English: If I could first of all return to the public consultation on the number of Members and the fact that 56 per cent of respondents said that they could see the value in having an increase in the number of Members, I also held four public meetings across Wales - two in north Wales, one in Aberystwyth, and one in south Wales - as well as the meetings held here in Cardiff, in order to have discussions with the public about the change to the electoral system and increasing the number of Assembly Members as a result of the Laura McAllister report. It was very interesting if truth be told. I remember the meeting in Wrexham, for example, where there was a large audience on a wintery November evening - I think it was a Friday evening - and there was some doubt, I would say, at the beginning of the meeting. And then, once people thought about the additional opportunities that would exist to undertake work that would be seen as more useful as a result of having more Assembly Members, and having had that detailed discussion with people, they could see the value of increasing the number of democratically elected representatives in the national Parliament. What kind of additional work could be done? Well, we have touched on that to a degree already. The committees could do more interesting work, there would be more opportunities for individual Members to develop expertise, to develop new legislation or legislative proposals, and also further opportunities for Members, either through committee work or individual travel, to learn from other parts of Wales and beyond, and to open the minds of our Members to new ideas, because that's where we see the real value of this small Parliament, which can be more agile and flexible because of our size. But there is also some frustration in terms of the capacity of 60 Members here in empowering themselves and releasing themselves to think creatively and to work in a more creative manner - I do like the word 'creative' - and to think creatively too as to how to develop policy and new ideas in Wales for the benefit of the people of Wales.
Welsh: Os caf i jest fynd yn ôl yn gyntaf i'r ymgynghoriad cyhoeddus ar nifer yr Aelodau a'r ffaith bod 56 y cant o'r bobl wnaeth ymateb wedi dweud eu bod nhw'n gallu gweld y gwerth o gael cynnydd yn nifer yr Aelodau, fe wnes i hefyd gynnal pedwar, dwi'n meddwl, cyfarfod cyhoeddus mewn gwahanol fannau yng Nghymru - dau yn y gogledd, un yn Aberystwyth, ac un yn y de - yn ogystal â'r cyfarfodydd a oedd wedi digwydd fan hyn yng Nghaerdydd, i drafod gyda'r cyhoedd newid y system etholiadol a chynyddu'r nifer yn sgil adroddiad Laura McAllister. Ac roedd e'n hynod o ddiddorol a dweud y gwir. Dwi'n cofio'r cyfarfod yn Wrecsam, er enghraifft, lle roedd yna dipyn o gynulleidfa yna ar noson aeafol o Dachwedd, dwi'n meddwl oedd hi, ar nos Wener, ac fe oedd yna dipyn o amheuaeth, fyddwn i'n ei ddisgrifio, ar ddechrau'r cyfarfod. Ac wedyn, roedd pobl, wrth feddwl amboutu'r cyfleon ychwanegol fyddai yna i wneud gwaith mwy defnyddiol gyda nifer ychwanegol o Aelodau Cynulliad - . O gael y drafodaeth fanwl gyda phobl, maen nhw'n gallu gweld y gwerth o gynyddu nifer y cynrychiolwyr democrataidd sydd yn y Senedd genedlaethol. Pa fath o waith ychwanegol, wedyn? Wel, rŷn ni wedi cyffwrdd ar rywfaint o hynny'n barod. Mae'r pwyllgorau'n gallu gwneud mwy o waith diddorol, mae mwy o gyfleon i Aelodau unigol ddatblygu arbenigedd, datblygu deddfwriaeth newydd, a hefyd mwy o gyfleon i Aelodau - drwy bwyllgorau neu drwy deithiau unigol - fynd i ddysgu o lefydd eraill yng Nghymru a thu hwnt i Gymru, ac i agor meddyliau'r Aelodau sydd gyda ni i syniadau newydd, achos dyna fel rŷn ni'n gweld gwir werth y Senedd fach yma sy'n gallu bod yn fwy agile, mwy cyflym oherwydd ein maint ni. Ond, mae yna rwystredigaeth, dwi'n meddwl, nawr ar gapasiti y 60 Aelod yma rhag gallu ymrymuso a rhyddhau eu hunain i feddwl yn greadigol ac i wneud pethau yn fwy creadigol - dwi'n licio'r gair 'creadigol' yna - ac i feddwl yn greadigol ynglŷn â sut mae datblygu polisi a syniadau newydd yng Nghymru er lles pobl Cymru.