English: Can I say how much I welcome the debate that's before us today, on this important issue of engagement post Brexit? I do not accept the caricature that in order to be a Brexiteer, you are therefore not an internationalist, and you are an isolationist. That's certainly not my view. I'm very much an internationalist, and I think it's very important that we engage globally, and not just within Europe. And of course it's absolutely vital that we have a continued close relationship with the different regions within Europe post 29 March. I was an individual, of course, who voted to leave the European Union, but I do think that it's very important for this National Assembly, as an Assembly that has a look over the horizons that are beyond Wales, beyond the UK, and beyond 29 March. We were told constantly, of course, during the referendum that it would be impossible to maintain a close relationship with other parts of Europe after Brexit, but, of course, that is absolutely not the case, and that's why my party was very pleased to see the new First Minister follow our lead, in appointing somebody who's responsible for international relations. And I'm very pleased to see that Eluned Morgan took on that post, given the wealth of experience that she had in Europe. And of course other groups in this National Assembly have also taken the opportunity to appoint international relations spokespeople. And it's great that Delyth Jewell has that privilege on behalf of Plaid Cymru, and I want to welcome her to her post. I think that it's vitally important that, yes, the Welsh Government does develop its international relations strategy in terms of engagement around the world, and this, of course, is a very important part of it. But you're quite right to point out in your opening speech, Mick, about the need for this National Assembly, as an institution, also to have an international relations strategy, so that we can promote the work of the National Assembly outside of Wales, but also learn from other parts of the world too, in terms of how we operate and function as a devolved legislature within the successful union that, of course, is the United Kingdom. Now, I have the privilege of representing the National Assembly as one of the members on the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly. I've been a member of the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly now for over a decade, and as part of the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly's work, of course, we have the opportunity also to engage, in a different forum, with people from other legislatures within the UK, and of course the Republic of Ireland, and indeed some of the other islands that make up the British isles. And I find that that is a very useful way to work collaboratively with other parliamentarians, in terms of trying to explore some of the challenges that are often very common to all of us on the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly. I chair the European affairs committee of the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly, and that committee actually undertook a short inquiry about engagement with different European institutions following Brexit. It published a report about 18 months ago, and it looked at the value of engagement and collaboration that was already taking place - not just the inter-governmental collaboration, but we also did meet with the president of the Committee of the Regions, Karl-Heinz Lambertz, to have a discussion with him about the opportunities that might exist to still engage with the committee in the future. And it was very, very clear that there are a whole host of nations outside of the European Union that are already actively involved in different fora, which have been established for engagement. And some of the ones that he was referring us to were the Association of European Border Regions, for example, which of course is going to be increasingly prominent, I think, for us, in terms of our engagement going forward. It works very closely, of course, as Mick and Bethan will know, with the Committee of the Regions, and you don't have to be a member of the EU in order to engage with it. So, I would very much encourage this National Assembly, and the Welsh Government, to seek some involvement with that particular organisation, as time goes forward, because I do think that there are huge opportunities for us in terms of international engagement post 29 March, and I think we ought to seize them, but we can only do that if we've got a proper strategy in place, both as a Parliament and in terms of the Welsh Government too.
