English: Well, I was very pleased to receive the report. As I took up my position as Counsel General, improving accessibility to the laws of Wales is not only of great interest to me, but it's also very important to Wales as a legislature, and, of course, follows on very much from the excellent report from the Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee, which, I think, made many of these points - considerable work, and a report that has been referred to in many subsequent reports as being fairly authoritative on this issue. The codification report sets out many of the benefits that could follow from codifying Welsh law, estimating, for example, that, in addition to unquantifiable social benefits, there might be efficiency gains of around £24 million a year, were we to bring order to the law in this way. I'd rather sort of present that argument as I think there are considerable advantages to businesses, to investors, within Wales, to actually know what the law is, to know where it is, and to know it is simple, clarified and consolidated. Of course, putting this into practice is complex. It will require consistency over a long period of time - over more than one Assembly. We are, effectively, establishing a Welsh legal statue book - that would be the objective. So, those are the recommendations. You'll be aware of the recommendations that have been made by the Law Commission, which are very, very detailed. They are being given a lot of thought in terms of how we might implement it, what would be the particular legislative, Standing Order requirements, and so on, and what would be the particular cost and the resource implications, which, again, are significant. But I can say that I'm of the view that the status quo is no longer an option, that we need to tackle the issues over accessibility of legislation, because, as a Government, we have a responsibility for ensuring that the law is well promulgated, but also that it is accessible - accessible not only to lawyers, judges, and businesses, but to the citizens of Wales as well. And I think it's something I'd consider fundamental to both our political and legal systems, and is an issue of some importance to all sectors, as I've mentioned with the business community. So, I will be making an interim report. Under the protocol that exists with the Law Commission, there will be a final report, a final response, before the end of June 2017.
Welsh: Wel, rwy'n falch iawn o dderbyn yr adroddiad. Wrth i mi ddechrau yn fy swydd fel Cwnsler Cyffredinol, mae gwella hygyrchedd cyfreithiau Cymru nid yn unig o ddiddordeb mawr i mi, ond mae hefyd yn bwysig iawn i Gymru fel deddfwrfa, ac wrth gwrs, mae'n dilyn ymlaen yn bendant iawn o'r adroddiad rhagorol gan y Pwyllgor Materion Cyfansoddiadol a Deddfwriaethol y credaf ei fod wedi gwneud llawer o'r pwyntiau hyn - gwaith sylweddol, ac adroddiad y cyfeiriwyd ato mewn llawer o adroddiadau dilynol fel un go awdurdodol ar y mater hwn. Mae'r adroddiad cyfundrefnu yn nodi llawer o'r manteision a allai ddilyn o gyfundrefnu cyfraith Cymru, gan amcangyfrif, er enghraifft, yn ogystal â'r manteision cymdeithasol anfesuradwy, y gallai fod arbedion effeithlonrwydd o tua £24 miliwn y flwyddyn, pe baem yn rhoi trefn ar y gyfraith yn y modd hwn. Byddai'n well gennyf ryw lun o gyflwyno'r ddadl honno gan fy mod yn meddwl bod yna fanteision sylweddol i fusnesau, i fuddsoddwyr, yng Nghymru, o wybod beth yw'r gyfraith mewn gwirionedd, o wybod ble y mae, ac o wybod ei bod yn syml, ac wedi'i hegluro a'i chydgrynhoi. Wrth gwrs, mae rhoi hyn ar waith yn gymhleth. Bydd yn galw am gysondeb dros gyfnod hir o amser - dros fwy nag un Cynulliad. I bob pwrpas, rydym yn sefydlu llyfr statud cyfreithiol ar gyfer Cymru - dyna fyddai'r nod. Felly, dyna'r argymhellion. Fe fyddwch yn ymwybodol o'r argymhellion manwl tu hwnt a wnaed gan Gomisiwn y Gyfraith. Mae llawer o feddwl yn cael ei roi iddynt o ran sut y gallem eu rhoi ar waith, beth fyddai'r gofynion deddfwriaethol penodol o ran y Rheolau Sefydlog ac yn y blaen, a beth fyddai'r gost benodol a'r goblygiadau o ran adnoddau, sydd, unwaith eto, yn sylweddol. Ond gallaf ddweud fy mod o'r farn nad yw'r status quo yn opsiwn bellach, fod angen i ni fynd i'r afael â'r materion ynglŷn â hygyrchedd deddfwriaeth, oherwydd, fel Llywodraeth, mae gennym gyfrifoldeb i sicrhau bod y gyfraith yn cael ei mynegi'n dda, ond hefyd ei bod yn hygyrch - yn hygyrch, nid yn unig i gyfreithwyr, barnwyr, a busnesau, ond i ddinasyddion Cymru yn ogystal. Ac rwy'n meddwl ei fod yn rhywbeth y byddwn yn ei ystyried yn hanfodol i'n system wleidyddol a'n system gyfreithiol, ac mae'n fater o gryn bwys i bob sector, fel y crybwyllais gyda'r gymuned fusnes. Felly, byddaf yn gwneud adroddiad interim. O dan y protocol sy'n bodoli gyda Chomisiwn y Gyfraith, ceir adroddiad terfynol, ymateb terfynol, cyn diwedd mis Mehefin 2017.