English: I thank you for raising that particular issue, and I know that a survey by Help the Aged, as they were when they undertook the survey - now Age UK - found that more than half of older people found a lack of public toilets prevented them from going out as often as they would like, and that very much reflects the kind of story you've told us now about one of your constituents as well. I've met with Crohn's and Colitis UK and they've said very much a similar kind of thing, that a fear of going out and not knowing whether they would be able to go to the toilet does hamper people's well-being in terms of being able to access everything that the community is able to offer them. I do hope that this Bill will mean that requiring local authorities to have a local toilet strategy in place will mean better planning at a local level, in order to make sure that facilities do meet the needs of communities. Accessible, clean toilets that are well located in places like parks, promenades, cycle tracks and walking routes will help encourage people to take more active travel, and take more active routes as well, and I think this is all part of the wider public health picture. In developing their strategies, there is the aim that local authorities will consider the wide range of facilities that are available, both in the public sector - so, public libraries, community and town halls, sport centres, theatres and museums, which perhaps people wouldn't feel so concerned about going into - but also private sector buildings - those private businesses currently captured under the public facilities grant scheme, for example - when developing their strategy. Because although public toilets are often seen within that context of those standalone public toilets that are maintained by local authorities, the resources out there are much wider. But, I do understand people's reticence to perhaps use public toilets that they feel that they're not entitled to use. So, as part of the delivery of the Bill, we would look to do an advertising public awareness campaign, so that people are more aware of the toilets they can use in the locality, and perhaps that might break down some people's reticence to use the toilets that are there in the community as well.
Welsh: Diolch i chi am godi'r mater penodol hynny, ac rwy'n gwybod bod arolwg gan Help the Aged, fel yr oedden nhw pan gynhaliwyd yr arolwg - Age UK erbyn hyn - wedi canfod bod mwy na hanner y bobl hŷn yn teimlo bod diffyg toiledau cyhoeddus yn eu hatal rhag mynd allan mor aml ag y bydden nhw'n dymuno, ac mae hynny'n adlewyrchu i raddau helaeth y math o stori a ddywedasoch chi wrthym gynnau am un o'ch etholwyr chithau hefyd. Rwyf wedi cwrdd â Crohn's and Colitis UK ac maen nhw wedi dweud rhywbeth tebyg iawn, bod ofn mynd allan heb wybod a fydden nhw'n gallu mynd i'r toiled yn llesteirio lles pobl o ran gallu cael gafael ar bopeth y gall y gymuned ei gynnig iddynt. Rwyf yn gobeithio y bydd y Bil hwn yn golygu y bydd ei gwneud yn ofynnol i awdurdodau lleol fod â strategaeth toiledau leol ar waith yn golygu gwell cynllunio ar lefel leol, er mwyn gwneud yn siŵr bod y cyfleusterau yn diwallu anghenion cymunedau. Bydd toiledau hygyrch, glân sydd wedi eu lleoli yn dda mewn mannau fel parciau, promenadau, llwybrau beicio, a llwybrau cerdded yn helpu i annog pobl i deithio yn fwy egnïol, a defnyddio llwybrau mwy egnïol hefyd, ac rwy'n credu bod hyn i gyd yn rhan o'r darlun iechyd cyhoeddus ehangach. Wrth ddatblygu eu strategaethau, ceir y nod y bydd awdurdodau lleol yn ystyried yr ystod eang o gyfleusterau sydd ar gael, yn y sector cyhoeddus-llyfrgelloedd cyhoeddus, neuaddau cymuned a thref, canolfannau chwaraeon, theatrau ac amgueddfeydd felly, na fyddai pobl efallai yn teimlo mor bryderus o fynd i mewn iddyn nhw-ond hefyd adeiladau y sector preifat-y busnesau preifat hynny sydd wedi eu cynnwys ar hyn o bryd o dan y cynllun grant cyfleusterau cyhoeddus, er enghraifft-wrth ddatblygu eu strategaeth. Oherwydd, er yr ystyrir toiledau cyhoeddus yn aml o fewn cyd-destun y toiledau cyhoeddus ar wahân hynny a gynhelir gan awdurdodau lleol, mae'r adnoddau sydd ar gael yn llawer ehangach. Ond, rwyf yn deall amharodrwydd pobl efallai i ddefnyddio toiledau cyhoeddus y maen nhw'n teimlo nad oes ganddyn nhw hawl i'w defnyddio. Felly, yn rhan o gyflwyno'r Bil, byddem yn bwriadu cynnal ymgyrch hysbysebu codi ymwybyddiaeth gyhoeddus, fel bod pobl yn fwy ymwybodol o'r toiledau y cânt eu defnyddio yn yr ardal, ac efallai a allai leihau amharodrwydd rhai pobl i ddefnyddio'r toiledau sydd ar gael yn y gymuned yn ogystal.