English: Thank you for the question. I'm aware of the letter that the victims' commissioner, Dame Vera Baird, recently sent. Can I just mention just a couple of points? I think the first one is, in terms of my colleague, the Minister for Social Justice, I know that she had met with Dame Vera Baird on a number of occasions to talk about the issues relating to victims, and also with other bodies. I think what is the case is, in the devolved areas, I think there is an enormous amount of very positive and constructive work that goes on within our devolved responsibilities for victims and for the support of victims, and the work that we do we try to do in actual partnership. But can I just say that the letter from Dame Vera Baird does raise a number of very serious issues? And I think they really relate to those reserved areas of justice that relate to victims where I think it is clear that there has been failure, and increasing failure. There had been promises, in terms of a victims Bill, which may have positive elements to it, but it's very, very early days on that; I think it is in draft form at the moment, but due to be tabled in the not too distant future. We'll obviously look at that very, very closely. So, we will continue with those areas where we have devolved input, and there are many areas. Many of the functions are reserved, but, of course, the consequences come within devolved capacities, and those are the ones that I know the Minister for Social Justice and others have been working very, very closely on. But it is worth listening to what she said. She did say that the victims Bill remains inadequate; she also referred to the British bill of rights, which has been stayed - it has been delayed, not taken away; and she raised serious concerns about the logjams in the justice system. But, in particular, what she actually does say is that she considers that at the UK Government level there has been a downgrading of focus on the issue of victims. She says that 'the criminal justice system is in chaos.' The downgrading of victims' interests in governmental priorities, along with the sidelining of the victims' commissioner, are particular areas of critique, and those are areas that we would want to see addressed - areas that we'd want to see addressed differently in a devolved justice system. In terms of where we go from here, we will, of course, work and liaise with the UK Government in respect of the victims Bill. We will particularly focus on those areas that are not reserved and what the impact might be on those. We remain, as a Government, really committed to improving outcomes for victims and to the full exercise of our devolved responsibilities, but also to greater responsibility in terms of support for victims.
Welsh: Diolch am y cwestiwn. Rwy'n ymwybodol o'r llythyr a anfonodd y comisiynydd dioddefwyr, y Fonesig Vera Baird, yn ddiweddar. A gaf fi nodi ambell bwynt? Rwy'n credu mai'r cyntaf, ynghylch fy nghyd-Aelod, y Gweinidog Cyfiawnder Cymdeithasol, yw fy mod yn gwybod ei bod wedi cyfarfod â'r Fonesig Vera Baird ar sawl achlysur i siarad am faterion yn ymwneud â dioddefwyr, a hefyd gyda chyrff eraill. Rwy'n credu bod llawer iawn o waith cadarnhaol ac adeiladol iawn yn digwydd o fewn ein cyfrifoldebau datganoledig i ddioddefwyr ac i gefnogi dioddefwyr, ac rydym yn ceisio gwneud y gwaith a wnawn mewn partneriaeth go iawn. Ond a gaf fi ddweud bod y llythyr gan y Fonesig Vera Baird yn codi nifer o faterion difrifol iawn? Ac rwy'n credu eu bod yn ymwneud â meysydd cyfiawnder a gedwir yn ôl sy'n ymwneud â dioddefwyr lle rwy'n credu ei bod yn glir fod methiant wedi bod, a methiant cynyddol hefyd. Cafwyd addewidion mewn perthynas â Bil dioddefwyr, a allai fod ag elfennau cadarnhaol iddo, ond mae'n ddyddiau cynnar iawn ar hynny; rwy'n credu ei fod ar ffurf drafft ar hyn o bryd, ond disgwylir y bydd yn cael ei gyflwyno heb fod yn rhy hir. Fe fyddwn yn amlwg yn edrych ar hynny'n agos iawn. Felly, byddwn yn parhau gyda'r meysydd lle mae gennym fewnbwn datganoledig, ac mae yna sawl maes. Cedwir llawer o'r swyddogaethau yn ôl, ond wrth gwrs, daw'r canlyniadau o fewn galluoedd datganoledig, ac rwy'n gwybod bod y Gweinidog Cyfiawnder Cymdeithasol ac eraill wedi bod yn gweithio'n agos iawn ar y rheini. Ond mae'n werth gwrando ar yr hyn a ddywedodd. Fe ddywedodd fod y Bil dioddefwyr yn parhau i fod yn annigonol; cyfeiriodd hefyd at fil hawliau Prydain, sydd wedi ei oedi - mae wedi'i ohirio, nid yw wedi cael ei ddiddymu; ac fe gododd bryderon difrifol am y tagfeydd yn y system gyfiawnder. Ond yn fwyaf arbennig, yr hyn y mae'n ei ddweud mewn gwirionedd yw ei bod hi o'r farn fod yna lai o ffocws wedi bod ar fater dioddefwyr ar lefel Llywodraeth y DU. Mae'n dweud bod y 'system gyfiawnder troseddol mewn anhrefn.' Mae israddio buddiannau dioddefwyr mewn blaenoriaethau llywodraethol, ynghyd â diystyru'r comisiynydd dioddefwyr, yn bethau sy'n haeddu beirniadaeth benodol, ac mae'r rheini'n feysydd y byddem eisiau eu gweld yn cael sylw - meysydd y byddem eisiau eu gweld yn cael sylw mewn ffordd wahanol mewn system gyfiawnder ddatganoledig. O ran y camau nesaf, byddwn yn gweithio ac yn cysylltu â Llywodraeth y DU mewn perthynas â'r Bil dioddefwyr wrth gwrs. Byddwn yn canolbwyntio'n benodol ar y meysydd hynny nad ydynt wedi'u cadw'n ôl a beth y gallai'r effaith fod ar y rheini. Rydym yn parhau i fod wedi ymrwymo, fel Llywodraeth, i wella canlyniadau i ddioddefwyr ac i arfer ein cyfrifoldebau datganoledig yn llawn, ond hefyd i geisio mwy o gyfrifoldeb mewn perthynas â chefnogaeth i ddioddefwyr.