English: Well, thank you for that answer and for your very kind words, of course. I have to say, though, that the majority of responses that came in on the consultation were from councils, diocesan bodies and unions, and the children's voice was represented solely, it would seem to me anyway, by the children's commissioner, and I'm not quite sure how she managed to get the information or views of young people during that period, bearing in mind that it was their school holidays. I'd be especially keen to know, actually, how those young people grappled with the national statistics office's urban/rural classification, which David Rees was talking about earlier. Certainly, a third of the adults who responded to the consultation weren't happy with adopting just one of the eight classifications in this method of identifying a rural school. But then it took nine months to report back to them with a longer list of schools, adding in that second classification to aid identification. And the stated audience for that report, released only on 2 July of this year, comprised local authorities, governing bodies, diocesan authorities, Estyn and some others with interest. No clear route to children's views or, indeed, school staff, as it was issued once again shortly before the summer school holiday. You laid the new code on Monday, so at least that wasn't during the summer break, but the 16 months it has taken this to come into force hasn't given local education authorities a chance to sneak under the wire of a stringent regime; you've given them over a year to accelerate consideration of the very types of closure you rightly hoped to avoid. And I can tell you with my experience of the closure of Cwrt Sart, which isn't a rural school, that local authorities may be cognisant of a direction of travel, but they can be very, very determined to ignore it if they wish. So, can you tell us why it took nine months to report back on just 70 surveys, and why in June 2017 you didn't ask education authorities to pause any closure plans they may have been considering pending these material changes?
Welsh: Wel, diolch am eich ateb ac am eich geiriau caredig iawn, wrth gwrs. Mae'n rhaid imi ddweud, fodd bynnag, fod y rhan fwyaf o'r ymatebion a gafwyd yn yr ymgynghoriad wedi dod gan gynghorau, cyrff esgobaethol ac undebau, a chynrychiolwyd llais y plant, ymddengys i mi beth bynnag, gan y comisiynydd plant yn unig, ac nid wyf yn siŵr sut y llwyddodd i gael gwybodaeth neu safbwyntiau pobl ifanc yn ystod y cyfnod hwnnw, o gofio eu bod ar eu gwyliau ysgol. Buaswn yn arbennig o awyddus i wybod, mewn gwirionedd, sut y gwnaeth y bobl ifanc hynny ymdopi â dosbarthiad trefol/gwledig y Swyddfa Ystadegau Gwladol a grybwyllwyd gan David Rees yn gynharach. Yn sicr, nid oedd traean o'r oedolion a ymatebodd i'r ymgynghoriad yn barod i fabwysiadu un yn unig o'r wyth dosbarthiad yn y dull hwn o nodi ysgol wledig. Ond eto, cymerwyd naw mis i ddod yn ôl atynt gyda rhestr hwy o ysgolion, gan ychwanegu'r ail ddosbarthiad hwnnw i gynorthwyo'r broses nodi. Ac roedd y gynulleidfa ddatganedig ar gyfer yr adroddiad hwnnw, a ryddhawyd ar 2 Gorffennaf eleni, yn cynnwys awdurdodau lleol, cyrff llywodraethu, awdurdodau esgobaethol, Estyn a rhai eraill â buddiant. Dim llwybr clir at safbwyntiau plant, na staff ysgol yn wir, gan iddo gael ei gyhoeddi unwaith eto yn fuan cyn y gwyliau haf. Fe gyflwynoch chi'r cod newydd ddydd Llun, felly nid oedd hynny yn ystod toriad yr haf o leiaf, ond nid yw'r 16 mis y mae wedi'i gymryd i ddod i rym wedi rhoi cyfle i awdurdodau addysg lleol sleifio o dan wifren cyfundrefn lem; rydych wedi rhoi dros flwyddyn iddynt gyflymu eu hystyriaethau o'r math o gau roeddech yn iawn i obeithio'i osgoi. A gallaf ddweud wrthych gyda fy mhrofiad pan gaewyd Cwrt Sart, nad yw'n ysgol wledig, y gall awdurdodau lleol fod yn ymwybodol o'r cyfeiriad teithio, ond gallant fod yn benderfynol iawn o'i anwybyddu os ydynt yn dymuno. Felly, a allwch ddweud wrthym pam ei bod wedi cymryd naw mis i adrodd ar 70 arolwg yn unig, a pham na ofynasoch ym mis Mehefin 2017 i awdurdodau addysg ohirio unrhyw gynlluniau a allai fod ganddynt i gau wrth aros am y newidiadau perthnasol hyn?