English: I welcome the budget proposals. Yes, the settlement will be difficult for the Commission to work within. I have no doubt they'll have to make some very difficult decisions. Welcome to the world of the rest of the public sector. It cannot be immune from the problems and difficulties caused by austerity as the rest of the public sector is facing. I said last year that the Commission's budget could not be immune to the real-term cuts in expenditure that many public sector bodies, which we all rely on, which we all have a very high opinion of, and which we all need, are facing. I'm very pleased to see the end-of-year underspend in the remuneration board's determination because there was a level of inevitability about that underspend, in that the budget was based on people being paid at the highest point on the grade for all staff, and anybody who was joining was starting at the lowest point. So, there was a level of inevitability about that, which was not good for budgeting for the Assembly and didn't hold us in the best light. I'm very pleased to see that the budget has been produced to mirror the increase in the Welsh block grant. Llyr Gruffydd wasn't there last year, but one of the things we said was that we didn't want it to exceed that. I think the expectation was that 'not exceed' meant equal it. I think that's the view that was held by the Commission as well, that that's what our view was - that we would expect it to move in the same direction. But there are pressures on the Commission budget. We keep on asking them to do more and more, but we don't want give them money for it. But I'm sure there's not a local authority leader in Wales who would not be saying exactly the same thing. So, it is difficult, and I congratulate both the Commission staff, the chief executive, and the Commissioners, for bringing a budget in like this. It's going to be difficult, it's going to take managing, but I think that we cannot treat ourselves differently to the way we treat the rest of the public sector in Wales. And, so, I would urge Members of the Assembly today to support this budget.
Welsh: Rwy'n croesawu cynigion y gyllideb. Bydd, fe fydd yn anodd i'r Comisiwn weithio o fewn y setliad. Nid oes gennyf amheuaeth y bydd ganddynt rai penderfyniadau anodd iawn i'w gwneud. Croeso i fyd gweddill y sector cyhoeddus. Ni all fod yn rhydd rhag y problemau a'r anawsterau a achoswyd gan bolisïau cyni y mae gweddill y sector cyhoeddus yn eu hwynebu. Dywedais y llynedd na allai cyllideb y Comisiwn fod yn rhydd rhag y toriadau mewn termau real yn y gwariant sy'n wynebu llawer o gyrff sector cyhoeddus y mae pawb ohonom yn dibynnu arnynt, ac y mae gan bawb ohonom feddwl mawr ohonynt, ac y mae pawb ohonom eu hangen. Rwy'n falch iawn o weld y tanwariant diwedd blwyddyn yn nyfarniad y bwrdd taliadau gan fod yna elfen anochel ynglŷn â'r tanwariant hwnnw, yn yr ystyr fod y gyllideb yn seiliedig ar bobl yn cael eu talu ar bwynt uchaf y radd ar gyfer pob aelod o staff, ac roedd unrhyw un a oedd yn ymuno yn dechrau ar y pwynt isaf. Felly, roedd elfen anochel i hynny, nad oedd yn dda o ran cyllidebu ar gyfer y Cynulliad ac nad oedd yn ein rhoi yn y golau gorau. Rwy'n falch iawn o weld bod y gyllideb wedi'i chynhyrchu i adlewyrchu'r cynnydd yng ngrant bloc Cymru. Nid oedd Llyr Gruffydd yno y llynedd, ond un o'r pethau a ddywedasom oedd nad oeddem eisiau iddo fod yn fwy na hwnnw. Credaf mai'r disgwyl oedd bod 'peidio â bod yn fwy na hwnnw' yn golygu bod yr un faint ag ef. Credaf mai dyna oedd barn y Comisiwn hefyd, mai dyna oedd ein barn - y byddem yn disgwyl iddo symud i'r un cyfeiriad. Ond mae pwysau ar gyllideb y Comisiwn. Rydym yn parhau i ofyn iddynt wneud mwy a mwy, ond nid ydym yn rhoi arian iddynt amdano. Ond rwy'n siŵr nad oes yna arweinydd awdurdod lleol yng Nghymru na fyddai'n dweud yr un peth yn union. Felly, mae'n anodd, ac rwy'n llongyfarch staff y Comisiwn, y prif weithredwr a'r Comisiynwyr, am gyflwyno cyllideb fel hon. Mae'n mynd i fod yn anodd, mae'n mynd i alw am reolaeth, ond nid wyf yn credu y gallwn drin ein hunain yn wahanol i'r ffordd rydym yn trin gweddill y sector cyhoeddus yng Nghymru. Ac felly, hoffwn annog Aelodau'r Cynulliad i gefnogi'r gyllideb hon heddiw.