English: I thank David Rees for those questions, and for the work that he and this committee have done in this area. When I was in front of the House of Lords for a briefing session, the fact that his committee had met with parliamentary Brexit committees was very well recognised. The work of the committee has undoubtedly had an influence in making sure that Welsh views are clearly represented and understood. As far as the transition period is concerned, it was discussed at the JMC. I said to the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union that he needs to get on and make sure that the transition agreement is reached at the March council, and that it's not in the UK's interest to fail to reach an agreement in March because, if it's put off until the next council, our position will be weakened, not strengthened, by that. He did agree, as he'd agreed at a previous meeting, that a speedy resolution of transition matters is very important. There is a big day coming tomorrow, as David Rees will know, when a document is likely to be agreed at the Commission, which will attempt to translate into legal understanding the agreement that was reached back in December at the end of phase 1 negotiations. That will shape the nature of transition. So, transition is very important, and the UK Government needs to make the necessary compromises to get a transition period agreed. As to phase 2 negotiations, as I said, we were hopeful that there would be a paper at last week's meeting. It didn't materialise. Again, there have been some constructive things said by UK Government Ministers about recognising the need for greater involvement in that phase of negotiations, but we do need to see the practical proposals that they will come forward with to make that happen. As to deep dives, I recognise that there will be some people in the UK Government who will be attracted to the idea of saying that, because the deep dives have all gone on, and the discussions have gone well, there's really no problem here at all, and, you know, 'Forget all this nonsense about clause 11; look how successful these things are being resolved.' I'm afraid we would have to say that that is in spite of, rather than because of the withdrawal Bill formulation, and I think that deep dives confirm our position on all of this: that proceeding by consent and by agreement is possible - eminently possible - in the United Kingdom, and the law should be constructed in a way that reflects that. How the frameworks are to be put into action takes us back to the very interesting discussion we've had this afternoon and the paper that the Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee will be discussing tomorrow, because it is about the underpinning governance arrangements that can give everybody confidence that if you reach an agreement on a framework, there are ways in which those agreements can be translated into action and the interests of all parties to it can be properly protected because there will be a rule book within which we are all bound and we are all bound equally. Then I think we can be optimistic that those frameworks will be capable of translation into action and successfully go on protecting the proper operation of the United Kingdom.
Welsh: Diolch i David Rees am y cwestiynau hynny, ac am y gwaith y mae yntau a'r Pwyllgor hwn wedi'i wneud yn y maes hwn. Pan roeddwn i gerbron Tŷ'r Arglwyddi ar gyfer sesiwn briffio, roedd cydnabyddiaeth dda iawn i'r ffaith bod ei bwyllgor wedi cyfarfod â phwyllgorau seneddol Brexit. Mae gwaith y Pwyllgor yn ddi-os wedi dylanwadu ar sicrhau bod cynrychiolaeth a dealltwriaeth glir o safbwyntiau Cymru. O ran y cyfnod pontio, trafodwyd hynny yn y Cyd-bwyllgor Gweinidogion. Dywedais wrth yr Ysgrifennydd Gwladol ar gyfer gadael yr Undeb Ewropeaidd bod angen iddo fwrw ymlaen a gwneud yn siŵr y ceir cytundeb pontio yng nghyfarfod cyngor mis Mawrth, ac nid yw hi er budd y DU i beidio â gallu dod i gytundeb ym mis Mawrth oherwydd, os caiff ei ohirio tan y cyngor nesaf, byddwn mewn sefyllfa wannach, nid cryfach, oherwydd hynny. Cytunodd, fel mae wedi cytuno mewn cyfarfod blaenorol, ei bod hi'n bwysig iawn datrys materion pontio yn gyflym. Mae yfory'n ddiwrnod mawr, fel y gŵyr David Rees, pan mae hi'n debygol y cytunir ar ddogfen yn y Comisiwn, a fydd yn ceisio deall beth yw goblygiadau cyfreithiol y cytundeb y daethpwyd iddo ym mis Rhagfyr ar ddiwedd trafodaethau cyfnod 1. Bydd hynny'n llywio natur y pontio. Felly, mae pontio yn bwysig iawn, ac mae angen i Lywodraeth y DU gyfaddawdu fel sy'n angenrheidiol er mwyn cytuno ar gyfnod pontio. Ynghylch trafodaethau cyfnod 2, fel y dywedais, roeddem ni'n gobeithio y byddai papur yn y cyfarfod yr wythnos diwethaf. Nid felly y bu hi. Unwaith eto, mae Gweinidogion Llywodraeth y DU wedi dweud rhai pethau adeiladol ynglŷn â chydnabod yr angen ar gyfer bod â mwy o ran yn y cyfnod hwnnw o negodiadau, ond mae angen inni weld y cynigion ymarferol y byddant yn eu cyflwyno i wireddu hynny. Ynglŷn â'r trafodaethau trochi, rwy'n cydnabod y bydd rhai pobl yn Llywodraeth y DU yr hoffi'r syniad o ddweud, oherwydd y cynhaliwyd yr holl drafodaethau trochi, ac i'r trafodaethau fod yn llwyddiannus, does dim problem yma o gwbl, ac, wyddoch chi, 'Anghofiwch yr holl ffwlbri yma am gymal 11; edrychwch pa mor llwyddiannus mae'r pethau hyn yn cael eu datrys.' Mae arnaf ofn y byddai'n rhaid inni ddweud bod hyn er gwaethaf, yn hytrach nag oherwydd y modd y mae'r Bil ymadael wedi ei lunio, ac rwy'n credu bod y trafodaethau trochi yn cadarnhau ein safbwynt ynglŷn â hyn i gyd: bod bwrw ymlaen drwy gydsyniad a drwy gytundeb yn bosib - yn bosib iawn - yn y Deyrnas Unedig, ac y dylid llunio'r gyfraith mewn ffordd sy'n adlewyrchu hynny. Mae sut y caiff y fframweithiau eu gweithredu yn ein hatgoffa o'r drafodaeth ddiddorol iawn a gawsom ni y prynhawn yma a'r papur y bydd y Pwyllgor Materion Deddfwriaethol a Chyfansoddiadol yn ei drafod yfory, oherwydd mae a wnelo hynny â'r trefniadau llywodraethu ategol a all roi hyder i bawb, os cytunir ar fframwaith, mae yna ffyrdd o droi'r cytundebau hynny yn weithredu ac fe ellir diogelu buddiannau pawb sy'n rhan o hynny oherwydd bydd rheolau y bydd yn rhaid i bob un ohonom ni gadw atyn nhw, a'r rheini yn rheolau cyfartal. Yna credaf y gallwn ni fod yn obeithiol y bydd modd gweithredu ar sail y fframweithiau hynny ac y bydd modd eu defnyddio'n llwyddiannus i sicrhau bod y Deyrnas Unedig yn gweithio'n briodol.