English: I thank the Member for that contribution. At this point, can I pay tribute to Lynne Kelly and Haemophilia Wales for the work that they've done, not only to highlight the issue and the need for a public inquiry, but also for the work they've undertaken to try to achieve fair payments for those who have suffered, and for their families? We know that the consultation about the money payments in Wales is only just concluding, and that the health Minister will be making a decision about what those payments are. We know that the families are unhappy about the English scheme, and tend to feel that they've been thrown crumbs from the table. The reason that people affected by this scandal, led by Haemophilia Wales, feel that they now need a public inquiry is simple: it is a quest for the truth. They've been on a long journey, from individuals and their families first being told that they'd been given contaminated blood and that they could develop HIV or liver disease, to dealing with increasingly poor health, to fighting for compensation payments. In the past, many of them felt that they could trust the Government to do the right thing, that they would get the support they need because their lives had been damaged beyond repair through no fault of their own. That view has now changed. They want a public inquiry in order to get at the truth about what happened when they received contaminated blood. The Archer report was an independent inquiry, but it did not serve the purpose of a full public inquiry. It was not a statutory inquiry under the Inquiries Act 2005, it had no power to compel anyone to give evidence, or to produce documents. The Department of Health actually declined to provide witnesses to give evidence in public. In addition, its remit was not to find out what happened, who was at fault, but to find a way forward. So why do they want a public inquiry? They want a public inquiry to find out why blood continued to be given in the 1970s and 1980s when the dangers of infection were known. The Archer report said that the blood industry was a powerful lobby. Why did blood continue to be imported from the United States, where a large proportion of the blood was from paid donors and came from those who most needed money, those who were most susceptible to infection, and often infection that was not treated? Why did the ministerial papers disappear? In 1975 Lord Owen, who was health Minister at the time, set aside money for the UK to become self-sufficient, so there would no longer be any need to import blood. In 1987, long out of office, when he learnt that self-sufficiency had not been achieved, he sought access to the ministerial papers at the time and found that they had been destroyed under the 10-year rule. Does anyone know what the 10-year rule is? All this needs to be finally cleared up. David Cameron apologised last year for the tragedy, but he did not grant a public inquiry. That's what we're asking for now. Before I conclude, I want to refer to some of the people and families affected by this scandal. Barbara Tumelty is my constituent, and she says to me: 'I am writing as a bereaved family member concerning the contaminated blood scandal. I would like you to mention my brothers' names in the Assembly debate. They are Haydn and Gareth Lewis. They died May and June 2010, and both were infected with HIV and Hepatitis C and possibly CJD too. I would ask you to call for a full public inquiry as was granted to Hillsborough families eventually. Although the UK Government has issued an apology, we, as families, still