English: Dirprwy Lywydd, I thought of that a good deal yesterday when Carwyn mentioned our organ donation legislation. On that long evening when we debated the Bill here on the floor of the Assembly, we were a beacon of hope in lives where hope was in very short supply. But we conducted that debate, I believed, in a way that matched its subject: passionate on all sides of the Chamber, but with no doubt that every contribution was motivated by wanting to make the best possible difference. The Bill we passed was better as a result of that debate, and the Act that we've put on the statute book has gone on to change lives here in Wales and to inspire change beyond our borders, and that's the sort of politics that I believe we all would want to see more of here in this National Assembly. Dirprwy Lywydd, the first time I came into this Chamber was not as all of you are, here by right of election; I came in here first in the wake of the then First Minister, Rhodri Morgan, who was making his first visit here as the Chamber became ready for occupation. Any changing of the guard is a time for reflection, as we found yesterday, and my old friend and mentor has been much in my thoughts in recent times. He wasn't an easy convert to this new building. Those of us who were here at the time will remember that, as its foundations were being put in place, the original building - Tŷ Hywel - would sway from side to side under the impact of the pile driving and a not-very-reassuring announcement would be made over the tannoy, advising those of us on the upper floors not to be alarmed because the building was designed to sway about. 'They're knocking up a new lean-to' was what the First Minister of the time was apt to say to visitors as this happened. He became a convert, I believe, to the place where he spent so many hours, and where, the next time I am here, it will be to answer your questions. You will have seen perhaps amongst the many attractions of being First Minister, that that opportunity has not been the one that most immediately appealed to me. And that, I think, is at least partly because of those long years in which every Tuesday was dominated by preparing the then First Minister for that ordeal. The day would begin by Rhodri going through the formidable file you have all seen, identifying those places where more or better information was required. We would then attempt, usually unsuccessfully, to guess where Nick Bourne or Ieuan Wyn Jones, or latterly Kirsty Williams, would be trying to make trouble later that day. Rhodri would disappear; I would be left to try to find the missing information from teams at Cathays Park, who were, inevitably, on leave, on a training day or had deserted to the Wales Office, before Rhodri returned to absorb, in that astonishing blotting-paper way he possessed, everything that had been assembled for him. Despite all of that meticulous preparation, how easily it could all go wrong. Like the Llywydd, I have no intention of writing any memoirs, but if I did, then the Tuesday when the BBC started reporting in the One O'Clock News, and with less than half an hour to go before FMQs, that a group of Welsh Government civil servants had been 'discovered', as the BBC put it, at a bonding session in a sauna in Llandovery remains seared in my memory. [ Laughter. ] On those occasions when there was clearly trouble ahead, Rhodri would set off for the lift, and I would set off back to my desk. On those days, the then First Minister would pause as he left the room and offer this wise advice: 'Tin hat on', he would say, and then he would set off for this Chamber. So, if there are any family members of mine in the gallery still wondering what I need for Christmas - [ Laughter.] - you've heard it this afternoon. I look forward, suitably hatted, to seeing you all on the first Tuesday when we resume in the new year. And, in the meantime,
