English: Thank you very much, Llywydd. It's important for us in Wales that we have the ability to use the language of our choice in our everyday interactions with public services. Not only is it a basic right, but it's crucial to building our sense of self and community. The Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011 was an important milestone in the history of our language. The Measure, for the first time, declared the official status of the Welsh language here in Wales. It also clarified the expectations for the provision of Welsh language services for speakers and service providers. So, our inquiry looked at the perceived successes and limitations of the Measure, and we asked whether it supports Welsh language promotion, which is an issue that we felt has not received the attention it deserves. We heard, as a committee, that the Measure is an improvement on the previous system of publishing language schemes. And we were told that moving from schemes to a standards regime has provided clarity and has established rights for Welsh speakers. The majority of witnesses told us this is a positive step for both the public and the bodies that serve them. However, there was some frustration about the complexity of the standards. In assessing whether to continue with the current system or to simplify aspects of the legislation, we recognised as a committee that the majority of the organisations currently implementing the standards have only been doing so for a year or two. The committee therefore agreed with the Welsh Language Commissioner in post at the time who told us, and I quote, that 'it's much too early to decide that the legislation needs to be amended wholesale' on this point. She said that there has already been a positive change on the ground in a number of county councils that had changed people's lives. So, as a committee, we want to see that being rooted and embedded in our communities before there is great change. Now, clearly the Welsh Government heard the weight of evidence being presented to the committee and responded by withdrawing their proposed Welsh language Bill in February. In terms of streamlining the standards, there are, however, a few issues that still need to be addressed in the absence of new legislation. We recommended that the current standards are streamlined, by combining ones with similar aims. The Welsh Government have accepted this recommendation and I would like to see more detail on the Minister's plans to consider how this can be done. I'm pleased that the Government has accepted our recommendation to speed up the introduction of standards for those sectors that are not already subject to the Measure. Again, I would like to ask the Minister to publish details and a timetable for this work. We want to see the next set of regulations for water companies and health regulators being introduced urgently. I am disappointed that the Government can't say more on this other than noting that the standards are being developed. They have already been delayed for far too long in our opinion as a committee. We need a firm date for their introduction. We also recommended revising the complaints procedure as the current process does not allow for complaints to be resolved without a full investigation. Amending the complaints framework was one of the proposals in the Welsh Government's withdrawn Bill, of course. So, in the absence of a new Bill, we are pleased to see that the commissioner has taken steps to alter the investigation procedure along the lines of our recommendation as a committee. But when the commissioner came to committee recently, there was a lack of detail about how that was going to be done, and I think that the public in Wales, who are perhaps going to put forward a complaint, need to know with certainty what is going to happen and who they are complaining to. So, I would urge the commissioner and the Government to collaborate on that. One issue that I believe hasn't received the attention it deserves is the promotion of the Welsh language. That hasn't received much attention: how we promote the language. When the Welsh Language Board was abolished, the responsibility for promoting the language was transferred to the Welsh Government, and a great deal has been done. We have to acknowledge that. But many people have said to us that we need to