English: Thank you very much, Deputy Presiding Officer, and I thank the Cabinet Secretary for the constructive meetings that have been held between himself and myself, and the officials of the Finance Committee and Government officials, which have led us to a position where the financial resolution is being brought forward today. I'd like to inform Members that the changes have been suggested and discussed have now been made to the explanatory memorandum as a result of the recommendations noted in the Stage 1 report of the Equality, Local Government and Communities Committee. We as a Finance Committee have published a revised explanatory memorandum, which is on this Plenary agenda and demonstrates the changes to the regulatory impact assessment. The changes include an explanation of staff costs, providing greater clarity on unit costs for own-initiative investigations, and justification for the additional staff costs arising from accepting oral complaints. The estimate of these costs has not changed, but it does provide greater clarity. The RIA also includes the financial implications in terms of private health service providers arising from the proposed extension to the ombudsman's powers to investigate an element of private health service in a public-private pathway. The net impact of all of these changes to the estimate of the financial implications of the Bill is to increase the cost between approximately £39,000 and £56,000 over five years. The revised cost for the ombudsman, public bodies and private healthcare providers is estimated, now, to range from £1.9 to £2 million over five years. Of course, costs are not what's at the heart of the Bill, but the equality committee has also suggested that the Bill has the potential to deliver cost savings to the wider public sector. I hope that, on the basis of the revised explanatory memorandum that has been tabled, the Assembly will agree to the motion this afternoon.
Welsh: Diolch yn fawr, Dirprwy Lywydd, a diolch i Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet, yn wir, am y cyfarfodydd adeiladol sydd wedi cael eu cynnal rhyngof i ac yntau, a rhwng swyddogion y Pwyllgor Cyllid a swyddogion y Llywodraeth, sydd wedi arwain at sefyllfa lle mae'r penderfyniad ariannol yn cael ei gyflwyno heddiw. Hoffwn ddweud wrth Aelodau bod y newidiadau sydd wedi cael eu hawgrymu ac wedi cael eu trafod bellach wedi'u gwneud i'r memorandwm esboniadol yn sgil yr argymhellion a nodwyd yn adroddiad Cyfnod 1 y Pwyllgor Cydraddoldeb, Llywodraeth Leol a Chymunedau. Rydym ni, fel Pwyllgor Cyllid, wedi cyhoeddi memorandwm esboniadol diwygiedig gydag agenda'r cyfarfod hwn i ddangos y newidiadau i'r asesiad effaith rheoleiddiol. Mae'r newidiadau'n cynnwys esboniad o gostau staff, rhoi mwy o eglurder o ran costau fesul uned ar gyfer ymchwiliadau ar eu liwt eu hunain, a chyfiawnhad o gostau ychwanegol staff sy'n deillio o dderbyn cwynion llafar. Nid yw'r amcangyfrif o'r costau hyn wedi newid, ond mae'n cynnwys mwy o esboniad. Mae'r asesiad effaith rheoleiddiol bellach hefyd yn cynnwys y goblygiadau ariannol o ran darparwyr gwasanaethau iechyd preifat sy'n deillio o'r estyniad arfaethedig yn y Bil i bwerau'r ombwdsmon i ymchwilio i elfen o wasanaeth iechyd preifat yn ystod llwybr cyhoeddus a phreifat gyda'i gilydd. Effaith net yr holl newidiadau i'r amcangyfrif o oblygiadau ariannol y Bil yw i gynyddu'r gost rhwng oddeutu £39,000 a £56,000 dros bum mlynedd. Cyfanswm cost diwygiedig y Bil i'r ombwdsmon, cyrff cyhoeddus a darparwyr gofal iechyd preifat - mae'r amcan, bellach, yn amrywio o £1.9 i £2 filiwn dros bum mlynedd. Wrth gwrs, nid costau yw bwriad y Bil, ond mae barn yr arbenigwr i'r pwyllgor cydraddoldeb hefyd wedi awgrymu bod potensial i'r Bil wireddu arbedion cost i'r sector cyhoeddus ehangach. Rwy'n gobeithio, ar sail y memorandwm esboniadol diwygiedig sydd wedi'i gyflwyno, y bydd y Cynulliad yn cytuno â'r cynnig y prynhawn yma.