Welsh: Ddirprwy Lywydd, bûm yn meddwl cryn dipyn am hynny ddoe pan soniodd Carwyn am ein deddfwriaeth rhoi organau. Ar y noson hir honno pan fuom yn trafod y Bil yma ar lawr y Cynulliad, roeddem yn fflam o obaith mewn bywydau lle nad oedd llawer o obaith i'w gael. Ond cynhaliwyd y ddadl honno gennym, yn fy marn i, mewn ffordd a oedd yn gweddu i'w phwnc: drwy angerdd ar bob ochr i'r Siambr, ond heb unrhyw amheuaeth fod pob cyfraniad wedi'i gymell gan ddyhead i wneud y gwahaniaeth gorau posibl. Roedd y Bil a basiwyd gennym yn well o ganlyniad i'r ddadl honno, ac mae'r Ddeddf rydym wedi'i rhoi ar y llyfr statud wedi newid bywydau yma yng Nghymru ac wedi ysbrydoli newid y tu hwnt i'n ffiniau, a dyna'r math o wleidyddiaeth y mae pob un ohonom, rwy'n credu, yn awyddus i weld mwy ohoni yn y Cynulliad Cenedlaethol hwn. Ddirprwy Lywydd, pan ddeuthum i'r Siambr hon am y tro cyntaf, ni ddeuthum yma fel pob un ohonoch chi, drwy gael eich ethol yma; deuthum yma am y tro cyntaf yng nghysgod y Prif Weinidog ar y pryd, Rhodri Morgan, a oedd yn ymweld â'r lle am y tro cyntaf wrth i'r Siambr ddod yn barod i'w defnyddio. Mae unrhyw fath o newid fel hyn yn adeg i fyfyrio, fel y gwelsom ddoe, ac rwyf wedi bod yn meddwl cryn dipyn am fy hen ffrind a mentor yn ddiweddar. Ni chynhesodd yn hawdd at yr adeilad newydd hwn. Bydd y rhai ohonom a oedd yma ar y pryd yn cofio, wrth i'w sylfeini gael eu gosod, y byddai'r adeilad gwreiddiol - Tŷ Hywel - yn gwegian o'r naill ochr i'r llall o dan effaith y gyrdd peiriant a'r cyhoeddiad llai na chalonogol a fyddai i'w glywed dros y system sain, yn cynghori'r rhai ohonom ar y lloriau uchaf i beidio â phoeni gan fod yr adeilad wedi'i gynllunio i siglo o ochr i ochr. 'Maent yn adeiladu lean-to newydd' oedd yr hyn y byddai'r Prif Weinidog ar y pryd yn ei ddweud wrth ymwelwyr pan oedd hyn yn digwydd. Credaf iddo gynhesu at y man lle y treuliodd gymaint o oriau, a lle byddaf, y tro nesaf y byddaf yma, yn ateb eich cwestiynau. Fe fyddwch wedi gweld, efallai, ymhlith y sawl peth atyniadol ynglŷn â bod yn Brif Weinidog, nad y cyfle hwnnw yw'r un a apeliodd fwyaf ataf. A chredaf mai'r rheswm am hynny, yn rhannol o leiaf, yw oherwydd y blynyddoedd maith hynny pan dreuliwn y rhan fwyaf o bob dydd Mawrth yn paratoi'r Prif Weinidog ar y pryd ar gyfer yr ornest honno. Byddai'r diwrnod yn dechrau gyda Rhodri yn mynd drwy'r ffeil aruthrol honno y mae pob un ohonoch wedi'i gweld, gan nodi'r mannau hynny lle roedd angen mwy o wybodaeth neu well gwybodaeth. Yna, byddem yn ceisio dyfalu, yn aflwyddiannus fel arfer, ble fyddai Nick Bourne neu Ieuan Wyn Jones, neu yn ddiweddarach, Kirsty Williams, yn ceisio creu trafferth yn ddiweddarach y diwrnod hwnnw. Byddai Rhodri'n diflannu; byddwn innau'n cael fy ngadael i geisio dod o hyd i'r wybodaeth a oedd ar goll gan dimau ym Mharc Cathays a oedd, yn anochel, ar wyliau, ar ddiwrnod hyfforddi neu wedi diflannu i Swyddfa Cymru, cyn i Rhodri ddychwelyd i amsugno, gyda'r gallu syfrdanol a oedd ganddo i wneud hynny fel papur blotio, popeth a oedd wedi ei baratoi ar ei gyfer. Er gwaethaf yr holl waith paratoi manwl hwnnw, gallai popeth fynd o'i le mor hawdd. Fel y Llywydd, nid wyf yn bwriadu ysgrifennu unrhyw gofiannau, ond pe bawn i'n gwneud hynny, byddai'r dydd Mawrth hwnnw pan ddechreuodd y BBC adrodd ar y One O'Clock News, gyda llai na hanner awr i fynd tan y Cwestiynau i'r Prif Weinidog, fod grŵp o weision sifil Llywodraeth Cymru wedi cael eu 'darganfod', fel y dywedodd y BBC, mewn sesiwn fondio mewn sawna yn Llanymddyfri wedi'i serio ar fy nghof. [ Chwerthin.] Ar yr adegau hynny pan oedd trafferthion amlwg ar y gorwel, byddai Rhodri'n anelu am y lifft, a byddwn innau'n mynd yn ôl at fy nesg. Ar y dyddiau hynny, byddai'r Prif Weinidog ar y pryd yn oedi wrth iddo adael yr ystafell ac yn cynnig y cyngor doeth hwn: 'Helmed dun ymlaen', byddai'n ei ddweud, ac yna byddai'n ymadael am y Siambr hon. Felly, os oes unrhyw aelodau o fy nheulu yn yr oriel yn dal i bendroni ynglŷn â beth i'w gael i mi ar gyfer y Nadolig - [ Chwerthin.] - rydych wedi clywed hynny'r prynhawn yma. Edrychaf ymlaen, gyda het addas ar fy mhen, at weld pob un ohonoch ar y dydd Mawrth cyntaf pan fyddwn yn ailddechrau yn y flwyddyn newydd. Ac yn y cyfamser,