English: Thank you very much for the invitation to provide evidence to you. Of course, there is a great deal of evidence available as to the importance of the Welsh language in healthcare and specifically in primary care, because 90 per cent of the people of Wales's dealings with the health service is related to primary care. So, in excluding that from the standards, of course, that excludes 90 per cent of people's dealings with the health service. It may be worth noting that we are back to that initial question, really, as to the value of the Welsh language. Now, all of the research carried out over a period of years - . And, of course, each and every one of us who is a Welsh speaker and seeks a service is always facing, in that position of weakness, the fact that we may not receive that service through the medium of Welsh. That's an additional stress, of course. But the fact that we haven't moved on from this question, despite all of the research work done by the commissioner, and the Government then responding to that, the research carried out by psychologists and the great deal of research that has been done in Canada. Liz Lloyd has written recently about the importance of the availability of therapy in the Welsh language and so on, but we're still at that initial point of asking, 'Well, what is its importance?' That is, we haven't even got beyond that point, despite the Government recognising, in their response to 'My Language, My Health' by the commissioner in 2014, that one had to proactively do something about this because it isn't a bolt-on to the service; it's an integral part of our health service here in Wales. But we are still asking that fundamental question. But, on the other hand, I understand why it's being asked, because in the regulations that we have seen tabled, that isn't reflected at all - that importance that has been proven in research. We thought we'd moved on from that point. The Government - Mark Drakeford, when he was health Minister, acknowledged the urgency in terms of our response to this and how crucial this is and its effect on the lives of the people of Wales - to the 1,000 people that the commissioner took evidence from in drawing up that report, where some of the stories - well, in fact, all of the stories - were shocking in terms of people receiving poor services because of a lack of understanding of the importance of the Welsh language in that context. So, the question that needs to be asked is: what's happened between Mark Drakeford's response in 2014, saying that we need to be proactive, and these regulations now, which are limp, to say the least? What's happened? And what I fear has happened is that people have been providing evidence - . Well, we see in the explanatory memorandum that one of the things listed is where they've taken evidence from, and on page 5 it says: 'The representative bodies of the IPCPswere consulted'. That is, the representative bodies, not the people of Wales. And those bodies are always going to say, 'You know what? Everything's fine. We don't want to do anything else.' So, the question we have to ask is: what kind of Government do we want in Wales and what kind of nation do we want in Wales? Are people listening to the representative bodies and those with wealth and power, or are we listening to the people of Wales, the 1,000 people who told the commissioner how clinically poor the response that they had received was? But I understand the question; I think we need to ask the question why we've returned to that point and haven't moved forward. But, in looking at the regulations, I think it's a fair question to ask.
