English: The explanatory memorandum sets out two cases - in brief: the cost of implementing this Bill, as it stands, and the cost of not implementing this Bill, and a forecast if complaints were to increase as they have been increasing, in terms of what the cost of that potentially could be to the public purse. Remember that the Bill tries, ultimately, yes, to give the ombudsman greater powers, but also tries to make the ombudsman's work more effective - that is, with lower unit costs, if you like - by trying to increase standards when dealing with complaints, and in ensuring that own-initiative investigations are going to meet the demand, and perhaps predict demand, in a way, to try to improve the entire system. So, we are trying to seek savings in that regard. But, I hope that the costs are clear enough to everybody in the explanatory memorandum. So, in looking at the need for own-initiative investigations, and standardising complaints amongst public services, as well as the indirect costs, which are slightly smaller, but there are some indirect costs for the bodies noted - you're talking between £1.8 million and £2 million over five years. We've worked the costs out over five years, which is below the £400,000 a year. The context of that is where the Finance Committee has made it very clear that for every body funded from the Welsh block grant recently, we don't expect a significant increase greater than the increase in the block grant. We've said that to the ombudsman, to the auditor general, and to the Assembly Commission itself. So, the context is that the ombudsman will have to work harder to bring the per-unit cost down, and that's something that he's succeeded in doing very well. Those costs have decreased significantly. So, that's the context, but we are not trying to hide from the fact that there is a cost to the Bill. We are giving the ombudsman greater powers, and greater scope to his work, so there will be costs.
Welsh: Mae'r memorandwm esboniadol yn gosod allan dau achos, a dweud y gwir - yn fras iawn: costau gwneud y Bil yma, fel ag y mae, a chostau peidio â gwneud y Bil yma, a rhagolwg pe bai'r cwynion yn cynyddu fel y maen nhw wedi bod yn cynyddu, o ran beth fyddai cost hynny, o bosib, i'r pwrs cyhoeddus. Cofiwch fod y Bil yn ceisio, yn y pen draw, ie, rhoi mwy o bwerau i'r ombwdsmon, ond hefyd gwneud gwaith yr ombwdsmon yn fwy effeithiol - hynny yw, gyda llai o gostau fesul uned, os liciwch chi - wrth drio codi safonau ar gyfer cwynion, wrth drio gwneud yn siŵr bod ymchwiliadau ar ei liwt ei hun yn mynd i ateb y galw ac efallai mynd o flaen gofidiau, mewn ffordd, i wneud yn siŵr bod y gwelliant yn digwydd i'r system gyfan. Rydym ni'n ceisio cael arbedion yn hynny. Ond, mae'r costau, rwy'n gobeithio, yn ddigon clir yn y memorandwm esboniadol i bawb. Felly, o edrych ar yr angen am ymchwiliadau ar ei liwt ei hun a hefyd safoni cwynion ymysg gwasanaethau cyhoeddus, a hefyd y costau anuniongyrchol, sydd dipyn yn llai, ond mae yna rywfaint o gostau anuniongyrchol ar y cyrff sydd wedi'u dynodi - rydych chi'n sôn am rhwng £1.8 miliwn a £2 miliwn dros bum mlynedd. Rŷm ni wedi gweithio'r costau mas dros bum mlynedd, sydd yn rhywbeth o dan £400,000 y flwyddyn. Y cyd-destun i hynny yw un lle mae'r Pwyllgor Cyllid wedi'i gwneud yn glir iawn i bob corff sy'n cael ei ariannu o grant bloc Cymru yn ddiweddar, nad ydym yn disgwyl cynnydd sylweddol yn fwy na'r cynnydd sydd yn y bloc. Rydym ni wedi dweud hynny wrth yr ombwdsmon, wrth yr archwilydd cyffredinol, ac wrth Gomisiwn y Cynulliad ei hun. Felly, y cyd-destun yw y bydd yr ombwdsmon ei hun yn gorfod gweithio yn galetach i ddod â chost y gŵyn - yr uned - i lawr, sef rhywbeth y mae wedi llwyddo i'w wneud yn dda iawn, os caf i ddweud. Mae'r costau hynny wedi gostwng yn sylweddol. Dyna'r cyd-destun, ond nid ydym ni'n trio celu'r ffaith bod yna gost i'r Bil. Rydych chi'n rhoi mwy o bwerau a chwmpas mwy i waith yr ombwdsmon, felly mae yna gostau.