establish a new arm's-length body to promote the language. But, bearing in mind the consideration we gave to it as a committee and certainly in terms of the resources available, we felt that perhaps it would be better to see how we can use what we already have, and how we can use those processes that we already have to do this. I understand that work on a memorandum of understanding between the Welsh Government and the commissioner has been started, and I would like to have more information about how that is going to work. For example, is the commissioner going to receive additional resources to do that promotion work, which might perhaps add to their remit? Or will they be expected to do the same thing with the same amount of budget? I would be interested in knowing what your opinion is on that. I would also like to know a little bit more about the status of the Welsh language unit in the Government. The Government announced a new delivery unit called Project 2050, and even though we welcome that, it is crucial for it to have the necessary resources and expertise to succeed. If it's going to look at the Welsh language across everything that happens in Government, it's very important that that unit is supported. So, I certainly believe that this work has been very useful for us to look back at the Measure, which was put forward in 2014. A great deal has changed since then, and a lot of opportunities have been given to organisations to change what they are doing, and there's been a great deal of culture change. That was what I was pleased to hear. Even in those areas perhaps that we would believe would be traditionally English-speaking areas, they have made more of an effort to change what happens in terms of their processes. What perhaps we need to improve still is the use of the language and how people can develop their confidence to think that that is part of their everyday lives. It's not just a challenge for the Measure, but a challenge for us all in terms of strategies and how we do our everyday work, and how we promote the language as Assembly Members. So, I would urge people to get involved in this debate and to realise how important this element of our work is as Members.
Welsh: Diolch yn fawr iawn, Llywydd. Wel, mae'n bwysig inni yma yng Nghymru fod gennym y gallu i ddefnyddio ein dewis iaith wrth ymgysylltu bob dydd â gwasanaethau cyhoeddus. Nid yn unig yw hon yn hawl sylfaenol, mae'n hanfodol o ran meithrin ein hymdeimlad o hunaniaeth a chymuned. Roedd Mesur y Gymraeg (Cymru) 2011, felly, yn garreg filltir bwysig yn hanes ein hiaith. Cyhoeddodd y Mesur, am y tro cyntaf, statws swyddogol i'r iaith Gymraeg yng Nghymru. Roedd hefyd yn egluro'r disgwyliadau o ran y ddarpariaeth o wasanaethau Cymraeg o safbwynt siaradwyr Cymraeg a darparwyr gwasanaethau. Felly, edrychon ni, fel rhan o'r ymchwiliad, ar lwyddiannau a chyfyngiadau'r Mesur, a gofynnon ni a yw'r Mesur yn cefnogi'r broses o hybu'r Gymraeg, sy'n fater nad yw wedi cael cymaint o sylw yn ein barn ni fel pwyllgor. Felly, gwnaethon ni glywed fel pwyllgor fod y Mesur yn welliant ar y system flaenorol o gyhoeddi cynlluniau iaith. Dywedwyd wrthym fod symud o'r drefn gynlluniau i'r drefn safonau wedi rhoi eglurder a hawliau i siaradwyr Cymraeg. Dywedodd y mwyafrif o dystion fod hwn yn gam cadarnhaol i'r cyhoedd ac i'r cyrff sy'n ein gwasanaethu. Fodd bynnag, roedd peth rhwystredigaeth ynghylch cymhlethdod y drefn safonau. Wrth asesu a ddylid parhau â'r system gyfredol neu symleiddio agweddau ar y ddeddfwriaeth, gwnaethom gydnabod fel pwyllgor fod mwyafrif y sefydliadau sy'n gweithredu'r safonau ar hyn o bryd wedi bod yn gwneud hynny dim ond ers blwyddyn neu ddwy. Cytunodd y pwyllgor, felly, â Chomisiynydd y Gymraeg ar y pryd, a ddywedodd wrthym ni, a dwi'n dyfynnu, ei bod yn 'lot rhy gynnar i benderfynu bod angen newid y ddeddfwriaeth yn llwyr' ar y pwynt yma. Dywedodd y bu newid cadarnhaol ar lawr gwlad mewn nifer o gynghorau sir a oedd wedi gweld y newidiadau yn newid bywydau pobl, ac felly dŷn ni fel pwyllgor eisiau gweld hynny yn cael ei ymwreiddio yn ein cymunedau cyn bod yna newid mawr ar droed. Yn amlwg, clywodd Llywodraeth Cymru y dystiolaeth gref a gafodd ei chyflwyno i'r pwyllgor ar hyn ac ymatebodd Llywodraeth Cymru drwy dynnu ei Bil yn ôl ar y Gymraeg ym mis Chwefror. O ran symleiddio'r safonau, serch hynny, mae'n fater amlwg