English: Thank you for the statement on the framework for independent living, which very much, of course, is one of my key political priorities and experience. I'm glad to contribute to this statement as a trustee of Vale People First, having seen the transformation of the lives of people with learning disabilities over the past 40 years, since the inquiry into Ely hospital led to a pioneering strategy for the closure of long-stay hospitals to community living. As a former south Glamorgan county councillor, I chaired Nimrod to see the transformation of the resettlement from Ely hospital. Featured recently in the Senedd was an exhibition of the first Cardiff University social services home, established in Cathays. One of the first actions I took as health and social services Minister was to fund and accelerate the closure of long-stay hospitals in Wales. I think Dai Lloyd, David Melding and others in the Chamber meant that there was very much cross-party support for that. But I was also the Minister in 2013 receiving a petition, and that's where the Petitions Committee came into play. A petitioner from Disability Wales was calling for a framework for action for independent living. What was key was that we set up a strategic cross-Welsh Government panel led by a senior civil servant. We secured commitment across the Government to fulfil the social model of disability, and it's interesting that you've actually got two Ministers here behind you who were all key to actually delivering your framework, because unless you can break down the silos and get that cross-Government action, you won't have a framework for independent living. I also, like Helen Mary, want to know how you see this as a way of delivering the social model of disability, which, actually, we embraced in the first session of this Assembly. How can you drive that cross-Government policy to embed the framework in policy and legislation? And do you welcome the role of organisations like Vale People First being replicated across Wales, which leads on the rights and empowerment of people with learning disabilities?
Welsh: Diolch i chi am y datganiad ar y fframwaith ar gyfer byw'n annibynnol, sydd i raddau helaeth iawn, wrth gwrs, yn un o'm prif flaenoriaethau gwleidyddol ac mae gennyf brofiad mawr yn y maes. Rwy'n falch o gyfrannu at y datganiad hwn fel un o ymddiriedolwyr Vale People First, ar ôl gweld y gweddnewid ym mywydau pobl ag anableddau dysgu dros y 40 mlynedd diwethaf, ers i'r ymchwiliad i ysbyty Trelái arwain at strategaeth arloesol ar gyfer cau ysbytai arhosiad hir a chael mwy o fyw yn y gymuned. Fel cyn-gynghorydd yn Sir De Morgannwg, cadeiriais Nimrod a gweld gweddnewid yr adsefydlu o ysbyty Trelái. Roedd arddangosfa yn y Senedd yn ddiweddar o gartref cyntaf gwasanaethau cymdeithasol Prifysgol Caerdydd, a sefydlwyd yn Cathays. Un o'r camau cyntaf a gymerais fel Gweinidog iechyd a gwasanaethau cymdeithasol oedd ariannu a chyflymu'r broses o gau ysbytai arhosiad hir yng Nghymru. Credaf fod cael Dai Lloyd, David Melding ac eraill yn y Siambr yn golygu bod llawer iawn o gefnogaeth drawsbleidiol i hynny. Ond fi oedd y Gweinidog yn 2013 hefyd a wnaeth dderbyn deiseb, a dyna pryd y daeth y Pwyllgor Deisebau i chwarae rhan. Roedd deisebydd o Anabledd Cymru yn galw am fframwaith ar gyfer gweithredu ar fyw'n annibynnol. Yr hyn oedd yn allweddol oedd ein bod yn sefydlu panel strategol ar draws Lywodraeth Cymru dan arweiniad uwch was sifil. Sicrhawyd ymrwymiad ledled y Llywodraeth i gyflawni'r model cymdeithasol o anabledd, ac mae'n ddiddorol bod gennych mewn gwirionedd ddau Weinidog yma y tu cefn i chi a oedd fel ei gilydd yn allweddol i gyflawniad eich fframwaith mewn gwirionedd, oherwydd oni bai i chi dorri'r seilos a chael y camau trawslywodraethol hynny, ni fyddai gennych chi fframwaith ar gyfer byw'n annibynnol. Hefyd, fel Helen Mary, rwyf innau yn awyddus i gael gwybod sut yr ydych chi'n gweld hyn fel ffordd o ddarparu'r model cymdeithasol o anabledd, y gwnaethom ni, mewn gwirionedd, ei groesawu yn sesiwn cyntaf y Cynulliad hwn. Sut mae symbylu'r polisi trawslywodraethol hwnnw i ymsefydlu'r fframwaith mewn polisi a deddfwriaeth? Ac a ydych chi'n croesawu gwaith sefydliadau fel Vale People First yn cael ei ailadrodd ledled Cymru, sy'n rhoi arweiniad ar hawliau a grymuso pobl ag anableddau dysgu?