English: At the beginning of February, of course, the Prime Minister did set out in Westminster what the general objectives of the UK Government were in the negotiation process. We didn't see the contents of that statement beforehand, so as we proceeded through February, the links were made; there were contacts on an official level to discuss various topics, but we didn't get to see the draft mandate until a few days before it was made public. I believe that we had it on the Friday, and the intention was for it to be agreed at Westminster on the Tuesday. In the meantime, between seeing the mandate and the JMC (EN), the First Minister wrote to the Prime Minister to emphasise our priorities. After we had an opportunity to see that draft mandate on the Friday, I wrote to Michael Gove to respond to the draft mandate. I believe that was on the Monday. And then, on the Tuesday morning, we had an inter-governmental ministerial discussion with the devolved Governments and with Michael Gove present, and also Penny Mordaunt, the Paymaster General, who supports Michael Gove's work in this regard, to discuss the mandate. But as I said, the intention was for the UK Government to agree that mandate later that day. So I asked what in the mandate, from the UK Government's point of view, had changed on the basis of the role and contributions of the Governments - the Welsh Government in my case - and nothing was pointed out to me, and neither was I given any assurance that there would be substantial changes as a result of the discussion that we were having that morning and the communications in the meantime.
Welsh: Ar ddechrau mis Chwefror, wrth gwrs, mi wnaeth y Prif Weinidog yn San Steffan araith ar amcanion cyffredinol Llywodraeth y Deyrnas Gyfunol yn y broses negodi. Chawson ni ddim gweld o flaen llaw gynnwys y datganiad hwnnw, felly wrth ein bod ni'n symud trwy fis Chwefror, roedd cysylltiadau ar lefel swyddogol i drafod amryw o bethau, ond chawson ni ddim gweld y mandad drafft tan ychydig ddiwrnodau cyn iddo fe gael ei gyhoeddi. Fe gawson ni fe, dwi'n credu, ar y dydd Gwener cyn - y bwriad oedd i'w gytuno fe yn San Steffan ar y dydd Mawrth. Gwnaeth y Prif Weinidog, yn y cyfamser, rhwng gweld y mandad a chyfarfod y JMC (EN), ysgrifennu at y Prif Weinidog i bwysleisio ein blaenoriaethau ni. Ar ôl i ni gael cyfle i weld y mandad drafft ar y dydd Gwener, mi wnes i ysgrifennu at Michael Gove i ymateb i'r mandad drafft, ar y dydd Llun, dwi'n credu. Ac wedyn, ar y bore dydd Mawrth, cafwyd trafodaeth weinidogol rhyng-lywodraethol gyda'r Llywodraethau datganoledig a gyda Michael Gove, a hefyd Penny Mordaunt, y Paymaster General, sydd yn cefnogi gwaith Michael Gove yn hyn o beth, i drafod y mandad. Ond fel roeddwn i'n dweud, y bwriad oedd bod Llywodraeth San Steffan yn cytuno'r mandad yn hwyrach y diwrnod hwnnw. Felly gwnes i ofyn beth yn y mandad, o safbwynt Llywodraeth y Deyrnas Gyfunol, oedd wedi newid ar sail rôl a chyfraniadau'r Llywodraethau - Llywodraeth Cymru yn fy achos i - a chafodd dim ei bwyntio allan, a ges i ddim sicrwydd ychwaith y byddai newidiadau sylweddol yn digwydd yn sgil y drafodaeth roeddem ni'n ei chael y bore hwnnw a'r cyfathrebu yn y cyfamser.