English: Thank you, Llywydd. I can feel the excitement in the air in that you've all waited for this report, and I will do my best not to disappoint. We laid our report on the scrutiny of regulations made under the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill on 16 February, and made seven recommendations. Before I talk about our findings, I wanted briefly to explain the context within which this work was undertaken and also set out what we were seeking to achieve. For clarity, I'd like to rehearse the purpose of the withdrawal Bill, which is to end the supremacy of EU law in UK law and to convert EU law, as it stands at the moment of exit, into domestic law. It also creates temporary powers to make subordinate legislation in the form of regulations that will enable corrections to be made, ensuring that the law operates appropriately once the UK has left the EU. This will enable the domestic legal system to continue to function correctly outside the EU. In order to do this, Members will know that the Bill replaces the framework of the European Communities Act 1972 with a new framework called 'retained EU law', which provides a basis from which the UK Parliament and the devolved legislatures can make their own laws. I told you so far I wouldn't disappoint. The Bill splits retained EU law into three types: EU-derived domestic legislation under clause 2 of the Bill; direct EU legislation under clause 3 of the Bill; and rights, powers, liabilities, et cetera, that arise under the European Communities Act 1972 under clause 4 of the Bill. As currently drafted, the Bill gives the Welsh Ministers powers to amend one type of retained EU law, and that is EU-derived domestic legislation. Now, while the Bill was amended at Report Stage in the House of Commons to allow the Welsh Ministers also to amend direct EU legislation in devolved areas, that power is only exercisable where it has been agreed that a common framework in a particular devolved area is not needed. With regard to making regulations in devolved areas, the Bill includes a complex mix of powers that may be exercised either concurrently or jointly by Welsh Ministers and UK Ministers. The main aim of our work was to look at the scope and nature of regulation-making powers to be exercised in relation to Wales by the UK Government and the Welsh Ministers, including the procedures to be attached to the scrutiny of those regulations. Our report focuses mainly on amendments we believe should be made to the Bill, and in so doing they address the questions that were raised by the Secretary of State for Wales in a letter to the Llywydd in January of this year, which is available on our website. Our report was informed by a stakeholder conference held last September, a general consultation and a panel of experts with experience of the making of subordinate legislation. We are grateful to all those who contributed. We also considered the reports of other parliamentary committees in the House of Commons and the House of Lords who examined the making of subordinate legislation on the Bill.
Welsh: Diolch ichi, Lywydd. Gallaf deimlo'r cyffro yn yr awyr yn yr ystyr fod pawb ohonoch wedi aros am yr adroddiad hwn, ac fe wnaf fy ngorau i beidio â'ch siomi. Gosodwyd ein hadroddiad ar graffu ar reoliadau a wnaed o dan Fil yr Undeb Ewropeaidd (Ymadael) ar 16 Chwefror, ac rydym wedi gwneud saith o argymhellion. Cyn imi siarad am ein canfyddiadau, roeddwn eisiau egluro'n fyr beth oedd cyd-destun y gwaith a nodi hefyd beth y ceisiem ei gyflawni. Er eglurder, hoffwn ailadrodd diben y Bil ymadael, sef rhoi diwedd ar oruchafiaeth cyfraith yr UE yng nghyfraith y DU a throsi cyfraith yr UE, fel y saif ar adeg ymadael, yn gyfraith ddomestig. Mae hefyd yn creu pwerau dros dro i wneud is-ddeddfwriaeth ar ffurf rheoliadau a fydd yn galluogi cywiriadau i gael eu gwneud, gan sicrhau bod y gyfraith yn gweithredu'n briodol pan fydd y DU wedi gadael yr UE. Bydd hyn yn galluogi'r system gyfreithiol ddomestig i barhau i weithio'n iawn y tu allan i'r UE. Er mwyn gwneud hyn, bydd yr Aelodau'n gwybod bod y Bil yn gosod fframwaith newydd o'r enw 'cyfraith yr UE a ddargedwir' yn lle fframwaith Deddf y Cymunedau Ewropeaidd 1972, gan ddarparu sylfaen i Senedd y DU a'r deddfwrfeydd datganoledig allu gwneud eu cyfreithiau eu hunain. Dywedais wrthych na fyddwn yn eich siomi cyn belled. Mae'r Bil yn hollti cyfraith yr UE a ddargedwir yn dri math: deddfwriaeth ddomestig sy'n deillio o'r UE o dan gymal 2 y Bil; deddfwriaeth uniongyrchol o'r UE o dan gymal 3 y Bil; a hawliau, pwerau, rhwymedigaethau ac ati sy'n codi o dan Ddeddf y Cymunedau Ewropeaidd 1972 o dan gymal 4 y Bil. Fel y'i drafftiwyd ar hyn o bryd, mae'r Bil yn rhoi pwerau i Weinidogion Cymru ddiwygio un math o gyfraith yr UE a ddargedwir, sef deddfwriaeth ddomestig sy'n deillio o'r UE. Nawr, er bod y Bil wedi ei ddiwygio yn ystod y Cyfnod Adrodd yn Nhŷ'r Cyffredin i ganiatáu i Weinidogion Cymru hefyd ddiwygio deddfwriaeth UE uniongyrchol mewn meysydd datganoledig, nid oes modd arfer y pŵer hwnnw oni bai lle y cytunwyd nad oes angen fframwaith cyffredin mewn maes datganoledig penodol. O ran gwneud rheoliadau mewn meysydd datganoledig, mae'r Bil yn cynnwys cymysgedd cymhleth o bwerau y gellir eu harfer naill ai ar yr un pryd neu ar y cyd gan Weinidogion Cymru a Gweinidogion y DU. Prif nod ein gwaith oedd ystyried cwmpas a natur y pwerau gwneud rheoliadau sydd i'w harfer mewn perthynas â Chymru gan Lywodraeth y DU a Gweinidogion Cymru, gan gynnwys y gweithdrefnau sydd i'w cysylltu wrth y gwaith o graffu ar y rheoliadau hynny. Mae ein hadroddiad yn canolbwyntio'n bennaf ar y gwelliannau y credwn fod angen eu gwneud i'r Bil, ac wrth wneud hynny maent yn ateb y cwestiynau a godwyd gan Ysgrifennydd Gwladol Cymru mewn llythyr at y Llywydd ym mis Ionawr eleni, llythyr sydd i'w weld ar ein gwefan. Cafodd ein hadroddiad ei lywio gan gynhadledd i randdeiliaid a gynhaliwyd fis Medi diwethaf, ymgynghoriad cyffredinol a phanel o arbenigwyr sydd â phrofiad o lunio is-ddeddfwriaeth. Rydym yn ddiolchgar i bawb a gyfrannodd. Rydym hefyd wedi ystyried adroddiadau pwyllgorau seneddol eraill yn Nhy'r Cyffredin a Thy'r Arglwyddi a archwiliodd y broses o wneud is-ddeddfwriaeth ar y Bil.