Welsh: Diolch yn fawr am y gwahoddiad i ddod i roi tystiolaeth. Wrth gwrs, mae yna bentwr o dystiolaeth i gael am bwysigrwydd y Gymraeg mewn gofal iechyd ac, yn benodol, mewn gofal sylfaenol. Mae 90 y cant o ymwneud pobl Cymru â'r gwasanaeth iechyd yn ymwneud â gofal sylfaenol. Felly, o fod yn hepgor hynny o'r safonau, wrth gwrs, mae hynny'n hepgor 90 y cant o ymwneud pobl â'r gwasanaeth iechyd. Efallai ei bod hi'n werth nodi ein bod ni, rili, nôl i'r cwestiwn dechreuol o ran beth yw gwerth y Gymraeg. Wel, mae'r holl waith ymchwil sydd wedi'i wneud dros y blynyddoedd - . Hefyd, wrth gwrs, mae pob un ohonon ni sy'n siaradwyr Cymraeg sydd yn mynd i gael gwasanaeth wastad yn gorfod wynebu, yn y sefyllfa hynny o wendid, efallai y byddem ni ddim yn ei gael e'n Gymraeg. Mae hwnna'n straen ychwanegol, wrth gwrs. Ond mae'r ffaith ein bod ni ddim wedi symud ymlaen o'r cwestiwn hwn, er gwaethaf holl waith ymchwil y comisiynydd, a'r Llywodraeth yn ymateb i hynny wedyn, gwaith ymchwil gan seicolegwyr, gwaith ymchwil - llawer wedi cael ei wneud yng Nghanada. Roedd Liz Lloyd wedi ysgrifennu'n ddiweddar am bwysigrwydd cael therapi yn Gymraeg ac yn y blaen, ond rŷn ni'n dal ar y cwestiwn dechreuol hwn, mewn gwirionedd, o beth yw ei bwysigrwydd e. Hynny yw, dŷn ni ddim wedi profi'r pwynt hwnnw, er bod y Llywodraeth wedi cydnabod, yn eu hymateb nhw i 'Fy Iaith, Fy Iechyd' gan y comisiynydd yn 2014, fod yn rhaid, yn rhagweithiol, fynd ati i wneud rhywbeth am hyn achos ei fod e, ddim yn ychwanegiad at y gwasanaeth, ond yn rhan greiddiol o'n gwasanaeth iechyd ni yng Nghymru. Ond rŷn ni'n dal yn gofyn y cwestiwn hwn. Ond, ar y llaw arall, dwi'n deall pam fod y cwestiwn yn cael ei ofyn, achos yn y rheoliadau rŷn ni wedi'u gweld, dyw hynny ddim yn cael ei adlewyrchu o gwbl - y pwysigrwydd hynny sydd wedi cael ei brofi. Rŷn ni'n meddwl ein bod ni wedi symud ymlaen o'r pwynt hynny. Mae'r Llywodraeth - mae Mark Drakeford, pan oedd e'n Weinidog iechyd, wedi cydnabod pa mor ar frys y mae'n rhaid inni ymateb i hyn a pha mor hanfodol a thyngedfennol yw e, a beth yw ei effaith e ar fywydau pobl Cymru - i'r 1,000 o bobl y gwnaeth y comisiynydd gymryd tystiolaeth wrthyn nhw i greu'r adroddiad hynna, lle'r oedd rhai o'r storïau - wel, bob un o'r storïau - yn ofnadwy o frawychus am bobl yn cael gwasanaeth gwael oherwydd diffyg dealltwriaeth o ba mor bwysig yw'r Gymraeg yn hynny. Felly, y cwestiwn sydd i'w ofyn yw: beth sydd wedi digwydd rhwng ymateb Mark Drakeford yn 2014, yn dweud bod yn rhaid gweithio'n rhagweithiol, a'r rheoliadau gwan difrifol rŷn ni'n gweld nawr? Beth sydd wedi digwydd? A beth dwi'n ofni sydd wedi digwydd yw bod pobl wedi bod yn rhoi tystiolaeth - . Wel, rŷn ni wedi clywed yn y memorandwm - rŷn ni'n gweld yn y memorandwm esboniadol, mai un o'r pethau sydd yn cael ei ddweud yw gan bwy maen nhw wedi cymryd tystiolaeth, ac ar dudalen 5 mae'n dweud: 'Ymgynghorwyd â chyrff cynrychioliadol darparwyr gofal'. Hynny yw, y cyrff, dim pobl Cymru. Ac mae'r cyrff wrth gwrs yn mynd i ddweud, 'Chi'n gwybod beth? Mae popeth yn iawn. Dŷn ni ddim yn moyn gwneud dim byd ychwanegol.' Felly, y cwestiwn mae'n rhaid i ni ei ofyn yw: pa fath o Lywodraeth ŷn ni'n moyn yng Nghymru? Pa fath o genedl ŷn ni'n moyn? Y bobl sy'n gwrando ar y cyrff, a'r bobl mewn pŵer, y cyrff sydd â chyfoeth, neu bobl Cymru, y 1,000 o bobl yma wnaeth ddweud wrth y comisiynydd pa mor ofnadwy, yn glinigol anghywir, oedd yr ymateb wedi bod iddyn nhw? Ond dwi'n deall y cwestiwn; dwi'n meddwl bod eisiau inni gwestiynu pam ŷn ni'n ôl yn dechrau ar y pwynt hynny a ddim wedi symud ymlaen. Ond, o edrych ar y rheoliadau, mae'n gwestiwn teg.