English: As one who has been most fortunate to be able to contribute to education and governance across this system for very many years, may I first of all congratulate the Minister on her courage? It is about time that we had a Minister who is willing to get to grips with the differences and inequality that have been part of the post-16 system from the very outset. I'm grateful to her for doing that. I am pleased that she has been able to take advantage of the work of genius provided by Ellen Hazelkorn and the people arguing the importance of having a civic mission in education, because there is no other mission available in education - I'm sure the Minister would agree with me on that. I do want to ask just one or two questions. Would she consider, for example, that one way of undermining any opposition that may appear from certain dinosaurs in this sector would be to publish a draft Bill? So, rather than carrying out a consultation and then legislating, she should ask her officials - . The Chair of the Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee is sitting across the way from me, and I'm sure that we would be more than happy to assist in any scrutiny of any draft Bill - not that we're looking for work, but we would be happy to undertake that kind of thing, because that would give an opportunity for the consultation and for the pre-legislative scrutiny to happen simultaneously. May I thank her for continuing to use the services of David Allen? He is an excellent man, who has made contributions to universities in Wales and England. What's important to recall about David - I'm sure that the Minister would agree with me on this - is that he continues, as we speak, to be a governor of Exeter further education college, as a former registrar of the university, and continues to work for us here in Wales too, and he understands fully what the needs of the sector are. I'm afraid that I do have some quite radical ideas on the need to mainstream bilingual education throughout the whole system. I do have some even more aggressive ideas that she couldn't imagine about abolishing the sixth-form system, as we have done in Dwyfor Meirionnydd over many decades, but that's for another day, I believe.
Welsh: Fel un sydd wedi bod yn ffodus iawn i allu cyfrannu at addysgu a llywodraethu ar draws y system am flynyddoedd lawer, a gaf i'n gyntaf longyfarch y Gweinidog ar ei dewrder? Mae'n hen bryd ein bod ni wedi cael Gweinidog sydd yn fodlon cymryd gafael yn y rhaniadau a'r gwahaniaethau a'r anghyfartaledd sydd wedi bod yn rhan o'r gyfundrefn ôl-16 o'r dechrau. Rwy'n ddiolchgar iddi am wneud hynny. Rwy'n falch ei bod hi wedi gallu manteisio ar waith athrylithgar Ellen Hazelkorn a'r bobl sydd yn dadlau dros bwysigrwydd cael cenhadaeth ddinesig mewn addysg, achos nid oes cenhadaeth arall i gael mewn addysg - rwy'n siŵr y byddai'r Gweinidog yn cytuno efo hynny. Rwyf am ofyn un neu ddau o bethau iddi. A fyddai hi'n ystyried, er enghraifft, mai un ffordd o danseilio unrhyw wrthwynebiad a allai ddod o rai dinosoriaid yn rhannau o'r sector yma fyddai cyhoeddi Bil drafft? Hynny yw, yn hytrach na gwneud ymgynghoriad ac yna mynd ati i ddeddfu, ei bod hi'n gofyn i'r swyddogion - . Mae Cadeirydd y Pwyllgor Materion Cyfansoddiadol a Deddfwriaethol yn eistedd dros y ffordd imi, ac rydw i'n siŵr y byddem ni'n barod iawn i gynorthwyo mewn unrhyw broses o graffu ar Fil drafft - nid ein bod ni'n chwilio am waith, ond rydw i'n siŵr y byddem ni'n hapus i wneud rhywbeth fel yna, oherwydd mi fyddai'n rhoi cyfle wedyn i'r ymgynghoriad ac i'r paratoi ar gyfer deddfu ddigwydd ar yr un pryd. A gaf i hefyd ddiolch iddi am barhau i ddefnyddio gwasanaeth David Allen? Dyma ddyn ardderchog, sydd wedi cyfrannu at brifysgolion yng Nghymru ac yn Lloegr. Beth sy'n bwysig i'w gofio am David - rydw i'n siŵr y buasai'r Gweinidog yn cytuno - ydy ei fod yn parhau, fel rydym ni'n siarad, ar lywodraethwyr coleg addysg bellach Caerwysg, fel cyn-gofrestrydd y brifysgol, ac yn parhau gyda'i waith inni yng Nghymru, ac mae'n deall yn union beth ydy'r anghenion. Mae gen i, mae gen i ofn, syniadau radical, braidd, ynglŷn â'r angen i brif-ffrydio addysg ddwyieithog drwy'r system i gyd. Mae gen i syniadau hyd yn oed mwy ymosodol na ellir eu dychmygu ynglŷn â chael gwared â'r gyfundrefn chweched dosbarth, fel rydym ni wedi ei wneud yn Nwyfor Meirionnydd ers degawdau - ond diwrnod arall i drafod hynny, efallai.