I’m grateful to you all for your noteworthy and sincere contributions, and I’m particularly grateful to Julie and the family for sharing these tributes with us. We will never see the like of Rhodri Morgan in this Senedd again. You’ve all alluded to his humour, his wit, his detailed and encyclopaedic knowledge and his unrivalled intelligence, coupled with the force of his rhetoric. For those of us who’ve served here since 1999, we will not forget his courage and boldness in creating and leading the Welsh Government. Rhodri ploughed his own furrow, and did so in order to do what he believed was best for this nation.

As we heard, Rhodri’s utopia was a small patch of Ceredigion—Mwnt. During the summer, reports would reach the local Assembly Member that the First Minister of Wales was in his shorts on the beach at Mwnt, or could be seen reading a newspaper on the rocks by the sea or swimming with the dolphins that had ventured once again to play in the shallow waters. In his caravan on Blaenwaun farm, Rhodri was given peace, tranquillity and time to reflect, to recharge his batteries and to relax in the company of his closest family.

Roedd Rhodri Morgan yn bolymath—roedd ei wybodaeth a’i gof yn aruthrol. Dyma’r dyn, wrth ddadorchuddio llun o Colin Jackson yn y Cynulliad, a allai adrodd amseroedd rasys mawr yr athletwr i'r canfed rhan o eiliad. Roedd yn llawn o'r annisgwyl. Fe’m lloriodd yn llwyr pan oeddwn i’n Weinidog materion gwledig iddo, pan ofynnodd i mi, ar draws bwrdd y Cabinet, am yr wybodaeth ddiweddaraf ynghylch sut yr oeddwn i’n bwriadu mynd i’r afael ag ymosodiad o sglefrod môr a oedd yn bwyta eogiaid. Roedd yn ein harwain gyda’i galon yn y Siambr hon. Roedd yn ein parchu ni i gyd, ac yn cymryd diddordeb ym mhob un ohonom ni ac yn yr holl gymunedau yr oeddem yn eu cynrychioli. Roedd Rhodri yn ddyn a oedd yn arwain ei wlad gydag angerdd a realaeth, ac fe nofiai’n dawel gyda'r dolffiniaid.

Gadewch i ni gofio Rhodri a sefyll er parch i bopeth a gyflawnodd dros ei genedl, ac i gydymdeimlo â Julie a'r teulu.