English: I welcome the opportunity to ask questions on the local government statement. My view, although possibly not held by everyone here, is that we do not discuss local government anywhere near enough. I welcome the proposals to boost the numbers of registered electors, to make it easier for people to cast their votes, and give more people the right to take part. Surely that's what democracy is about - making it easier for more people to vote. I warmly welcome votes for 16 and 17-year-olds. My daughter and her friends, who are 16 and 17, felt highly aggrieved that they could not vote in the European referendum, which they thought was going to have a big effect on their future. Moving every election to a common fixed term is important because it stops elections to different spheres of Government being on the same day, so each one can have their own mandate. Whilst I support councillors seeing out their term after election to the Assembly, no Assembly Member should be able to stand for any council. For highly paid chief executives to be paid extra to be a returning officer makes no sense, and some councils have already made it part of the chief executive's role. I welcome the pilot schemes. Four questions. Why can't we use a common electronic register so that people can vote at any polling station? On electronic voting, I have confidence in the security against hacking. What safeguards will there be against people harvesting the codes and then using them? On electronic counting, what is to stop the type of hanging chad debacle that cost Al Gore the presidency? On people working for local authorities, can you not distinguish between those who are directly employed and those who are indirectly employed? We had the example of people working for organisations that are partly funded by a council, you find examples historically of people working in polytechnics, you've got schoolteachers who are all excluded, and, although they're paid by the council, they're sort of one step removed in terms of their employment. So, can we have some means of distinguishing those who are directly employed, and those whose employment, whilst paid for by the council, is indirect?
Welsh: Rwy'n croesawu'r cyfle i ofyn cwestiynau am y datganiad yn trafod llywodraeth leol agos ddigon. Rwy'n croesawu'r cynigion i roi hwb i niferoedd yr etholwyr cofrestredig, i'w gwneud hi'n haws i bobl fwrw eu pleidleisiau, a rhoi'r hawl i fwy o bobl gymryd rhan. Onid hynny yw diben democratiaeth - ei gwneud hi'n haws i fwy o bobl bleidleisio. Rwy'n rhoi croeso brwd i roi'r bleidlais i bobl 16 ac 17 mlwydd oed. Roedd fy merch a'i ffrindiau, sy'n 16 a 17oed, yn teimlo'n ddig iawn na allen nhw bleidleisio yn y refferendwm Ewropeaidd, gan eu bod yn teimlo y byddai'n cael effaith fawr ar eu dyfodol. Mae symud pob etholiad i gyfnod penodol cyffredin yn bwysig oherwydd mae'n atal etholiadau i haenau gwahanol Llywodraeth rhag gael eu cynnal ar yr un diwrnod, felly gall pob un ohonyn nhw gael eu mandad eu hunain. Er fy mod i'n cefnogi cynghorwyr yn gwasanaethu hyd at ddiwedd eu cyfnod ar ôl cael eu hethol i'r Cynulliad, ni ddylai unrhyw aelod o'r Cynulliad allu sefyll ar gyfer unrhyw gyngor. Nid yw'n gwneud unrhyw synnwyr bod prif weithredwyr ar gyflogau bras yn cael tâl ychwanegol am fod yn swyddog canlyniadau, ac mae rhai cynghorau eisoes wedi gwneud hyn yn rhan o swyddogaeth y Prif Weithredwr. Rwy'n croesawu'r cynlluniau arbrofol. Pedwar cwestiwn. Pam na allwn ni ddefnyddio cofrestr electronig gyffredin fel y gall pobl bleidleisio mewn unrhyw orsaf bleidleisio? Ynglŷn â phleidleisio electronig, mae gennyf ffydd yn y diogelwch yn erbyn hacio. Pa drefniadau diogelu a fydd yna i rwystro pobl rhag casglu'r codau a'u defnyddio wedyn? Ynglŷn â chyfrif electronig, beth sydd i atal y llanast a fu gyda phapurau na thyllwyd yn gywir ac a gostiodd yr arlywyddiaeth i Al Gore? Ynglŷn â phobl sy'n gweithio i awdurdodau lleol, allwch chi ddim gwahaniaethu rhwng y rhai a gyflogir yn uniongyrchol a'r rhai a gyflogir yn anuniongyrchol? Cawsom yr enghraifft o bobl yn gweithio ar gyfer sefydliadau sy'n cael eu cyllido'n rhannol gan gyngor, mae yna enghreifftiau hanesyddol o bobl sy'n gweithio yn y colegau polytechnig, mae yna athrawon ysgol sydd i gyd wedi'u heithrio ac, er eu bod yn cael eu talu gan y cyngor, maen nhw hyd braich oddi wrtho rywsut o ran eu cyflogaeth. Felly, a allwn ni gael rhyw ffordd o wahaniaethu rhwng y rhai a gyflogir yn uniongyrchol, a'r rhai y mae eu cyflogaeth, er mai'r cyngor sy'n eu talu nhw, yn anuniongyrchol?