English: We also know that Natural Resources Wales prepares river basin management plans for each of the three river basin districts in Wales, and these plans should impact water quality and they should set environmental objectives and implement a programme of measures to protect and improve the environment. Whilst I welcome the fact that NRW does have the ability and should set these management plans, it's difficult to note without disappointment that although they were consulted upon three years ago, no final plans have yet been published. I think that is a real source of disappointment and also concern for us. Given this somewhat complex statutory environment, I wonder why the Welsh Government sought to exclude Wales from some of the proposals in the Environment Act 2021, which gained Royal Assent last November. In normal times, I would always argue - and the Minister has heard me argue this - that there should be a distinct statute book for Wales where the legislation that affects Wales can be found and easily accessed. One of the criticisms made, of course, about the statute book by the former Lord Chief Justice Thomas in his commission's report is that it's very difficult to access and understand where Welsh law sits. The reason for that is complexity, and one of the reasons for the complexity is the fact that Welsh law sits in more than one place. It sometimes sits in a number of different places, which means that it's difficult to understand, not just for ourselves but also for lawyers, judges and legal professionals. That is a fair and reasonable criticism to make. I wish to understand where we are in Wales at the moment, what is the statutory framework, and how does that deliver the objectives that I think we will all share on all sides of the Chamber today and across the country. We all want to see river water quality improved, we want to see watercourse quality improve, we want to see water bodies' quality improved, and we want a statutory framework that's understandable, that's easy to appreciate and to understand, and that can then be delivered by the bodies, individuals, organisations and businesses that are affected by it. What I don't want to do this afternoon is to criticise either the current water companies that we have in Wales or those people who provide for discharges to watercourses, because that isn't the purpose of what I'm proposing today. What I do want to do is to ensure that we have a statutory framework in place to regulate discharges to watercourses and water bodies, and then we can have the debate and the discussion about how we deliver the improvement in water quality, because that then enables us to deliver that in all sorts of different ways. I think one of the things that's really affected a lot of us - . As somebody who grew up in the Valleys of south Wales, in Tredegar, I well remember the Sirhowy river when I was a child, which was filthy, and I don't think we can put too fine a point on it. That water contained almost anything you can imagine. I remember telling friends of mine who lived 'down the country', as we used to say, down in Llangynidr and elsewhere, that, 'Our rivers are better than yours because they've got more colour in them' and, 'It's a terrible river because you can see the bottom of it'. I think those days are gone, and I hope they have gone, but what we need now is a statutory framework that will ensure that moving forward we're all able to guarantee water quality wherever we live in Wales, and that we're able to have a statutory framework that we can all understand as well. Thank you very much.
