English: Well, as I said in response to Simon Thomas, we did write expressing our serious concerns about the treatment of people who came from Commonwealth countries. I do think it's worth observing, Llywydd, that it's not just the people who came over on the Empire Windrush, of course; it's the people who came from all Commonwealth countries as a result of a plea from Britain after the war to come and help rebuild the 'mother country', as it was very much then called. Unfortunately, it's not possible to know how many people there are, because no documentation was issued at the time, after the Immigration Act 1971, and a large number of people who didn't travel abroad, for whatever reason, saw no reason to regularise their situation, and why would they? It's only recently, as a result of the hostile environment, which has now been renamed 'the compliance environment' by the UK Government, that people are now being asked to produce paperwork in order to sign leases and to get access to normal, day-to-day, routine things. Unfortunately, we do not know how many of them exist and are affected in Wales. The Home Secretary, as a result of a very large amount of pressure, including from the Welsh Government, has announced new measures, I'm pleased to say, which do include: a taskforce dedicated to helping those affected; plans to work with departments across the Government to gather evidence on behalf of immigrants - documentation for every year is usually expected, such as bank statements or pay slips, but any of you will know how difficult it is to do that, especially in an electronic age where banks don't keep them past two or three years - a pledge that all cases will be resolved in two weeks, which, I mean, I would that it were so; that all fees for new documentation are waived so that people are not out of pocket, and those normally cost around £229, I'm told; and that a new website is set up with confirmation and a direct contact point. There were a number of other statements made, but we are aware, as well, that some people have actually been deported. We continue to seek assurances from the UK Government that everybody who has been poorly treated as a result of this appalling situation will receive the redress they're entitled to.
Welsh: Wel, fel y dywedais wrth ymateb i Simon Thomas, fe wnaethom ni ysgrifennu yn mynegi ein pryderon difrifol ynglŷn â'r driniaeth o bobl a ddaeth o wledydd y Gymanwlad. Rwyf yn credu ei bod hi'n werth dweud, Llywydd, bod a wnelo hyn nid yn unig â'r bobl a ddaeth gyntaf o wledydd yr Ymerodraeth, wrth gwrs; ond â'r bobl a ddaeth o holl wledydd y Gymanwlad o ganlyniad i apêl gan Brydain ar ôl y rhyfel i helpu ailadeiladu'r 'famwlad', fel y gelwid hi bryd hynny i raddau helaeth. Yn anffodus, nid yw hi'n bosib gwybod faint o bobl sydd yna, oherwydd ni chyhoeddwyd unrhyw ddogfennau ar y pryd, ar ôl Deddf Mewnfudo 1971, ac nid oedd nifer fawr o bobl nad oeddent yn teithio dramor, am ba reswm bynnag, yn gweld unrhyw reswm i reoleiddio eu sefyllfa, a pam fydden nhw? Dim ond yn ddiweddar, yn sgil yr hinsawdd elyniaethus, sydd bellach wedi ei ailenwi'n 'hinsawdd gydymffurfio' gan Lywodraeth y DU, y gofynnir i bobl bellach ddangos gwaith papur er mwyn llofnodi prydlesi ac i allu manteisio ar bethau arferol, beunyddiol, rheolaidd. Yn anffodus, nid ydym ni'n gwybod faint ohonyn nhw sy'n bodoli ac sydd wedi eu heffeithio yng Nghymru. Mae'r Ysgrifennydd Cartref, o ganlyniad i bwysau sylweddol iawn, gan gynnwys gan Lywodraeth Cymru, wedi cyhoeddi mesurau newydd, rwy'n falch o ddweud, sy'n cynnwys: tasglu pwrpasol i helpu'r rhai sydd wedi'u heffeithio; cynlluniau i weithio gydag adrannau ym mhob rhan o'r Llywodraeth i gasglu tystiolaeth ar ran mewnfudwyr - fel arfer disgwylir dogfennau ar gyfer pob blwyddyn, megis datganiadau banc neu slipiau cyflog, ond bydd pob un ohonoch chi'n gwybod pa mor anodd yw hi i wneud hynny, yn enwedig mewn oes electronig lle nad yw banciau yn eu cadw yn hwy na dwy neu dair blynedd - addewid y caiff pob achos ei ddatrys mewn pythefnos, sef, yr hyn rwy'n ei olygu yw, pe bai hynny ond yn bosib; bod yr holl ffioedd ar gyfer dogfennau newydd yn cael eu diddymu fel y nad yw pobl ar eu colled yn ariannol, ac mae'r rheini fel arfer yn costio tua £229, dywedir wrthyf; ac y caiff gwefan newydd ei sefydlu gyda chadarnhad a phwynt cyswllt uniongyrchol. Gwnaed nifer o ddatganiadau eraill, ond rydym ni'n ymwybodol, hefyd, bod rhai pobl mewn gwirionedd wedi cael eu halltudio. Rydym yn parhau i geisio sicrwydd gan Lywodraeth y DU y bydd pawb sydd wedi cael triniaeth wael o ganlyniad i'r sefyllfa warthus hon yn cael yr iawn y mae ganddynt yr hawl iddo.