English: Thanks to the Minister for bringing today's debate. The Minister, when he gave us his contribution - it was very interesting. The onus was very much on rehabilitation and, of course, a meaningful rehabilitation system is very necessary. Of course, it doesn't work for all offenders, but we have to put in place the infrastructure so that we can give people the opportunity to rehabilitate themselves as well, as quickly and as efficiently as possible, so they can reintegrate into society. I think that many, many different things are part of this rehabilitation. John Griffiths was also trying to link the different things together - housing issues, which were mentioned. Of course, we did have the inquiry on the local government committee into homelessness, and there was a difficulty with, particularly, short sentences, because we did speak to someone who was homeless, who'd recently been released from prison, and he gave us some insight into this. It does seem that this is a real issue, because housing and probation officers often don't have time to set up a resettlement programme, when prisoners are given short sentences. The system in that respect isn't very joined up, so we have to look at how that can be improved. The Minister also mentioned skills, and that's also an important part of rehabilitation. Nick Ramsay gave his example of the careers fair at Prescoed, which I think is an example of good practice. Of course, I've been to careers fairs - not as an offender, I should point out - but I've been to careers fairs. Careers fairs in themselves may not achieve a lot; it depends what flows from that. But I think the idea of having a careers fair in a prison sounds like a good innovation. Turning to the actual motion -
Welsh: Diolch i'r Gweinidog am gyflwyno dadl heddiw. Roedd y Gweinidog, pan wnaeth ei gyfraniad - roedd yn ddiddorol iawn. Roedd y pwyslais yn bendant iawn ar adsefydlu ac, wrth gwrs, mae system adsefydlu ystyrlon yn angenrheidiol iawn. Wrth gwrs, nid yw'n gweithio i bob troseddwr, ond mae'n rhaid inni sefydlu'r seilwaith fel y gallwn ni roi cyfle i bobl eu hadsefydlu eu hunain mor dda, mor gyflym ac mor effeithlon â phosib, felly y gallan nhw ailymdoddi i'r gymdeithas. Rwy'n credu bod llawer iawn, iawn, o bethau gwahanol yn rhan o'r adsefydlu hwn. Roedd John Griffiths hefyd yn ceisio cysylltu'r gwahanol bethau - materion tai, y soniwyd amdanynt. Wrth gwrs, fe gawsom ni ymchwiliad y Pwyllgor Llywodraeth Leol i ddigartrefedd, ac roedd anhawster yn arbennig gyda dedfrydau byr, oherwydd buom yn siarad â rhywun a oedd yn ddigartref, sydd yn ddiweddar wedi cael ei ryddhau o'r carchar, ac fe roddodd inni gipolwg ar hyn. Mae hi yn ymddangos bod hon yn broblem fawr, oherwydd nid oes gan swyddogion prawf a swyddogion tai yr amser yn aml i sefydlu rhaglen ailsefydlu, pan fo carcharorion yn cael dedfrydau byr. Nid yw'r system yn hynny o beth yn gydgysylltiedig iawn, felly mae'n rhaid inni edrych ar sut y gellir gwella hynny. Soniodd y Gweinidog hefyd am sgiliau, ac mae hynny hefyd yn rhan bwysig o adsefydlu. Rhoddodd Nick Ramsay ei esiampl o ffair yrfaoedd yn Prescoed, ac rwy'n credu bod hynny'n enghraifft o arfer dda. Wrth gwrs, rwyf wedi bod i ffeiriau gyrfaoedd - nid fel troseddwr, dylwn nodi - ond rwyf wedi bod i ffeiriau gyrfaoedd. Hwyrach na fydd ffeiriau gyrfaoedd eu hunain yn cyflawni llawer; mae'n dibynnu ar yr hyn sy'n deillio o hynny. Ond rwy'n credu bod y syniad o gael ffair yrfaoedd mewn carchar yn swnio fel syniad da. Gan droi at y cynnig ei hun -