Symudwn at eitem 5 ar ein hagenda, sef dadl Aelodau o dan Reol Sefydlog 11.21 (iv), ar gyllido addysg bellach. Galwaf ar Bethan Sayed i wneud y cynnig. Bethan.

We now move on to item 5 on our agenda, which is a Member debate under Standing Order 11.21 (iv), on further education funding. I call on Bethan Sayed to move the motion. Bethan.

Pan oeddem yn ystyried y materion hyn fel pwyllgor, roedd yn wir y gallai rhestrau hyblyg ganiatáu ar gyfer creu rhestrau ymgeiswyr 'am yn ail' gan barhau i gynnig y cyswllt atebolrwydd uniongyrchol hwnnw. Felly, gallech ddal i gael cwotâu rhywedd os mai dyna oedd pobl am eu cael, ond gallech hefyd gael cyfle i roi cyswllt uniongyrchol rhwng unigolyn a'i etholwyr. Onid ydych yn credu bod honno'n system well na rhestrau caeedig?

When we considered these matters as a committee, it was actually the case that flexible lists could also allow for the zipping of candidates whilst still giving that direct accountability link. So, you could still have gender quotas if that's what people were persuaded that they wanted, but you could also have the opportunity to give that direct link to an individual to their constituents. Don't you think that that is a better system than closed lists?

Maen nhw'n sicr wedi newid. Mae llawer llai ohonyn nhw.

It's certainly changed. There is much less of it.

Diolch am eich ateb, Weinidog. Yn ddiweddar, ymwelais ag Elite Paper Solutions ym Merthyr Tudful, sy'n creu swyddi gwerthfawr, gyda chefnogaeth Llywodraeth Cymru. Mynychais ddigwyddiad hefyd yn Ysgol Idris Davies ym Merthyr Tudful; mae'n ysgol yr unfed ganrif ar hugain wych yng nghwm Rhymni uchaf. Ac euthum gyda'r Prif Weinidog i ymweld â swyddfeydd Cartrefi Cymoedd Merthyr, a chlywed am y miliynau o bunnoedd o arian Llywodraeth Cymru y maent wedi'i fuddsoddi mewn tai yn fy etholaeth. Gwn fod gan gymunedau ledled Cymoedd de Cymru straeon tebyg i'w hadrodd o ganlyniad i fuddsoddi gan Lywodraeth Cymru - mae'r buddsoddiad uchaf erioed wedi'i gyflawni er gwaethaf degawd o doriadau Torïaidd. Felly, wrth i Lywodraeth Cymru baratoi ei chyllideb ar gyfer 2021, a chydnabod y blaenoriaethau rydych eisoes wedi'u nodi, a allwch roi sicrwydd i mi y bydd anghenion ein cymunedau yn y Cymoedd yn parhau i fod yn allweddol o fewn y blaenoriaethau hynny?

Thank you for that answer, Minister. I recently visited Elite Paper Solutions in Merthyr Tydfil, who are creating valuable jobs, supported by the Welsh Government. I also attended an event at Idris Davies School in Merthyr; it's a fantastic twenty-first century school in the upper Rhymney valley. And I was with the First Minister to visit the offices of Merthyr Valleys Homes, and to hear about the millions of pounds of Welsh Government money that they've invested in housing in my constituency. I know that communities across the south Wales Valleys have similar stories to tell as a result of investment from this Welsh Government - record investment has been delivered despite a decade of Tory cuts. So, as the Welsh Government prepares its budget for 2021, and acknowledging the priorities that you have already set out, can you assure me that, within those priorities, meeting the needs of our Valleys communities will remain a key?

Lywydd, credaf fod hwn yn gwestiwn ardderchog. Credaf ei fod yn bwynt pwysig iawn. Yr hyn rwy'n mynd i'w wneud yw gofyn i Trafnidiaeth Cymru, wrth iddynt ddadansoddi ac asesu sut i wario'r £200 miliwn ar yr holl orsafoedd ar draws rhwydwaith Cymru a'r gororau, lunio cynllun atal hunanladdiad ar fyrder gyda Network Rail, fel y gallwn fanteisio ar y math o syniadau a awgrymodd yr Aelod a'u cyflwyno i gymaint o orsafoedd ag y bo modd.

Llywydd, I think this is an excellent question. I think it's a really important point. What I'm going to do is ask Transport for Wales, as it analyses and assesses how to spend the £200 million on all stations across the Wales and borders network, to put together at speed a suicide prevention plan, together with Network Rail, so that we can take on the sort of ideas that the Member has suggested and introduce them to as many stations as possible.