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English: I really welcome this important debate put forward by Jane Dodds, and I'd like to thank Jane for agreeing to give me a minute of her time. I agree with her on many of the points raised today. The area I would like to focus on is the issue of school transport. Particularly, I'd like to see free school bus transport introduced, perhaps as a start, to both encourage more children to travel by bus to school, normalising that behaviour, but also to help families who can't keep up with the cost of school transport, many of whom feel that they have to drive their children instead. Every year, I receive e-mails from worried parents who are struggling to afford school bus costs. At a time when we know that families are facing a crippling cost-of-living crisis, it would both ease the burden while also encouraging a far more sustainable form of transport for our children and young people, helping to embed this behaviour. The school run contributes to congesting our streets every morning and afternoon, so let's tackle that by offering an attractive alternative: a more widely accessible free school bus transport system to supplement our safe routes to school. Once again, I'd like to thank Jane Dodds for this really important debate today.
Welsh: Rwy'n croesawu'r ddadl bwysig hon a gyflwynwyd gan Jane Dodds yn fawr, a hoffwn ddiolch i Jane am gytuno i roi munud o'i hamser i mi. Rwy'n cytuno â llawer o'r pwyntiau a gododd heddiw. Y mater yr hoffwn ganolbwyntio arno yw cludiant i'r ysgol. Yn fwyaf arbennig, hoffwn weld cludiant bws ysgol am ddim yn cael ei gyflwyno, efallai i ddechrau, er mwyn annog mwy o blant i deithio ar fws i'r ysgol, gan normaleiddio'r ymddygiad hwnnw, ond hefyd i helpu teuluoedd nad ydynt yn gallu fforddio costau cludiant ysgol, gyda llawer ohonynt yn teimlo bod yn rhaid iddynt yrru eu plant yn lle hynny. Bob blwyddyn, rwy'n derbyn negeseuon e-bost gan rieni pryderus sy'n ei chael yn anodd fforddio costau bws ysgol. Ar adeg pan wyddom fod teuluoedd yn wynebu argyfwng costau byw enbyd, byddai'n lleddfu'r baich tra'n annog math llawer mwy cynaliadwy o drafnidiaeth i'n plant a'n pobl ifanc, gan helpu i ymgorffori'r ymddygiad hwn. Mae rhieni sy'n danfon eu plant i'r ysgol yn cyfrannu at brysurdeb ein strydoedd bob bore a phrynhawn, felly gadewch i ni fynd i'r afael â hynny drwy gynnig dewis amgen deniadol: system cludiant bws ysgol am ddim sy'n fwy hygyrch i ategu ein llwybrau diogel i'r ysgol. Unwaith eto, hoffwn ddiolch i Jane Dodds am y ddadl bwysig hon heddiw.
English: I'd like to thank the Member for tabling the debate and for the range of contributions from Members. As ever, when we debate public transport in this Senedd, there is cross-party interest and support for being more ambitious, and there's no denying the fact that free public transport is an attractive idea. To tackle climate change and reach the non-negotiable limit of net zero carbon emissions by 2050, it's essential that we make fewer car journeys and shift modes of transport to shared forms of mobility and to active travel. The question we're all grappling with is: how we do we do that? How do we change travel behaviour and attitudes and how do we rejig the transport machinery and infrastructure to help bring that about?
Welsh: Hoffwn ddiolch i'r Aelod am gyflwyno'r ddadl ac am yr amrywiaeth o gyfraniadau gan Aelodau. Fel erioed, pan fyddwn yn trafod trafnidiaeth gyhoeddus yn y Senedd hon, ceir diddordeb a chefnogaeth drawsbleidiol i fod yn fwy uchelgeisiol, ac ni ellir gwadu'r ffaith bod trafnidiaeth gyhoeddus am ddim yn syniad deniadol. Er mwyn mynd i'r afael â newid hinsawdd a chyrraedd y targed nad yw'n agored i drafodaeth o sicrhau allyriadau carbon sero net erbyn 2050, mae'n hanfodol ein bod yn gwneud llai o deithiau car ac yn newid i ddulliau trafnidiaeth a rennir ac i deithio llesol. Y cwestiwn rydym i gyd yn ceisio ei ateb yw: sut y gwawn hynny? Sut y mae newid ymddygiad teithio ac agweddau a sut y mae ailwampio'r peirianwaith a'r seilwaith trafnidiaeth i helpu i sicrhau hynny?
