English: Can I call for two statements, the first one on British Sign Language? I believe the last statement made by the Welsh Government was made by our former colleague Carl Sargeant on 20 October 2016 when he rightly said that: 'For Deaf people who use British Sign Language (BSL), appropriate communication support contributes to social inclusion and equal access to servicesas a gateway to opportunities which hearing people take for granted such as taking part in parents' evenings and community events, as well as supporting people to find and retain employment.' However, last Saturday, I attended the 2018 'Lend Me Your Ears' conference for adults and parents of children with hearing loss in north Wales at Bangor University, where we heard members of the deaf community and BSL speakers, academics, speaking at the conference, as well as academics at Bangor University saying we need BSL legislation in Wales, looking at the BSL (Scotland) Act launched in 2015 and their national BSL plan published in October 2017, including a national advisory group including up to 10 deaf people who use BSL as their preferred or first language. Although the Assembly and Welsh Government do not have specific powers in relation to British Sign Language, the powers we have in relation to equal opportunities would enable us to pass a law in relation to British Sign Language, so long as it relates to the use of BSL by any of the equal opportunity groups. I therefore call for a statement to reflect the genuine passion, concern and evidence expressed by members of the deaf community and academics at last Saturday's annual conference in Bangor. The second and final request is for a statement on tier 4 residential detoxification and rehabilitation substance misuse services in Wales. I wrote to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care on 3 July this year, after concern had been raised with me by the two remaining providers in Wales, Brynawel in the south and CAIS in the north, where both sets of services are under threat. Nearly four months have passed and I've still not had a response to that letter. Brynawel said that the Cabinet Secretary has spoken of commissioning, but they are not commissioned, their beds are simply spot-purchased, and the pathway to residential rehabilitation across Wales is, they quote, 'fractured to a greater or lesser degree' for people who are dependent on alcohol and drugs. An independent report in the second Assembly, commissioned by the Welsh Government, on detoxification and residential treatment, found the whole service was underfunded. A subsequent report commissioned by the Welsh Government identified numerous reports of people reoffending so as to be able to be detoxed in prison and of hospital admissions because of the unavailability of in-patient detox and rehab beds in Wales. And that called for a substantial increase in capacity. A report commissioned by the Welsh Government in 2010 reinforced this message, and the then Welsh Government announced it was going forward on a three-centre model: Rhoserchan, Brynawel and Ty'n Rodyn. Rhoserchan's now closed, Ty'n Rodyn's now closed, Brynawel's under threat, and CAIS in north Wales has been forced to go into the private sector to meet the desperate demand for beds, including a partnership in Lancashire and a 16-bed private unit in Colwyn Bay, with concern expressed that Welsh Government policy has therefore pushed this essential provision out of Wales and into the private sector. I call for a statement accordingly.
