English: Can I just make one point clear that, in reference to the agreement, this is an agreement that brings more powers to be exercised in Wales than previously was the case? I don't want this idea to take hold that this is in any way handing back powers or trusting the Conservatives not to seek more powers. The inversion of clause 11, which was achieved by the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government in negotiation with the UK Government, has had the effect of more powers being exercised in the Assembly and by the Welsh Government than was previously the case. So, that is absolutely critical for this discussion. As she is aware - and I refer back to the debate that Plaid Cymru brought forward to the Assembly in October of last year, which I participated in before I joined the Government - the approach of the devolution of welfare benefits, which has happened in Scotland, to which she referred to in her question, has, in effect, transferred the financial risk associated with the demand for benefits to the Scottish purse. For Wales, the Government's view is that that would pose a very significant financial risk and, in addition to that, the costs associated with administering the welfare system would take resources away from the delivery of front-line public services. We know that for Scotland the costs have been very significant, including £66 million for administration and a one-off payment of £200 million for implementation. That money is money that should be used on the front line. Our view in the Welsh Government is that we should see a better welfare deal and social security deal for all residents in the UK, and we regard that as an absolutely fundamental approach to social justice, not just in Wales but in all parts of the UK.
Welsh: A gaf fi wneud un pwynt yn glir wrth gyfeirio at y cytundeb? Mae hwn yn gytundeb sy'n dod â mwy o bwerau i'w harfer yng Nghymru nag yn y gorffennol. Nid wyf am weld y syniad yn gwreiddio bod hyn mewn unrhyw ffordd yn gyfystyr â rhoi pwerau yn ôl neu'n ymddiried yn y Ceidwadwyr i beidio â cheisio mwy o bwerau. Mae gwrthdroi cymal 11, a gyflawnwyd gan Lywodraeth Cymru a Llywodraeth yr Alban drwy negodi gyda Llywodraeth y DU, wedi golygu bod mwy o bwerau'n cael eu harfer yn y Cynulliad a chan Lywodraeth Cymru nag o'r blaen. Felly, mae hynny'n gwbl allweddol i'r drafodaeth hon. Fel y mae'n gwybod - a chyfeiriaf yn ôl at y ddadl a gyflwynodd Plaid Cymru gerbron y Cynulliad fis Hydref y llynedd, dadl y cymerais ran ynddi cyn imi ymuno â'r Llywodraeth - mae datganoli budd-daliadau lles, sydd wedi digwydd yn yr Alban, fel y nododd yn ei chwestiwn, i bob pwrpas wedi trosglwyddo'r risg ariannol sy'n gysylltiedig â'r galw am fudd-daliadau i'r pwrs cyhoeddus yn yr Alban. I Gymru, barn y Llywodraeth yw y byddai hynny'n achosi risg ariannol sylweddol iawn ac yn ogystal â hynny, byddai'r costau sy'n gysylltiedig â gweinyddu'r system les yn mynd ag adnoddau o'r ddarpariaeth o wasanaethau cyhoeddus rheng flaen. Rydym yn gwybod bod y costau ar gyfer yr Alban wedi bod yn sylweddol iawn, gan gynnwys £66 miliwn ar gyfer gweinyddu a thaliad untro o £200 miliwn ar gyfer gweithredu. Mae'r arian hwnnw'n arian y dylid ei ddefnyddio ar y rheng flaen. Ein barn ni yn Llywodraeth Cymru yw y dylem weld cytundeb lles a chytundeb nawdd cymdeithasol gwell i holl breswylwyr y DU, ac rydym yn ystyried honno'n ymagwedd gwbl sylfaenol tuag at gyfiawnder cymdeithasol, nid yn unig yng Nghymru ond ym mhob rhan o'r DU.