seek to find answers and accountability for actions that still go without blame all these years later. Gareth was the co-founder of the Birchgrove Group, a support group that was set up to help haemophiliacs, and their families, who were infected with HIV, and was the founder of Haemophilia Wales.' Leigh Sugar is Mick Antoniw's constituent, and this is what his widow, Barbara Sugar, asked me to say, 'My husband, Leigh Sugar, was a mild haemophiliac who was infected with hepatitis C at 14 years of age, following a fall from a horse. His parents were not warned of the risk of the new factor VIII. Leigh's parents were not told that the new treatment of factor VIII concentrate contained blood donations from up to 20,000 donors. Only one donor with hepatitis C or HIV would be enough to contaminate the whole batch. Leigh's first treatment with factor VIII infected him with hepatitis C, a lethal virus that destroyed his liver and killed him at the age of 44. Leigh worked up until the year before he died. He trained as a mechanic and bought his own garage and built up a successful business to support his two young daughters. The stigma attached to hepatitis C meant that he didn't tell anyone, not even his business partner, and when he became ill, he continued to keep this secret. Leigh was diagnosed with liver cancer and spent the last years of his life in intense pain and suffering. He died in June 2010. His brother was also infected with hepatitis C at the same time and underwent a liver transplant last year. Leigh's parents will never recover and our family's been torn apart by contaminated blood. We hope that by getting to the truth we will get closure and understand why this was allowed to happen.'
Welsh: Diolch i'r Aelod am y cyfraniad hwnnw. Ar y pwynt hwn, a gaf fi dalu teyrnged i Lynne Kelly a Hemoffilia Cymru am y gwaith y maent wedi ei wneud, nid yn unig i dynnu sylw at y mater a'r angen am ymchwiliad cyhoeddus, ond hefyd am y gwaith y maent wedi'i wneud i geisio sicrhau taliadau teg i'r rhai sydd wedi dioddef, ac i'w teuluoedd? Fe wyddom mai yn awr y mae'r ymgynghoriad ar y taliadau arian yn dod i ben yng Nghymru, ac y bydd y Gweinidog Iechyd yn gwneud penderfyniad ynglŷn â beth fydd y taliadau hynny. Rydym yn gwybod bod y teuluoedd yn anhapus am y cynllun yn Lloegr, ac yn tueddu i deimlo mai briwsion yn unig a gawsant. Mae'r rheswm pam y mae pobl yr effeithiwyd arnynt gan y sgandal, a arweinir gan Hemoffilia Cymru, yn teimlo eu bod angen ymchwiliad cyhoeddus yn awr yn syml: mae'n gais i ddod o hyd i'r gwirionedd. Maent wedi bod ar daith hir, o'r adeg y cafodd unigolion a'u teuluoedd wybod gyntaf eu bod wedi cael gwaed halogedig ac y gallent ddatblygu HIV neu glefyd yr afu, i ymdopi â salwch cynyddol, i ymladd am daliadau iawndal. Yn y gorffennol, roedd llawer ohonynt yn teimlo y gallent ymddiried yn y Llywodraeth i wneud y peth iawn, y byddent yn cael y cymorth sydd ei angen arnynt am fod eu bywydau wedi cael eu difa'n llwyr heb fod unrhyw fai arnynt hwy. Mae'r farn honno wedi newid yn awr. Maent eisiau ymchwiliad cyhoeddus er mwyn cael y gwirionedd am yr hyn a ddigwyddodd pan gawsant waed halogedig. Roedd adroddiad Archer yn ymchwiliad annibynnol, ond nid oedd yn cyflawni diben ymchwiliad cyhoeddus llawn. Nid oedd yn ymchwiliad statudol o dan Ddeddf Ymchwiliadau 2005, nid oedd ganddo unrhyw bŵer i orfodi unrhyw un i roi tystiolaeth, neu i gyflwyno dogfennau. Mewn gwirionedd gwrthododd yr Adran Iechyd ddarparu tystion i roi tystiolaeth yn gyhoeddus. Yn ogystal, nid ei gylch gwaith oedd darganfod beth a ddigwyddodd, pwy