Welsh: A gaf i alw am ddau ddatganiad, y cyntaf am Iaith Arwyddion Prydain? Rwy'n credu mai ein cyn gyd-Aelod Carl Sargeant wnaeth y datganiad diwethaf gan Lywodraeth Cymru, ar 20 Hydref 2016, ac roedd yn gywir pan ddywedodd: 'I'r bobl fyddar sy'n defnyddio Iaith Arwyddion Prydain (BSL), mae cymorth cyfathrebu priodol yn cyfrannu tuag at gynhwysiant cymdeithasol a mynediad cyfartal at wasanaethau mae'n borth i gyfleoedd y mae pobl â chlyw yn eu cymryd yn ganiataol, fel cymryd rhan mewn nosweithiau rhieni neu ddigwyddiadau cymunedol, yn ogystal â helpu pobl i ganfod a chadw gwaith.' Fodd bynnag, ddydd Sadwrn diwethaf, es i gynhadledd 'Clust i Wrando' 2018 ym Mhrifysgol Bangor, ar gyfer oedolion a rhieni plant sydd wedi colli eu clyw yn y Gogledd. Yno, clywsom aelodau o'r gymuned fyddar a siaradwyr Iaith Arwyddion Prydain, academyddion, yn siarad yn y gynhadledd, yn ogystal ag academyddion Prifysgol Bangor. Roeddent yn dweud bod angen deddfwriaeth Iaith Arwyddion Prydain arnom ni yng Nghymru, o ystyried Deddf Iaith Arwyddion Prydain (yr Alban) a lansiwyd yn 2015, a'u cynllun Iaith Arwyddion Prydain Cenedlaethol a gyhoeddwyd ym mis Hydref 2017, gan gynnwys grŵp cynghori cenedlaethol a fyddai'n cynnwys hyd at 10 o bobl fyddar sy'n defnyddio Iaith Arwyddion Prydain fel eu hiaith ddewisol neu eu hiaith gyntaf. Er nad oes gan y Cynulliad na Llywodraeth Cymru unrhyw bwerau penodol o ran Iaith Arwyddion Prydain, byddai'r pwerau sydd gennym o ran cyfle cyfartal yn ein galluogi i basio cyfraith mewn perthynas ag Iaith Arwyddion Prydain, cyn belled â'i bod yn ymwneud â'r defnydd o Iaith Arwyddion Prydain gan unrhyw un o'r grwpiau cyfle cyfartal. Felly, galwaf am ddatganiad sy'n adlewyrchu'r angerdd gwirioneddol, y pryder, a'r dystiolaeth a fynegwyd gan aelodau o'r gymuned fyddar ac academyddion yn y gynhadledd flynyddol ddydd Sadwrn diwethaf ym Mangor. Mae'r ail gais am ddatganiad ynglŷn â gwasanaethau dadwenwyno ac ailsefydlu cleifion mewnol ar gyfer camddefnyddio sylweddau haen 4 yng Nghymru. Ysgrifennais at Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet ar gyfer Iechyd a Gofal Cymdeithasol ar 3 Gorffennaf eleni, ar ôl i'r ddau ddarparwr sy'n weddill yng Nghymru, Brynawel yn y De a CAIS yn y Gogledd, fynegi eu pryder. Mae'r ddau wasanaeth dan fygythiad. Mae bron pedwar mis wedi mynd heibio, ac nid wyf wedi cael ateb i'r llythyr hwnnw hyd yn hyn. Dywedodd Brynawel fod Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet wedi sôn am gomisiynu, ond nid ydynt wedi'u comisiynu, mae eu gwelyau yn cael eu prynu yn ôl y galw, ac mae'r llwybr at adsefydlu cleifion mewnol ar draws Cymru yn, maent yn dyfynnu, 'doredig i raddau mwy neu raddau llai' ar gyfer y rhai sy'n ddibynnol ar alcohol a chyffuriau. Roedd adroddiad annibynnol yn yr ail Gynulliad, a gomisiynwyd gan Lywodraeth Cymru, ar driniaeth a dadwenwyno cleifion preswyl, yn dangos fod y gwasanaeth cyfan wedi'i dangyllido. Llwyddodd adroddiad dilynol a gomisiynwyd gan Lywodraeth Cymru i ganfod sawl achos o bobl yn aildroseddu er mwyn gallu dadwenwyno yn y carchar, yn ogystal â derbyniadau i'r ysbyty am nad oedd gwelyau ar gael i gleifion mewnol gael dadwenwyno ac ailsefydlu yng Nghymru. Galwodd am gynnydd sylweddol mewn cynhwysedd. Roedd adroddiad a gomisiynwyd gan Lywodraeth Cymru yn 2010 yn atgyfnerthu'r neges hon, ac yn sgil hynny cyhoeddodd Llywodraeth Cymru eu bod am barhau â'r model tair Canolfan: Rhoserchan, Brynawel a Tŷ'n Rodyn. Mae Rhoserchan bellach wedi cau, mae Tŷ'n Rodyn bellach wedi cau, mae Brynawel dan fygythiad. Gorfodwyd CAIS yn y Gogledd i ymuno â'r sector preifat i ateb y galw taer am welyau, gan gynnwys partneriaeth yn swydd Gaerhirfryn ac uned breifat 16-gwely ym Mae Colwyn, a mynegwyd pryder bod polisi Llywodraeth Cymru wedi gwthio'r ddarpariaeth hanfodol hon allan o Gymru ac i mewn i'r sector preifat. O ystyried hynny, galwaf am ddatganiad.