English: Thanks to the Chair for her statement this afternoon. I'd also like to thank the committee staff for helping to arrange the inquiry and the witnesses that have so far appeared before us. I think we're all in broad agreement that we want the Assembly to be a welcoming environment for everyone who wants to work here. That includes people of different genders, of different ethnicities and different sexual orientations. In the UKIP group, we have had a wide variety of people working for us and hopefully our group room and the Members' offices have been and still are a welcoming working environment for them. Of course, we recognise that issues can arise. Problems can rear their heads in the relationships between people who work at the Assembly and it's crucial that there is a clear path for people who feel that they are being harassed, victimised, persecuted, bullied or simply intimidated. There has to be a clear guideline of how to proceed with a complaint. And there has to be certainty in the mind of the complainant that the complaint will be dealt with robustly and that the making of the complaint won't have any adverse effect on the complainant's career. There also needs to be clarity over processes and I think the previous two speakers have raised several issues over that. Paul Davies brought in the aspect that most AMs are also members of political parties, so to some extent you have to bring the political parties on board and their processes have to dovetail with any Assembly process. So, I was glad to hear that the commissioner is working with the different parties. Hopefully we'll soon hear the outcome of that. Llyr raised the other very relevant point that there is a danger of different parallel processes creating confusion. For instance, you've got the political parties, which can carry out their own investigation, you have the Assembly investigation, and then, of course, the point that Llyr mentioned: if the AM is also a Minister, you've also got the ministerial code. I think it can get confusing with all of these different processes. Now, I know that you just stated that the ministerial code isn't in our remit as the standards committee, so I wonder if you think that does pose a problem in our efforts to get one clear and transparent code for the Assembly. Is there a case that, in some sense, our policy is going to have to encompass in some aspects the ministerial code and dovetail with that?
Welsh: Diolch i'r Cadeirydd am ei datganiad y prynhawn yma. Hoffwn hefyd ddiolch i staff y pwyllgor am helpu i drefnu'r ymchwiliad a'r tystion sydd wedi ymddangos ger ein bron hyd yn hyn. Credaf ein bod i gyd yn weddol gytûn ein bod eisiau i'r Cynulliad fod yn amgylchedd croesawgar i bawb sydd eisiau gweithio yma. Mae hynny'n cynnwys pobl o wahanol rywiau, gwahanol gefndiroedd ethnig a gwahanol gyfeiriadedd rhywiol. Yng ngrŵp UKIP, mae gennym amrywiaeth eang o bobl yn gweithio i ni a gobeithio bod ein hystafell grŵp a swyddfeydd yr Aelodau wedi bod, ac yn parhau i fod, yn amgylchedd gwaith croesawgar iddynt. Wrth gwrs, rydym yn cydnabod y gall problemau godi. Gall problemau godi yn y berthynas rhwng pobl sy'n gweithio yn y Cynulliad ac mae'n hanfodol fod llwybr clir i bobl sy'n teimlo eu bod yn dioddef aflonyddu, gormesu, erlid, bwlio neu fygythiad. Mae'n rhaid cael canllawiau clir ar sut i fwrw ymlaen â chwyn. Ac mae'n rhaid i'r sawl sy'n cwyno fod yn sicr yr eir i'r afael â'r gŵyn yn drylwyr ac na fydd y gŵyn yn effeithio'n andwyol ar eu gyrfa. Hefyd, mae angen eglurder ynghylch y prosesau ac rwy'n credu bod y ddau siaradwr blaenorol wedi crybwyll nifer o faterion mewn perthynas â hynny. Dywedodd Paul Davies fod y rhan fwyaf o ACau hefyd yn aelodau o bleidiau gwleidyddol, felly i ryw raddau mae'n rhaid i chi gynnwys y pleidiau gwleidyddol ac mae'n rhaid i'w prosesau asio gydag unrhyw broses yn y Cynulliad. Felly, roeddwn yn falch o glywed bod y comisiynydd yn gweithio gyda'r gwahanol bleidiau. Gobeithio y byddwn yn clywed canlyniad hynny cyn hir. Nododd Llyr y pwynt hynod berthnasol arall sef bod perygl y bydd gwahanol brosesau cyfochrog yn creu dryswch. Er enghraifft, mae gennych y pleidiau gwleidyddol, sy'n gallu cynnal eu hymchwiliad eu hunain, mae gennych ymchwiliad y Cynulliad, ac yna, wrth gwrs, y pwynt a grybwyllodd Llyr: os yw'r AC hefyd yn Weinidog, mae gennych god y Gweinidogion hefyd. Credaf y gall fod yn ddryslyd gyda'r holl brosesau gwahanol hyn. Nawr, gwn eich bod newydd ddweud nad yw cod y Gweinidogion o fewn ein cylch gwaith ni fel y pwyllgor safonau, felly tybed a ydych yn credu bod hynny'n peri problem yn ein hymdrechion i gael un cod clir a thryloyw ar gyfer y Cynulliad. A oes achos dros ddweud y bydd yn rhaid i'n polisi gwmpasu cod y Gweinidogion i ryw raddau, ac asio gyda hwnnw?