English: Thank you, Deputy Llywydd. Can I start by saying that I reported on this matter to the committee this morning? The committee has not, because of time constraints, been able to consider the details of the Bill. I have been able to look through the Bill, and I report, really, as Chair of the committee within that capacity. Can I firstly say that, in taking emergency powers, there is still and always a need to maintain the goodwill and consent of the population at large? Emergency powers are, to some extent, dependent on that actually happening. And one of the concerns that I think I would have would be that, unless some of the issues relating to poverty that may arise are resolved, then those may well present a challenge to the implementation and the use of emergency powers - for example, those dependent on foodbanks, those who have difficulty accessing an income to live on. And, if we are totally frank about it, £94 statutory sick pay is not enough for a family to live on for a week. Those are issues on which, hopefully, there will be further statements from UK Government, but are things that really must be addressed. Emergency powers, and the Government taking emergency powers, is an exception. Emergency powers are taken where there is a real threat to security or to life. I don't think any of us can doubt that, in the current circumstances, the circumstances are exceptional, and that there is a genuine threat, and that powers are necessary to be taken to protect life. That means suspension of some individual and collective rights, and the judicial and legal processes that normally exist to give those protections. So, it's within that context that these emergency powers are correctly being sought. In terms of the exercise of powers, Parliament doesn't disappear, and this Parliament doesn't fade into the background, because it is Parliament that is transferring some of its powers for a period of time to the Executive to act. It is therefore very important that there are still some checks and balances. So, I very much welcome the concession that was made to a six-monthly renewal by Parliament of those particular powers. I note that the House of Lords committee that considered this Bill actually raised the same point, suggesting that a year would be appropriate. I know that the opposition to the Government put forward six months, and that has been accepted. And I think that six months is the appropriate period for the exercise of Parliament to consider whether the extension of those powers in six months' time is necessary. Can I also say that I welcome clause 83, which requires the UK Government to give two-monthly reports on non-devolved areas? The reason I emphasise that particular point is because, in regard to the powers that have been given to Welsh Ministers, there is no similar reporting requirement, there is no similar legal requirement. So, what I would ask from Government is that there is an undertaking that the same reporting provisions that exist for UK Government will be accepted by Welsh Government, and that we will have those two-monthly reports on the exercise of those powers. The other point I would raise that I think is important is also that, if Parliament is going to be considering the Bill as a whole and the exercise of those powers on a six-monthly basis, then there is a necessity for a review to take place within the Assembly, either by committee or within the Assembly as a committee in its own right, perhaps even on a five-monthly basis, so that when this matter is considered at UK Government level there are full reports of the operation of the Bill in respect of not just the way in which we have exercised the powers given to Welsh Government Ministers, but also the impact of those UK Government powers on Wales themselves. Our concern should be not just with the devolved areas, but also the impact of emergency powers on the people of Wales and the way that interacts. So, I think within that context, those are the constitutional points that I think deal with some of the concerns that might exist with regard to any Government taking emergency powers. I think it is right that these powers are taken. It is not my intention to go though the detail of those; those have been outlined by the Minister. But just that there will be the maintenance of checks and balances, not only at UK Government level, but also by this Assembly: that we will review those, we will review them on a regular basis and that there will be regular reporting of the exercise of those exceptional powers given to Welsh Government Ministers.