English: Good morning and welcome to this meeting of the Children, Young People and Education Committee today.
Welsh: Bore da a chroeso i gyfarfod o'r Pwyllgor Plant, Pobl Ifanc ac Addysg heddiw.
English: Yes, just to say that my husband works for Swansea University.
Welsh: Ie, jest i ddweud bod fy ngŵr yn gweithio i Brifysgol Abertawe.
English: Thank you, Chair, for the opportunity to discuss this draft budget with the committee this morning.
Welsh: Diolch, Cadeirydd, am y cyfle i drafod y gyllideb ddrafft gyda'r pwyllgor y bore yma.
English: Thank you, Chair. I just wanted to ask about that element of recruitment with regard to the workforce. I saw that Dyfodol i'r Iaith said in their response to the Finance Committee on the draft budget that it won't be possible to sustain the growth in Welsh-medium education without a workforce that is able to teach through the medium of Welsh and provide support through the medium of Welsh. So, I just wanted a bit of clarity on what you stated in your paper with regard to recruitment and what you've just said. Under 2.13.14, you say that you hope to maintain the same level of funding for professional learning through the medium of Welsh. So, I would just like to know why you 'hope' that that will be the case. And in terms of Iaith Athrawon Yfory, I see that demand is leading the budget on that, but I just felt slightly concerned about words such as 'about' the same level of funding and so on. So, are you confident that there is sufficient resource in the budget as it stands to tackle this problem of recruiting a Welsh-medium workforce?
Welsh: Diolch, Gadeirydd. Jest eisiau holi oeddwn i am yr elfen yna o recriwtio'r gweithlu. Roeddwn i'n gweld bod Dyfodol i'r Iaith wedi dweud yn eu hymateb nhw i'r Pwyllgor Cyllid ar y gyllideb na fydd modd cynnal twf mewn addysg Gymraeg heb weithlu, yn amlwg, sy'n gallu dysgu drwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg a chynnig cefnogaeth drwy'r Gymraeg. Felly, roeddwn i jest eisiau tipyn bach o eglurder ar yr hyn oeddech chi'n ei ddweud yn eich papur chi ynglŷn â recriwtio a beth rŷch chi newydd ei ddweud nawr. O dan 2.13.14, rŷch chi'n dweud eich bod chi yn gobeithio cynnal yr un lefel o gyllid ar gyfer dysgu proffesiynol cyfrwng Cymraeg, er enghraifft. Felly, byddwn i jest yn hoffi gwybod pam 'gobeithio' a pham nad 'cynnal yr un lefel'. Hefyd, o ran Iaith Athrawon Yfory, rwyf i'n gweld, yn amlwg, fod galw yn arwain y gyllideb ar hynny, ond roeddwn i jest yn teimlo ychydig yn bryderus o weld geiriau fel eich bod chi'n meddwl y byddai 'oddeutu' yr un lefel o gyllid ac yn y blaen. Ac yn ehangach na hynny, ydych chi'n ffyddiog bod yna ddigon o adnoddau yn y gyllideb fel mae'n sefyll er mwyn mynd i'r afael â'r broblem yma o recriwtio gweithlu cyfrwng Cymraeg?
English: Thank you. I have questions with regard to higher education. The budget line that provides core funding for the higher education sector is lower than the current 2021-22 budget, and the forecast outturn for the current year. Is this a real-terms cut in funding to the HE sector, and, if so, how would you explain this to those in the sector who are calling for investment to be maintained at its current level as the minimum they would expect?
Welsh: Diolch. Cwestiynau ynglŷn ag addysg uwch sydd gen i. Mae'r llinell wariant sy'n darparu cyllid craidd ar gyfer y sector addysg uwch yn is na chyllideb gyfredol 2021-22, a'r alldro rhagamcanol ar gyfer y flwyddyn bresennol. A yw hwn yn ostyngiad mewn termau real yn y cyllid i'r sector addysg uwch, ac, os felly, sut byddech chi'n esbonio hyn i rai yn y sector sy'n galw am gynnal y buddsoddiad ar ei lefel bresennol fel y lleiafswm y bydden nhw'n ei ddisgwyl?