bod angen inni fynd i'r afael ag ef yn absenoldeb deddfwriaeth newydd. Gwnaethom argymell symleiddio'r drefn safonau, a hynny drwy gyfuno safonau sydd ag amcanion tebyg. Mae Llywodraeth Cymru wedi derbyn yr argymhelliad hwn, a hoffwn weld rhagor o fanylion ynghylch cynlluniau'r Gweinidog i ystyried sut y gellir gwneud y broses yma. Dwi'n falch bod y Llywodraeth wedi derbyn ein hargymhelliad i gyflymu'r broses o gyflwyno safonau ar gyfer y sectorau hynny nad ydynt eisoes yn ddarostyngedig i'r Mesur. Unwaith eto, hoffwn ofyn i'r Gweinidog gyhoeddi manylion ac amserlen ar gyfer y gwaith hwn. Rydym am weld y gyfres nesaf o reoliadau ar gyfer cwmnïau dŵr a rheoleiddwyr iechyd yn cael eu cyflwyno ar frys. Dwi'n siomedig na all y Llywodraeth ddweud mwy am hyn ac eithrio nodi'r ffaith bod safonau'n cael eu datblygu. Maent eisoes wedi cael eu gohirio am gyfnod sy'n llawer rhy hir yn ein tyb ni fel pwyllgor. Mae angen dyddiad pendant arnom ar gyfer cael eu cyflwyno. Gwnaethom hefyd argymell diwygio'r weithdrefn gwynion, gan nad yw'r broses gyfredol yn caniatáu i gwynion gael eu datrys heb ymchwiliad llawn. Roedd diwygio'r fframwaith cwynion yn un o'r cynigion ym Mesur Llywodraeth Cymru a gafodd ei dynnu yn ôl. Felly, yn absenoldeb Bil newydd o'r fath, dŷn ni'n falch o weld bod y comisiynydd wedi cymryd camau i newid y weithdrefn ymchwilio yn unol â beth dŷn ni wedi rhoi gerbron fel pwyllgor. Ond pan ddaeth Comisiynydd y Gymraeg at ein pwyllgor ni yn ddiweddar, roedd diffyg manylion am sut oedd hynny'n mynd i gael ei wneud, a dwi'n credu bod angen i gyhoedd Cymru, sydd efallai'n mynd i gwyno, wybod beth yn sicr sydd yn digwydd ac i bwy y maen nhw'n cwyno. Felly, byddwn yn erfyn ar y comisiynydd a'r Llywodraeth i weithio gyda'i gilydd ar hynny. Un mater dwi'n credu sydd o bwys inni orffen arno yma heddiw yw hyrwyddo'r iaith. Dyw hynny ddim wedi cael cymaint o sylw: sut rŷm ni'n hybu'r iaith. Ar ôl i Fwrdd yr Iaith Gymraeg gael ei ddiddymu, wrth gwrs, rŷm ni'n gwybod bod lot o'r gwaith hwnnw wedi cael ei drosglwyddo i Lywodraeth Cymru, ac mae yna lot wedi cael ei wneud. Mae'n rhaid inni gydnabod hynny. Ond, mae nifer o bobl wedi dod atom yn dweud y dylem sefydlu corff newydd, hyd-braich i hyrwyddo'r iaith. Ond, o ystyried y pwyso a mesur a wnaed gennym ni fel pwyllgor, yn sicr, o ran adnoddau, roeddem yn meddwl efallai ei bod yn haws inni weld sut yr oeddem yn gallu defnyddio'r hyn sydd gyda ni yn awr, a sut rŷm ni'n gallu defnyddio'r prosesau sydd o fewn ein gallu. Dwi'n deall bod memorandwm o gyd-ddealltwriaeth wedi'i gychwyn gyda Llywodraeth Cymru a Chomisiynydd y Gymraeg. Ac eto, hoffwn gael mwy o wybodaeth ynglŷn â sut y mae hynny'n mynd i weithio. A yw'r comisiynydd, er enghraifft, yn mynd i gael mwy o arian i allu ymdrin â'r gwaith hyrwyddo sydd efallai'n mynd i adio at ei gylch gwaith? Neu, a oes disgwyl iddyn nhw wneud yr un peth gyda'r un gyllideb? Byddai gen i ddiddordeb mewn gwybod beth yw'r farn ar hynny. Hefyd, hoffwn i wybod tamaid bach mwy ynglŷn â statws uned iaith Gymraeg Llywodraeth Cymru. Cyhoeddodd y Llywodraeth uned gyflawni newydd o'r enw Prosiect 2050, ac er ein bod yn croesawu hyn, mae'n hanfodol i'r uned yma gael yr adnoddau a'r arbenigedd sydd eu hangen arno i lwyddo. Os yw'n mynd i edrych ar yr iaith Gymraeg ar hyd a lled beth sydd yn digwydd yn y Llywodraeth, mae'n bwysig iawn fod yr uned honno'n cael ei chefnogi. Felly, dwi'n sicr yn ystyried bod y darn o waith yma wedi bod yn ddefnyddiol iawn inni i edrych yn ôl ar y Mesur a oedd wedi cael ei gyflwyno yn 2014. Mae lot wedi newid ers hynny, ac mae lot o gyfleoedd hefyd wedi cael eu rhoi i sefydliadau i newid yr hyn y maen nhw'n ei wneud, a lot o newid diwylliant. Dyna beth yr oeddem yn bles i glywed. Hyd yn oed mewn ardaloedd efallai ein bod ni'n meddwl sy'n ardaloedd cyfrwng Saesneg fel arfer, maen nhw wedi gwneud mwy o ymdrech i newid yr hyn sydd yn digwydd o ran eu prosesau. Beth efallai sydd angen gwella o hyd yw defnydd a sut y mae pobl yn cael yr hyder i feddwl bod hynny yn rhan o'u bywydau bob dydd. Mae hynny nid yn unig yn sialens i'r Mesur, ond yn sialens inni oll mewn strategaethau, mewn sut rŷm ni'n gwneud ein gwaith bob dydd, a sut rŷm ni'n hybu'r iaith fel Aelodau Cynulliad. Felly, byddwn yn ennyn pobl i ymwneud â'r drafodaeth yma ac i barhau i sylweddoli pa mor bwysig yw'r elfen hon o'n gwaith ni fel Aelodau.