English: While Wales YFC is a charity itself, its members are never shy of raising some much needed funds for other charities, both local and national. My favourite YFC memory was when I was one of 27 other members and supporters of Pembrokeshire YFC who cycled the 250 miles from Haverfordwest showground to our national annual general meeting in Blackpool, over four days. We were hosted by another YFC on our stopover in Oswestry, and upon arriving in Blackpool were greeted by cheering, slightly intoxicated, crowds. As the dust settled and the saddle sores healed, mine included, the total raised was £27,000, split between Prostate Cymru and Wales Air Ambulance. The movement also offers accredited training and travel opportunities to far-flung corners of the world. It even offers what some would consider more simple things, such as how to chair a meeting successfully, and as a member of the Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee, I can see those excellent chairmanship skills in play as Paul Davies himself is a former young farmer member, and chairs the committee with excellent skills. The constraints of the last 18 months, however, have meant that the movement has had to adapt. While club nights and competitions have moved online, young farmers didn't forget about their role in their locality. Throughout the pandemic, members across Wales served their local communities with distinction. Even before the first lockdown in March 2020, clubs were already organising shopping trips and prescription pick-ups for their most vulnerable neighbours. As the lockdown took hold, it was the YFC members, as part of the volunteer network, who supported our most rural and vulnerable. Members did this for no other reason than to support those who needed it, while, of course, many young farmers continued to farm the land, tend to their animals and look after their crops. I was reminded of this when, on Sunday evening, at the Pembrokeshire YFC harvest thanksgiving festival, each and every club in the county donated a large hamper of food towards local food bank, PATCH. Even at a service where the young farmers could have easily sat back and been thankful for what they had, they were not only thinking of but supporting those who are far less fortunate - testament to the young farmers. Last week at the royal opening of the Senedd, Eleri George, past chairman of Pembrokeshire's Keyston YFC, was here representing her club as a COVID champion - a small acknowledgement of the many members who supported their communities throughout this time. And that's really why I wanted to bring forward this short debate this afternoon on the YFC movement, because when some people want to tarnish the youth of today as selfish, lazy and rude, I can honestly say that those people must never have dealt with the conscientious, caring and selfless members of the young farmers clubs of Wales. And if I may, Minister, listening on Zoom, I would like to link back to some of the points that your colleague the Minister for Economy mentioned in his statement yesterday. He talked about the Welsh Government's young person's guarantee, and how the Jobs Growth Wales+ programme would help to create life-changing opportunities for those who are not in education, employment or training. He also mentioned the value that supporting stronger local economies will have in helping to sustain the Welsh language amongst young people in rural Wales in particular. If this Government is looking for examples of where these aspirations are already in action, where young people are supported, their skills developed and the Welsh language sustained, then they need look no further than the YFCs of Wales, who've been producing conscientious young people in rural Wales for decades. This afternoon's short debate for me has been a labour of love. I'm quite adamant that I wouldn't be here or be the person I am without the YFC, and for that, while some opposition Members may not be, I am eternally grateful. But how many young people out there could benefit from this organisation? How can we here help to support our local YFCs to recruit more members, improving the opportunities for those who may not have them? Therefore, I urge all Members listening to this debate, and what I can only imagine to be the many hundreds and thousands of people watching this debate live, to go and tell people that you know about what the YFC can offer the young people of Wales. And remember, you don't have to be a farmer to be a young farmer. Diolch.
