English: Thank you very much. I'm not sure how sustainable the spatial areas are, if I'm perfectly honest. I do accept that the Government has amended the scheme as a result of the consultation, and that's a positive thing. But I'm also aware, for example, that the local government Bill is currently on its passage through the Assembly. There are references there to creating regional boards and structures. The intention, it appears, is to create a new regional level for local government, and it'll be interesting to see what those regions will look like. That already exists, of course, to a certain extent - you have the regional education consortia, you have different boundaries for economic development boards and so on and so forth. There are two points that I'd like to make. Just to respond to the question on accountability, that is certainly something that concerns us. There is a lack of accountability in terms of regional structures more generally speaking. As a regulatory body with oversight of statutory duties, that creates a problem, because those statutory duties that we have in terms of Welsh language standards and a number of other statutory duties are placed on individual bodies, legal entities. So, when there are so many decisions then happening through the regional partnerships, there is an accountability deficit, perhaps. The second thing I would say is that, even if there are spatial regional areas designated, then it's also important that there is opportunity to experiment with different partnerships beyond those boundaries. And in terms of the Welsh language, for example, we are aware that there has been the Arfor scheme that's been developed over the past months, which is a partnership between four west Wales counties. So I think it's important that there is opportunity to experiment with other partnerships in other areas, too. And in terms of Arfor particularly, we need to conduct a review and learn lessons from that in terms of the effectiveness of that scheme. So those are the two things. There are concerns about accountability in terms of regional structures and also, perhaps, there may be opportunities for collaboration in partnerships beyond the boundaries currently set.
Welsh: Diolch yn fawr. Dwi ddim yn siŵr pa mor gynaliadwy ydy'r ardaloedd gofodol, os dwi'n onest. Dwi'n derbyn y ffaith bod y Llywodraeth wedi addasu'r cynllun yn sgil trafodaethau yn dilyn yr ymgynghoriad, ac mae hynny'n beth da. Ond dwi'n ymwybodol hefyd, er enghraifft, bod y Bil llywodraeth leol yn mynd trwy'r Cynulliad ar hyn o bryd, ac mae yna gyfeiriadau yn hwnnw at greu byrddau a strwythurau rhanbarthol newydd. Y bwriad, mae'n debyg, ydy creu haen ranbarthol newydd ar gyfer llywodraeth leol, ac mi fydd hi'n ddiddorol gweld beth fydd y rhanbarthau hynny. Mae hynny'n bodoli'n barod, onid ydy, i raddau - mae yna gonsortia addysg rhanbarthol, mae yna ffiniau gwahanol i fyrddau datblygu economaidd, ac yn y blaen. Dau bwynt buaswn i'n eu gwneud. Jest i ateb y cwestiwn ynglŷn ag atebolrwydd, mae hynny'n sicr yn rhywbeth sy'n ein poeni ni. Mae yna ddiffyg atebolrwydd i strwythurau rhanbarthol yn gyffredinol. Fel corff sy'n rheoleiddio dyletswyddau statudol, mae hynny'n broblem, achos mae'r dyletswyddau statudol sydd gennym ni, safonau'r Gymraeg a nifer o ddyletswyddau statudol mewn meysydd eraill, yn cael eu gosod fel arfer ar gyrff unigol, endidau cyfreithiol. Felly, pan mae yna gymaint o benderfyniadau a gwaith wedyn yn digwydd drwy bartneriaeth ar lefel rhanbarthol, mae yna fwlch atebolrwydd, o bosib. Yr ail beth wedyn y buaswn i'n ei ddweud ydy hyd yn oed os oes yna ardaloedd rhanbarthol gofodol yn cael eu pennu, mae'n bwysig hefyd bod yna gyfle i arbrofi efo partneriaethau gwahanol tu hwnt i'r ffiniau hynny yn unig. Ac o safbwynt y Gymraeg, er enghraifft, rydyn ni'n ymwybodol bod cynllun Arfor wedi cael ei ddatblygu dros y misoedd diwethaf, sydd yn bartneriaeth rhwng pedair sir yn y gorllewin. Felly, mae'n bwysig, dwi'n meddwl, bod yna gyfle i arbrofi gyda phartneriaethau mewn ardaloedd eraill hefyd. Ac o ran y cynllun Arfor yn benodol, mae angen cynnal adolygiad o hwnnw a dysgu gwersi wedyn o effeithiolrwydd y cynllun yna. Felly, dyna'r ddau beth. Dwi'n meddwl bod yna bryder ynglŷn ag atebolrwydd strwythurau rhanbarthol, a hefyd mae'n bwysig bod yna gyfleoedd i allu cydweithio mewn partneriaethau tu hwnt a thu allan i'r ffiniau sy'n cael eu gosod.