English: Well, it does maintain the level, as you said, because it depends - . It's an echo of what we said at the beginning. So, if you're comparing with the supplementary budgets, significant additional in-year sums have gone into that budget, and that hasn't happened in usual years and won't happen in future years. So, if you compare that with the revised baseline - I don't know what the Welsh term for that is - and if you take the funding out for degree apprenticeships, then it is maintained at the same level. In terms of those degree apprenticeships, we do have a process of assessing that scheme under way at the moment, but we will be responding to that assessment. I will have discussions with the Minister for Economy on this, of course, but I expect that the funding for the degree apprenticeships budget will come back in following that assessment.
Welsh: Wel, mae hi yn cynnal y lefel, fel rŷch chi'n dweud, achos mae'n dibynnu - . Mae'n adlais, wrth gwrs, o beth gawsom ni ar y cychwyn ynglŷn â beth rŷch chi'n cymharu. Felly, os ŷch chi'n cymharu gyda'r supplementary budgets, mae symiau sylweddol ychwanegol mewn blwyddyn, fel petai, wedi mynd i'r gyllideb honno, sydd ddim yn digwydd mewn blynyddoedd cyffredin a fydd ddim yn digwydd yn y blynyddoedd sydd i ddod. Felly, os cymharwch chi fe gyda'r revised baseline - maddeuwch i mi, dwi ddim yn gwybod y term Cymraeg am hwnnw - ac os tynnwch chi'r arian allan am brentisiaethau gradd, mae hi ar yr un lefel. O ran prentisiaethau gradd, mae gyda ni broses o asesu'r cynllun hwnnw'n digwydd ar hyn o bryd, ond byddwn ni'n ymateb i'r asesiad hwnnw. Mae angen cael trafodaethau gyda Gweinidog yr Economi hefyd, wrth gwrs, am hyn, ond dwi'n disgwyl gweld y bydd yr arian am y gyllideb prentisiaethau gradd yn dod nôl mewn yn sgil yr asesiad hwnnw.
English: Thank you. Universities Wales have stated in their response to the budget that, whilst support was available in 2020-21, no additional funding has been provided to support the HE sector response to COVID-19 in 2021-22, and they outline several things that are needed where the demand remains the same. They talk about the impact that there has been on recruitment and so on, and the loss of income that has been seen because they can't use their estates in the same way. Last year it was provided, but they talk about the additional funding to support students in terms of their well-being and mental health, as well as making the changes on the estate with regard to security and safety. So, how would you respond to that?
Welsh: Diolch. Mae Prifysgolion Cymru wedi honni yn eu hymateb nhw i'r gyllideb, er bod cymorth ar gael ar gyfer y blynyddoedd 2020-21, does dim cyllid ychwanegol wedi'i ddarparu i gefnogi ymateb y sector addysg uwch i COVID yn 2021-22, ac maen nhw'n amlinellu nifer o bethau lle mae'r galw yr un fath. Maen nhw'n sôn am yr effaith sydd wedi bod ar recriwtio ac yn y blaen, a'r colli incwm sydd wedi bod oherwydd eu bod nhw'n methu defnyddio eu hystâd nhw yn yr un ffordd. Maen nhw'n sôn hefyd, wrth gwrs, am, ac fe ddarparwyd y llynedd, yr arian ychwanegol yma ar gyfer cefnogaeth myfyrwyr o ran eu lles ac iechyd meddwl ac yn y blaen, yn ogystal â gwneud y newidiadau ar yr ystâd o ran diogelwch yr oedd angen eu gwneud. Felly, sut ydych chi'n ymateb i hynny?
English: Thank you. How much money have the reforms emanating from the Diamond review allowed Ministers to transfer from student support funding to the HEFCW programme expenditure budget expenditure lines in 2022-23 and in previous years? Is this in line with the original modelling?
