English: Can I warmly welcome this proposal and commend Bethan for bringing it forward and speaking so eloquently and with great passion in this cause? I do think schools are key to supporting young carers and ensuring that their caring roles do not reduce their life chances through poor educational attainment. Often, they will need a lot of flexibility, they will lack a certain structure, and they will need encouragement and further help in meeting the various education milestones set to them. I would like to commend the whole range of organisations that take an interest in young carers' work. I think the whole carer sector does have this great ability to campaign under these umbrella organisations, like the carers alliance, and Bethan referred to the Children's Society, and I've just seen the document 'Supporting young carers and their families: an introductory guide for professionals'. Of course, many professionals will be in contact with young carers without knowing it, and it's important that we get this sort of general knowledge across there. But in schools I think very specific guidance is appropriate. Schools are - it's an excellent network into which we can provide this guidance, and I don't see why all the secondary schools in Wales ought not to have a member of their senior management team have express responsibility for ensuring they have a good young carers policy. The governing body should know about that, and then we should know what sort of action is taken to support and encourage young carers, and then, where necessary, if their education falls behind during a time of crisis or whatever, that there are plans in place to rectify that situation. So, I think that is very, very important. I also think other very specific ideas like an ID card could be the way forward. Now, there are - and Bethan did hint at this - sensitivities here: it's not always welcome because it can be seen as a badge you don't particularly want. But I think we should see it as a way to access certain services and to ensure that professionals realise that this is the accreditation - you don't have to then check with the parent or guardian or whatever, or it could be used at the pharmacy, for instance, so that prescription drugs could then be collected. So, I think the ID card needs very careful examination. Now, we've been here before, and I hope the Minister will be able to reply to the specifics I have. The previous initiative more or less decided that it should just go ahead on a local authority basis, and whilst I can understand why you'd pilot that, I don't think there's been any consistency - I think a lot of local authorities just don't know it's out there. I've seen no evidence of any best practice being disseminated, so I think, perhaps, a national approach is now appropriate. Finally, I'll just echo the need for good respite care - for the person cared for, but also for the young carer, so that they have as fulfilled a life and proper healthy development opportunities whilst they also meet the caring responsibilities, which, most of them, if properly supported, are happily embraced.
Welsh: A gaf fi roi croeso cynnes i'r cynnig hwn a chanmol Bethan am ei gyflwyno ac am siarad mor huawdl a chydag angerdd mawr dros yr achos hwn? Rwy'n credu bod ysgolion yn allweddol i gefnogi gofalwyr ifanc a sicrhau nad yw eu rolau gofalu'n lleihau eu cyfleoedd bywyd o ganlyniad i gyrhaeddiad addysgol gwael. Yn aml, byddant angen llawer o hyblygrwydd, ni fydd ganddynt strwythur penodol, a byddant angen anogaeth a chymorth pellach i gyrraedd y gwahanol gerrig milltir addysgol a osodir ar eu cyfer. Hoffwn ganmol yr holl ystod o sefydliadau sy'n cymryd diddordeb yng ngwaith gofalwyr ifanc. Rwy'n credu bod yr holl sector gofalwyr yn meddu ar allu mawr i ymgyrchu o dan y sefydliadau ymbarél hyn, fel y gynghrair cynhalwyr, a chyfeiriodd Bethan at Gymdeithas y Plant, ac rwyf newydd weld y ddogfen Supporting young carers and their families: an introductory guide for professionals'. Wrth gwrs, bydd llawer o weithwyr proffesiynol mewn cysylltiad â gofalwyr ifanc yn ddiarwybod iddynt, ac mae'n bwysig ein bod yn lledaenu gwybodaeth gyffredinol o'r fath. Ond mewn ysgolion, rwy'n credu bod canllawiau penodol iawn yn briodol. Mae ysgolion - mae'n rhwydwaith ardderchog y gallwn ddarparu'r canllawiau hyn ar ei gyfer, ac nid wyf yn gweld pam na ddylai'r holl ysgolion uwchradd yng Nghymru gael aelod o'u tîm o uwch-reolwyr sy'n gyfrifol am sicrhau bod ganddynt bolisi da ar gyfer gofalwyr ifanc. Dylai'r corff llywodraethu wybod am hynny, ac yna dylem wybod pa fath o gamau sy'n cael eu rhoi ar waith i gefnogi ac annog gofalwyr ifanc, ac yna, lle bo angen, os yw eu haddysg ar ei hôl hi mewn cyfnod o argyfwng neu beth bynnag, fod cynlluniau ar waith i unioni'r sefyllfa honno. Felly, credaf fod hynny'n bwysig tu hwnt. Rwyf hefyd yn credu y gallai syniadau penodol eraill fel cerdyn adnabod gynnig ffordd ymlaen. Nawr, mae yna - a chyfeiriodd Bethan at hyn - sensitifrwydd yma: nid yw'n cael ei groesawu bob amser oherwydd gallai gael ei weld fel bathodyn nad ydych yn arbennig o awyddus i'w gael. Ond rwy'n credu y dylem ei ystyried fel ffordd i gael mynediad at wasanaethau penodol ac i sicrhau bod gweithwyr proffesiynol yn sylweddoli mai dyma yw'r achrediad - nid oes yn rhaid i chi wirio gyda rhiant neu warcheidwad neu beth bynnag wedyn, neu gellid ei ddefnyddio yn y fferyllfa, er enghraifft, i allu casglu cyffuriau presgripsiwn. Felly, rwy'n credu bod angen archwilio'r cerdyn adnabod yn ofalus iawn. Nawr, rydym wedi bod yma o'r blaen, ac rwy'n gobeithio y bydd y Gweinidog yn gallu ymateb i'r manylion penodol sydd gennyf. Penderfynodd y fenter flaenorol fwy neu lai y dylai barhau ar sail awdurdod lleol, ac er y gallaf ddeall pam y byddech yn treialu hynny, nid wyf yn credu bod unrhyw gysondeb wedi bod - nid wyf yn credu bod llawer o awdurdodau lleol yn gwybod ei fod yn bodoli. Nid wyf wedi gweld unrhyw dystiolaeth o arferion gorau'n cael eu lledaenu, felly rwy'n credu, efallai, mai dull cenedlaethol sy'n briodol bellach. Yn olaf, rwyf am adleisio'r angen am ofal seibiant da - i'r person sy'n derbyn gofal, ond hefyd ar gyfer y gofalwr ifanc, fel eu bod yn cael bywydau llawn a chyfleoedd priodol i ddatblygu'n iach wrth iddynt gyflawni'r cyfrifoldebau gofalu y maent yn ddigon hapus i'w cyflawni, y rhan fwyaf ohonynt, os ydynt yn cael cymorth priodol.