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Mae Cod y Gweinidogion yn nodi'r hyn y mae Prif Weinidog Cymru yn ei ddisgwyl mewn perthynas â safonau ymddygiad Gweinidogol ac ymddygiad personol − mae'r cod yn gymwys hefyd i'r Prif Weinidog ei hun. Hyd yma, mae hynny wedi golygu nad oedd unrhyw gyfle i gynnal asesiad annibynnol pe bai pryderon sylweddol nad oedd y Prif Weinidog wedi cydymffurfio â Chod y Gweinidogion, heblaw am drefniadau'r Cynulliad ei hun o ran craffu ac o ran safonau, a'r broses etholiadol arferol.

Rwyf wedi gwrando ar y rheini sydd am weld proses gyfeirio annibynnol y gellir ei defnyddio o dan amgylchiadau lle y teimlir bod angen cyngor allanol ac annibynnol ar y Prif Weinidog.

Felly, aed ati i ddiwygio Cod y Gweinidogion fel y bo modd cyfeirio materion at Gynghorydd Annibynnol pan fo o'r farn bod angen gwneud hynny. Mae adran 1\.4 o'r Cod yn darparu bellach y caiff y Prif Weinidog ofyn i Gynghorydd Annibynnol roi cyngor iddo a fydd yn sail i’w farn ynghylch unrhyw gamau sy’n angenrheidiol mewn perthynas ag ymddygiad y Gweinidogion. Mae’r Cod yn darparu hefyd y caiff canfyddiadau’r Cynghorydd eu cyhoeddi.

Nid yw'r Cod yn rhagnodi cwmpas na ffurf unrhyw ymchwiliad y gofynnir i'r Cynghorydd ymgymryd ag ef, nac ychwaith sut y dylai gynnal yr ymgynghoriad hwnnw. Mater i'r Cynghorydd yw penderfynu sut i weithredu ar faterion y cyfeirir ato gan y Prif Weinidog.

Yn ystod yr wythnosau nesaf, bydd panel ac arno nifer o Gynghorwyr â'r cymwysterau a'r profiad priodol yn cael ei benodi i ymgymryd â'r gwaith hwn yn unigol neu ar y cyd.

Mae James Hamilton, sy'n Gynghorydd Annibynnol i Lywodraeth yr Alban ar hyn o bryd, wedi cytuno y caf gyfeirio ato ar unwaith honiadau a wnaed yn ystod y bythefnos ddiwethaf imi dorri Cod y Gweinidogion.







Translation:


 
The Ministerial Code sets out the First Minister’s expectations for standards of Ministerial behaviour and personal conduct \- the Code also applies to the First Minister. Until now this has meant that there was no opportunity for independent assessment of significant concerns raised in relation to the First Minster’s adherence to the Ministerial Code apart from the Assembly’s own scrutiny and standards arrangements and the normal electoral process.


I have listened to those who have called for an independent referral process to be available in circumstances where it is felt the First Minister requires a source of external and independent advice.


As such, the Ministerial Code has been amended to allow for such referrals to be made to an Independent Adviser where he deems it necessary. Section 1\.4 of the Code now provides that the First Minister may ask an Independent Adviser to provide him with advice on which to base his judgement about any action required in respect of Ministerial conduct and that the Adviser’s findings will be published.


The Code does not prescribe the scope, format or conduct of any inquiry the Adviser may be asked to undertake. It is for the Adviser to determine how to act upon matters referred by the First Minister


Over the coming weeks, a panel of several suitably qualified and experienced Advisers will be appointed to undertake this work individually or collectively.


I have agreed with James Hamilton, a current Independent Adviser to the Scottish Government, to accept an immediate referral from me in relation to allegations made in the last two weeks that I breached the Ministerial Code.