Welsh: Diolch. Faint o arian mae'r diwygiadau a ddeilliodd o adolygiad Diamond wedi caniatáu i Weinidogion ei drosglwyddo o gyllid cymorth i fyfyrwyr i linell wariant yn y gyllideb rhaglen Cyngor Cyllido Addysg Uwch Cymru yn 2022-23 ac yn y blynyddoedd blaenorol? A yw hyn yn cyd-fynd â'r modelu gwreiddiol?
English: Well, it's more than the original modelling. It's around £75 million that has moved from student support in general to HEFCW specifically. That's all been reinvested in the higher education sector, if you will. So, in 2020-21, there was the transfer of £25 million to HEFCW. There were some changes made as a result of that, but that was spent on degree apprenticeships, part of it was the COVID-19 response, part of it was to support the mental health of students, and part of it was to provide for additional costs for medical students. That's all been reinvested into the sector, and that is on top of what has been allocated to HEFCW as a capital budget, for example. So, the commitment there ensures that those transfers go back to the sector, and it's at a higher level than we had expected.
Welsh: Wel, mae'n uwch na'r modelu gwreiddiol, rhywfaint. Mae e'n rhyw £75 miliwn sydd wedi'i symud o gefnogaeth myfyrwyr yn gyffredinol i HEFCW yn benodol. Mae hynny i gyd wedi cael ei ail-fuddsoddi, os hoffwch chi, yn y sector addysg uwch. Felly, yn 2020-21, roedd transfer o £25 miliwn yn wreiddiol i mewn i HEFCW. Roedd rhai newidiadau yn sgil hynny, ond aeth hynny ar brentisiaethau gradd, fel roedden ni'n sôn am nawr, rhan ohono fe ar COVID-19, rhan ohono fe ar gefnogi iechyd meddwl myfyrwyr, a rhan ohono fe i ddarparu ar gyfer costau ychwanegol myfyrwyr meddygaeth. Mae amryw o lefydd lle rŷn ni wedi ail-fuddsoddi yn ôl mewn i'r sector, ac mae hynny ar ben yr hyn sydd wedi cael ei ddyrannu i HEFCW fel cyllideb gyfalaf, er enghraifft. Felly, mae'r ymrwymiad gyda ni i sicrhau bod y transfers yn mynd nôl i'r sector wedi digwydd, ac ar lefel uwch nag oedden ni wedi disgwyl.
English: Thank you. How does the draft budget take forward the recommendations from the Reid review, for example, by rewarding universities that bring investment into Wales, and provide greater support for innovation?
Welsh: Diolch. Sut mae'r gyllideb ddrafft yn bwrw ymlaen â'r argymhellion o adolygiad Reid, er enghraifft, drwy wobrwyo prifysgolion sy'n denu buddsoddiad i Gymru, a darparu mwy o gymorth ar gyfer arloesi?
English: Well, in responding to Reid, we've opened an office in London, we've created an innovation fund, via HEFCW, as well as investment for QR research - at a higher level than Reid called for, as it happens. We've created bursaries through HEFCW, which are worth around £4 million, with an emphasis on STEM specifically. And as we know, and it's been part of discussions that we've had as parties, there's a cross-Government strategy with regard to innovation currently under way. We've provided funding recently to support research - [ Inaudible.] - with an additional £2 million to the Wales Innovation Network. One of the challenges in future is that the funding landscape for research has changed significantly since the time of the Reid review. So, the broken promises by the UK Government in terms of research funding, and our ability to invest that in Wales, on the priorities that the people of Wales have elected us to deliver - that funding is no longer available to us. So, our universities are now responding to the new requirements, and the agenda - as you might expect - is different, and our institutions are responding to that. But our innovation network in Wales, and our investment in that, will be supporting our institutions to be even more competitive, if you will, in that new context.
