English: Can I first of all welcome the statement made by the Chair of the Finance Committee, and also the comments made by Nick Ramsay? It's a strange position that I could've actually made either of those statements - either the statement or the comments and questions from Nick Ramsay - without any problem at all, so I think there's a level of unanimity amongst those of us who are serving on the Finance Committee. Can I just reiterate something I've said several times before? I think it's still worth saying: the National Assembly for Wales Commission cannot be immune to the austerity facing the rest of the public sector. Difficult though it may be, and difficult decisions may have to be made, it cannot be seen to be growing while large parts of the public sector - some parts that people think are very, very important - are losing money. The budgeting process, with the Commission setting all Members' support at the maximum possible, with staff pay set at the top of each grade, will always produce savings. In the first year of each Assembly, it will produce substantial savings, because almost everybody who starts working here will start at the bottom of a grade of five points. I also share the committee Chair's concerns about funding projects from underspends, not least because when projects are being funded by underspends they're not getting light shone on them by the Finance Committee of this Assembly, and then by the Assembly itself, over whether those projects are good or bad. I don't want to make any comments on projects that have been carried out in the past, but, really, it is important that we do have it being dealt with so that each and every one of us here is individually and collectively responsible. We might not like it, but we should all be taking any credit or blame. I've only got one question, and it's something we agreed earlier in the discussions, but seems to have been rolled back by the Commission now. Does the committee Chair still believe that the Commission's budget should not increase by a larger percentage than the Welsh block grant, albeit the Welsh block grant as amended by taking in tax raising by the Welsh Assembly? So, that is, effectively, what the block grant would've been, which may mean that they have a reducing amount of money every year, because as we get more tax devolution that will come off, but that is, effectively, the amount of money that is available to the National Assembly for Wales to distribute to the Welsh Government and the other two bodies that we directly fund. Do you still believe - ? I'll start the remark like this: do you still believe, like I do, that there has to be a very good reason for the Commission to have an increase that is better than that which is coming to the rest of the Welsh public sector?
Welsh: A gaf fi yn gyntaf groesawu'r datganiad a wnaed gan Gadeirydd y Pwyllgor Cyllid, a hefyd y sylwadau a wnaed gan Nick Ramsay? Mae'n sefyllfa ryfedd y gallwn fod wedi gwneud y naill neu'r llall o'r datganiadau hynny - naill ai'r datganiad neu'r sylwadau a'r cwestiynau gan Nick Ramsay - heb unrhyw broblem o gwbl, felly credaf y ceir lefel o unfrydedd ymysg y rhai ohonom sy'n gwasanaethu ar y Pwyllgor Cyllid. A gaf fi ailadrodd rhywbeth rwyf wedi'i ddweud sawl gwaith o'r blaen? Mae'n dal yn werth ei ddweud: ni all Comisiwn Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru fod yn rhydd rhag y cyni sy'n wynebu gweddill y sector cyhoeddus. Er mor anodd ydyw, ac mae'n bosibl y bydd yn rhaid gwneud penderfyniadau anodd, ni ellir ei weld yn tyfu tra bo rhannau helaeth o'r sector cyhoeddus - rhai rhannau y mae pobl yn credu eu bod yn bwysig iawn - yn colli arian. Bydd y broses gyllidebu, gyda'r Comisiwn yn gosod cymorth i'r holl Aelodau ar y lefel uchaf sy'n bosibl, gyda chyflogau staff wedi'u gosod ar frig pob graddfa, bob amser yn cynhyrchu arbedion. Ym mlwyddyn gyntaf pob Cynulliad, bydd yn cynhyrchu arbedion sylweddol, oherwydd bydd bron bawb sy'n dechrau gweithio yma yn dechrau ar waelod graddfa o bum pwynt. Rwyf hefyd yn rhannu pryderon Cadeirydd y pwyllgor ynglŷn â chyllido prosiectau o danwariant, nid yn lleiaf oherwydd pan fydd prosiectau'n cael eu hariannu gan danwariant nid ydynt yn cael golau'n disgleirio arnynt gan Bwyllgor Cyllid y Cynulliad hwn, ac yna gan y Cynulliad ei hun, i weld a yw'r prosiectau hynny'n dda neu'n wael. Nid wyf eisiau gwneud unrhyw sylwadau am brosiectau a gyflawnwyd yn y gorffennol, ond mewn gwirionedd, mae'n bwysig fod hyn yn cael sylw fel bod pob un ohonom yma yn gyfrifol yn unigol ac yn gyfunol. Efallai nad ydym yn ei hoffi, ond dylai bob un ohonom ysgwyddo unrhyw glod neu fai. Un cwestiwn sydd gennyf, ac mae'n rhywbeth a gytunwyd gennym yn gynharach yn y trafodaethau, ond ymddengys ei fod wedi'i dynnu'n ôl gan y Comisiwn erbyn hyn. A yw Cadeirydd y pwyllgor yn dal i gredu na ddylai cyllideb y Comisiwn gynyddu ar ganran fwy na grant bloc Cymru, er mai grant bloc Cymru fel y'i diwygiwyd yw honno drwy ei fod yn cynnwys codi treth gan Gynulliad Cymru? Felly, i bob pwrpas, dyna fyddai'r grant bloc wedi bod, a allai olygu bod ganddynt swm o arian sy'n lleihau bob blwyddyn, oherwydd wrth inni gael mwy o ddatganoli treth daw hynny oddi arno, ond dyna, i bob pwrpas, yw'r swm o arian sydd ar gael i Gynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru ei ddosbarthu i Lywodraeth Cymru a'r ddau gorff arall a ariannwn yn uniongyrchol. A ydych yn dal i gredu - ? Fe ddechreuaf y sylw fel hyn: a ydych dal i gredu, fel y gwnaf fi, fod yn rhaid bod rheswm da iawn i'r Comisiwn gael cynnydd gwell na'r hyn sy'n dod i weddill y sector cyhoeddus yng Nghymru?