English: May I take this opportunity to congratulate the Minister on her appointment? I look forward to working closely with her to try to influence as best I can the major decisions that remain to be made, of course, as the pandemic continues. It has been interesting to hear some of the comments made by Dominic Cummings today, who stated that the UK Government had made disastrous mistakes in dealing with the pandemic. It's important to remember that the Welsh Government had committed to working on a four-nations level on many of those decisions, so it's important to remember that there are still lessons to be learnt in order to make the best decisions. Turning straight away to the regulations in front of us, we support them all but there are several comments that do need to be made, I think. Amendments 6 and 7 take us back to the end of March, beginning of April - 8 and 9 take us forward a few weeks, but it's important that we note that these are amendments that were announced during an election period, with the changes coming into force as late as three days before the election. I don't need to spend much time discussing the significance of that - nobody from any political party could deny the potential for announcements of that kind to influence democratic processes. But it's important to mention this, because, if we were somehow to find ourselves in a similar situation again, we need to ensure that we learn all kinds of lessons from our experiences of the past year, and that includes democratic lessons as well as more practical lessons on how to deal with a pandemic. Amendment 10 - this is more contemporary. Even then, we're talking about regulations that are almost a fortnight old, and I'll make an appeal here, early on in this new parliamentary term, for the Government, in collaboration with the Business Committee, to seek every way to try to (1) make announcements in the Senedd so that we can discuss them immediately, and (2) to accelerate the timetable for discussing changes and amendments to the regulations that are so important. How many times have we discussed regulations that have already come to an end before they came before the Senedd to be approved to be introduced in the first instance? Now, there are a number of other points that I want to make. I'm going to put them in a letter to you as well, Minister, to have a fuller response, but given it's taken many months for the Government to respond to some enquiries - almost a year for one enquiry that I've made - I want to go through them just to put them on the record today so that you hear them from me directly. In terms of where we are in general, we are all very pleased that we are in a positive position in terms of the number of cases and that the vaccination process is moving ahead well. I'm very indebted to everyone who is part of that process, of course. I do ask you to seek every way of lifting more restrictions as soon as possible, but of course only when it's safe to do so, and we know that we need to be watchful in terms of the growth in the variant from India. So, I want to know, in that context, what kinds of steps will be taken to respond to any sudden growth and to try to prevent a third wave. Will there be intensive vaccination programmes, local restrictions, travel restrictions to and from areas of high incidence, for example? And also, with the clear evidence that the virus is spread in an airborne way, I would like to know what steps are being taken to respond to that evidence, including the provision of FFP3 masks for healthcare workers who are in contact with COVID patients, and also I'd like a report specifically on the potential of introducing ultra-violet UVC light, which could be so useful in settings such as schools, for example, to disinfect. There are a number of other points and I will put them, as I say, in a letter to you. We need to know, for example, what steps will be taken to allow things such as parkruns to happen in due course - sporting events that are so beneficial for body and mind. I will make a last-minute appeal here for you to allow supporters to watch Caernarfon against Newtown on Saturday. These things can be done safely. Please do everything that you can in that regard. There will be letters from Heledd Fychan and Luke Fletcher on economic matters on top of the health matters that I want to raise, but in my brief I want to know much more from the Government about the steps to get to grips with long COVID, which is such a concern for people. It's a long list of questions. To conclude, I note that this is of course the first time for me to be able to raise some of these issues in the new Senedd since before dissolution, but as I say, I don't expect full answers now. They will come in written form very soon, hopefully. But it's a measure, isn't it, of the work that is ahead of you as a new Minister - I wish you well - and it's also a measure of the work that is ahead of all of us as a Senedd to hold you and the Government to account.
