English: The pathway towards the introduction of the name 'Senedd' has been one that has taken a number of turns over the past two years. If I could refer back to the consultation that took place, 'Senedd Cymru/Welsh Parliament' was supported by around 70 per cent of the people who responded to the consultation on this legislation, so they were in favour of that bilingual term. Over 50 per cent of respondents also supported 'Senedd' as a monolingual Welsh name. Therefore, a decision was originally taken that 'Senedd Cymru/Welsh Parliament' would be the best solution and would be the approach adopted in renaming the institution. But there were two factors that were utmost in our minds, and in my mind, as the Commission decided on the 'Senedd' option finally. First of all, there was some discussion and some disagreement as to, if we were to adopt the name 'Senedd Cymru/Welsh Parliament', how Members would be described, emerging from that decision. And you may recall that there was some negative coverage in terms of 'Members of the Welsh Parliament', MWPs, and some people didn't like the idea of either being an MWP or being named in that way. So, that was one factor. The second was that it became increasingly obvious to me that there was a high percentage of this Assembly that wanted to see the name 'Senedd' adopted and that it should be used at an official level. At the back of my mind - or, indeed, at the front of my mind - I always have to consider the majority available to pass a Measure of this kind, namely that 40 of the 60 Assembly Members I mentioned earlier. I went through a process of consulting with the political parties and with individual Members back in the autumn to see where the highest percentages of support were, and in my view, at that point, it was the Welsh name 'Senedd' that was generally favoured as the formal name of the institution, whilst also accepting that the term 'Welsh Parliament' would be the translation of 'Senedd'. And then, in placing that on the face of the Bill, there was no kind of ambiguity as to what the word 'Senedd' would mean in Welsh. I was particularly eager to not reach a position where we would adopt the name 'Senedd' in Welsh and that the name 'Assembly' should remain in English. So, in placing the words 'Welsh Parliament' on the face of the Bill, that deals with that ambiguity.
Welsh: Mae'r llwybr tuag at gyflwyno'r enw 'Senedd' wedi bod yn llwybr sydd wedi cymryd sawl troad yn ystod y ddwy flynedd diwethaf yma. Os gwnaf i gyfeirio yn ôl at yr ymgynghori a ddigwyddodd ar 'Senedd Cymru/Welsh Parliament', roedd tua dros 70 y cant o bobl wnaeth ymateb i'r ymgynghori ar y Mesur yma o blaid 'Senedd Cymru/Welsh Parliament' a'r defnydd o'r term dwyieithog. Roedd dros 50 y cant o'r rhai a wnaeth ymateb hefyd yn cefnogi 'Senedd' fel enw uniaith Gymraeg. Felly, fe benderfynwyd yn wreiddiol taw 'Senedd Cymru/Welsh Parliament', o bosib, fyddai'r datrysiad gorau a'r ffordd o gyflwyno'r ailenwi. Ond, wrth gwrs, roedd yna ddau ffactor a oedd yn ddylanwadol iawn ar fy meddwl i a'r Comisiwn wrth i ni benderfynu mynd am yr opsiwn 'Senedd' yn derfynol, sef, yn gyntaf, fe oedd yna dipyn o drafodaeth ac anghydweld ynglŷn ag os oedden ni'n dewis yr enw 'Senedd Cymru/Welsh Parliament', yna beth fyddai enw'r Aelodau yn deillio allan o'r enw hynny. Ac, os ydych chi'n cofio, fe oedd yna dipyn o sylw negyddol o gwmpas y defnydd o 'Members of the Welsh Parliament', MWPs, a rhai pobl ddim yn hoffi'r syniad naill ai o fod yn MWP neu'n cael eu henwi'n hynny. Felly, roedd hwnna'n un ffactor. Yr ail un oedd ei fod e'n gynyddol amlwg i mi fod yna ganran uchel o'r Cynulliad yma eisiau'r enw Cymraeg 'Senedd', i'w ddefnyddio yn swyddogol, ac mae cefn fy meddwl i - wel, a dweud y gwir, blaen fy meddwl i - wastad yn gorfod bod ar mwyafrif y gefnogaeth sydd yna i basio Mesur o'r math yma, sef 40 allan o'r 60. Fe wnes i fynd drwy broses o ymgynghori gyda'r pleidiau gwleidyddol, gyda'r Aelodau yn unigol, nôl yn yr hydref, i weld lle oedd y canrannau uchaf yn cwympo, ac, yn fy marn i, ar y pwynt yna yn sicr, yr enw Cymraeg oedd yn cael ei ffafrio fel y prif enw, yr enw ffurfiol, ond tra'n derbyn mai'r term 'Welsh Parliament' oedd y cyfieithiad ar gyfer 'Senedd'. Ac felly, o osod hwnnw ar wyneb y Mesur, doedd yna ddim unrhyw fath, wedyn, o aneglurder ynglŷn â beth fyddai'r gair 'Senedd' yn golygu yn y Gymraeg. Roeddwn i'n arbennig o awyddus na fyddem ni'n cyrraedd sefyllfa lle byddem ni'n defnyddio a mabwysiadu'r enw 'Senedd' yn y Gymraeg a wedyn fod yna ryw fath o deimlad fod y term 'Cynulliad', 'Assembly', yn para yn yr iaith Saesneg. Felly, drwy osod hwnna ar wyneb y Mesur, mae'n cael gwared ar unrhyw aneglurder am hynny.