English: It just is not sufficient, Llywydd. It just doesn't measure up to the seriousness of the position. Mick Antoniw got it exactly right, that if there is no agreement, if this legislature could not provide its legislative consent, then we have to act to put in place a set of arrangements that would operate for Welsh businesses and Welsh public services in the event that the UK Government did what they should do, and respect the decision of this National Assembly. That's why this Bill is a necessity, and that's why, in the end, it is not enough to rely on the LCM process, important as that is, because if we were not to give consent and the UK Government were to respect that, there would be no statute book for Wales to provide the continuity and certainty that this Bill, the continuity Bill, provides. The second point that David Melding made was about scrutiny, and I share lots of his anxieties about the timetable that we are now having to operate against, but the real finger does have to be pointed at the UK Government. Had they operated in the way that they told us they would and gave us the certainty that was needed earlier in this process, we would either have not needed this continuity Bill at all, or we would have been able to offer this Assembly greater time in which to scrutinise it. In the event, Leanne Wood asked why we didn't bring it forward earlier. She will know how closely we have acted in concert with the Scottish Government on this matter, how we have worked together to try and give the UK Government as much opportunity as possible to bring forward an amendment with which we could agree, how we have acted with the Scottish Government to a common timetable in introducing our continuity Bills, and how we are now in the position where speed will have to be of the essence. An explanatory memorandum will be published tomorrow alongside the Bill, if it is to be introduced. Leanne Wood rightly pointed to the fact that Plaid Cymru have long advocated a continuity Bill, and I think that she will recognise that part of the impact we have been able to have at the UK level has partly been by working together with Scotland, but also by being able to demonstrate the unity of purpose in this National Assembly on these very important matters. That's why we were so pleased to publish jointly 'Securing Wales' Future' with Plaid Cymru, and I'm sure that she will recognise that the First Minister responded positively from the very beginning to the concept of a continuity Bill, and has taken responsibility himself for the oversight of the development of that Bill, and the formidable amount, as Mick Antoniw said, of work that has gone into its preparation, including liaison with the Scottish First Minister along the way. I've heard what parties have said here this afternoon, Llywydd. I know we will not be unanimous. I regret that. I think it doesn't help us in getting the maximum leverage that Leanne Wood referred to. But I think there will be a substantial majority here on the floor of this Assembly so that we can bring this Bill forward, we can bring it forward as an emergency Bill, we can attend to it as best we can within the timetable that we have got, and if we are in the position that we do not seek, where we cannot secure agreement of the UK Government to a proper amendment to its own Bill, then the future of Wales and legal certainty and continuity here will have been secured through this Bill if we are able to take it onto the statute book.
Welsh: Nid yw'n ddigonol, Llywydd. Nid yw'n cyfateb i ddifrifoldeb y sefyllfa. Roedd Mick Antoniw yn hollol gywir. Os nad oes cytundeb, os na allai'r ddeddfwrfa hon roi ei chydsyniad deddfwriaethol, yna mae'n rhaid inni weithredu i roi cyfres o drefniadau ar waith a fyddai'n gweithredu ar gyfer busnesau Cymru a gwasanaethau cyhoeddus Cymru pe bai Llywodraeth y DU yn gwneud yr hyn a ddylai, a pharchu penderfyniad y Cynulliad Cenedlaethol hwn. Dyna pam mae'r Bil hwn yn angenrheidiol, a dyna pam, yn y pen draw, nad yw'n ddigon dibynnu ar broses y cynnig cydsyniad deddfwriaethol, er mor bwysig yw honno, oherwydd pe na baem yn rhoi cydsyniad ac y byddai Llywodraeth y DU yn parchu hynny, ni fyddai unrhyw lyfr statud i Gymru er mwyn rhoi'r parhad a'r sicrwydd hynny y mae'r Bil hwn, y Bil parhad, yn ei roi. Roedd yr ail bwynt a wnaeth David Melding ynglŷn â chraffu, ac rwy'n rhannu llawer o'i bryderon ynghylch yr amserlen yr ydym ni bellach yn gorfod cydymffurfio â hi, ond mae'r bai mewn gwirionedd ar Lywodraeth y DU. Petaent wedi gweithredu yn y ffordd y dywedasant wrthym y bydden nhw'n ei wneud ac wedi rhoi'r sicrwydd inni yr oedd ei angen yn gynharach yn y broses hon, yna naill ai ni fyddai angen y Bil parhad hwn arnom ni o gwbl, neu byddem wedi gallu cynnig mwy o amser i'r Cynulliad graffu arno. Yn hynny o beth, gofynnodd Leanne Wood pam na wnaethom ni ei gyflwyno yn gynharach. Bydd hi'n gwybod pa mor agos yr ydym wedi cydweithio â Llywodraeth yr Alban ar y mater hwn, sut rydym wedi gweithio gyda'n gilydd i geisio rhoi cymaint o gyfle â phosib i Lywodraeth y DU gyflwyno gwelliant y gallem ni gytuno arno, sut yr ydym wedi gweithio gyda Llywodraeth yr Alban yn unol ag amserlen gyffredin wrth gyflwyno ein Biliau parhad, a sut yr ydym ni nawr mewn sefyllfa o orfod gweithio'n gyflym. Caiff memorandwm esboniadol ei gyhoeddi yfory ochr yn ochr â'r Bil, os caiff ei gyflwyno. Cyfeiriodd Leanne Wood yn gywir at y ffaith bod Plaid Cymru wedi dadlau'n hir o blaid Bil parhad, ac rwy'n credu y gwnaiff hi gydnabod bod rhan o'r effaith a gawsom ar lefel y DU wedi bod oherwydd y cydweithio â'r Alban, ond hefyd drwy allu dangos yr undod pwrpas yn y Cynulliad Cenedlaethol hwn ynglŷn â'r materion pwysig iawn hyn. Dyna pam yr oeddem ni mor falch o gyhoeddi 'Diogelu Dyfodol Cymru' gyda Phlaid Cymru. Ac rwy'n siŵr y bydd hi'n cydnabod i Brif Weinidog Cymru ymateb yn gadarnhaol o'r dechrau i'r cysyniad o Fil parhad, ac iddo gymryd y cyfrifoldeb ei hun o oruchwylio datblygiad y Bil hwnnw, a'r swm aruthrol o waith, fel dywedodd Mick Antoniw, fu'n rhan o'r paratoi, gan gynnwys trafod gyda Phrif Weinidog yr Alban yn ystod y broses. Rwyf wedi clywed yr hyn fu gan y pleidiau i'w ddweud yma y prynhawn yma, Llywydd. Gwn nad ydym yn unfrydol. Rwy'n gresynu at hynny. Nid wyf yn credu ei fod yn ein helpu ni i gael y dylanwad mwyaf posib y cyfeiriodd Leanne Wood ato. Ond credaf y bydd mwyafrif sylweddol yma yn y Cynulliad hwn fel y gallwn gyflwyno'r Bil hwn, y gallwn ni ei gyflwyno ar ffurf Bil brys, y gallwn ni wneud ein gorau o fewn yr amserlen sydd gennym ni. Ac os ydym ni yn y sefyllfa nad ydym eisiau bod ynddi, lle na ellir sicrhau cytundeb Llywodraeth y DU ar welliant priodol i'r Bil ei hun, yna bydd dyfodol Cymru a sicrwydd a pharhad cyfreithiol wedi'u sicrhau yma drwy'r Bil hwn os gallwn ni ei roi ar y llyfr statud.