
Welsh: Mae mynd i'r afael â phroblemau iechyd ein cenedl ni'n gorfod bod yn flaenoriaeth. Does prin angen dweud hynny. Dŷn ni'n gwybod bod gordewdra a diffyg gweithgarwch corfforol, sy'n helpu i greu'r gordewdra yna, yn rhywbeth na allwn ni fforddio ei anwybyddu ar unrhyw lefel. Mae yna Ddeddf Iechyd y Cyhoedd (Cymru) 2017 gennym ni bellach sy'n mynnu bod yna strategaeth mewn lle ar gyfer taclo gordewdra. Roeddwn i'n falch o gael chwarae fy rhan fel llefarydd iechyd Plaid Cymru ar y pryd mewn sicrhau bod y gwelliant hwnnw'n cael ei gynnwys i'r Bil drafft gwreiddiol. Ond yr her rŵan, wrth gwrs, ydy sicrhau bod strategaeth yn cael ei rhoi mewn lle all yn wirioneddol newid diwylliant at fuddsoddi o'r newydd ac at gyflwyno llawer mwy o frys neu urgency, felly, yng ngweithredoedd y Llywodraeth. A, heb os, mae sicrhau bod camau'n cael eu rhoi mewn lle i annog mwy o weithgarwch corfforol ymhlith plant a phobl ifanc yn gorfod bod, dwi'n meddwl, yn ganolog i hynny. Yn wir, roeddwn i'n hynod o falch fel aelod o'r pwyllgor iechyd ar y pryd, fod consensws wedi ei gyrraedd ymhlith yr Aelodau bod hwn yn faes oedd yn haeddu ein sylw ni, a'r adroddiad yma dŷn ni'n ei drafod y prynhawn yma ydy'r canlyniad, wrth gwrs. Mae'n broblem genedlaethol. Mae'n ddrwg gen i ddweud ei bod hi'n broblem arbennig o ddifrifol yn fy etholaeth i. Mi wnaeth ymchwil diweddar gan Iechyd Cyhoeddus Cymru ddangos bod 13.5 y cant o blant pedair a phump oed yn Ynys Môn yn ordew, a hynny o'i gymharu â 12 y cant drwy Gymru. Mi oedd dros chwarter plant Cymru, gyda llaw, yn cael eu hystyried i fod dros eu pwysau. Ac mi oeddwn i'n falch iawn mai'r tyst cyntaf ddaeth o'n blaenau ni fel pwyllgor fel rhan o'r ymchwiliad yma oedd Ray Williams, cyn-hyfforddwr corfforol yn y fyddin, enillydd medal aur y Gymanwlad am godi pwysau ac sydd rŵan drwy ei gampfa, sy'n fenter gymdeithasol hynod lwyddiannus yng Nghaergybi, yn trio mynd ati i newid agweddau tuag at iechyd a ffitrwydd. Mi ges i sgwrs efo Ray ddechrau'r wythnos yma ac mae'r ddau ohonom ni'n cytuno bod hwn yn adroddiad defnyddiol iawn, ond bod ymateb y Llywodraeth yn hynod, hynod o siomedig. Does gennym ni'n dau, yn sicr, ddim amheuaeth mai un o'r prif bethau sydd angen eu gwneud ydy defnyddio'r ffaith bod plant gennym ni yn yr ysgol am gyfran helaeth o'u bywydau nhw er mwyn gyrru newid mewn lefelau ffitrwydd ac iechyd. Yn bersonol, mi fuaswn i'n licio symud at rywbeth fel awr o weithgarwch corfforol bob dydd i bawb drwy gyfuniad o weithgaredd o fewn oriau ysgol, dywedwn ni, a thu allan i'r ysgol. Mi wnaeth y pwyllgor gasglu tystiolaeth ryngwladol. Mi ddaeth Slofenia i'r amlwg fel gwlad wnaeth sylweddoli'r argyfwng iechyd oedd yn eu hwynebu nhw a wnaeth drawsnewid eu hagwedd nhw tuag at gyflwyno gweithgarwch corfforol i fywydau plant a phobl ifanc, ac i wneud hynny'n genedlaethol. Fe wnaf i ddyfynnu o'r adroddiad: 'Mae Senedd Slofenia wedi mabwysiadu Rhaglen Chwaraeon Genedlaethol ar gyfer 2014-2023 sy'n cynnig y camau canlynol: darparu o leiaf 180 munud o AG o ansawdd da yr wythnos i bob plentyn, darparu gwersi nofio a beicio am ddim fel ffordd o wella cymwyseddau cymdeithasol, a sicrhau amser hamdden ar gyfer gweithgareddau chwaraeon.' Mae'n mynd ymlaen i restru rhai o'r camau eraill. Ac ydy, mae'r amser sy'n cael ei warantu ar gyfer gweithgarwch corfforol yn bwysig, a dyna pam rydw i, fel Cadeirydd y pwyllgor, mor siomedig i weld y Llywodraeth yn gwrthod argymhelliad y pwyllgor - argymhelliad 8 - i wneud y 120 o funudau o addysg gorfforol, sydd yn cael ei argymell yn barod ar gyfer ysgolion, yn statudol. Dydy 120 munud yr wythnos, fel dwi wedi dweud yn barod, ddim yn ddigon uchelgeisiol yn fy nhyb i, ac mae gwrthod hyd yn oed gwarantu hynny yn fethiant mawr, dwi'n meddwl, ar ran y Llywodraeth, i gymryd y mater yma ddigon o ddifri. A beth sy'n digwydd yn llawer rhy aml, dwi'n gwybod o brofiad fy mhlant fy hun a'r hyn a glywsom ni fel pwyllgor, ydy bod amser gweithgarwch corfforol yn cael ei ddefnyddio ar gyfer dibenion eraill. Diben argymhelliad 9, wedyn, mewn difri, ydy atal hynny rhag digwydd, drwy gael Estyn i roi mwy o flaenoriaeth i weithgarwch corfforol, i fesur ac i werthuso'r addysg gorfforol sy'n cael ei gynnig. Ydy, mae'r Llywodraeth yn cytuno ar y pwynt o'i wneud o'n flaenoriaeth, ond maen nhw'n gwneud nodyn, wedyn, yn eu hymateb i'r pwyllgor yn dweud nad ydyn nhw wrth gwrs yn cytuno y dylai rhoi mwy o flaenoriaeth i weithgarwch corfforol olygu sicrhau 120 munud o weithgarwch yr wythnos. Mae hynny eto yn hynod, hynod siomedig. I gloi, mater arall dwi'n siomedig ynddo fo ydy bod y Llywodraeth yn gwrthod argymhelliad 6 i gyflwyno rhaglen o fuddsoddiad mewn ysgol sydd ddim yn rhan o raglen ysgolion yr unfed ganrif ar hugain. Dweud maen nhw, yn eu hymateb, fel clywsom ni gan Helen Mary Jones, ydy mai mater i awdurdodau lleol ydy hyn. Wrth gwrs, mae awdurdodau lleol wedi gweld eu cyllid nhw yn cael ei dorri yn arw, ond buddsoddiad ydy hyn, yn ein plant, yn ein dyfodol. Ddaw iechyd ein cenedl ni ddim am ddim, ac ar ddiwedd y dydd, corff iach, meddwl iach.