English: Thank you, Minister. So, what you're telling the Chamber today is that you will be treating students, potentially, differently from other groups of people. If that's the case, I'm very glad indeed to hear it. I fully support your point about trying to develop a UK-wide response to this, because, obviously, we have a lot of cross-border flow. I would put it to you, however, that if the UK Government acting as the Government for England fail to sort themselves out on this, I do hope that there will be a plan B from the Welsh Government. If I can turn, then, to students who are currently at university but not receiving any direct teaching or only receiving very minimal amounts of face-to-face teaching, there will be some of those students who would wish to return home and to be able to do their remote learning from there. What's the Government's position on that at the moment? For example, if you're, let's say, a student in Aberystwyth whose home is in RCT, is it permissible for that student to come from Aberystwyth to RCT to study for a period of weeks if that's what they feel they need to do, and is it then permissible for them to return to the university when blended learning and face-to-face learning can start again? It is quite a complex situation, I think, for students, and I think they would appreciate more clarity. I wonder if you can give us a sense as well this afternoon, Minister, because I know you'll have your finger on the pulse with this, as to how much blended learning is taking place, how much actual face-to-face learning are students getting. I don't support, as you know, the Conservative position that would have students having their fees repaid, simply because I don't think our institutions can afford it, but I do think that if students are only getting very minimal or none at all in terms of face-to-face teaching, they ought to be allowed to go home to be with their families, if we can do that safely, in order that they can get that emotional support. Many of them, especially first years, of course, will be self-isolating potentially with people they've never met before, and that's not a happy place for an 18-year-old to be.
Welsh: Diolch, Weinidog. Felly, rydych yn dweud wrth y Siambr heddiw y byddwch yn trin myfyrwyr, o bosibl, yn wahanol i grwpiau eraill o bobl. Os yw hynny'n wir, rwy'n falch iawn o'i glywed. Rwy'n llwyr gefnogi eich pwynt ynglŷn â cheisio datblygu ymateb i hyn ar sail y DU gyfan, oherwydd yn amlwg, mae gennym gryn dipyn o lif trawsffiniol. Fodd bynnag, os bydd Llywodraeth y DU, gan weithredu fel Llywodraeth Lloegr, yn methu rhoi trefn ar eu hunain mewn perthynas â hyn, rwy'n dweud wrthych fy mod yn gobeithio y bydd cynllun B gan Lywodraeth Cymru. Os caf droi, felly, at fyfyrwyr sydd yn y brifysgol ar hyn o bryd ond nad ydynt yn cael unrhyw addysgu wyneb yn wyneb neu ond ychydig o addysg wyneb yn wyneb, bydd rhai o'r myfyrwyr hynny'n dymuno dychwelyd adref a dysgu o bell oddi yno. Beth yw barn y Llywodraeth ar hynny ar hyn o bryd? Er enghraifft, os ydych, gadewch inni ddweud, yn fyfyriwr yn Aberystwyth a bod eich cartref yn RhCT, a oes gan y cyfryw fyfyriwr hawl i ddod o Aberystwyth i RhCT i astudio am gyfnod o wythnosau os ydynt yn teimlo bod angen iddynt wneud hynny, ac a oes ganddynt hawl wedyn i ddychwelyd i'r brifysgol pan fydd modd i ddysgu cyfunol a dysgu wyneb yn wyneb ailgychwyn? Credaf ei bod yn sefyllfa eithaf cymhleth i fyfyrwyr, a chredaf y byddent yn gwerthfawrogi mwy o eglurder. Tybed a allwch roi syniad inni hefyd y prynhawn yma, Weinidog, gan y gwn y bydd eich bys ar y pwls mewn perthynas â hyn, faint o ddysgu cyfunol sy'n mynd rhagddo, faint o ddysgu wyneb yn wyneb y mae myfyrwyr yn ei wneud. Fel y gwyddoch, nid wyf yn cefnogi safbwynt y Ceidwadwyr sy'n awyddus i weld ffioedd yn cael eu had-dalu i fyfyrwyr, gan nad wyf yn credu y gall ein sefydliadau fforddio hynny, ond os yw myfyrwyr yn cael fawr iawn o addysg wyneb yn wyneb, os o gwbl, rwy'n credu y dylid caniatáu iddynt fynd adref i fod gyda'u teuluoedd, os gallwn wneud hynny'n ddiogel, er mwyn iddynt gael y cymorth emosiynol hwnnw. Bydd llawer ohonynt, yn enwedig myfyrwyr ar eu blwyddyn gyntaf wrth gwrs, yn hunanynysu gyda phobl nad ydynt erioed wedi cyfarfod â hwy o'r blaen o bosibl, ac nid yw hwnnw'n lle hapus i unigolyn 18 oed fod.