English: I'm a relative latecomer to Carl's fan club. I first met Carl as a candidate in 2011, when he came to support my campaign for the redevelopment of a dismal shopping centre that was well past its sell-by date. Carl was a fantastic campaigner. He was also a great problem solver, as others have said. Julie Morgan and I will be forever grateful to Carl for negotiating a solution to the 15-year campaign to save Llanishen reservoir. The reservoir had been drained in a final act of corporate vandalism by Western Power Distribution, who wanted to concrete it over with luxury housing, but it was obvious that the new owners, CELSA Group, had neither the money nor the know-how to reinstate the reservoir. So, Carl stepped up and managed to persuade Dŵr Cymru to take it over, and thanks to Carl the reservoir will be refilled and safeguarded for future generations. It was my privilege to work very closely with Carl over the last four years on all of the legislation that he will be remembered for. As the First Minister has already said, it is the path-breaking wellbeing of future generations Act for which Carl will be remembered most. I do recall that when he was first appointed as the Minister for Natural Resources it's fair to say he was not an enthusiast, because he wondered whether it would have any impact beyond a piece of window dressing and Carl wasn't interested in laws that sit on the shelf gathering dust. He wanted everything he did to make a difference. However, once the Cabinet had persuaded him that they were serious about this groundbreaking Bill, he entered into it with all the gusto and enthusiasm that he'd previously applied to the cause of domestic violence. What he created was a Bill that was backed up by public support and that everyone could understand. Indeed, the programme for government talks about the future generations Act being enshrined in law, our commitment to develop policy and making decisions that will maximise our impact on the long-term good of our country, and Carl should always be remembered for that. He was indeed a brilliant Minister to work with, because he listened. He deliberated on what backbenchers had to say and if he didn't have the answer immediately to hand, I can hear him saying, 'I'll come back to you on that' and he always did. Private rented tenants can thank Carl for the registration of landlords, so they know how to get hold of their landlord in an emergency. He'd already set in motion the legislation to abolish letting agency fees, which cause so many private tenants so much financial grief. And, on 24 October, the last time that Carl introduced any ministerial initiatives, Carl announced that there'd been so many quality applications for his innovative housing programme that he'd managed to persuade the Cabinet Secretary for Finance to nearly double the capital funds to deliver low-carbon quality homes fit for the twenty-first century. Carl was a true leader, an exemplary representative of Alyn and Deeside, and an outstanding Minister. The enduring image I want to treasure of Carl is Carl in a pink feather boa and enormous pink-framed glasses posing with his good friend and neighbouring constituency AM Lesley Griffiths. He deliberately chose the most outrageous props available as he wasn't scared to be laughed at in aid of a good cause, and he wanted you to laugh with him in support of Wear it Pink breast cancer awareness. He created so much laughter in our lives, and touched people who worked in every aspect of the Assembly's work. But our loss is as nothing compared to the pain suffered by his family and his community.