Welsh: Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. A gaf i ddechrau drwy ddweud fy mod i wedi cyflwyno adroddiad ar y mater hwn i'r Pwyllgor y bore yma? Oherwydd cyfyngiadau amser, nid yw'r Pwyllgor wedi gallu ystyried manylion y Bil. Rwyf i wedi gallu edrych drwy'r Bil, ac rwy'n adrodd, mewn gwirionedd, fel Cadeirydd y pwyllgor yn y swyddogaeth honno. A gaf i ddweud yn gyntaf, wrth gymryd pwerau argyfwng, bod o hyd a phob amser angen i gynnal ewyllys da a chydsyniad y boblogaeth yn gyffredinol? Mae pwerau brys, i ryw raddau, yn ddibynnol ar hynny'n digwydd mewn gwirionedd. Ac un o'r pryderon yr wyf yn credu y byddai gen i, oni bai bod rhai o'r materion sy'n ymwneud â thlodi a allai godi yn cael eu datrys, y gallai'r rheini fod yn her i weithredu a defnyddio pwerau argyfwng - er enghraifft, y rhai sy'n dibynnu ar fanciau bwyd, y rhai sy'n cael anhawster cael gafael ar incwm i fyw arno. Ac, os ydym ni'n gwbl onest yn ei gylch, nid yw £94 tâl salwch statudol yn ddigon i deulu fyw arno am wythnos. Mae'r rheini'n faterion a fydd, gobeithio, yn cynnwys datganiadau ychwanegol gan Lywodraeth y DU, ond maen nhw yn bethau y mae wir rhaid mynd i'r afael â nhw. Mae pwerau argyfwng, a'r Llywodraeth yn cymryd pwerau argyfwng, yn eithriad. Mae pwerau brys yn cael eu cymryd lle mae bygythiad gwirioneddol i ddiogelwch neu i fywyd. Nid wyf i'n credu y gall unrhyw un ohonom ni amau, o dan yr amgylchiadau presennol, bod yr amgylchiadau yn eithriadol, a bod bygythiad gwirioneddol, a bod angen cymryd pwerau er mwyn diogelu bywyd. Mae hynny'n golygu atal rhai hawliau unigol a chyfunol, a'r prosesau barnwrol a chyfreithiol sydd fel arfer yn bodoli i roi'r amddiffyniadau hynny. Felly, o fewn y cyd-destun hwnnw mae'r pwerau brys hyn yn cael eu ceisio yn briodol. O ran arfer pwerau, nid yw'r Senedd yn diflannu, ac nid yw'r Senedd hon yn pylu i'r cefndir, oherwydd y Senedd sy'n trosglwyddo rhai o'i phwerau am gyfnod i'r Weithrediaeth i weithredu. Mae'n bwysig iawn, felly, bod rhai rhwystrau a gwrthbwysau yn parhau. Felly, rwyf yn croesawu'n fawr y consesiwn a wnaed gan y Senedd i adnewyddu'r pwerau penodol hynny bob chwe mis. Rwy'n sylwi bod Pwyllgor Tŷ'r Arglwyddi a ystyriodd y Bil hwn wedi codi'r un pwynt mewn gwirionedd, gan awgrymu y byddai blwyddyn yn briodol. Rwy'n gwybod bod y gwrthbleidiau i'r Llywodraeth wedi cyflwyno chwe mis, a bod hynny wedi ei dderbyn. Ac rwy'n credu mai chwe mis yw'r cyfnod priodol i ymarfer y Senedd i ystyried a oes angen ymestyn y pwerau hynny ymhen chwe mis. A gaf fi ddweud hefyd fy mod i'n croesawu cymal 83, sy'n ei gwneud yn ofynnol i Lywodraeth y DU roi adroddiadau bob dau fis ar feysydd nad ydyn nhw wedi eu datganoli? Y rheswm yr wyf i'n pwysleisio'r pwynt penodol hwnnw yw oherwydd, o ran y pwerau sydd wedi eu rhoi i Weinidogion Cymru, nid oes gofyniad adrodd tebyg, nid oes gofyniad cyfreithiol tebyg. Felly, yr hyn yr wyf i'n ei ofyn gan y Llywodraeth yw bod ymrwymiad y bydd yr un darpariaethau adrodd sy'n bodoli ar gyfer Llywodraeth y DU yn cael eu derbyn gan Lywodraeth Cymru, ac y byddwn ni'n cael yr adroddiadau bob dau fis hynny ynghylch arfer y pwerau hynny. Y pwynt arall yr wyf i am ei godi sy'n bwysig, yn fy marn i, yw, os yw'r Senedd yn mynd i fod yn ystyried y Bil yn ei gyfanrwydd ac yn arfer y pwerau hynny bob chwe mis, yna mae angen cynnal adolygiad o fewn y Cynulliad, naill ai gan bwyllgor neu o fewn y Cynulliad fel pwyllgor yn ei rinwedd ei hun, efallai hyd yn oed bob pum mis, fel y bydd adroddiadau llawn am weithrediad y Bil pan ystyrir y mater hwn ar lefel Llywodraeth y DU o ran nid yn unig y ffordd yr ydym ni wedi arfer y pwerau sydd wedi eu rhoi i Weinidogion Llywodraeth Cymru, ond hefyd effaith y pwerau Llywodraeth y DU hynny eu hunain ar Gymru. Dylai ein pryder fod nid yn unig gyda'r meysydd sydd wedi eu datganoli, ond hefyd effaith pwerau brys ar bobl Cymru a'r ffordd y mae hynny'n rhyngweithio. Felly, rwy'n credu, o fewn y cyd-destun hwnnw, dyna'r pwyntiau cyfansoddiadol sydd yn fy marn i yn ymdrin â rhai o'r pryderon a allai fodoli o ran unrhyw Lywodraeth yn cymryd pwerau argyfwng. Rwy'n credu ei bod hi'n iawn bod y pwerau hyn yn cael eu cymryd. Nid yw'n fwriad gennyf i fynd drwy fanylion y rheini; mae'r rheini wedi'u hamlinellu gan y Gweinidog. Dim ond y bydd rhwystrau a gwrthbwysau yn cael eu cynnal, nid yn unig ar lefel Llywodraeth y DU, ond hefyd gan y Cynulliad hwn: a byddwn ni'n adolygu'r rheini, byddwn ni'n eu hadolygu'n rheolaidd ac yn cyflwyno adroddiadau rheolaidd ar y broses o arfer y pwerau eithriadol hynny sydd wedi eu rhoi i Weinidogion Llywodraeth Cymru.