English: I thank the Member for his contribution, and for those parts of the White Paper that he has endorsed. Let me just take the last point first, really, which is, I don't think it's possible to do anything other than have a consistent approach to the way that we allocate responsibilities. If it's right for councils to be able to decide whether they want a committee structure or a cabinet structure, if it's right to allow councils to decide whether they want to be elected en bloc, or on a third, one third, one third basis, which this White Paper will allow, then it's right to allow local councils themselves to take the decision on the form of election that best suits them. It's a consistent thread that runs through the White Paper, and I want to maintain that consistency. I agree with what Mr Bennett said about the paper being a balancing act; there are different tensions in it. I want to make sure that we do reinforce that meaningful link between local councils, councillors, and the populations that elect them. But, there again, the White Paper suggests that, while it is an obligation on those councillors to demonstrate that they have a continuous relationship with the people who have elected them, it suggests that there is a range of different ways in which a councillor could demonstrate that they are discharging that obligation, and the way that you might do it in a densely populated inner city part of Cardiff might be very different than if you were a councillor in a rural part of Powys or Ceredigion. I'm not attracted to the idea of planning by referenda, but the White Paper does have a significant section in chapter 2 on some complex planning matters and this is a consultation, so Members who have different views and think that the system could work better in other ways, then of course I hope very much that they will take part in the consultation and allow those views to be explored further.
Welsh: Diolch i'r Aelod am ei gyfraniad, ac am y rhannau hynny o'r Papur Gwyn y mae wedi eu cymeradwyo. Gadewch imi sôn am y pwynt olaf yn gyntaf, mewn gwirionedd, sef, nid wyf yn credu ei bod yn bosibl gwneud dim byd heblaw ymarfer ymagwedd gyson tuag at y ffordd yr ydym yn dyrannu cyfrifoldebau. Os yw'n iawn i gynghorau allu penderfynu ar ba un a hoffent gael strwythur pwyllgor ynteu strwythur cabinet, os yw'n iawn caniatáu i gynghorau benderfynu ar ba un a ydynt eisiau cael eu hethol en bloc, neu ar sail traean, traean, traean, y bydd y Papur Gwyn hwn yn ei ganiatáu, yna mae'n iawn caniatáu i gynghorau lleol eu hunain wneud y penderfyniad am y math o etholiad sy'n gweddu orau iddyn nhw. Mae'n thema gyson drwy'r Papur Gwyn i gyd, a hoffwn gynnal y cysondeb hwnnw. Rwy'n cytuno â'r hyn a ddywedodd Mr Bennett ynglŷn â bod y papur yn golygu gwaith cydbwyso; mae gwahanol densiynau ynddo. Hoffwn wneud yn siŵr ein bod yn atgyfnerthu'r cyswllt ystyrlon hwnnw rhwng cynghorau lleol, cynghorwyr, a'r poblogaethau sy'n eu hethol. Ond, eto, mae'r Papur Gwyn yn awgrymu, er ei bod yn rhwymedigaeth ar y cynghorwyr hynny i ddangos bod ganddyn nhw berthynas barhaus â'r bobl sydd wedi eu hethol, mae'n awgrymu bod amrywiaeth o wahanol ffyrdd y gallai cynghorydd ddangos ei fod yn cyflawni'r rhwymedigaeth honno, ac y gallai'r ffordd y gallech wneud hynny mewn rhan boblog o ganol dinas Caerdydd fod yn wahanol iawn i'r ffordd y byddech yn ei dewis pe byddech yn gynghorydd mewn rhan wledig o Bowys neu Geredigion. Nid yw'r syniad o gynllunio drwy refferenda yn apelio ataf, ond mae adran bwysig o'r Papur Gwyn ym mhennod 2 yn ymwneud â rhai materion cynllunio cymhleth ac ymgynghoriad yw hwn, felly os oes gan Aelodau safbwyntiau gwahanol ac os ydynt yn meddwl y gallai'r system weithio'n well mewn ffyrdd eraill, yna, wrth gwrs, rwy'n gobeithio'n fawr y gwnânt gymryd rhan yn yr ymgynghoriad a chaniatáu inni archwilio'r safbwyntiau hynny ymhellach.