English: Can I say that I welcome the fact that you've made this statement to the Chamber today rather than to the media first? I think that some of your colleagues have a lot to learn from you, Minister. As we've said in the past, we don't believe that there's a public appetite for this to be a priority at the moment, but we accept that the Welsh Government has different views, and that's why you've brought this particular statement forward. We do think that all of the energy of the Welsh Government should be focused on other priorities, such as getting to grips with the economic recovery, making sure that our NHS is able to cope with the backlog that it now has as a result of the pandemic, and, indeed, helping our schools and education system to recover from COVID as well. But, given that you've made this statement, I would just ask a number of questions today about it. First of all, you've said that 'from the outset: reform is needed to enable us to deliver our commitments to support our public services, develop a prosperous economy, and tackle poverty and inequality', yet the reality is that the reason that we haven't tackled poverty, the reason that our economy isn't more prosperous, the reason that our public services aren't as good as they ought to be, is nothing to do with this Senedd not having the powers that it needs; it's because we have a failing Welsh Labour Government that's failed to address these particular issues over the decades. Now, you've talked about the importance of this commission going forward. Can you give us a timetable by which you expect its work to be completed? You made a long list of individual organisations and other stakeholders that you want to participate in the commission. How big is this thing going to be? How much is it going to cost? Are these positions going to be paid positions? You know, how long is a piece of string? I do think that if you have a significant size to the commission, then it is going to potentially be far too large, far too unwieldy to be able to deliver any reasonable outcomes. You've mentioned having a chair or possibly co-chairs. I don't know what the arrangements are that you might envisage co-chairs being able to look at the work and co-ordinate the work of this particular commission, but is that a chair and co-chair for both the expert panel and the commission? You've said you want a commission that has expertise, and yet you're setting up an expert panel alongside it. Will that be competing with it in terms of the expertise that you expect this commission to have? What do you think the output of this commission is going to be? I'm assuming you're looking for a list of recommendations for the Government to consider, or is that for this Senedd to consider as a whole? Will this commission, importantly, not just look at the constitutional arrangements across the whole of the UK, but will it look at the devolution and constitutional arrangements in Wales? Will it look at the clamour in our local authorities and our regions of Wales for more responsibilities to be devolved to them - to north Wales, to west Wales, to Swansea and the Swansea city area, as Mike Hedges reminds us on a regular basis? I do think that these are things that the commission should not be fettered looking at, and I do think that there is an appetite for those things to be considered, and, indeed, if they are, I think that would be a very useful conversation for us to be having. What sort of questions are you asking the commission to consider? You must have an idea of these already. You've obviously already set out the Welsh Government's stall in your 'Reforming our Union' paper. Is this commission simply going to look at your paper and determine whether those things are sensible or not, or will it really have the free range that I believe any commission needs to be able to have if it's going to be able to do something useful that cannot be done in other ways? I'll stop there because I've asked many, many questions, Llywydd. But I do welcome the fact that you've made a commitment also to engaging with all political parties on this, and we look forward to being able to contribute in a meaningful way to the development of the commission and the important work that you want it to do going forward.
