English: Finally we have the opportunity to discuss the devolution of justice and policing to Wales - that's thanks to the landmark report by the Commission on Justice in Wales. I'd like to thank the former Lord Chief Justice, Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd, and all the commission members, whose conclusions and recommendations in this report were unanimous. The report offers both a description and a critique of how that public good - justice - operates in Wales, and more importantly, how it is experienced by people in Wales. There's a great deal of cross-party agreement on this issue, and room for co-operation in and between Westminster and the Senedd. Over the last 21 years of devolution, we've seen the power of our National Assembly expand and its confidence as an institution grow. Come 2020, Welsh Government policy has a greater direct impact on the lives of people in Wales than ever before, yet we're still operating without a corresponding legal jurisdiction, despite having full legislative power in our Senedd. This creates duplication, lack of accountability, additional costs without transparency and plenty of confusion. The report says that the people of Wales both need and deserve a better system. I'd like to focus on criminal justice, having been a probation officer. The report states, and I quote, 'If criminal justice is to be effective, most particularly in its treatment of victims, in policing and in the administration of the sentences of the courts (the principal role of the prison and probation services), it must be closely integrated with services which are the responsibility of other parts of local, devolved and central government - for example, health, drug and alcohol misuse, housing, education, employment, accessing benefits and managing debt and other welfare services.' Dr Rob Jones from the Wales Governance Centre has shown that Wales has the highest imprisonment rate in western Europe. Whilst imprisonment dropped by 16 per cent in England between 2010 and 2017, it increased in Wales by 0.3 per cent.
Welsh: O'r diwedd, mae gennym ni'r cyfle i drafod datganoli cyfiawnder a phlismona i Gymru - a hynny diolch i'r adroddiad pwysig gan y Comisiwn ar Gyfiawnder yng Nghymru. Hoffwn ddiolch i'r cyn-Arglwydd Brif Ustus, yr Arglwydd Thomas o Gwmgiedd, a holl aelodau'r comisiwn, yr oedd eu casgliadau a'u hargymhellion yn yr adroddiad hwn yn unfrydol. Mae'r adroddiad yn cynnig disgrifiad a beirniadaeth o'r modd y mae lles cyhoeddus - cyfiawnder - yn gweithredu yng Nghymru, ac yn bwysicach, sut y caiff ei brofi gan bobl yng Nghymru. Mae llawer o gytundeb trawsbleidiol ar y mater hwn, a lle i gydweithredu yn San Steffan a rhwng San Steffan a'r Senedd. Dros yr 21 mlynedd diwethaf o ddatganoli, rydym wedi gweld grym ein Cynulliad Cenedlaethol yn ehangu a'i hyder fel sefydliad yn tyfu. Erbyn 2020, mae polisi Llywodraeth Cymru â mwy o effaith uniongyrchol ar fywydau pobl yng Nghymru nag erioed o'r blaen, ac eto rydym yn dal i weithredu heb awdurdodaeth gyfreithiol gyfatebol, er bod gennym bŵer deddfu llawn yn ein Senedd. Mae hyn yn creu dyblygu, diffyg atebolrwydd, costau ychwanegol heb dryloywder a digon o ddryswch. Mae'r adroddiad yn dweud bod angen gwell system ar Gymru a'i bod yn ei haeddu. Hoffwn ganolbwyntio ar gyfiawnder troseddol, gan fy mod yn gyn swyddog prawf. Dywed yr adroddiad, ac rwy'n dyfynnu, 'Er mwyn i gyfiawnder troseddol fod yn effeithiol, yn enwedig o ran y ffordd y mae'n trin dioddefwyr, wrth blismona a gweinyddu dedfrydau'r carchardai (prif rôl y gwasanaeth carchardai a phrawf), rhaid iddo gael ei integreiddio'n agos â gwasanaethau y mae rhannau eraill o lywodraeth leol, ddatganoledig a chanolog yn gyfrifol amdanynt - er enghraifft, iechyd, camddefnyddio cyffuriau ac alcohol, tai, addysg, cyflogaeth, cael budd-daliadau a rheoli dyledion a gwasanaethau lles eraill.' Mae Dr Rob Jones o Ganolfan Llywodraethiant Cymru wedi dangos mai Cymru sydd â'r gyfradd garcharu uchaf yng ngorllewin Ewrop. Er i garcharu ostwng 16 y cant yn Lloegr rhwng 2010 a 2017, cynyddodd 0.3 y cant yng Nghymru.