English: I must also say that I'm disappointed that just 30 minutes has been tabled for this really important item this evening now, and also disappointed that that draft guidance was only published late last night. It does make it difficult to properly scrutinise a really important area of work. That aside, whilst much of the intention of the code presented today may be good, I do share Members' concerns with the lack of acknowledgement and the lack of a clearly identified role of parents in their responsibility in educating and supporting their children. First and foremost, it's a parent's responsibility to ensure that their children are educated in the way that they see is best and most appropriate for their child and it's important to remember that parents are ultimately responsible for their child's education and well-being, and it's parents who know their children best, and the role of Government is to support parents in undertaking this amazing privilege and this great responsibility. So, with this in mind, it's deeply concerning that, under this code, parents won't have a choice in this very personal and very important area of learning - right from the young age of three years old, the state will have that intervention, with no choice of parents there. And indeed, I've had a number of teachers actually contact me regarding their concerns at this shift from a traditional parent-led model of education to now much more responsibility and pressure being put on them as teachers. So, aside from that parental choice, I've also had teachers getting in touch to express their concern about the lack of protection afforded to girls and women in this code, and I'd like to quote from one teacher who wrote to me on this matter, and they said: 'The Welsh Government are promoting an ideology in our schools which is not supported by strong evidence. Teachers should be supported in helping to make sure that our pupils are given age-appropriate and scientifically accurate relationship and sex education. We should also be supporting the Equality Act 2010, where sex is a protected characteristic and the provision of single-sex services, spaces and protections are permitted to ensure women's safety, privacy and dignity.' That's a quote there from a teacher who wrote to me on this issue. And I think this teacher highlights a really important point, which I hope the Minister will take time to reflect on and bring back a better version of what's in front of us here today. So, in light of this, and my significant concern in relation to the general direction of travel in pushing aside parent-centric education, I'll be voting against this rushed and ill-thought-out code, which will take responsibility away from parents and put more pressure on our teachers. Diolch yn fawr iawn.
Welsh: Mae'n rhaid i mi ddweud fy mod i hefyd wedi fy siomi mai dim ond 30 munud sydd wedi ei drefnu ar gyfer yr eitem bwysig iawn hon heno yn awr, a hefyd yn siomedig mai dim ond yn hwyr neithiwr y cafodd y canllawiau drafft hynny eu cyhoeddi. Mae yn ei gwneud yn anodd craffu'n briodol ar faes gwaith pwysig iawn. Gan roi hynny o'r neilltu, er efallai fod llawer o fwriad y cod a gyflwynir heddiw yn dda, rwyf i yn rhannu pryderon yr Aelodau ynghylch diffyg cydnabyddiaeth o swyddogaeth rhieni a diffyg nodi hynny'n glir o ran eu cyfrifoldeb wrth addysgu a chefnogi eu plant. Yn bennaf oll, cyfrifoldeb rhiant yw sicrhau bod eu plant yn cael eu haddysgu yn y ffordd y maen nhw'n ei hystyried sydd orau ac yn fwyaf priodol i'w plentyn ac mae'n bwysig cofio mai rhieni sy'n gyfrifol yn y pen draw am addysg a lles eu plentyn, ac mai rhieni sy'n adnabod eu plant orau, a swyddogaeth y Llywodraeth yw cefnogi rhieni i ymgymryd â'r fraint ryfeddol hon a'r cyfrifoldeb mawr hwn. Felly, gyda hyn mewn golwg, mae'n peri pryder mawr na fydd gan rieni, o dan y cod hwn, ddewis yn y maes dysgu personol a phwysig iawn hwn - yn syth pan fydd plant ifanc yn dair oed, bydd y wladwriaeth yn cael yr ymyriad hwnnw, heb ddewis rhieni yn ei gylch. Ac yn wir, rwyf i wedi cael nifer o athrawon yn cysylltu â mi ynglŷn â'u pryderon am y newid hwn o fodel addysg traddodiadol a arweinir gan rieni i un nawr sy'n rhoi llawer mwy o gyfrifoldeb a phwysau arnyn nhw fel athrawon. Felly, ar wahân i'r dewis hwnnw gan rieni, rwyf i hefyd wedi cael athrawon yn cysylltu i fynegi eu pryder am y diffyg amddiffyniad a roddir i ferched a menywod yn y cod hwn, a hoffwn i ddyfynnu un athro a ysgrifennodd ataf ar y mater hwn, a ddywedodd: 'Mae Llywodraeth Cymru yn hyrwyddo syniadaeth yn ein hysgolion nad yw'n cael ei chefnogi gan dystiolaeth gref. Dylid cefnogi athrawon i helpu i sicrhau bod ein disgyblion yn cael addysg perthynas a rhyw sy'n briodol i'w hoedran ac yn wyddonol gywir. Dylem ni hefyd fod yn cefnogi Deddf Cydraddoldeb 2010, lle mae rhyw yn nodwedd warchodedig a chaniateir darparu gwasanaethau, mannau ac amddiffyniadau un rhyw i sicrhau diogelwch, preifatrwydd ac urddas menywod.' Dyna ddyfyniad gan athro a ysgrifennodd ataf ar y mater hwn. Ac rwy'n credu bod yr athro hwn yn tynnu sylw at bwynt pwysig iawn, ac rwy'n gobeithio y bydd y Gweinidog yn cymryd amser i fyfyrio ar hyn a chyflwyno fersiwn well o'r hyn sydd o'n blaenau yma heddiw. Felly, yng ngoleuni hyn, a fy mhryder sylweddol o ran y cyfeiriad teithio cyffredinol wrth wthio addysg sy'n canolbwyntio ar rieni o'r neilltu, byddaf yn pleidleisio yn erbyn y cod brysiog a gwael hwn, a fydd yn tynnu cyfrifoldeb oddi wrth rieni ac yn rhoi mwy o bwysau ar ein hathrawon. Diolch yn fawr iawn.