English: I'll return, therefore, to the committee recommendation. The Commission has considered whether the Senedd and elections Bill, which is currently being considered by the Assembly, would be a suitable legislative vehicle for any proposals by the Welsh Government, and has come to the conclusion that the Bill would not be a suitable legislative vehicle, in our view at present. The Commission strongly agrees with the view of the Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee that granting voting rights to prisoners would amount to a significant change to the electoral franchise and any provisions to affect such a change should be included in a Bill when it's introduced, rather than inserted through amendments. Although the inquiry into prisoners' voting rights undertaken by the committee has considered this policy issue in detail, the Commission agrees with the Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee that this cannot be the equivalent of scrutiny of a Bill at Stage 1. As such, the Commission does not consider that amendments should be tabled to the Senedd and elections Bill to address this issue. It's also worthwhile clarifying the remit of the Assembly Commission in relation to electoral matters. The Assembly, of course, has given the Commission a mandate to introduce legislation to lower the voting age for Assembly elections. However, the Welsh Government retains responsibility for all devolved elections in Wales and a vote for prisoners is also a more complex issue than giving the right to 16 and 17-year-olds to vote, and for these reasons we believe that the development of any legislative proposals in relation to prisoners' voting rights for Assembly elections, and the responsibility for responding to most of the committee's recommendations, is a matter for the Welsh Ministers. To close, therefore, I'd like to thank the committee for undertaking this detailed inquiry. Without a doubt, it's a very important contribution on this fundamental question, which relates to constitutional issues and human rights issues that the Assembly and the Welsh Government will address in due course.
Welsh: Os af fi nôl, felly, i argymhelliad y pwyllgor, mae'r Comisiwn wedi ystyried a fyddai'r Bil Senedd ac etholiadau, sy'n cael ei ystyried ar hyn o bryd gan y Cynulliad, yn gyfrwng deddfwriaethol addas ar gyfer unrhyw gynigion gan Lywodraeth Cymru, ac wedi dod i'r casgliad na fyddai'r Bil yn gyfrwng deddfwriaethol addas, yn ein barn ni ar hyn o bryd. Mae'r Comisiwn yn cytuno'n gryf â barn y Pwyllgor Materion Cyfansoddiadol a Deddfwriaethol y byddai rhoi hawliau pleidleisio i garcharorion yn gyfystyr â newid sylweddol i'r etholfraint. Dylai unrhyw ddarpariaethau i gyflawni newid o'r fath gael eu cynnwys mewn Bil wrth ei gyflwyno, yn hytrach na'u mewnosod drwy welliannau. Er bod yr ymchwiliad i hawliau pleidleisio carcharorion a gynhaliwyd gan y pwyllgor wedi ystyried y mater polisi hwn yn fanwl, mae'r Comisiwn yn cytuno â'r pwyllgor materion cyfansoddiadol na all hyn gyfateb i waith craffu ar Fil yng Nghyfnod 1. O'r herwydd, nid yw'r Comisiwn o'r farn y dylid cyflwyno gwelliannau i'r Bil Senedd ac etholiadau i fynd i'r afael â'r mater yma. Mae'n werth imi hefyd egluro beth yw cylch gwaith Comisiwn y Cynulliad o ran materion etholiadol. Mae'r Cynulliad, wrth gwrs, wedi rhoi mandad i'r Comisiwn gyflwyno deddfwriaeth i ostwng yr oedran pleidleisio ar gyfer etholiadau'r Cynulliad. Fodd bynnag, Llywodraeth Cymru sy'n gyfrifol o hyd am bolisi o ran pob etholiad datganoledig yng Nghymru. Mae pleidlais i garcharorion hefyd yn faes polisi llawer mwy cymhleth na rhoi'r hawl i bobl ifanc 16 a 17 oed i bleidleisio. Am y rhesymau hyn, dwi'n credu bod datblygu unrhyw gynigion deddfwriaethol mewn perthynas â hawliau pleidleisio carcharorion ar gyfer etholiadau'r Cynulliad, a'r cyfrifoldeb am ymateb i'r rhan fwyaf o argymhellion y pwyllgor, yn fater i Weinidogion Cymru. I gloi, felly, dwi'n diolch i'r pwyllgor am gynnal yr ymchwiliad manwl yma. Heb os, mae'n gyfraniad pwysig iawn ar y cwestiwn sylfaenol hwn sy'n ymwneud â materion cyfansoddiadol a hawliau dynol pwysig y bydd Llywodraeth Cymru a'r Cynulliad, maes o law, yn mynd i'r afael â nhw.