English: Thank you very much, Chair. If I could start by saying that I'm very pleased to be back on my old stamping ground, on the Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee, and I look forward to the scrutiny of this Bill. I am taking it through as the Member in charge, but this is a committee Bill, and a Bill that's been approved by the Finance Committee. That's the background to what we are discussing today. Around a decade after the 2005 Act was passed, there was a period of review in terms of how that Act worked. The former public services ombudsman, Peter Tyndall, drew up a report on what had succeeded in terms of the powers or the new approaches that were required by the ombudsman. That was considered by the committee that is now the local government, equalities and communities committee, but at the time, in the last Assembly, that committee didn't have the time or the resources to proceed with preparing a Bill, and therefore, in negotiation with the Finance Committee, it was agreed that the Finance Committee would consult on the draft Bill. That was done by the end of the last Assembly. Then, in this Assembly, the Finance Committee, when I became Chair, actually took hold of the draft, reviewed it, and looked at it in light of some of the evidence that had been received since then and in light of some of the conversations that had taken place with the new Cabinet Secretary who was also new in post at that time. And as you've heard in the evidence that you've just received from the Cabinet Secretary, there were a few changes that were made to that draft Bill and now we have a Bill that has been presented as a Bill to be discussed by the Assembly. And that's the story behind the Bill and why we've reached a point where the Bill is promoted by the Finance Committee before the Assembly.
Welsh: Diolch yn fawr, Gadeirydd. Os caf i ddechrau, yn gyntaf, drwy ddweud fy mod i'n falch iawn i fod yn ôl yn fy hen gynefin yn y pwyllgor cyfansoddiadol a deddfwriaethol, ac yn edrych ymlaen at y craffu ar y Bil. Mae'n Fil rydw i'n mynd ag e drwyddo fel yr Aelod sydd yng ngofal y Bil, ond wrth gwrs, Bil pwyllgor yw hwn, a Bil sydd wedi'i gymeradwyo gan y Pwyllgor Cyllid. Dyna'r cefndir i'r hyn sydd gyda chi heddiw. Tua degawd ar ôl i Fil 2005 gael ei basio, roedd yna gyfnod o adolygu sut roedd y Bil yn gweithio. Roedd y cyn-ombwdsmon gwasanaethau cyhoeddus, Peter Tyndall, wedi gwneud adroddiad ynglŷn â beth oedd wedi llwyddo a rhai o'r pwerau neu'r ffyrdd newydd, efallai, a oedd eisiau er mwyn ehangu ar waith yr ombwdsmon. Roedd hwnnw wedi cael ei ystyried gan y pwyllgor sydd bellach yn bwyllgor llywodraeth leol, cydraddoldeb a chymunedau, ond ar y pryd yn y Cynulliad diwethaf, nid oedd gan y pwyllgor hwnnw'r amser na'r adnoddau i fwrw ymlaen gyda pharatoi Bil, ac felly, drwy drafodaeth gyda'r Pwyllgor Cyllid, fe gytunwyd taw'r Pwyllgor Cyllid fyddai'n ymgynghori ar y Bil drafft. Fe wnaed hynny erbyn diwedd y Cynulliad diwethaf. Wedyn, yn y Cynulliad hwn, fe ailgydiodd y Pwyllgor Cyllid, pan ddes i yn Gadeirydd arno fe, yn y drafft, ailedrych ar y drafft, edrych yng ngoleuni rhywfaint o'r tystiolaeth oedd wedi cael ei derbyn ers hynny ac yng ngoleuni ambell i sgwrs gyda'r Ysgrifennydd Cabinet newydd - roedd yntau yn newydd yn y swydd. Ac fel rydych chi wedi clywed, rydw i'n meddwl, yn y dystiolaeth rydych chi newydd ei chael gan yr Ysgrifennydd Cabinet, roedd ambell i newid wedi'i wneud i'r Bil drafft hwnnw, a nawr mae gyda ni Fil sydd wedi'i gyflwyno ac wedi'i gymeradwyo fel Bil i'w drafod gan y Cynulliad. A dyna hanes, yn fras, pam rydym ni wedi cyrraedd gyda Bil wedi'i hyrwyddo gan y Pwyllgor Cyllid gerbron y Cynulliad.