Welsh: A gaf fi ddweud cymaint rwy'n croesawu'r ddadl sydd ger ein bron heddiw, ar y mater pwysig hwn o ymgysylltiad ar ôl Brexit? Nid wyf yn derbyn y darlun na allwch fod yn rhyngwladolaidd os ydych yn cefnogi Brexit, a'ch bod yn ymynysol. Yn sicr nid dyna yw fy marn i. Rwy'n rhyngwladolaidd iawn, ac mae'n bwysig iawn inni ymgysylltu ar lefel fyd-eang, ac nid o fewn Ewrop yn unig. Ac wrth gwrs mae'n gwbl hanfodol fod gennym berthynas agos barhaus gyda'r rhanbarthau gwahanol yn Ewrop ar ôl 29 Mawrth. Roeddwn yn un o'r rhai a bleidleisiodd o blaid gadael yr Undeb Ewropeaidd wrth gwrs, ond rwy'n credu ei bod yn bwysig iawn i'r Cynulliad Cenedlaethol hwn fod yn Gynulliad sy'n edrych at y gorwelion sydd y tu hwnt i Gymru, y tu hwnt i'r DU, a thu hwnt i 29 Mawrth. Dywedwyd wrthym yn gyson yn ystod y refferendwm y byddai'n amhosibl cynnal perthynas agos gyda rhannau eraill o Ewrop ar ôl Brexit, ond wrth gwrs, nid yw hynny'n wir o gwbl, a dyna pam roedd fy mhlaid yn falch iawn o weld y Prif Weinidog newydd yn dilyn ein harweiniad drwy benodi rhywun i fod yn gyfrifol am gysylltiadau rhyngwladol. Ac rwy'n falch iawn o weld mai Eluned Morgan a gafodd y swydd honno, o gofio am y cyfoeth o brofiad a gafodd yn Ewrop. Ac wrth gwrs mae grwpiau eraill yn y Cynulliad Cenedlaethol hwn hefyd wedi achub ar y cyfle i benodi llefarwyr cysylltiadau rhyngwladol. Ac mae'n wych fod Delyth Jewell wedi cael y fraint honno ar ran Plaid Cymru, a hoffwn ei chroesawu i'w swydd. Credaf ei bod yn hanfodol bwysig fod Llywodraeth Cymru yn datblygu ei strategaeth cysylltiadau rhyngwladol o ran ymgysylltu o gwmpas y byd, ac mae hyn, wrth gwrs, yn rhan bwysig iawn ohono. Ond rydych yn iawn i dynnu sylw yn eich araith agoriadol, Mick, at yr angen i'r Cynulliad Cenedlaethol hwn, fel sefydliad, gael strategaeth cysylltiadau rhyngwladol hefyd, fel y gallwn hyrwyddo gwaith y Cynulliad Cenedlaethol y tu allan i Gymru, a dysgu hefyd gan rannau eraill o'r byd, o ran sut y gweithredwn fel deddfwrfa ddatganoledig o fewn undeb llwyddiannus y Deyrnas Unedig. Nawr, cefais y fraint o gynrychioli'r Cynulliad Cenedlaethol fel un o aelodau'r Cynulliad Seneddol Prydeinig-Gwyddelig. Bûm yn aelod o'r Cynulliad Seneddol Prydeinig-Gwyddelig ers dros ddegawd bellach, ac fel rhan o waith y Cynulliad Seneddol Prydeinig-Gwyddelig cawn gyfle hefyd i gymryd rhan, mewn fforwm gwahanol, gyda phobl o ddeddfwrfeydd eraill o fewn y DU, a Gweriniaeth Iwerddon wrth gwrs, ac yn wir, rhai o'r ynysoedd eraill sy'n ffurfio Ynysoedd Prydain. Ac i mi, dyna ffordd ddefnyddiol iawn o gydweithio gyda seneddwyr eraill, o ran ceisio ymchwilio i rai o'r heriau sy'n aml yn gyffredin iawn i bob un ohonom yn y Cynulliad Seneddol Prydeinig-Gwyddelig. Rwy'n cadeirio pwyllgor materion Ewropeaidd y Cynulliad Seneddol Prydeinig-Gwyddelig, ac mewn gwirionedd, cynhaliodd y pwyllgor hwnnw ymchwiliad byr ynglŷn ag ymgysylltiad â gwahanol sefydliadau Ewropeaidd yn dilyn Brexit. Cyhoeddodd adroddiad tua 18 mis yn ôl, ac edrychodd ar werth ymgysylltiad a chydweithrediad a oedd eisoes ar waith - nid y cydweithrediad rhynglywodraethol yn unig, ond cyfarfuom hefyd â llywydd Pwyllgor y Rhanbarthau, Karl Heinz Lambertz, i gael trafodaeth gydag ef am y cyfleoedd a allai ddal i fodoli ar gyfer ymgysylltu â'r pwyllgor yn y dyfodol. Ac roedd hi'n amlwg iawn fod llu o wledydd y tu allan i'r Undeb Ewropeaidd eisoes yn cymryd rhan mewn gwahanol fforymau a sefydlwyd ar gyfer ymgysylltu. Ac un o'r rhai y cyfeiriai atynt oedd Cymdeithas y Rhanbarthau Ffiniol Ewropeaidd, er enghraifft, sydd wrth gwrs yn mynd i fod yn fwyfwy pwysig i ni, rwy'n meddwl, o ran ein hymwneud yn y dyfodol. Mae'n gweithio'n agos iawn, fel y gŵyr Mick a Bethan, gyda Phwyllgor y Rhanbarthau, ac nid oes raid i chi fod yn aelod o'r UE er mwyn ymgysylltu â'r gymdeithas honno. Felly, buaswn yn annog y Cynulliad Cenedlaethol hwn a Llywodraeth Cymru yn gryf i geisio ymwneud rhywfaint â'r sefydliad penodol hwnnw wrth i amser fynd yn ei flaen, oherwydd rwy'n credu bod cyfleoedd enfawr i ni o ran ymgysylltiad rhyngwladol ar ôl 29 Mawrth, a chredaf y dylem fanteisio arnynt, ond ni allwn wneud hynny heb fod gennym strategaeth briodol ar waith, fel Senedd ac fel Llywodraeth Cymru yn ogystal.