English: Well, I will come to that point in a moment. It is important to engage more young people in the civic life of our country, and I think a youth parliament would be one way of achieving that. It is an unfortunate truth that we are the only country in Europe not to have an independent youth forum of some kind. I know that we used to have one in Wales in the form of Funky Dragon, which has been mentioned many times in the course of this debate today. I would like to draw attention to Theo Davies-Lewis and the pamphlet that he wrote for 'Gorwel', which I will mention in the presence of David Melding here, and the discussions that he had with the First Minister, which, unfortunately, the First Minister was not convinced by. But I hope that, as a result of this debate today and the contributions that have been made by Labour Members in it, it will cause the Government to take a slightly different view. My party does not support votes at 16, for the reasons admirably set out by Gareth Bennett in his speech earlier on. Also, I think that a youth parliament will be some kind of a halfway house between the two sides of this argument. Disraeli, in 1867, took a leap in the dark, as Lord Derby said, by extending the franchise to the industrial working classes, and then he said that he had to prepare the mind of the country and his party. One of the ways, I think, of preparing the mind of the country on the issue of reducing the voting age would be by introducing an institution of this kind into the picture. Mohammad Asghar, in his contribution to this debate, did refer to the widespread public ignorance that there is about the powers of this Assembly and the devolved administration. It is amazing that nearly half the people of Wales have no idea that the Welsh Government is responsible for health policy, for example. I think that maybe we are all at fault in not playing our full part in ensuring that public understanding of Government and administration isn't better informed than it is. Therefore, I think that one of the ways in which we could improve public knowledge and understanding of what we do here, and indeed inspire people to perform public service in the way that politicians do - . We get a very bad press on the whole, and there's a huge amount of cynicism about politicians, which is largely unjustified. One of the ways in which we could encourage greater public confidence in our profession is by involving people in a formal way at an earlier stage. So, I very much hope that this motion will pass unanimously this afternoon, in the spirit of constructive consensus building that is exemplified in the person of Lord Dafydd Elis-Thomas, of course, who has championed this for many years. So, on that basis, I commend this motion to the Assembly.
Welsh: Wel, fe ddof at y pwynt hwnnw mewn eiliad. Mae'n bwysig ymgysylltu mwy â phobl ifanc ym mywyd dinesig ein gwlad, ac rwy'n meddwl y byddai senedd ieuenctid yn un ffordd o gyflawni hynny. Mae'n wirionedd anffodus mai ni yw'r unig wlad yn Ewrop i beidio â chael fforwm ieuenctid annibynnol o ryw fath. Gwn fod un yn arfer bod gennym yng Nghymru ar ffurf y Ddraig Ffynci, a grybwyllwyd sawl gwaith yn ystod y ddadl hon heddiw. Hoffwn dynnu sylw at Theo Davies-Lewis a'r pamffledyn a ysgrifennodd ar gyfer 'Gorwel', a soniaf amdano ym mhresenoldeb David Melding yma, a'r trafodaethau a gafodd gyda'r Prif Weinidog, na lwyddodd, yn anffodus, i argyhoeddi'r Prif Weinidog. Ond rwy'n gobeithio, o ganlyniad i'r ddadl hon heddiw a'r cyfraniadau a wnaed gan Aelodau Llafur ynddi, y bydd yn achosi i'r Llywodraeth fabwysiadu safbwynt ychydig yn wahanol. Nid yw fy mhlaid yn cefnogi pleidlais i rai 16 oed, am y rhesymau a nodwyd yn gampus gan Gareth Bennett yn ei araith yn gynharach. Hefyd, rwy'n meddwl y bydd senedd ieuenctid yn rhyw fath o dŷ hanner ffordd rhwng y ddwy ochr i'r ddadl hon. Rhoddodd Disraeli, yn 1867, naid i'r tywyllwch, fel y dywedodd yr Arglwydd Derby, drwy ymestyn yr etholfraint i'r dosbarthiadau gweithiol diwydiannol, ac yna dywedodd ei fod wedi gorfod paratoi meddwl y wlad a'i blaid. Un o'r ffyrdd, rwy'n credu, o baratoi meddwl y wlad ar fater gostwng oed pleidleisio fyddai drwy gyflwyno sefydliad o'r math hwn. Yn ei gyfraniad i'r ddadl hon, cyfeiriodd Mohammad Asghar at anwybodaeth eang y cyhoedd ynglŷn â phwerau'r Cynulliad hwn a'r weinyddiaeth ddatganoledig. Mae'n rhyfeddol nad oes gan hanner pobl Cymru bron unrhyw syniad mai Llywodraeth Cymru sy'n gyfrifol am bolisi iechyd, er enghraifft. Credaf efallai ein bod i gyd ar fai am beidio â chwarae ein rhan yn llawn yn sicrhau bod dealltwriaeth y cyhoedd ynglŷn â'r Llywodraeth a'r weinyddiaeth yn well nag y mae. Felly, rwy'n meddwl mai un o'r ffyrdd y gallem wella gwybodaeth a dealltwriaeth y cyhoedd o'r hyn rydym yn ei wneud yma, ac yn wir, ysbrydoli pobl i gyflawni gwasanaeth cyhoeddus yn y ffordd y mae gwleidyddion yn ei wneud - . Mae gennym enw gwael iawn ar y cyfan, ac mae llawer iawn o sinigiaeth am wleidyddion, sy'n annheg i raddau helaeth. Un o'r ffyrdd y gallem annog mwy o hyder ymysg y cyhoedd yn ein proffesiwn yw drwy gynnwys pobl mewn modd ffurfiol ar gam cynharach. Felly, rwy'n gobeithio'n fawr y bydd y cynnig hwn yn pasio'n unfrydol y prynhawn yma, yn yr ysbryd o gonsensws adeiladol a amlygir ym mherson yr Arglwydd Dafydd Elis-Thomas, wrth gwrs, sydd wedi cefnogi hyn ers blynyddoedd lawer. Felly, ar y sail honno, rwy'n cymeradwyo'r cynnig hwn i'r Cynulliad.