English: Well, it's impossible to overemphasise the importance of the farming industry to rural Wales. Farming businesses in Wales are the backbone of the rural economy, the axis that rural communities turn around. The core products produced here are central to the food and drink industry in Wales, which is worth millions of pounds and employs over 239,000 people here. But bovine TB continues to cast a dark shadow across the industry in Wales, and it's one of the main threats to the delivery of our vision of an agricultural industry that is profitable, productive and innovative. The anger and frustration in the industry regarding the failure of consecutive Governments time and time again to introduce a comprehensive strategy to eradicate TB in Wales is at its highest ever. I want to echo the views of the farming unions on their opposition to a tabular valuation system as a means of providing compensation for TB. Such a proposal contains significant deficiencies. Because of a shortage of time, I want to focus on one weakness, namely that such a system isn't fair to farmers or to the Government, because a system based on averages is likely to create as many cases of overvaluation as undervaluation, and we can't accept tabular valuation without an assurance that farmers are to receive a fair compensation. The veterinary sector is facing significant challenges at the moment as a result of Brexit, as many vets leave this country and go back to the countries of their birth. This in turn causes problems in terms of TB testing and the committee heard concerns that this is having a direct impact on farmers and TB testing. Members of the Farmers Union of Wales have been punished because of a lack of personnel and veterinary support. So, I encourage Government to ensure that additional resources are available before any increased testing requirements are introduced. One possible solution, as we've heard, in relation to this is the introduction of lay testers, and I would encourage the Welsh Government to look into this as soon as possible. The current situation is being further intensified by the Welsh Government's programme for government for 2021, which states that it would ban the culling of badgers to reduce the spread of TB in cattle. This is a mistake. There is no vaccination for TB in cattle or wildlife, so the only effective tool we have is culling, and it has to be part of the mix for the benefit of cattle and wildlife. There is evidence to support an effective TB eradication policy over the border in Gloucestershire and Somerset, where we saw a reduction of 66 per cent and 37 per cent in the number of cases in the period of the culls there. No other way has been proposed to tackle TB, and therefore we must use the only tool that we have at the moment, and that is culling. In reading the committee's report, it is staggering to understand that there isn't adequate data on the level of TB in wildlife, either. Such information should be elementary in developing policy to tackle the disease. It's no surprise that the steps that have been taken to date haven't succeeded, because it's only one side of the evidence that's considered. This problem in terms of data lets our farmers and our wildlife down, and we must improve this data, therefore. This problem must be dealt with. Everyone is agreed that the current situation cannot continue, and the Welsh Government must ensure that farmers are given adequate support to eradicate this appalling disease from cattle and wildlife.