oedd ar fai, ond yn hytrach i ddod o hyd i ffordd ymlaen. Felly pam eu bod eisiau ymchwiliad cyhoeddus? Maent eisiau ymchwiliad cyhoeddus i ddarganfod pam y parhawyd i roi gwaed yn y 1970au a'r 1980au pan oedd y perygl o heintio'n hysbys. Dywedodd adroddiad Archer fod y diwydiant gwaed yn lobi bwerus. Pam y parhawyd i fewnforio gwaed o'r Unol Daleithiau, lle roedd cyfran fawr o'r gwaed yn cael ei roi gan bobl a gâi eu talu amdano a chan y rhai a oedd fwyaf o angen arian, y rhai a oedd fwyaf agored i haint, ac yn aml, haint heb ei drin? Pam y diflannodd y papurau gweinidogol? Yn 1975 neilltuwyd arian gan yr Arglwydd Owen, a oedd yn Weinidog iechyd ar y pryd, er mwyn i'r DU ddod yn hunangynhaliol, felly ni fuasai angen mewnforio gwaed mwyach. Yn 1987, ac yntau wedi hen adael ei swydd, pan glywodd na lwyddwyd i sicrhau hunangynhaliaeth, gofynnodd am gael gweld y papurau gweinidogol ar y pryd a gwelodd eu bod wedi cael eu dinistrio o dan y rheol 10 mlynedd. A oes unrhyw un yn gwybod beth yw'r rheol 10 mlynedd? Mae angen clirio hyn i gyd o'r diwedd. Ymddiheurodd David Cameron am y drychineb y llynedd, ond ni chyhoeddodd ymchwiliad cyhoeddus. Am hynny y gofynnwn am y tro. Cyn i mi gloi, hoffwn gyfeirio at rai o'r bobl a'r teuluoedd yr effeithiwyd arnynt gan y sgandal hon. Mae Barbara Tumelty yn un o fy etholwyr, ac mae'n dweud wrthyf: Rwy'n ysgrifennu fel aelod o deulu sydd mewn galar yn sgil y sgandal gwaed halogedig. Hoffwn i chi grybwyll enwau fy mrodyr yn nadl y Cynulliad, sef Haydn a Gareth Lewis. Buont farw ym mis Mai a mis Mehefin 2010, ac roedd y ddau wedi'u heintio â HIV a hepatitis C, a CJD hefyd o bosibl. Hoffwn ofyn i chi alw am ymchwiliad cyhoeddus llawn fel y rhoddwyd i deuluoedd Hillsborough yn y pen draw. Er bod Llywodraeth y DU wedi cyhoeddi ymddiheuriad, rydym ni, fel teuluoedd, yn dal i geisio dod o hyd i atebion ac atebolrwydd am weithredoedd nad oes neb wedi cael eu beio amdanynt dros yr holl flynyddoedd. Roedd Gareth yn gyd-sylfaenydd Grŵp Birchgrove, grŵp cymorth a sefydlwyd i helpu hemoffiliaid, a'u teuluoedd a gafodd eu heintio â HIV, ac ef oedd sylfaenydd Hemoffilia Cymru. Un o etholwyr Mick Antoniw yw Leigh Sugar, a dyma'r hyn y gofynnodd ei weddw, Barbara Sugar, mi ei ddweud, Roedd fy ngŵr, Leigh Sugar, yn dioddef o ffurf ysgafn ar hemoffilia a chafodd ei heintio â hepatitis C yn 14 mlwydd oed, yn dilyn cwymp o ben ceffyl. Ni chafodd ei rieni eu rhybuddio am y risg oedd ynghlwm wrth y ffactor VIII newydd. Ni ddywedwyd wrth rieni Leigh fod y driniaeth newydd â chrynodiad ffactor VIII yn cynnwys rhoddion gwaed gan hyd at 20,000 o roddwyr. Byddai un rhoddwr â hepatitis C neu HIV yn ddigon i halogi'r llwyth cyfan. Â'i driniaeth gyntaf â ffactor VIII, cafodd Leigh ei heintio â hepatitis C, firws marwol a ddinistriodd ei afu a'i ladd yn 44 oed. Gweithiodd Leigh tan y flwyddyn cyn ei farw. Hyfforddodd fel mecanig a phrynodd ei garej ei hun ac adeiladu busnes llwyddiannus i gynnal ei ddwy ferch ifanc. Mae'r stigma sy'n gysylltiedig â hepatitis C yn golygu na ddywedodd wrth unrhyw un, hyd yn oed ei bartner busnes, a phan aeth yn sâl, parhaodd i gadw'r gyfrinach. Cafodd Leigh ddiagnosis o ganser yr iau a threuliodd flynyddoedd olaf ei oes mewn poen a dioddefaint mawr. Bu farw ym mis Mehefin 2010. Cafodd ei frawd hefyd ei heintio â hepatitis C yr un pryd a chafodd drawsblaniad afu llynedd. Ni fydd rhieni Leigh byth yn dod drosti ac mae ein teulu wedi cael ei rwygo gan waed halogedig. Trwy ddarganfod y gwir, rydym yn gobeithio y byddwn yn gallu symud ymlaen â'n bywydau a deall pam y caniatawyd i hyn ddigwydd.