English: I thank the Member for that question and begin by agreeing with him that the destruction of the probation service, often referred to previously as the jewel in the crown of the England and Wales criminal justice system, is a stain on the record of the previous Conservative Government and a stain that had such devastating practical consequences in the case to which Adam Price has referred. I pay enormous tribute to the campaign led by Conner's mother. I know what an impact that has had on the wider family and on her own future. I know that, because she met twice with my predecessor as First Minister to present directly to him her and her family's experience and to ask for our help in putting pressure on the UK Government to right the wrongs that had been done, which was assiduously followed by my predecessor. The Member asked what could we do to mark our difference here in Wales. Well, I have long argued that the probation service ought to be devolved here in Wales. I first gave evidence in 1995, on behalf of the National Association of Probation Officers, to a commission that was preparing legislation for devolution and argued there that the probation service and youth justice ought to have been on the early list of services to be devolved, because the things that a probation officer relies on to discharge their responsibilities effectively are all devolved already. If you're looking for a mental health service, it's controlled in Wales. If you're looking for a course for somebody to go on to improve their prospects of employment, it's devolved to Wales. If you're looking for somewhere for somebody to live, housing services are devolved to Wales. The alignment between the probation service and the services that are already devolved is so strong that probation ought to be devolved so that the dedicated staff who still work in the probation service, under often impossibly difficult conditions, would be better placed to do the job that they want to do, and we could have a probation service of the sort that we would want to see here in Wales.
Welsh: Diolchaf i'r Aelod am y cwestiwn yna a dechreuaf trwy gytuno ag ef bod dinistrio'r gwasanaeth prawf, y cyfeiriwyd ato'n aml fel prif drysor system cyfiawnder troseddol Cymru a Lloegr, yn fefl ar hanes y Llywodraeth Geidwadol flaenorol ac yn fefl a arweiniodd at ganlyniadau ymarferol mor ddinistriol yn yr achos y mae Adam Price wedi cyfeirio ato. Talaf deyrnged enfawr i'r ymgyrch a arweiniwyd gan fam Conner. Gwn pa effaith y mae hynny wedi ei chael ar y teulu ehangach ac ar ei dyfodol ei hun. Rwy'n gwybod hynny, oherwydd iddi gyfarfod ddwywaith â'm rhagflaenydd fel Prif Weinidog i gyflwyno'n uniongyrchol iddo ef ei phrofiad hi a'i theulu ac i ofyn am ein cymorth i roi pwysau ar Lywodraeth y DU i unioni'r camweddau a wnaed, a ddilynwyd yn ddyfal gan fy rhagflaenydd. Gofynnodd yr Aelod beth allem ni ei wneud i nodi ein gwahaniaeth yma yng Nghymru. Wel, rwyf i wedi dadlau ers tro y dylai'r gwasanaeth prawf gael ei ddatganoli yma yng Nghymru. Rhoddais dystiolaeth gyntaf ym 1995, ar ran Cymdeithas Genedlaethol y Swyddogion Prawf, i gomisiwn a oedd yn paratoi deddfwriaeth ar gyfer datganoli a dadleuais y dylai'r gwasanaeth prawf a chyfiawnder ieuenctid fod wedi bod ar y rhestr gynnar o wasanaethau i'w datganoli, oherwydd mae'r pethau y mae swyddog prawf yn dibynnu arnyn nhw i gyflawni ei gyfrifoldebau'n effeithiol i gyd wedi eu datganoli eisoes. Os ydych chi'n chwilio am wasanaeth iechyd meddwl, mae'n cael ei reoli yng Nghymru. Os ydych chi'n chwilio am gwrs i rywun fynd arno i wella ei ragolygon cyflogaeth, mae wedi ei ddatganoli i Gymru. Os ydych chi'n chwilio am rywle i rywun fyw, mae gwasanaethau tai wedi eu datganoli i Gymru. Mae'r cyfochri rhwng y gwasanaeth prawf a'r gwasanaethau sydd wedi eu datganoli eisoes mor gryf fel y dylid datganoli'r gwasanaeth prawf fel y byddai'r staff ymroddgar sy'n dal i weithio yn y gwasanaeth prawf, o dan amodau amhosibl o anodd yn aml, mewn sefyllfa well i wneud y gwaith y maen nhw eisiau ei wneud, a gallem ni gael gwasanaeth prawf o'r math yr hoffem ni ei weld yma yng Nghymru.