Welsh: Wrth ymateb i Reid, rŷn ni wedi agor y swyddfa yn Llundain, rŷn ni wedi creu cronfa arloesi, sydd yn mynd drwy law HEFCW, ynghyd â buddsoddiad ar gyfer ymchwil QR - yn uwch na'r hyn roedd Reid yn galw amdano fe, fel mae'n digwydd. Rŷn ni wedi creu bursaries drwy law HEFCW, sydd werth rhyw £4 miliwn, sydd â phwyslais ar STEM yn benodol. Ac fel rŷn ni'n gwybod, ac mae wedi bod yn rhan o'r trafodaethau rŷn ni wedi eu cael fel pleidiau, mae gwaith ar gyfer strategaeth draws-lywodraethol ym maes arloesi yn digwydd ar hyn o bryd, ac rŷn ni wedi darparu arian yn ddiweddar i gefnogi ymchwil - [ Anghlywadwy.] - a chefnogaeth bellach o £2 miliwn i'r Wales Innovation Network. Un o'r sialensiau yn y dyfodol yw bod y tirwedd ariannu ymchwil wedi newid yn sylweddol ers cyfnod Reid. Felly, mae'r torri addewid o ran Llywodraeth San Steffan ar gyfer beth fyddai'n digwydd i arian ymchwil, a'n gallu ni fel Llywodraeth i fuddsoddi hynny yng Nghymru, yn gyson â'r blaenoriaethau y mae pobl Cymru wedi'n hethol ni i'w delifro - dyw hynny ddim ar gael i ni bellach. Mae'n prifysgolion ni yn ymateb nawr i'r gofynion newydd, os hoffwch chi, ac mae'r agenda - fel y byddech chi'n ei ddisgwyl, efallai - yn wahanol, ac mae'n sefydliadau ni nawr yn ymateb i hynny. Mae rhan o'r buddsoddiad rŷn ni wedi ei wneud i'r Wales Innovation Network yn eu helpu nhw i gefnogi'n sefydliadau ni i fod hyd yn oed yn fwy cystadleuol, os hoffwch chi, yn y cyd-destun hwn.
English: Thank you. You've touched on this already, namely this topic of the degree apprenticeships. So, may I just confirm that the allocations in this draft budget mean that degree apprenticeships will move beyond being a pilot project and become a permanent feature of the tertiary education landscape? So, could you just explain once again how you and the Minister for Economy are going to be working together to fund these, and are they going to be expanded, which is the suggestion made in the programme for government?
Welsh: Diolch. Rŷch chi wedi cyffwrdd ar hwn yn barod, sef pwnc y radd brentisiaethau. Felly, allaf i jest cadarnhau bod dyraniadau y gyllideb ddrafft yma yn golygu y bydd y radd brentisiaethau yn symud y tu hwnt i fod yn broject peilot, ac yn dod nôl i fod yn nodwedd barhaol o'r dirwedd addysg drydyddol? Felly, allwch chi jest esbonio unwaith eto sut ydych chi a Gweinidog yr Economi yn mynd i fod yn cydweithio i ariannu'r rhain, ac ydyn nhw'n mynd i gael eu hehangu, sef yr awgrym sydd yn un o ymrwymiadau'r rhaglen lywodraethu?
English: Well, it isn't in the current budget, as I just outlined earlier on. And the reason for that is exactly what you've said - it's moving from being a pilot to something that is being mainstreamed, and in a way that responds to the review of it. So, we are discussing what that response will be at the moment. But I hope and expect that that will lead to reallocation of the budget into the delivery of these in a way that responds to the recommendations in the review.
Welsh: So, dyw e ddim yn y gyllideb bresennol, fel y gwnes i sôn jest yn fras yn gynharach. Ond y rheswm am hynny yw beth rydych chi wedi ei ddweud, a dweud y gwir - mae'n symud o fod yn beilot i fod yn rhywbeth sy'n mynd i gael ei brif-ffrydio, ac mewn ffordd sy'n ymateb i'r adolygiad ohono fe. Felly, rŷn ni'n trafod beth yw'r ymateb hwnnw ar hyn o bryd. Ond rwy'n gobeithio, ac yn disgwyl, a dweud y gwir, y bydd hynny'n arwain at ail-ddyrannu ar y gyllideb i mewn i'r gyllideb hon, i allu delifro'r rheini mewn ffordd sy'n ymateb i'r argymhellion yn yr adolygiad.
English: And hope that that provision will be expanded?
Welsh: Ac yn gobeithio y bydd e'n cael ei ehangu?
English: Yes, certainly.
Welsh: Ie, yn sicr.
