English: Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer. Obviously, I think there is a great deal of consensus in the Chamber around the extension of the franchise and I appreciate that and we've tested the view of the Assembly before. But I do find it quite bizarre that we're not having a wider discussion about those ages of responsibility. I appreciate the Llywydd made some reference in her contribution to the debate on this issue about the varying ages of responsibility for all sorts of different things, and I do think that that's something we need to return to as an Assembly at some point in the future when we consider children and young people and where those boundaries might lie. I listened carefully to the remarks of the Counsel General in relation to David Melding's amendment. I think David made a very powerful case about the need for high-quality citizenship education in order to promote participation in our democracy, and I recognise that people have accepted that argument. What I don't understand is that if you accept that argument, why are you then resistant to allowing and enabling some statutory requirements for guidance to be issued to our secondary schools in order to deliver on your stated policy objective and aim? So, I would urge Members to support David Melding's amendments. I would certainly urge Members to think again about this issue of extending the franchise when people quite clearly, from the Youth Parliament's own research, feel ill-equipped and unprepared for the duty that they might hold at age 16 and 17 in having the opportunity to vote. And I will say this: in spite of my opposition to extending the franchise to 16 and 17-year-olds, I have led for the Conservatives on this issue of extending opportunities for young people to engage in citizenship and engage in the workings of this Parliament over the years. I can remember leading the debate that made the calls for the establishment of a youth Parliament, and I was delighted that the Llywydd picked up on that and that all parties in this Chamber got behind that particular proposal. So, it's not that I'm against the participation of young people in the life of this institution, in helping to shape our views, it's just that I don't think that it's always the best case to simply extend the franchise in order to give them that opportunity. Young people can engage in many different ways. If you look at Greta Thunberg, not even a citizen of this country, who could argue, in this Chamber, that she's not had the opportunity to influence even our politics here in this Chamber in the declaration of a climate emergency, for example? So, there are ways to engage without having to extend the franchise and I would urge people to support my amendments.
Welsh: Diolch, Ddirprwy Lywydd. Yn amlwg, rwy'n credu bod llawer iawn o gonsensws yn y Siambr ynghylch ymestyn yr etholfraint ac rwy'n gwerthfawrogi hynny ac rydym wedi profi barn y Cynulliad o'r blaen. Ond rwy'n ei chael hi'n eithaf rhyfedd nad ydym yn cael trafodaeth ehangach am yr oedrannau cyfrifoldeb hynny. Rwy'n derbyn bod y Llywydd wedi cyfeirio rhywfaint yn ei chyfraniad at y ddadl ar y mater hwn ynghylch yr oedrannau cyfrifoldeb amrywiol ar gyfer pob math o wahanol bethau, ac rwy'n credu bod hynny'n rhywbeth y mae angen i ni ddychwelyd ato fel Cynulliad ar ryw adeg yn y dyfodol pan fyddwn yn ystyried plant a phobl ifanc a lle gallai'r ffiniau hynny fod. Gwrandewais yn ofalus ar sylwadau'r Cwnsler Cyffredinol mewn perthynas â gwelliant David Melding. Rwy'n credu bod David wedi cyflwyno dadl bwerus iawn ynglŷn â'r angen am addysg ddinasyddiaeth o ansawdd uchel er mwyn hyrwyddo cyfranogiad yn ein democratiaeth, ac rwy'n cydnabod bod pobl wedi derbyn y ddadl honno. Yr hyn nad wyf yn ei ddeall, os ydych chi'n derbyn y ddadl honno, yw pam eich bod chi felly'n gwrthwynebu caniatáu a galluogi rhai gofynion statudol ar gyfer cyhoeddi canllawiau i'n hysgolion uwchradd er mwyn cyflawni eich amcan a'ch nod polisi datganedig? Felly, buaswn yn annog yr Aelodau i gefnogi gwelliannau David Melding. Buaswn yn sicr yn annog yr Aelodau i feddwl eto ynglŷn ag ymestyn yr etholfraint pan fo pobl yn hollol amlwg, o ymchwil y Senedd Ieuenctid ei hun, yn teimlo nad ydynt yn barod nac wedi'u harfogi'n iawn ar gyfer y ddyletswydd y gallent orfod ei hysgwyddo yn 16 a 17 oed drwy gael cyfle i bleidleisio. Ac fe ddywedaf hyn: er gwaethaf fy ngwrthwynebiad i estyn yr etholfraint i bobl ifanc 16 a 17 oed, rwyf wedi arwain ar ran y Ceidwadwyr ar y mater o estyn cyfleoedd i bobl ifanc ymwneud â dinasyddiaeth ac yng ngwaith y Senedd hon dros y blynyddoedd. Gallaf gofio arwain y ddadl a fu'n galw am sefydlu Senedd ieuenctid ac roeddwn yn falch iawn fod y Llywydd wedi bwrw ymlaen â hynny a bod pob plaid yn y Siambr hon wedi cefnogi'r cynnig hwnnw. Felly, nid wyf yn erbyn cyfranogiad pobl ifanc ym mywyd y sefydliad hwn, ac wrth helpu i lunio ein safbwyntiau, ond nid wyf yn credu mai ymestyn yr etholfraint yw'r ffordd orau bob amser o roi'r cyfle hwnnw iddynt. Gall pobl ifanc gymryd rhan mewn sawl ffordd wahanol. Os edrychwch ar Greta Thunberg, nad yw'n ddinesydd y wlad hon hyd yn oed, a allai ddadlau, yn y Siambr hon, nad yw wedi cael cyfle i ddylanwadu ar ein gwleidyddiaeth yma yn y Siambr hon yn y datganiad o argyfwng hinsawdd, er enghraifft? Felly, mae yna ffyrdd o ymgysylltu heb orfod ymestyn yr etholfraint a hoffwn annog pobl i gefnogi fy ngwelliannau.