Welsh: Gwyddom hefyd fod Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru yn paratoi cynlluniau rheoli basn afonydd ar gyfer pob un o'r tair ardal basn afon yng Nghymru, a dylai'r cynlluniau hyn effeithio ar ansawdd dŵr a dylent osod amcanion amgylcheddol a gweithredu rhaglen o fesurau i warchod a gwella'r amgylchedd. Er fy mod yn croesawu'r ffaith bod gan CNC y gallu ac y dylai osod y cynlluniau rheoli hyn, mae'n anodd nodi heb siom, er yr ymgynghorwyd arnynt dair blynedd yn ôl, nad oes unrhyw gynlluniau terfynol wedi'u cyhoeddi eto. Credaf fod hynny'n destun cryn siom, a phryder hefyd i ni. O ystyried yr amgylchedd statudol braidd yn gymhleth hwn, tybed pam y ceisiodd Llywodraeth Cymru eithrio Cymru o rai o'r cynigion yn Neddf yr Amgylchedd 2021, a gafodd Gydsyniad Brenhinol fis Tachwedd diwethaf. Ar adegau arferol, byddwn bob amser yn dadlau - ac mae'r Gweinidog wedi fy nghlywed yn dadlau - y dylid cael llyfr statud ar wahân i Gymru lle gellir dod o hyd i'r ddeddfwriaeth sy'n effeithio ar Gymru a chael mynediad hawdd ati. Un feirniadaeth a wnaed, wrth gwrs, am y llyfr statud gan y cyn Arglwydd Brif Ustus Thomas yn adroddiad ei gomisiwn yw ei bod yn anodd iawn cael mynediad at gyfraith Cymru a deall lle mae'n bodoli. Y rheswm am hynny yw cymhlethdod, ac un o'r rhesymau dros y cymhlethdod yw'r ffaith bod cyfraith Cymru yn bodoli mewn mwy nag un lle. Weithiau, mae'n bodoli mewn nifer o wahanol leoedd, sy'n golygu ei bod yn anodd ei deall, nid yn unig i ni ond hefyd i gyfreithwyr, barnwyr a gweithwyr cyfreithiol proffesiynol. Mae honno'n feirniadaeth deg a rhesymol i'w gwneud. Hoffwn ddeall ble rydym arni yng Nghymru ar hyn o bryd, beth yw'r fframwaith statudol, a sut y mae hynny'n cyflawni'r amcanion y credaf y bydd pob un ohonom yn eu rhannu ar bob ochr i'r Siambr heddiw a ledled y wlad. Mae pob un ohonom yn awyddus i weld ansawdd dŵr afonydd yn gwella, rydym am weld ansawdd cyrsiau dŵr yn gwella, rydym am weld ansawdd cyrff dŵr yn gwella, ac rydym am gael fframwaith statudol sy'n ddealladwy, sy'n hawdd ei werthfawrogi a'i ddeall, ac y gellir ei roi ar waith wedyn gan y cyrff, yr unigolion, y sefydliadau a'r busnesau y mae'n effeithio arnynt. Yr hyn nad wyf am ei wneud y prynhawn yma yw beirniadu naill ai'r cwmnïau dŵr sydd gennym yng Nghymru ar hyn o bryd, neu'r bobl sy'n darparu ar gyfer gollyngiadau i gyrsiau dŵr, gan nad dyna yw diben yr hyn rwy'n ei gynnig heddiw. Yr hyn rwyf am ei wneud yw sicrhau bod gennym fframwaith statudol ar waith i reoleiddio gollyngiadau i gyrsiau dŵr a chyrff dŵr, ac yna gallwn gael y ddadl a'r drafodaeth ynglŷn â sut y cyflawnwn y gwelliant mewn ansawdd dŵr, gan fod hynny wedyn yn galluogi inni gyflawni hynny mewn pob math o wahanol ffyrdd. Credaf mai un o'r pethau sydd wir wedi effeithio'n wirioneddol ar lawer ohonom - . Fel rhywun a fagwyd yng Nghymoedd de Cymru, yn Nhredegar, rwy'n cofio afon Sirhywi pan oeddwn yn blentyn, ac roedd yn fudr, a siarad yn blwmp ac yn blaen. Roedd y dŵr hwnnw'n cynnwys unrhyw beth y gallech ei ddychmygu, bron iawn. Cofiaf ddweud wrth ffrindiau i mi a oedd yn byw 'lawr yn y wlad', fel yr arferem ei ddweud, i lawr yn Llangynidr a lleoedd eraill, fod 'Ein hafonydd ni'n well na'ch rhai chi gan fod mwy o liw ynddynt', ac 'Mae'n afon ofnadwy gan y gallwch weld ei gwaelod'. Credaf fod y dyddiau hynny wedi mynd, ac rwy'n gobeithio eu bod wedi mynd, ond yr hyn sydd ei angen arnom yn awr yw fframwaith statudol a fydd yn sicrhau, wrth symud ymlaen, fod pob un ohonom yn gallu gwarantu ansawdd dŵr lle bynnag yr ydym yn byw yng Nghymru, a'n bod yn gallu cael fframwaith statudol y gall pob un ohonom ei ddeall hefyd. Diolch yn fawr iawn.