English: Thank you for that. Of course, this is something I've commented on on a very regular basis before the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee and in questions in this Senedd, because the effective engagement by UK Government, Welsh Government and devolved Governments over legislation is fundamentally important. The failure of that to operate as it should and in accordance with the devolution memoranda and so on is one of the biggest obstacles to having an efficient, effective and scrutinisable legislative process. When information is not shared, when drafting is not shared in good time, it not only creates considerable pressure on those who then have to analyse and understand it, it also is, in my view, an absolutely enormous waste of resources that could well be used in other ways. We have been pressing for a more consistent and more effective system of engagement. We've had promises, of course, and we get the assurances that that will happen. Of course, we do have a new inter-governmental arrangement that is still not properly up and running, but that may improve the situation. But I believe that there is a need for more substantive constitutional reform. I think that constitutional reform has to include the justiciability in one way or another of Sewel, the entrenchment of Sewel, in a way, because many of the problems that emerge through these processes are, of course, Sewel-related ones. In terms of the LCM process, of course, we don't have any significant control over that, because we have to operate in accordance with Standing Orders when legislation arises. If it impacts on the Senedd, or on the functions of Welsh Ministers, then, of course, it has to be considered with regard to its impact on this place, but also in terms of the exercise of our powers and whether we should give consent to any of those items. That, obviously, involves a very tortuous process of negotiations and discussions over legislative amendments and so on, a back-and-forth process. It is wholly inefficient. It is a whole waste of resources in the way these things are actually done. Again, I'm sorry I keep referring to it, but I was very impressed with some of the recommendations and analysis that appear in the Gordon Brown report, which actually would give that justiciable status to Sewel, but would also create a specific constitutional structure in terms of inter-governmental relations with a justiciable disputes procedure. If that existed, that would be a very significant step forward in dealing with the points you raised. There was nothing new, in fact, in those things - these are things we've been saying in various forms for quite some time - but they are things that need to be addressed, and until they are addressed, the dysfunctional structure we have at the moment will continue.
Welsh: Diolch. Wrth gwrs, mae hyn yn rhywbeth rwyf wedi gwneud sylwadau arno'n rheolaidd iawn gerbron y Pwyllgor Deddfwriaeth, Cyfiawnder a'r Cyfansoddiad ac mewn cwestiynau yn y Senedd hon, gan fod ymgysylltu effeithiol rhwng Llywodraeth y DU, Llywodraeth Cymru a Llywodraethau datganoledig ynghylch deddfwriaeth yn hanfodol bwysig. Methiant hynny i weithredu fel y dylai ac yn unol â'r memoranda datganoli ac ati yw un o'r rhwystrau mwyaf rhag cael proses ddeddfwriaethol effeithlon ac effeithiol y gellir craffu arni. Pan na chaiff gwybodaeth ei rhannu, pan na chaiff drafftiau eu rhannu mewn da bryd, nid yn unig fod hynny'n creu pwysau sylweddol ar y rheini sy'n gorfod ei ddadansoddi a'i ddeall, ond mae hefyd, yn fy marn i, yn wastraff aruthrol ar adnoddau y gellid eu defnyddio mewn ffyrdd eraill. Rydym wedi bod yn pwyso am system ymgysylltu fwy cyson a mwy effeithiol. Rydym wedi cael addewidion wrth gwrs, ac rydym yn cael sicrwydd y bydd hynny'n digwydd. Wrth gwrs, mae gennym drefniant rhynglywodraethol newydd nad yw ar waith yn iawn o hyd, ond efallai y bydd hynny'n gwella'r sefyllfa. Ond credaf fod angen diwygio cyfansoddiadol mwy ystyrlon. Credaf fod yn rhaid i ddiwygio cyfansoddiadol gynnwys traddodadwyedd Sewel mewn rhyw ffordd neu'i gilydd, ymwreiddio Sewel, mewn ffordd, gan fod llawer o'r problemau sy'n dod i'r amlwg drwy'r prosesau hyn yn ymwneud â Sewel wrth gwrs. Ar broses y cynigion cydsyniad deddfwriaethol, wrth gwrs, nid oes gennym unrhyw reolaeth ystyrlon dros hynny, gan fod yn rhaid inni weithredu yn unol â'r Rheolau Sefydlog mewn perthynas â deddfwriaeth. Os yw'n effeithio ar y Senedd, neu ar swyddogaethau Gweinidogion Cymru, mae'n rhaid ei ystyried o ran ei effaith ar y lle hwn, ond hefyd o ran y modd y caiff ein pwerau eu harfer ac a ddylem roi cydsyniad i unrhyw un o'r eitemau hynny. Mae hynny'n amlwg yn cynnwys proses arteithiol iawn o negodiadau a thrafodaethau ynghylch gwelliannau deddfwriaethol ac ati, proses hirfaith. Mae'n gwbl aneffeithlon. Mae'n wastraff llwyr ar adnoddau o ran y ffordd y caiff y pethau hyn eu gwneud. Unwaith eto, mae'n ddrwg gennyf am gyfeirio at hyn dro ar ôl tro, ond gwnaeth rhai o'r argymhellion a'r dadansoddiadau sy'n ymddangos yn adroddiad Gordon Brown argraff fawr arnaf, gan y byddent yn rhoi'r statws traddodadwy hwnnw i Sewel, ond byddent hefyd yn creu strwythur cyfansoddiadol penodol ar gyfer cysylltiadau rhynglywodraethol gyda gweithdrefn anghydfodau draddodadwy. Pe bai hynny'n bodoli, byddai'n gam pwysig ymlaen ar gyfer ymdrin â'r pwyntiau a godwyd gennych. Nid oedd unrhyw beth newydd yn y pethau hynny mewn gwirionedd - mae'r rhain yn bethau rydym wedi bod yn eu dweud mewn gwahanol ffyrdd ers peth amser - ond maent yn bethau y mae angen mynd i'r afael â hwy, a hyd nes yr eir i'r afael â hwy, bydd y strwythur camweithredol sydd gennym ar hyn o bryd yn parhau.