Welsh: A gaf innau gymryd y cyfle yma i longyfarch y Gweinidog ar ei phenodiad? Dwi'n edrych ymlaen at weithio yn agos efo hi i geisio dylanwadu gorau y gallaf i ar rai o'r penderfyniadau mawr sydd ar ôl i'w gwneud, wrth gwrs, wrth i'r pandemig barhau. Mae wedi bod yn ddiddorol gwrando ar rai o sylwadau Dominic Cummings heddiw, onid ydy, yn dweud bod Llywodraeth Prydain wedi gwneud camgymeriadau trychinebus wrth ddelio â'r pandemig. Mae'n bwysig cofio bod Llywodraeth Cymru wedi ymrwymo i weithio ar lefel pedair gwlad ar lawer o'r penderfyniadau hynny, felly mae'n bwysig cofio ar y pwynt yma bod yna wersi i'w dysgu o hyd i drio gwneud y penderfyniadau gorau. I droi'n syth at y rheoliadau o'n blaenau ni, rydym ni'n eu cefnogi nhw i gyd, ond mae yna sawl sylw sydd angen ei wneud, dwi'n meddwl. Mae diwygiadau 6 a 7 yn mynd â ni nôl yn bell iawn i ddiwedd Mawrth, dechrau Ebrill. Mae 8 a 9 yn dod â ni ymlaen rai wythnosau, ond mae'n bwysig ein bod ni'n nodi yma bod y rhain yn ddiwygiadau a gafodd eu cyhoeddi yn anterth cyfnod etholiad, efo'r newidiadau yn dod i rym mor ddiweddar â thri diwrnod cyn yr etholiad. A does dim angen i fi dreulio llawer o amser yn trafod arwyddocâd hynny - prin y gallai unrhyw un o unrhyw blaid wleidyddol wadu'r potensial i gyhoeddiadau felly, wrth gwrs, ddylanwadu ar brosesau democrataidd. Ond mae hi yn bwysig crybwyll hyn, achos pe baem ni rywsut yn canfod ein hunain mewn sefyllfa debyg eto, mae eisiau gwneud yn siŵr ein bod ni'n dysgu pob mathau o wersi o'n profiad ni dros y flwyddyn ddiwethaf, ac mae hynny'n cynnwys gwersi democrataidd hefyd, yn ogystal â gwersi mwy ymarferol ar sut i ddelio efo pandemig. Diwygiad 10 wedyn - hwn yn fwy cyfoes. Hyd yn oed wedyn, rydym ni'n sôn am reoliadau sydd bron yn bythefnos oed, ac mi wnaf i apêl yn fan hyn, yn gynnar yn y tymor seneddol newydd, ar y Llywodraeth, mewn cydweithrediad efo'r Pwyllgor Busnes, i chwilio am bob ffordd i allu (1) gwneud cyhoeddiadau yn y Senedd er mwyn gallu eu trafod nhw yn syth, a (2) i gyflymu'r amserlen ar gyfer trafod newidiadau a diwygiadau a rheoliadau o bwys. Faint o weithiau ydym ni wedi trafod rheoliadau sydd eisoes wedi dod i ben cyn iddyn nhw ddod o flaen y Senedd i gael eu cymeradwyo i'w cyflwyno yn y lle cyntaf? Mae yna nifer o bwyntiau eraill dwi jest am eu gwneud rŵan. Dwi am eu rhoi nhw mewn llythyr i chi, Weinidog, hefyd, er mwyn cael ymateb llawnach, ond a hithau wedi cymryd misoedd lawer i'r Llywodraeth ateb rhai ymholiadau yn y flwyddyn ddiwethaf - bron flwyddyn gyfan yn achos un ymholiad, a dweud y gwir - dwi am fynd drwyddyn nhw yn fan hyn jest i'w rhoi nhw ar y cofnod ac i chi gael eu clywed nhw yn uniongyrchol. O ran lle rydym ni arni yn gyffredinol, rydym ni i gyd yn falch, wrth gwrs, ein bod ni mewn lle positif o ran niferoedd yr achosion a bod y broses frechu yn symud ymlaen yn dda. Mae fy niolch i'n fawr, wrth gwrs, i bawb sy'n rhan o'r broses honno. Dwi yn gofyn i chi chwilio yn ddyfal am ffyrdd o godi mwy o gyfyngiadau mor fuan â phosib, ond wrth gwrs, dim ond pan mae'n ddiogel i wneud hynny, ac rydym ni'n gwybod bod angen bod ar ein gwyliadwriaeth o hyd, yn enwedig o ystyried y twf yn yr amrywiolyn o India. Felly, dwi am wybod, yn y cyd-destun hwnnw, pa fath o gamau fydd yn cael eu rhoi mewn lle i ymateb i unrhyw dwf sydyn, ac yn wir i drio atal y drydedd don. A fydd yna raglenni brechu dwys, cyfyngiadau lleol, cyfyngiadau teithio i ac o ardaloedd haint uchel, er enghraifft? A hefyd, efo'r dystiolaeth yn glir mai drwy'r awyr y mae'r feirws yn lledaenu yn bennaf, mi hoffwn i wybod pa gamau sy'n cael eu cymryd i ymateb i'r dystiolaeth yna, yn cynnwys rhoi masgiau FFP3 i weithwyr iechyd a gofal sydd mewn cyswllt efo cleifion COVID, a hefyd mi leiciwn i adroddiad yn benodol ar y potensial o gyflwyno camau diheintio yn defnyddio golau uwch-fioled UVC, a allai fod mor werthfawr mewn lleoliadau fel ysgolion, er enghraifft. Mae yna nifer o bwyntiau eraill y gwnaf eu rhoi, fel dwi'n dweud, mewn llythyr. Mi ydyn ni angen gwybod, er enghraifft, pa gamau fydd yna i ganiatáu pethau fel parkruns i ddigwydd yn fuan - digwyddiadau chwaraeon sydd mor llesol ar gyfer y corff a'r meddwl. Mi wnaf i apêl yn fan hyn ar y funud olaf i chi ganiatáu cefnogwyr i wylio Caernarfon yn erbyn y Drenewydd, ddydd Sadwrn yma. Mae modd gwneud y pethau yma yn ddiogel. Gwnewch bopeth y gallwch chi. Mi fydd yna lythyrau gan Heledd Fychan a gan Luke Fletcher ar faterion economaidd ar ben y materion iechyd yma, ond yn fy mriff i, yn sicr dwi angen gwybod llawer mwy gan y Llywodraeth ynglŷn â chamau i fynd i'r afael â long COVID, sydd yn gymaint o boen i bobl. Mae'n rhestr hir. I gloi, dwi'n nodi mai dyma wrth gwrs y tro cyntaf i fi allu codi rhai o'r materion yma yn y Senedd newydd ers cyn y cyfnod diddymu, ond fel dwi'n dweud, dwi ddim yn disgwyl atebion llawn rŵan. Mi ddaw'r rheini yn ysgrifenedig yn fuan iawn, gobeithio. Ond mae hi'n fesur, onid ydy hi, o'r gwaith sydd o'ch blaen chi, fel Gweinidog newydd - dwi'n dymuno'n dda i chi - ac mae'n fesur hefyd o'r gwaith sydd o'n blaenau ni fel Senedd i'ch dal chi a'r Llywodraeth i gyfrif.