Welsh: Rydw i'n aelod gymharol ddiweddar o glwb cefnogwyr Carl. Cyfarfûm â Carl am y tro cyntaf fel ymgeisydd yn 2011, pan ddaeth i gefnogi fy ymgyrch i ailddatblygu canolfan siopa ddiflas a oedd wedi mynd a'i phen iddi. Roedd Carl yn ymgyrchydd gwych. Roedd hefyd yn wych wrth ddatrys problemau, fel y mae eraill wedi ei ddweud. Bydd Julie Morgan a minnau yn ddiolchgar am byth i Carl am sicrhau ateb i'r ymgyrch 15 mlynedd i achub cronfa ddŵr Llanisien. Cafodd y gronfa ddŵr ei draenio fel gweithred olaf o fandaliaeth gorfforaethol gan Western Power Distribution, a oedd eisiau ei gorchuddio dan goncrit a thai moethus, ond roedd yn amlwg nad oedd gan y perchnogion newydd, CELSA Group, yr arian na'r wybodaeth i adfer y gronfa ddŵr. Felly, camodd Carl i'r adwy a llwyddodd i berswadio Dŵr Cymru i gymryd yr awenau, a diolch i Carl bydd y gronfa ddŵr yn cael ei hail-lenwi a'i diogelu ar gyfer cenedlaethau'r dyfodol. Roedd yn fraint cydweithio'n agos iawn â Carl dros y pedair blynedd diwethaf ar yr holl ddeddfwriaeth y bydd yn cael ei gofio amdani. Fel y mae'r Prif Weinidog eisoes wedi ei ddweud, bydd Carl yn cael ei gofio fwyaf am Ddeddf Llesiant Cenedlaethau'r Dyfodol, sef deddf sy'n torri tir newydd. Rwy'n cofio, pan gafodd ei benodi'n Weinidog Cyfoeth Naturiol yn gyntaf, mae'n deg dweud nad oedd yn frwdfrydig, oherwydd ei fod yn ansicr a fyddai'r Ddeddf yn cael unrhyw effaith y tu hwnt i edrych yn dda yn unig, ac nid oedd gan Carl unrhyw ddiddordeb mewn deddfau sy'n eistedd ar y silff yn casglu llwch. Roedd eisiau i bopeth a wnâi wneud gwahaniaeth. Fodd bynnag, unwaith i'r Cabinet ei ddarbwyllo eu bod o ddifrif am y Bil arloesol hwn, aeth yn ei flaen â holl awch a brwdfrydedd a ymrwymwyd ganddo'n flaenorol i achos trais domestig. Llwyddodd i greu Bil ag iddo gefnogaeth gyhoeddus, ac un y gallai pawb ei ddeall. Yn wir, mae'r rhaglen lywodraethu yn sôn am wneud Deddf cenedlaethau'r dyfodol yn rhan o'r gyfraith, ac am ein hymrwymiad i ddatblygu polisi a gwneud penderfyniadau a fydd yn sicrhau ein bod yn cael yr effaith fwyaf bosibl ar lesiant hirdymor ein gwlad, a dylai Carl bob amser gael ei gofio am hynny. Roedd wir yn Weinidog gwych i gydweithio ag ef, oherwydd ei fod yn gwrando. Byddai'n ystyried yr hyn yr oedd gan Aelodau'r meinciau cefn i'w ddweud ac os nad oedd ganddo ateb yn y pryd a'r lle, gallaf ei glywed yn dweud, 'Dof yn ôl atoch ynglŷn â hynny', a dyna y byddai'n ei wneud bob amser. Gall tenantiaid sy'n rhentu'n breifat ddiolch i Carl am gofrestru landlordiaid, gan sicrhau bod modd iddynt gael gafael ar eu landlordiaid mewn argyfwng. Roedd eisoes wedi dechrau'r broses ddeddfwriaethol i gael gwared ar ffioedd asiantaethau gosod, sy'n achosi cymaint o drafferthion ariannol i gynifer o denantiaid preifat. Ac ar 24 Hydref, y tro diwethaf iddo gyflwyno unrhyw fentrau gweinidogol, cyhoeddodd Carl ei fod wedi cael cynifer o geisiadau o safon ar gyfer ei raglen dai arloesol roedd wedi llwyddo i berswadio Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Gyllid bron i ddyblu'r cronfeydd cyfalaf i ddarparu cartrefi carbon isel o safon sy'n addas ar gyfer yr unfed ganrif ar hugain. Roedd Carl yn wir arweinydd, yn gynrychiolydd arbennig dros Alun a Glannau Dyfrdwy ac yn Weinidog rhagorol. Y ddelwedd o Carl yr ydw i eisiau ei thrysori am byth yw'r ddelwedd ohono mewn bwa pluog pinc a phâr o sbectol binc enfawr, yn sefyll wrth ymyl ei ffrind da, Lesley Griffiths, Aelod Cynulliad yr etholaeth gerllaw. Aeth ati'n fwriadol i ddewis y propiau mwyaf hurt posibl gan nad oedd ofn arno fod yn destun chwerthin er lles achos da, ac roedd eisiau i chi chwerthin gydag ef er mwyn cefnogi'r ymgyrch sy'n codi ymwybyddiaeth o ganser y fron, Wear it Pink. Creodd gymaint o chwerthin yn ein bywydau, a chyffwrdd â phobl a oedd yn gweithio ar bob agwedd ar waith y Cynulliad. Ond nid yw ein colled ni yn ddim o gymharu â'r boen a ddioddefir gan ei deulu a'i gymuned.