English: Well, Llywydd, it is my expectation that no public body in Wales tolerates antisemitism, Islamophobia or any other form of discrimination against groups in our society. As the Member said, the Welsh Government has adopted the IHRA definition of antisemitism. The Minister for education has been discussing this matter over recent months. He met with Lord Mann, who is carrying out the review of antisemitism policies for the UK Government currently, and the Welsh Government has provided evidence to that review. The Minister for Education met Lord Mann back in November and this issue was discussed there. He met with the Union of Jewish Students here in Wales at the end of February and once again this matter was raised. He has a meeting with senior university staff on Monday, I think, of next week, and this item is on the agenda. So, the Member can be assured that the Welsh Government is drawing this matter to the attention of universities across Wales when we have the opportunity to do so, and setting that discussion in the context of the general expectation we set about public bodies doing everything they can to combat discrimination. However, as the Member said, universities are autonomous bodies. They are not controlled, nor should they be controlled, by the Welsh Government. We will discuss this matter and bring it to their attention, but as George Freeman, the Conservative Minister for higher education in the UK Government said just this weekend, free and open academic discourse underpinned by the values of freedom is fundamental, and that freedom applies to universities to make their own decisions within the matters that fall within their own ambit.
Welsh: Wel, Llywydd, rwy'n disgwyl na fydd yr un corff cyhoeddus yng Nghymru yn goddef gwrth-semitiaeth, Islamoffobia nac unrhyw fath arall o wahaniaethu yn erbyn grwpiau yn ein cymdeithas. Fel y dywedodd yr Aelod, mae Llywodraeth Cymru wedi mabwysiadu diffiniad Cynghrair Ryngwladol Cofio'r Holocost o wrth-semitiaeth. Mae'r Gweinidog addysg wedi bod yn trafod y mater hwn dros y misoedd diwethaf. Cafodd gyfarfod â'r Arglwydd Mann, sy'n cynnal yr adolygiad o bolisïau gwrth-semitiaeth ar ran Llywodraeth y DU ar hyn o bryd, ac mae Llywodraeth Cymru wedi darparu tystiolaeth i'r adolygiad hwnnw. Cafodd y Gweinidog Addysg gyfarfod â'r Arglwydd Mann yn ôl ym mis Tachwedd a thrafodwyd y mater hwn yno. Cafodd gyfarfod ag Undeb y Myfyrwyr Iddewig yma yng Nghymru ddiwedd mis Chwefror ac eto codwyd y mater hwn. Mae'n cael cyfarfod ag uwch staff y brifysgol ddydd Llun, rwy'n credu, yr wythnos nesaf, ac mae'r eitem hon ar yr agenda. Felly, gall yr Aelod fod yn sicr bod Llywodraeth Cymru yn tynnu sylw prifysgolion ledled Cymru at y mater hwn pan fydd gennym ni gyfle i wneud hynny, a gosod y drafodaeth honno yng nghyd-destun y disgwyliad cyffredinol yr ydym ni'n ei bennu o ran cyrff cyhoeddus yn gwneud popeth o fewn eu gallu i fynd i'r afael â gwahaniaethu. Fodd bynnag, fel y dywedodd yr Aelod, mae prifysgolion yn gyrff annibynnol. Nid ydyn nhw'n cael eu rheoli, ac ni ddylen nhw gael eu rheoli, gan Lywodraeth Cymru. Byddwn yn trafod y mater hwn ac yn tynnu eu sylw ato, ond fel y dywedodd George Freeman, y Gweinidog Ceidwadol dros addysg uwch yn Llywodraeth y DU y penwythnos hwn, mae trafodaethau academaidd rhydd ac agored wedi eu seilio ar werthoedd rhyddid yn hanfodol, ac mae'r rhyddid hwnnw yn berthnasol i brifysgolion i wneud eu penderfyniadau eu hunain o ran y materion sy'n dod o fewn eu cwmpas eu hunain.