Welsh: Wel, mae'n amhosib gorbwysleisio pwysigrwydd y diwydiant ffermio i Gymru wledig. Busnesau ffermio yng Nghymru ydy asgwrn cefn economi wledig Cymru, yr echel y mae cymunedau gwledig yn troi o'i chwmpas. Mae cynhwysion crai sydd yn cael eu cynhyrchu yma yn ganolog i'r diwydiant bwyd a diod yng Nghymru, sy'n werth miliynau o bunnoedd ac yn cyflogi dros 239,000 o bobl yma. Ond mae diciâu mewn gwartheg yn parhau i daflu cysgod tywyll ar draws y diwydiant yng Nghymru, ac mae'n un o'r prif fygythiadau i gyflawni'n gweledigaeth o ddiwydiant amaethyddol cynhyrchiol, blaengar a phroffidiol yma. Mae'r dicter a'r rhwystredigaeth yn y diwydiant o ran methiant Llywodraethau olynol dro ar ôl tro i weithredu strategaeth gynhwysfawr i ddileu diciâu yng Nghymru ar ei mwyaf erioed. Dwi am atseinio barn yr undebau amaethol ynghylch eu gwrthwynebiad i system prisio yn ôl tabl - y tabulation rydym ni wedi clywed amdano - fel modd o bennu iawndal yn sgil y diciâu. Mae gan gynnig o'r fath ddiffygion sylweddol, ond oherwydd cyfyngder amser, dwi am bwysleisio un gwendid yn benodol, sef nad ydy system o'r fath yn deg i'r ffermwyr nac i'r Llywodraeth, oherwydd mae system sy'n seiliedig ar gyfartaleddau yn debygol o greu cynifer o achosion o orbrisio ag sy'n cael eu creu o danbrisio. Fedrwn ni ddim derbyn prisio yn ôl tabl heb sicrwydd felly fod ffermwyr am gael pris teg. Mae'r sector filfeddygol yn wynebu heriau sylweddol ar hyn o bryd, a hynny yn sgil Brexit wrth i nifer o filfeddygon adael y wlad yma a mynd yn ôl i wlad eu mebyd. Mae hyn yn ei dro yn achosi trafferthion wrth brofi ar gyfer y diciâu ac fe glywodd y pwyllgor bryder fod hyn yn cael effaith uniongyrchol ar ffermydd a phrofion y diciâu. Mae aelodau Undeb Amaethwyr Cymru wedi cael eu cosbi oherwydd diffyg personél ac adnoddau milfeddygol. Felly, dwi'n annog y Llywodraeth i sicrhau bod adnoddau ychwanegol ar gael cyn cyflwyno unrhyw ofynion profi cynyddol. Un ateb posibl, fel rydyn ni wedi'i glywed yn y cyswllt hwn, ydy cyflwyno profwyr lleyg; felly, mi fyddwn yn annog Llywodraeth Cymru i archwilio i hyn cyn gynted â phosibl. Mae'r sefyllfa bresennol wedi dwysáu ymhellach gan raglen lywodraethu Llywodraeth Cymru 2021, sy'n datgan y bydd yn gwahardd difa moch daear i reoli lledaeniad y diciâu mewn gwartheg. Mae hyn yn gam gwag. Does yna ddim brechiad parod ar gyfer y diciâu mewn gwartheg na bywyd gwyllt, felly'r unig erfyn effeithiol sydd gennym ni ydy difa, ac mae'n rhaid i ddifa fod yn rhan o'r mix, er lles gwartheg a bywyd gwyllt. Mae yna dystiolaeth i gefnogi polisi effeithiol o ddileu'r diciâu dros y ffin yng Nghaerloyw a Gwlad yr Haf, ac fe welon ni ostyngiad o 66 y cant a 37 y cant yn nifer yr achosion yn y cyfnod difa yno. Does yna ddim ffordd arall wedi cael ei chynnig i fynd i'r afael â'r diciâu, felly mae'n rhaid defnyddio'r unig erfyn sydd gennym ni ar hyn o bryd, sef difa. O ddarllen adroddiad y pwyllgor, mae'n rhyfeddol i mi ddeall nad oes yna ddata cywir ar lefel y clefyd ym mywyd gwyllt ychwaith. Dylai gwybodaeth o'r fath fod yn elfennol wrth ddatblygu polisi i fynd i'r afael â'r clefyd. Dydy o ddim yn syndod nad yw'r camau sydd wedi cael eu cymryd hyd yma ddim wedi llwyddo, gan mai dim ond un ochr o'r dystiolaeth sy'n cael ei hystyried. Mae'r diffyg yma yn y data yn gadael ein ffermwyr a bywyd gwyllt i lawr; mae'n rhaid gwella ar y data yma, felly. Mae'n rhaid i'r broblem yma ddod i ben. Mae pawb yma yn gytûn na all y sefyllfa bresennol barhau, ac mae'n rhaid i Lywodraeth Cymru sicrhau bod ffermwyr yn cael digon o gefnogaeth i ddileu'r clefyd erchyll yma o'r gwartheg ac o fywyd gwyllt.