English: Llywydd, diolch. This fifth term of devolution has been especially cruel in the loss of so many Members, both past and present. In the still young life of this Parliament, the death of a Member is an experience that strikes us with force each time we are confronted by it. Now, for the third time, we have lost a Senedd colleague elected alongside us in 2016. I had two immediate thoughts about Mohammad Asghar when I was told of his sudden death yesterday, and I want to draw on them with you today as we remember his contribution to this Senedd and political life in Wales. The first was his indefatigable attendance at events to mark and celebrate the contribution of minority communities in Wales. Those of us who represent constituencies with vibrant populations from all around the world will know that it's never long before you have an invitation to take part in such an event. And I thought of myself as not a bad attender at those cultural celebrations, but Oscar was something different. Wherever and whenever asked to take part, whether that was making a speech or awarding a medal, he was there. And his presence was of a different significance, because he was there to demonstrate that someone who had arrived in Wales from a different continent had been able to make a successful life here, right up to representing his region in this Senedd. He will be much missed here, but he will be missed in a different way there, because in those places, his career was a symbol of something so much wider. My second immediate recollection was of standing in the lift on the way to the Senedd, going to and from the Siambr. Did we talk about the agenda that day? Did we worry about questions that we'd asked or answered? No. As Paul Davies said, we talked always about cricket, a passion like no other. Oscar was the only other Member of the Senedd on whom I could rely to know the scores in matches from around the world, the form - or the lack of it - of key players, and the prospects of various teams, both local and national, and, of course, each time and always, to hear about the pressing need for a cricket team to represent Wales. Llywydd, it's the joy of democracy that it washes each one of us into the Senedd from our very different backgrounds and experiences, to represent the huge variety of Wales. Mohammad Asghar made his contribution to that diversity by combining the personal and the political, in a way that was unique to him and will be uniquely missed. Our thoughts today are, of course, with his family and his friends.
Welsh: Llywydd, diolch. Bu'r pumed tymor hwn o ddatganoli yn arbennig o greulon o ran colli cynifer o Aelodau, yn y gorffennol a'r presennol. Ym mywyd ifanc o hyd y Senedd hon, mae marwolaeth aelod yn brofiad sy'n ein taro'n galed bob tro yr ydym yn ei wynebu. Nawr, am y trydydd tro, rydym ni wedi colli cyd-Aelod o'r Senedd a etholwyd gyda ni yn 2016. Daeth dau atgof i mi yn syth am Mohammad Asghar pan gefais wybod am ei farwolaeth sydyn ddoe, ac rwyf eisiau dal sylw arnyn nhw gyda chi heddiw wrth inni gofio ei gyfraniad i'r Senedd hon ac i fywyd gwleidyddol yng Nghymru. Y cyntaf oedd ei bresenoldeb diflino mewn digwyddiadau i nodi a dathlu cyfraniad cymunedau lleiafrifol yng Nghymru. Bydd y rheini ohonom ni sy'n cynrychioli etholaethau sydd â phoblogaethau bywiog o bob cwr o'r byd yn gwybod nad yw hi byth yn hir cyn cael gwahoddiad i gymryd rhan mewn digwyddiad o'r fath. Ac roeddwn i'n credu fy mod yn bur dda am fynychu'r dathliadau diwylliannol hynny, ond roedd Oscar yn rhagori. Ble bynnag a phryd bynnag y gofynnwyd iddo gymryd rhan, boed hynny yn gwneud araith neu'n dyfarnu medal, roedd yno. Ac roedd ei bresenoldeb o arwyddocâd gwahanol, oherwydd roedd yno i ddangos fod rhywun oedd wedi cyrraedd Cymru o gyfandir gwahanol wedi gallu gwneud bywyd llwyddiannus yma, hyd at gynrychioli ei ranbarth yn y Senedd hon. Bydd colled fawr ar ei ôl yn y fan yma, ond bydd colled ar ei ôl mewn ffordd wahanol, oherwydd yn y lleoedd hynny, roedd ei yrfa yn symbol o rywbeth llawer ehangach. Yr ail atgof a ddaeth imi'n syth oedd sefyll yn y lifft ar y ffordd i'r Senedd, gan fynd a dod o'r Siambr. A oeddem ni'n sôn am yr agenda y diwrnod hwnnw? A oeddem ni'n poeni am gwestiynau yr oeddem ni wedi'u gofyn neu wedi'u hateb? Nac oeddem. Fel y dywedodd Paul Davies, buom yn siarad bob amser am griced, diddordeb digyffelyb. Oscar oedd yr unig aelod arall o'r Senedd y gallwn ddibynnu arno i wybod am y sgoriau mewn gemau o amgylch y byd, techneg - neu ddiffyg techneg - y chwaraewyr allweddol, a rhagolygon y gwahanol dimau, yn lleol ac yn genedlaethol, ac, wrth gwrs, wastad yn ddieithriad, i glywed am yr angen dybryd am dîm criced i gynrychioli Cymru. Llywydd, llawenydd democratiaeth yw ei bod yn 'sgubo pob un ohonom ni i'r Senedd o'n cefndiroedd a'n profiadau gwahanol iawn, i gynrychioli amrywiaeth enfawr Cymru. Gwnaeth Mohammad Asghar ei gyfraniad i'r amrywiaeth honno drwy gyfuno'r personol a'r gwleidyddol, mewn modd a oedd yn unigryw iddo ac y bydd colled unigryw ar ei ôl. Mae ein meddyliau heddiw, wrth gwrs, gyda'i deulu a'i ffrindiau.