Welsh: A gaf i ddweud fy mod i'n croesawu'r ffaith eich bod chi wedi gwneud y datganiad hwn i'r Siambr heddiw yn hytrach nag i'r cyfryngau yn gyntaf? Rwyf i o'r farn y gallai rhai o'ch cyd-Aelodau ddysgu llawer oddi wrthych, Gweinidog. Fel rydym wedi dweud yn y gorffennol, nid ydym o'r farn fod yna unrhyw awydd ymhlith y cyhoedd i hon fod yn flaenoriaeth ar hyn o bryd, ond rydym ni'n derbyn bod gan Lywodraeth Cymru wahanol safbwyntiau, a dyna pam rydych chi wedi cyflwyno'r datganiad arbennig hwn. Rydym ni'n credu y dylai holl egni Llywodraeth Cymru ganolbwyntio ar flaenoriaethau eraill, fel mynd i'r afael ag adferiad economaidd, a sicrhau bod ein GIG yn gallu ymdopi â'r gwaith sydd wedi pentyrru ar hyn o bryd o ganlyniad i'r pandemig ac, yn wir, ar helpu ein hysgolion ni a'n system addysg ni i gael adferiad o COVID hefyd. Ond, o ystyried eich bod chi wedi gwneud y datganiad hwn, rwyf am ofyn nifer o gwestiynau heddiw. Yn gyntaf oll, roeddech chi'n dweud, 'O'r cychwyn cyntaf: mae angen diwygio er mwyn ein galluogi ni i gyflawni ein hymrwymiadau i gefnogi ein gwasanaethau cyhoeddus, datblygu economi ffyniannus, a mynd i'r afael â thlodi ac anghydraddoldeb'. Ac eto, y gwir amdani yw nad ydym wedi mynd i'r afael â thlodi, nad yw ein heconomi ni'n ffynnu mwy, nad yw ein gwasanaethau cyhoeddus ni gystal ag y dylen nhw fod, ond nid oes a wnelo hynny ddim â'r ffaith nad oes gan y Senedd hon y pwerau sydd eu hangen; ond oherwydd bod gennym ni Lywodraeth Lafur yng Nghymru sydd wedi methu â mynd i'r afael â'r materion penodol hyn dros y degawdau. Nawr, rydych chi wedi sôn am bwysigrwydd y comisiwn hwn wrth symud ymlaen. A wnewch chi roi amserlen inni ar gyfer cwblhau ei waith? Fe gawsom restr faith gennych chi o sefydliadau unigol a rhanddeiliaid eraill yr ydych chi'n dymuno iddyn nhw fod â rhan yn y comisiwn. Beth fydd maint hwn? Faint fydd yn ei gostio? A fydd y swyddi hyn yn swyddi â thâl? Pa mor hir yw darn o linyn? Rwyf i o'r farn pe byddai'r comisiwn o faint sylweddol, fe fydd yn llawer rhy fawr ac yn llawer rhy anhylaw i allu cyflawni unrhyw ganlyniadau rhesymol. Rydych chi wedi sôn am gael cadeirydd neu gyd-gadeiryddion o bosibl. Nid wyf i'n gwybod dim am y trefniadau y gallech chi eu rhagweld ynglŷn â gallu'r cadeiryddion i edrych ar y gwaith a chydlynu gwaith y comisiwn arbennig hwn, ond a yw hynny'n golygu cadeirydd a chyd-gadeirydd i'r panel arbenigol ac i'r comisiwn? Roeddech chi'n dweud eich bod chi'n dymuno cael comisiwn ag arbenigedd ganddo, ac eto rydych chi'n sefydlu panel arbenigol yn gyfochrog. A fydd hwnnw'n cystadlu ag ef o ran yr arbenigedd yr ydych chi'n disgwyl i'r comisiwn hwn ei gael? Yn eich barn chi, beth fydd allbwn y comisiwn hwn? Rwy'n cymryd yn ganiataol eich bod chi'n chwilio am restr o argymhellion i'r Llywodraeth eu hystyried, neu ai gwaith i'r Senedd hon fydd eu hystyried nhw yn eu cyfanrwydd? Yn bwysig iawn, a fydd y comisiwn hwn yn edrych nid yn unig ar y trefniadau cyfansoddiadol ledled y DU gyfan, ond a fydd yn edrych ar y trefniadau datganoli a chyfansoddiadol yng Nghymru hefyd? A fydd yn rhoi ystyriaeth i'r galw yn ein hawdurdodau lleol ni a'n rhanbarthau ni yng Nghymru i weld datganoli mwy o gyfrifoldebau iddyn nhw - i'r gogledd, i'r gorllewin, i Abertawe ac ardal dinas Abertawe, fel mae Mike Hedges yn ein hatgoffa ni'n rheolaidd? Rwy'n credu bod y pethau hyn yn rhai na ddylid rhwystro'r comisiwn rhag eu hystyried, ac rwy'n credu fod yna awydd i ystyried y pethau hynny, ac, yn wir, os gwneir hynny, credaf y byddai honno'n sgwrs ddefnyddiol iawn i ni ei chael. Pa fath o gwestiynau y byddwch chi'n gofyn i'r comisiwn eu hystyried? Mae'n rhaid bod gennych chi ryw syniad eisoes sut rai fyddan nhw. Mae'n amlwg eich bod chi wedi gosod stondin Llywodraeth Cymru eisoes yn eich papur, 'Diwygio ein Hundeb'. A fydd y comisiwn hwn yn edrych ar eich papur ac yn penderfynu a yw'r pethau hynny'n synhwyrol neu beidio, neu a fydd ganddo'r rhyddid yr wyf i'n credu y bydd ei angen ar unrhyw gomisiwn i allu gwneud rhywbeth defnyddiol na ellir ei wneud mewn ffyrdd eraill? Rwyf am dawelu nawr am fy mod i wedi gofyn llawer o gwestiynau, Llywydd. Ond rwy'n croesawu'r ffaith eich bod chi wedi ymrwymo i ymgysylltu â phob plaid wleidyddol ynglŷn â hyn hefyd, ac rydym ni'n edrych ymlaen at allu cyfrannu mewn ffordd ystyrlon at ddatblygiad y comisiwn a'r gwaith pwysig yr ydych chi'n awyddus iddo ei wneud wrth symud ymlaen.