English: Thank you, Nick. I'm glad to hear about the progress of the school that you referred to. It's not an unexpected spin-off - it's a cunning plan. Indeed, in allocating contracts to companies to build our twenty-first century schools programme, there is an expectation, indeed a requirement, that they do engage with the schoolchildren of that school in the process of building that school, and that they also look to expand apprenticeship opportunities for older young people when undertaking that work. So, it's not a happy coincidence - it's planned for. We are now coming to the end of our first phase of our twenty-first century schools programme band A, and we are already beginning to assess bids from local education authorities around their requirements for band B of the twenty-first century schools programme. And you will be aware that we have made this even more affordable for local authorities by upping the intervention rate. That is, Welsh Government will commit more capital to the band B programme, allowing local authorities to save on revenue costs associated with borrowing and to ensure that local authorities are able to be as ambitious as possible with their plans. It is they that put forward the schools, and I'm sure you'll be discussing with your colleagues in Monmouthshire whether King Henry will be one of those schools coming forward, and I look forward to receiving the recommendations from the independent capital investment board as regards what we will be able to do in Monmouthshire. Of course, that's not the only programme that Monmouthshire County Council is benefiting from. The Welsh-medium programme is also something that Monmouthshire County Council has been very successful in bidding for and, of course, the Welsh Government covers 100 per cent of the cost of those new builds.
Welsh: Diolch, Nick. Rwy'n falch o glywed am gynnydd yr ysgol y cyfeiriwch ati. Nid yw'n sgil-fantais annisgwyl - mae'n gynllun dyfeisgar. Yn wir, wrth ddyrannu contractau i gwmnïau i adeiladu rhaglen ysgolion yr unfed ganrif ar hugain, ceir disgwyliad, yn wir, gofyniad, eu bod yn ymgysylltu â phlant yr ysgol honno wrth adeiladu'r ysgol, ac y byddant hefyd yn ceisio ehangu cyfleoedd prentisiaeth i bobl ifanc hŷn wrth ymgymryd â'r gwaith hwnnw. Felly, nid cyd-ddigwyddiad hapus mohono - mae wedi'i gynllunio. Rydym bellach yn dod tuag at ddiwedd cam cyntaf band A rhaglen ysgolion yr unfed ganrif ar hugain, ac rydym eisoes yn dechrau asesu cynigion gan awdurdodau addysg lleol mewn perthynas â'u gofynion ar gyfer band B rhaglen ysgolion yr unfed ganrif ar hugain. Ac fe fyddwch yn gwybod ein bod wedi gwneud hyn hyd yn oed yn fwy fforddiadwy i awdurdodau lleol drwy godi'r gyfradd ymyrraeth. Hynny yw, bydd Llywodraeth Cymru yn ymrwymo mwy o gyfalaf i raglen band B, gan alluogi awdurdodau lleol i arbed ar gostau refeniw sy'n gysylltiedig â benthyca ac i sicrhau y gall awdurdodau lleol fod mor uchelgeisiol â phosibl gyda'u cynlluniau. Hwy sy'n cynnig yr ysgolion, ac rwy'n siŵr y byddwch yn trafod â'ch cydweithwyr yn Sir Fynwy i weld a fydd Ysgol Brenin Harri'r VIII yn un o'r ysgolion a gaiff eu cynnig, ac edrychaf ymlaen at gael argymhellion gan y bwrdd buddsoddi cyfalaf annibynnol o ran beth y gallwn ei wneud yn Sir Fynwy. Wrth gwrs, nid dyna'r unig raglen y mae Cyngor Sir Fynwy yn elwa ohoni. Mae'r rhaglen cyfrwng Cymraeg hefyd yn rhywbeth y mae Cyngor Sir Fynwy wedi gwneud cais llwyddiannus amdani, ac wrth gwrs, mae Llywodraeth Cymru yn talu 100 y cant o gost yr adeiladau newydd hynny.