English: Thank you very much, Deputy Presiding Officer. And I move the motion on the annulment of the regulations on primary care and the Welsh language. The primary care sector - dentists, opticians, pharmacists, and GPs - are responsible for 90 per cent of patient experiences in the health service, and, indeed, it's the starting point for most on their journey on the care pathway. These are the most vulnerable people, with the greatest need, where receiving treatment through the medium of Welsh can be crucial, such as in the case of those with dementia, or young children who speak no other language other than the Welsh language. The Government pledged in the spring of last year, in exempting primary care providers from the standards for the rest of the health service, that specific regulations would be introduced in order to secure rights for the Welsh language in primary care through the service contracts. But, we are here today looking at regulations that don't provide any statutory rights, or even half a statutory expectation, of receiving face-to-face services through the medium of Welsh for patients. At best, over time, we will see a few new Welsh signs as a result of these new regulations. There is nothing here: no rights, no expectations, and no change. A quarter of a century since the passing of the Welsh Language Act 1993, and eight years since the passing of the Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011 that established official status for the language, and seven years since the Government adopted 'More than Just Words', which committed them to providing health services through the medium of Welsh proactively, these limp regulations don't even provide the most basic things such as noting the language of choice of the patient - something that is crucial to plan Welsh language services. What's the purpose of encouragement? Even if the will, the time and the resources were available to the health boards to ensure that encouragement was there, these regulations don't even require a record. They don't ensure any actionable legal right of any value. And neither do they provide assurances of having a Welsh language service, even when that is a matter of clinical need. That, in and of itself, just shows how deficient these regulations are, and why they need to be annulled and redrafted. But on top of that, the Minister has shown the same disregard for this Senedd, and democracy, in introducing these regulations, as he shows to the linguistic needs of the most vulnerable people in our society in terms of the content of the regulations. He didn't attend committee to respond to questions. He's even refused the request of my colleague Delyth Jewell, who is a member of the committee, to discuss the way forward before today's debate. Such is his disregard for the Welsh language, he hadn't even bothered to translate the explanatory memorandum for these regulations into Welsh at the time of their introduction, although it was only five pages long. So, in introducing language duties, the department has gone against its own language responsibilities. You couldn't make it up. But what is clear is that the Government is concerned about the views of the profession. Indeed, the only bodies listed in the explanatory memorandum as bodies that were consulted by Government are the five professional bodies. It's clear that their views are more important than those of the elected representatives of this place. They had far longer than 21 days to have their say; indeed, they had over a year. The Culture, Welsh Language and Communications Committee had to insist on holding a very brief inquiry within the 21 days they had, and seven of those days were during recess. If a committee Chair doesn't deserve the respect of this Government, then who does? To whom are they accountable? This is no way to treat our national Parliament. So, rather than having an open, transparent debate on these issues, in order to ensure the best for our patients and users of the Welsh language, we have a Government that has done everything within its power to avoid accountability to this Senedd on the content of these regulations. I, as Chair of the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee, the Chair of the Culture, Welsh Language and Communications Committee, and the Chair of the Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee have complained, but you haven't listened. It is damning. The strategies and the warm words have failed. Now is not the time for first steps and encouragement; it is time to have far firmer regulations in order to safeguard and expand the rights of Welsh speakers. Members of the Assembly have the opportunity to ensure that today by supporting the annulment of these regulations.
