English: I thank the Member for that intervention, and he's answered - [ Inaudible.] I would have thought that an independent approach, in fact, would be the most obvious way to meet that requirement, and, as he pointed out, he made that request in his own letter to the First Minister, stating that the appointment of an independent third party to conduct an inquiry was an honourable course of action when the First Minister of Scotland faced similar allegations. So, we may ask: what's changed his mind? I think he's tried to highlight that point just now, but if it was honourable on 14 November for Scotland, why isn't it now for Wales? The motion asks for the Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister to undertake this work and whilst the committee is independent of the Welsh Government, it is not, unfortunately, independent of this institution. Now, I'm aware of the arguments that have been raised this afternoon - that this should not be a reason for the committee not to undertake this work. And as the leader of the opposition said yesterday during FMQs, he believes in its integrity and objectivity, and I appreciate that, very much so. But, unfortunately, there are some outside this institution who would question that. Now, as Lynne Neagle has already said, I hope Members also recognise that I often hold the First Minister and the Welsh Government to account on certain issues; I'm not afraid to be asking those difficult and challenging questions. But as we seek the truth through those answers, we must also be truthful to ourselves and recognise that questions will be raised about our independence. To that extent, I do believe that the leader of the opposition was a little bit naughty yesterday. I won't go into it further, because Lynne Neagle has already raised the points of what Jeremy Miles said, actually on the Sunday Politics Wales show, and I listened to it several times to confirm exactly that. It is important that you look at the context, and the context was that it is not hard to imagine that if the committee reached a different outcome, that would be criticised because it would not be seen as independent. That's the clear context -
Welsh: Diolch i'r Aelod am yr ymyriad hwnnw, ac mae wedi ateb - [ Anghlywadwy.] Buaswn wedi meddwl mai dull annibynnol, mewn gwirionedd, fuasai'r ffordd fwyaf amlwg o ateb y gofyniad hwnnw, ac fel y nododd, gwnaeth y cais hwnnw yn ei lythyr ei hun at y Prif Weinidog, gan ddweud bod penodi trydydd parti annibynnol i gynnal ymchwiliad yn llwybr anrhydeddus pan oedd Prif Weinidog yr Alban yn wynebu honiadau tebyg. Felly, gallwn ofyn: beth sydd wedi newid ei feddwl? Credaf ei fod wedi ceisio amlygu'r pwynt hwnnw yn awr, ond os oedd yn anrhydeddus ar 14 Tachwedd i'r Alban, pam nad yw felly yn awr i Gymru? Mae'r cynnig yn gofyn i'r Pwyllgor Craffu ar Waith y Prif Weinidog gyflawni'r gwaith hwn ac er bod y pwyllgor yn annibynnol ar Lywodraeth Cymru, nid yw, yn anffodus, yn annibynnol ar y sefydliad hwn. Nawr, rwy'n ymwybodol o'r dadleuon a leisiwyd y prynhawn yma - na ddylai hyn fod yn rheswm i'r pwyllgor beidio â gwneud y gwaith hwn. Ac fel y dywedodd arweinydd yr wrthblaid ddoe yn ystod cwestiynau i'r Prif Weinidog, mae'n credu yn ei uniondeb a'i wrthrychedd, ac rwy'n gwerthfawrogi hynny'n fawr iawn. Ond yn anffodus, mae rhai y tu allan i'r sefydliad hwn a fuasai'n cwestiynu hynny. Nawr, fel y dywedodd Lynne Neagle eisoes, gobeithiaf fod yr Aelodau hefyd yn cydnabod fy mod yn aml yn dwyn y Prif Weinidog a Llywodraeth Cymru i gyfrif ar faterion penodol; nid wyf yn ofni gofyn cwestiynau anodd a heriol. Ond wrth inni chwilio am y gwir drwy'r atebion hynny, rhaid inni hefyd fod yn onest â ni'n hunain a chydnabod y bydd cwestiynau'n cael eu codi ynglŷn â'n hannibyniaeth. I'r graddau hynny, rwy'n credu bod arweinydd yr wrthblaid braidd yn ddrygionus ddoe. Nid wyf am ymhelaethu, gan fod Lynne Neagle eisoes wedi codi pwyntiau ynglŷn â'r hyn a ddywedodd Jeremy Miles ar raglen Sunday Politics Wales, a gwrandewais arni sawl gwaith i gadarnhau yn union hynny. Mae'n bwysig edrych ar y cyd-destun, a'r cyd-destun oedd nad yw'n anodd dychmygu pe bai'r pwyllgor yn cyrraedd canlyniad gwahanol, buasai hynny'n cael ei feirniadu am na fuasai'n cael ei ystyried yn annibynnol. Dyna'r cyd-destun clir -