English: Thank you very much, Deputy Presiding Officer, for calling me to speak in this very important debate. The Chair and other speakers have outlined the extent of the problem and how it affects the baby as well as the mother and other children in the family. The issue about the mother and baby unit has been very clearly made. I think everybody agrees. All the speakers who've said anything this afternoon have made the case for having a specialist mother and baby unit, and I'm pleased that the Government has responded well to that. Because we did hear very distressing stories about how the absence of a local mother and baby unit made it very difficult for women who needed in-patient care and actually did have an awful choice of having to go to either adult psychiatric care wards without their baby, or going to a mother and baby unit in England, often very far away. We did hear from one third sector volunteer who needed help, but her nearest mother and baby unit was Manchester, and she turned it down because of the distance she'd have to travel, which would involve her being away from her family support network. But looking back, she knew that that would've been the best for her mental health. Certainly, what I've felt from this inquiry is the big benefits that can come from in-patient treatment, which I don't think I was aware of before we actually did this inquiry. So, it was awful to think of people missing out on it. It was disappointing that the mother and baby unit closed in Cardiff in 2013. I was involved, some years before that, in helping to keep it open, but, basically, I think the beds were underused, but that's perhaps because there wasn't a proper understanding of what the beds were needed for. In any case, the clear message from our committee is that there should be a mother and baby unit along the M4 corridor, and that arrangements should be made in north Wales. I think that that is one of our strongest recommendations. Secondly, I just wanted to refer briefly to the issue that came up about breast feeding. We all know how important breast feeding is to the health of children, but it's also very important to the mother and child bonding process, which, in turn, of course, does help the mental health of the mother. And I am concerned about some of the evidence that we had, which did seem to show that mothers who failed to breast feed and felt they were failures were more at risk of perinatal mental health problems. So, I think that's something that we should be aware of, because I believe we must be doing all we possibly can, as a Government, to promote breast feeding, but, obviously, we did get evidence that, on times, it was very difficult for women and that this can make them more vulnerable. So, I thought that that was a very important point that came up.
Welsh: Diolch yn fawr iawn, Ddirprwy Lywydd, am alw arnaf i siarad yn y ddadl bwysig hon. Mae'r Cadeirydd a siaradwyr eraill wedi amlinellu maint y broblem a sut y mae'n effeithio ar y babi yn ogystal â'r fam a'r plant eraill yn y teulu. Mae'r mater yr uned mamau a babanod wedi'i wneud yn glir iawn. Credaf fod pawb yn cytuno. Mae'r holl siaradwyr sydd wedi dweud unrhyw beth y prynhawn yma wedi gwneud achos dros gael uned mamau a babanod arbenigol, ac rwy'n falch fod y Llywodraeth wedi ymateb yn dda i hynny. Oherwydd fe glywsom straeon gofidus iawn ynglŷn â sut oedd absenoldeb uned mamau a babanod leol yn ei gwneud yn anodd iawn i fenywod a oedd angen gofal fel cleifion mewnol ac a wynebodd ddewis ofnadwy mewn gwirionedd o orfod mynd i wardiau gofal seiciatrig oedolion naill ai heb eu babanod, neu fynd i uned mamau a babanod yn Lloegr, yn aml iawn ymhell i ffwrdd. Clywsom gan un gwirfoddolwr trydydd sector a oedd angen help, ond roedd ei huned mamau a babanod agosaf ym Manceinion, ac fe wrthododd oherwydd y pellter y byddai'n rhaid iddi ei deithio, a fyddai'n golygu ei bod i ffwrdd oddi wrth ei rhwydwaith o gymorth teuluol. Ond wrth edrych yn ôl, roedd hi'n gwybod mai dyna fyddai wedi bod orau i'w hiechyd meddwl. Yn sicr, yr hyn rwyf wedi ei deimlo o'r ymchwiliad hwn yw'r manteision mawr a all ddod o driniaeth ar gyfer cleifion mewnol, ac nid wyf yn meddwl fy mod yn ymwybodol o hynny cyn inni wneud yr ymchwiliad hwn mewn gwirionedd. Felly, roedd hi'n ofnadwy meddwl fod pobl yn methu cael y gwasanaeth hwnnw. Roedd yn siomedig fod yr uned mamau a babanod wedi cau yng Nghaerdydd yn 2013. Rai blynyddoedd cyn hynny, fe gymerais ran yn helpu i'w chadw ar agor, ond yn y bôn, credaf nad oedd digon o ddefnydd ar y gwelyau, ond efallai fod hynny oherwydd nad oedd dealltwriaeth iawn o'r hyn yr oedd angen y gwelyau ar ei gyfer. Beth bynnag, y neges glir gan ein pwyllgor yw y dylid cael uned mamau a babanod ar hyd coridor yr M4, ac y dylid gwneud trefniadau yng ngogledd Cymru. Credaf mai dyna un o'n hargymhellion cryfaf. Yn ail, roeddwn am gyfeirio'n fyr at y mater a grybwyllwyd ynghylch bwydo ar y fron. Mae pawb ohonom yn gwybod pa mor bwysig yw bwydo ar y fron i iechyd plant, ond mae hefyd yn bwysig iawn i'r broses o fondio rhwng y fam a'r plentyn, sydd yn ei dro wrth gwrs yn helpu iechyd meddwl y fam. Ac rwy'n bryderus ynghylch rhywfaint o'r dystiolaeth a gawsom, a oedd fel pe bai'n dangos bod mamau a oedd wedi methu bwydo ar y fron ac yn teimlo eu bod yn fethiant yn wynebu mwy o risg o gael problemau iechyd meddwl amenedigol. Felly, credaf fod hynny'n rhywbeth y dylem fod yn ymwybodol ohono, oherwydd credaf fod yn rhaid inni wneud popeth a allwn, fel Llywodraeth, i hyrwyddo bwydo ar y fron, ond yn amlwg, cawsom dystiolaeth ei fod yn anodd iawn i fenywod ar adegau, ac y gall hyn wneud iddynt deimlo'n fwy bregus. Felly, roeddwn yn meddwl bod hwnnw'n bwynt pwysig iawn a wnaed.