Welsh: Diolch yn fawr, Dirprwy Lywydd. A dwi'n codi i symud y cynnig ar ddirymu'r rheoliadau gofal sylfaenol a'r Gymraeg. Mae'r sector gofal sylfaenol - deintyddion, optegwyr, fferyllwyr, a meddygon teulu - yn gyfrifol am hyd at 90 y cant o brofiadau cleifion yn y gwasanaeth iechyd, ac, yn wir, y man cychwyn i'r rhan fwyaf ar eu taith ar hyd y llwybr gofal. Dyma bobl ar eu mwyaf bregus, yn yr angen mwyaf, lle mae derbyn triniaeth yn y Gymraeg yn gallu bod yn hanfodol, megis yn achos pobl sydd efo dementia, neu blant ifanc nad ydyn nhw'n medru unrhyw iaith heblaw'r Gymraeg. Addawodd y Llywodraeth yn y gwanwyn y llynedd, wrth eithrio darparwyr gofal sylfaenol o'r safonau ar gyfer gweddill y gwasanaeth iechyd, y byddai rheoliadau penodol er mwyn sicrhau hawliau i'r Gymraeg ym maes gofal sylfaenol drwy'r contractau gwasanaeth. Ond, rydym ni yma heddiw yn edrych ar reoliadau nad ydyn nhw'n rhoi dim un hawl statudol, na hyd yn oed hanner disgwyliad statudol, o dderbyn gwasanaethau wyneb yn wyneb yn y Gymraeg i gleifion. Ar y gorau, fe gawn ni, dros amser, ambell i arwydd Cymraeg newydd o ganlyniad i'r rheoliadau hyn. Does dim byd yma: dim hawliau, dim disgwyliad, dim newid. Chwarter canrif ers pasio Deddf Iaith 1993, wyth mlynedd ers pasio Mesur y Gymraeg (Cymru) 2011, a sefydlodd statws swyddogol i'r iaith, a saith mlynedd ers i'r Llywodraeth fabwysiadu 'Mwy na Geiriau', a oedd yn ei hymrwymo i gynnig gwasanaethau iechyd Cymraeg yn rhagweithiol, dyw'r rheoliadau pitw yma ddim hyd yn oed yn sicrhau'r pethau mwyaf sylfaenol â chofnodi angen iaith y claf - rhywbeth sy'n hanfodol er mwyn cynllunio gwasanaeth yn Gymraeg. Beth yw diben anogaeth? Hyd yn oed pe bai'r ewyllys, yr amser a'r adnoddau gan fyrddau iechyd i sicrhau bod anogaeth, dyw'r rheoliadau hyn ddim yn sicrhau bod cofnod. Dydy'r rheoliadau ddim yn sicrhau yr un hawl cyfreithadwy o werth. Ac nid ydyn nhw chwaith yn rhoi sicrwydd i wasanaeth Cymraeg, hyd yn oed pan fo hynny'n fater o angen clinigol. Mae hynny ynddo'i hun yn dangos pa mor ddiffygiol ydy'r rheoliadau yma, a pham bod angen eu dirymu a'u hail-lunio. Ond ar ben hynny, mae'r Gweinidog wedi dangos yr un difaterwch at y Senedd hon, ac at ddemocratiaeth, wrth gyflwyno'r rheoliadau yma, ag y mae o yn ei ddangos at anghenion ieithyddol pobl mwyaf bregus cymdeithas o ran cynnwys y rheoliadau. Ni ddaeth i'r pwyllgor i ateb cwestiynau. Mae hyd yn oed wedi gwrthod cais fy nghyd-weithiwr Delyth Jewell, sy'n aelod o'r pwyllgor, i drafod y ffordd ymlaen cyn y ddadl heddiw. Cymaint yw ei ddifaterwch am y Gymraeg, doedd ei adran ddim hyd yn oed wedi trafferthu cyfieithu memorandwm esboniadol y rheoliadau hyn i'r Gymraeg adeg cyflwyno'r rheoliadau, er bod dim ond pump tudalen i gyd. Felly, wrth gyflwyno'r dyletswyddau iaith, mae'r adran wedi torri ei dyletswyddau iaith ei hun. Allech chi ddim gwneud y peth i fyny. Ond beth sydd yn glir yw bod y Llywodraeth yn poeni am farn y proffesiwn. Yn wir, yr unig gyrff sy'n cael eu rhestru yn y memorandwm esboniadol fel cyrff a gafodd wrandawiad y Llywodraeth yw'r pump corff proffesiynol. Mae'n glir bod eu barn nhw yn bwysicach na chynrychiolwyr etholedig y lle hwn. Fe gawson nhw lawer iawn mwy na 21 diwrnod i ddweud eu dweud; yn wir, fe gawson nhw dros flwyddyn. Roedd yn rhaid i'r Pwyllgor Diwylliant, y Gymraeg a Chyfathrebu fynnu cynnal ymchwiliad byr iawn o fewn y 21 diwrnod a oedd gyda nhw, a saith o'r dyddiau hynny yn y toriad. Os nad yw Cadeirydd pwyllgor yn haeddu parch y Llywodraeth hon, pwy sydd? I bwy maen nhw'n atebol? Dyw hi ddim y ffordd i drin ein Senedd genedlaethol. Yn lle trafodaeth agored, dryloyw, ar y materion hyn, er mwyn sicrhau'r gorau i gleifion a defnyddwyr y Gymraeg, mae gennym ni Lywodraeth sydd wedi gwneud popeth i osgoi atebolrwydd y Senedd hon am gynnwys y rheoliadau yma. Rydw i fel Cadeirydd y Pwyllgor Iechyd, Gofal Cymdeithasol a Chwaraeon, Cadeirydd y Pwyllgor Diwylliant, y Gymraeg a Chyfathrebu, a Chadeirydd y Pwyllgor Materion Cyfansoddiadol a Deddfwriaethol wedi cwyno, ond dydych chi ddim yn gwrando. Mae'n ddamniol. Mae'r strategaethau, mae'r geiriau cynnes, wedi methu. Nid nawr yw'r amser am y camau cyntaf ac anogaeth; mae'n bryd am reoliadau llawer cadarnach i warchod ac ehangu hawliau i'r Gymraeg. Mae gan Aelodau'r Cynulliad gyfle i sicrhau hynny'r prynhawn yma drwy bleidleisio i ddirymu'r rheoliadau yma.