English: Thank you. And finally, can you confirm how funding for the international learning exchange programme in 2022-23, and future years, compares to the current budget?
Welsh: Ocê. Diolch. Ac yn olaf, allwch chi gadarnhau sut mae cyllid ar gyfer y rhaglen gyfnewid ryngwladol ar gyfer dysgu yn 2022-23, a'r blynyddoedd i ddod, yn cymharu â'r gyllideb bresennol?
English: Well, the profile is exactly as we expected. So, in the first year, 2020-21, we contributed £6.5 million for initial staffing and so on. And the second year, this current financial year, is where that front-loading is taking place. So, around £26 million has been spent this year, because that's where the investment is required. And then, every year now, over the rest of this term, £6.5 million will be invested from my budget to ensure delivery of that. So, it's a plan that extends over the term, at £65 million, and the profile of expenditure remains the same.
Welsh: Mae'r proffil yn union beth roeddwn i'n ei ddisgwyl. Felly, yn y flwyddyn gyntaf, 2020-21, fe wnaethon ni gyfrannu £6.5 miliwn ar gyfer staffio cychwynnol ac ati. Yr ail flwyddyn, hynny yw, y flwyddyn ariannol hon, yw'r un lle mae'r front-loading yn digwydd. Felly, mae rhyw £26 miliwn wedi cael ei wario yn y flwyddyn hon, oherwydd dyna lle mae'r buddsoddiad. Ac wedyn, ymhob blwyddyn nawr, am weddill y tymor hwn, bydd £6.5 miliwn yn cael ei ddyrannu o fy nghyllideb i, i sicrhau ein bod ni'n delifro hwnnw. Felly, mae'r cynllun yn dal yn gynllun dros y tymor, yn £65 miliwn, ac mae'r proffil gwariant yr un peth.
English: A very good morning to you all and welcome to the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee at the Senedd. This is our first meeting after the Christmas recess. So, happy new year to you all. Welcome to Members and we have received apologies from Joyce Watson, who's unable to be with us this morning. Carolyn Thomas will be substituting, so a very warm welcome to Carolyn, who is joining us this morning. This is a bilingual meeting, of course. Simultaneous interpretation is available. May I remind participants that you don't need to control your own microphones? That will be done remotely. And at the beginning of the meeting, may I ask whether there are any decelerations of interest? There are none.
Welsh: Bore da ichi i gyd a chroeso i Bwyllgor Newid Hinsawdd, yr Amgylchedd a Seilwaith Senedd Cymru. Y cyfarfod cyntaf, wrth gwrs, inni ei gynnal ar ôl toriad y Nadolig. Felly, blwyddyn newydd dda ichi i gyd. Croeso i'r Aelodau i'r cyfarfod ac rŷn ni wedi derbyn ymddiheuriadau gan Joyce Watson, sy'n methu bod gyda ni y bore yma, ond mae Carolyn Thomas yn dirprwyo ar ei rhan, felly croeso cynnes i Carolyn, sy'n ymuno â ni y bore yma. Mae hwn yn gyfarfod dwyieithog, wrth gwrs. Mae yna wasanaeth cyfieithu ar y pryd ar gael. Gaf i atgoffa cyfranwyr hefyd bod dim angen ichi reoli eich meicroffonau? Mi fydd hynny'n cael ei wneud gan y technegwyr ar eich rhan chi. Ac ar gychwyn y cyfarfod, gaf i ofyn os oes gan unrhyw un unrhyw fuddiannau i'w datgan? Nac oes. Iawn, diolch yn fawr.
English: Of course. Thank you very much for that. You will be aware that we as a committee have previously decided that if I do lose connection, then Delyth Jewell will step into the breach and take the chair whilst I seek to reconnect. There we are.
Welsh: Wrth gwrs. Ocê. Diolch yn fawr iawn ichi am hynny. Fe fyddwch chi'n ymwybodol ein bod ni fel pwyllgor yn flaenorol wedi penderfynu petawn i'n colli cysylltiad â'r cyfarfod, mi fyddai Delyth Jewell yn dod i'r adwy i gadeirio tan fy mod i mewn sefyllfa i ailgysylltu. A dyna ni, felly.