English: Thank you, Deputy Minister. I think, before I ask my question, I should pay tribute to the work you've done as a backbencher, before you entered Government, as chair of the cross-party group on contaminated blood and the work you did forcing the UK Government into the inquiry. That is certainly recognised. But I do have some questions about where we are today. On 9 January, I wrote to the health Minister on behalf of my constituent Kirk Ellis, who was affected by the contaminated blood scandal. He's unwell and is increasingly anxious that his family are unable to provide financially for him, should anything happen to him. I'd also say there are members of the public who are members of the cross-party group on contaminated blood in the public gallery today, and they've come in to specifically hear this question. Kirk has found out - Kirk Ellis has found out - that he is financially worse off than he initially thought, as victims in England receive payments for their children at a rate of £3,000 a year for the first child and then £1,200 for each other child. So, therefore, with a three-year-old, Kirk is £9,000 worse off than if he lived in England. There's a clear case to answer here, and it is, of course, incumbent on the UK Government to take the lead and to provide the funding. But also there is a differential in England, Scotland and Wales as to what people receive. In Scotland, the widows and widowers of people who have died will receive financial compensation. That is not the case in England or Wales. But the key issue - the key issue - until the inquiry has published its findings, there is a discrepancy across the United Kingdom. Victims in Wales are asking the simple question: why can't we just pay them what they are rightfully owed? Minister, can you just answer that question? And also, please would you attend a future meeting of the cross-party group to talk to victims about this particular issue?
Welsh: Diolch, Ddirprwy Weinidog. Rwy'n credu, cyn i mi ofyn fy nghwestiwn, y dylwn dalu teyrnged i'r gwaith rydych wedi'i wneud fel aelod o'r meinciau cefn, cyn i chi ymuno â'r Llywodraeth, fel cadeirydd y grŵp trawsbleidiol ar waed halogedig a'r gwaith a wnaethoch yn gorfodi Llywodraeth y DU i gynnal yr ymchwiliad. Mae hynny'n sicr yn cael ei gydnabod. Ond mae gennyf gwestiynau ynglŷn â ble rydym heddiw. Ar 9 Ionawr, ysgrifennais at y Gweinidog iechyd ar ran fy etholwr Kirk Ellis, yr effeithiwyd arno gan y sgandal gwaed halogedig. Mae'n sâl ac yn fwyfwy pryderus nad yw ei deulu'n gallu darparu'n ariannol ar ei gyfer, pe bai unrhyw beth yn digwydd iddo. Hoffwn ddweud hefyd fod aelodau o'r cyhoedd sy'n aelodau o'r grŵp trawsbleidiol ar waed halogedig yn yr oriel gyhoeddus heddiw, ac maent wedi dod i mewn yn arbennig i glywed y cwestiwn hwn. Mae Kirk wedi darganfod - mae Kirk Ellis wedi darganfod - ei fod yn waeth ei fyd yn ariannol nag a feddyliodd ar y dechrau, gan fod dioddefwyr yn Lloegr yn cael taliadau ar gyfer eu plant ar gyfradd o £3,000 y flwyddyn ar gyfer y plentyn cyntaf ac yna £1,200 ar gyfer unrhyw blentyn arall. Felly, gyda phlentyn tair oed, mae Kirk £9,000 yn waeth ei fyd na phe bai'n byw yn Lloegr. Mae achos clir i'w ateb yma, ac mae'n ddyletswydd ar Lywodraeth y DU, wrth gwrs, i gymryd yr awenau a darparu'r cyllid. Ond mae gwahaniaeth hefyd rhwng Cymru, Lloegr a'r Alban o ran yr hyn y mae pobl yn ei gael. Yn yr Alban, bydd gwŷr a gwragedd gweddw pobl sydd wedi marw yn cael iawndal ariannol. Nid yw hynny'n wir yng Nghymru na Lloegr. Ond y broblem allweddol - y broblem allweddol - hyd nes y bydd yr ymchwiliad wedi cyhoeddi ei ganfyddiadau, yw y ceir anghysondeb ar draws y Deyrnas Unedig. Mae dioddefwyr yng Nghymru yn gofyn y cwestiwn syml: pam na allwn ni dalu'r hyn sy'n ddyledus iddynt a hynny'n gwbl gyfiawn? Weinidog, a allwch ateb y cwestiwn hwnnw? A hefyd, a fyddech cystal â mynychu cyfarfod o'r grŵp trawsbleidiol yn y dyfodol i siarad â dioddefwyr am y mater hwn?