Welsh: Er bod CFfI Cymru yn elusen ei hun, nid yw eu haelodau'n colli cyfle i godi arian mawr ei angen ar gyfer elusennau eraill, yn lleol ac yn genedlaethol. Fy hoff atgof CFfI oedd pan oeddwn yn un o 27 o aelodau a chefnogwyr CFfI sir Benfro a feiciodd y 250 milltir o faes sioe Hwlffordd i'n cyfarfod cyffredinol blynyddol cenedlaethol yn Blackpool, dros bedwar diwrnod. Cawsom lety gan CFfI arall ar ein taith yng Nghroesoswallt, ac ar ôl cyrraedd Blackpool fe'n cyfarchwyd gan dorfeydd hwyliog, braidd yn feddw. Wrth i'r llwch setlo a'r briwiau beicio wella, yn cynnwys fy rhai i, y cyfanswm a godwyd oedd £27,000, wedi'i rannu rhwng Prostate Cymru ac Ambiwlans Awyr Cymru. Mae'r mudiad hefyd yn cynnig cyfleoedd hyfforddi a theithio achrededig i rannau pell o'r byd. Mae hyd yn oed yn cynnig yr hyn y byddai rhai'n ei ystyried yn bethau mwy syml, megis sut i gadeirio cyfarfod yn llwyddiannus, ac fel aelod o Bwyllgor yr Economi, Masnach a Materion Gwledig, gallaf weld y sgiliau cadeirio rhagorol hynny ar waith gan fod Paul Davies ei hun yn gyn-aelod o'r ffermwyr ifanc, ac yn cadeirio'r pwyllgor gyda sgiliau rhagorol. Fodd bynnag, mae cyfyngiadau'r 18 mis diwethaf wedi golygu bod y mudiad wedi gorfod addasu. Er bod nosweithiau clwb a chystadlaethau wedi symud ar-lein, nid anghofiodd y ffermwyr ifanc am eu rôl yn eu hardaloedd. Drwy gydol y pandemig, roedd aelodau ledled Cymru yn gwasanaethu eu cymunedau lleol yn ardderchog. Cyn y cyfnod clo cyntaf ym mis Mawrth 2020 hyd yn oed, roedd clybiau eisoes yn trefnu teithiau siopa a chasglu presgripsiynau ar gyfer eu cymdogion mwyaf agored i niwed. Wrth i'r cyfnod clo fynd rhagddo, aelodau'r CFfI, fel rhan o'r rhwydwaith gwirfoddolwyr, a gefnogodd ein pobl fwyaf gwledig a bregus. Unig reswm yr aelodau dros wneud hyn oedd er mwyn cefnogi'r rhai anghenus, ac wrth gwrs, parhaodd llawer o ffermwyr ifanc i ffermio'r tir, i edrych ar ôl eu hanifeiliaid ac i ofalu am eu cnydau. Cefais fy atgoffa o hyn nos Sul, yng ngŵyl ddiolchgarwch CFfI sir Benfro, pam roddodd pob clwb yn y sir hamper mawr o fwyd tuag at fanc bwyd lleol, PATCH. Hyd yn oed mewn gwasanaeth lle gallai'r ffermwyr ifanc yn hawdd fod wedi eistedd yn ôl a bod yn ddiolchgar am yr hyn a oedd ganddynt, roeddent yn meddwl am y rhai sy'n llawer llai ffodus, ac yn eu cefnogi - sy'n dyst i'r hyn yw'r ffermwyr ifanc. Yr wythnos diwethaf yn agoriad brenhinol y Senedd, roedd Eleri George, cyn gadeirydd CFfI Keyston sir Benfro, yma yn cynrychioli ei chlwb fel hyrwyddwr COVID - cydnabyddiaeth fach i'r nifer fawr o aelodau a gefnogodd eu cymunedau drwy gydol y cyfnod hwn. A dyna pam roeddwn am gyflwyno'r ddadl fer hon y prynhawn yma ar fudiad y CFfI, oherwydd pan fydd rhai pobl am ladd ar ieuenctid heddiw fel rhai hunanol, diog ac anghwrtais, gallaf ddweud yn onest na allai'r bobl hynny erioed fod wedi ymwneud ag aelodau cydwybodol, gofalgar ac anhunanol clybiau ffermwyr ifanc Cymru. Ac os caf, Weinidog, wrth ichi wrando ar Zoom, hoffwn gyfeirio'n ôl at rai o'r pwyntiau y soniodd eich cyd-Weinidog, Gweinidog yr Economi, amdanynt yn ei ddatganiad ddoe. Soniodd am warant pobl ifanc Llywodraeth Cymru, a sut y byddai rhaglen Twf Swyddi Cymru+ yn helpu i greu cyfleoedd sy'n newid bywydau i'r rhai nad ydynt mewn addysg, cyflogaeth na hyfforddiant. Soniodd hefyd am werth cefnogi economïau lleol cryfach i helpu i gynnal y Gymraeg ymhlith pobl ifanc yng nghefn gwlad Cymru, yn enwedig. Os yw'r Llywodraeth hon yn chwilio am enghreifftiau o ble y mae'r dyheadau hyn eisoes ar waith, lle caiff pobl ifanc eu cefnogi, lle caiff eu sgiliau eu datblygu a lle caiff y Gymraeg ei chynnal, nid oes angen iddynt edrych ymhellach na chlybiau ffermwyr ifanc Cymru, sydd wedi bod yn cynhyrchu pobl ifanc gydwybodol yng nghefn gwlad Cymru ers degawdau. Mae'r ddadl fer y prynhawn yma wedi bod yn llafur cariad i mi. Rwy'n eithaf siŵr na fyddwn yma ac na fyddwn y person ydwyf heb y CFfI, ac am hynny rwy'n ddiolchgar iawn, er nad yw rhai o Aelodau'r gwrthbleidiau efallai. Ond faint o bobl ifanc a allai elwa o'r sefydliad hwn? Sut y gallwn ni yma helpu i gefnogi ein clybiau ffermwyr ifanc lleol i recriwtio mwy o aelodau, gan wella'r cyfleoedd i'r rhai nad ydynt yn eu cael o bosibl? Felly, rwy'n annog yr holl Aelodau sy'n gwrando ar y ddadl hon, a'r hyn na allaf ond dychmygu yw'r cannoedd a'r miloedd lawer o bobl sy'n gwylio'r ddadl hon yn fyw, i fynd i ddweud wrth bobl eich bod yn gwybod beth y gall y CFfI ei gynnig i bobl ifanc Cymru. A chofiwch, nid oes raid i chi fod yn ffermwr i fod yn ffermwr ifanc. Diolch.