English: I have to say that I don't share the optimism of the previous speaker about the safeguards that are in place in the Bill. I believe that, fundamentally, people should be able to express a choice about the provision that they want to attend in their locality. I think that learners should have every opportunity to enjoy a breadth of provision, whether they want to undertake their extra post-16 learning in an FEI, a further education institution or college, or whether they want to attend a local sixth form. But the reality is that those choices aren't there in all parts of the country, and we've seen an erosion of that choice over the years. One other aspect of the erosion of that choice is the lack of availability of not just Welsh-medium post-16 education in some parts of Wales, but also faith-based education in some parts of Wales too; the Catholic Education Service, the Church in Wales, want to be able to offer more opportunities for post-16 learners to learn in an environment where there is a faith characteristic, and that is not an opportunity that I see being actively promoted in this Bill, and in fact I think that those sorts of opportunities, where they are available, are potentially threatened, and I don't see the protections in place from the Minister's amendments that have been suggested. So, that's why I'm speaking in support of the amendments that have been tabled by Laura Anne Jones. I think it's really important that we've got to get these safeguards in place so that learner choice is something that is critical, going forward, and not something that is pushed to the sideline.
Welsh: Mae'n rhaid i mi ddweud nad wyf i'n rhannu optimistiaeth y siaradwr blaenorol am y mesurau diogelu sydd ar waith yn y Bil. Rwyf i'n credu, yn y bôn, y dylai pobl gael mynegi dewis ynglŷn â'r ddarpariaeth y maen nhw'n dymuno ei mynychu yn eu hardal nhw. Rwy'n credu y dylai dysgwyr gael pob cyfle i fwynhau ystod eang o ddarpariaeth, p'un a ydyn nhw'n dymuno ymgymryd â'u dysgu ôl-16 ychwanegol mewn sefydliad addysg bellach neu goleg, neu'n dymuno mynychu chweched dosbarth lleol. Ond y realiti yw nad yw'r dewisiadau hynny ar gael ym mhob rhan o'r wlad, ac rydym ni wedi gweld erydiad y dewis hwnnw dros y blynyddoedd. Un agwedd arall ar erydu'r dewis hwnnw yw'r diffyg dewis sydd ar gael, nid yn unig o ran addysg ôl-16 cyfrwng Cymraeg mewn rhai rhannau o Gymru, ond hefyd addysg mewn ysgolion ffydd mewn rhai rhannau o Gymru hefyd; mae'r Gwasanaeth Addysg Gatholig, yr Eglwys yng Nghymru, yn dymuno gallu cynnig mwy o gyfleoedd i ddysgwyr ôl-16 ddysgu mewn amgylchedd lle mae nodwedd ffydd, ac nid yw hynny'n gyfle yr wyf i'n gweld yn cael ei hyrwyddo'n weithredol yn y Bil hwn, ac mewn gwirionedd rwy'n credu bod y mathau hynny o gyfleoedd, lle maen nhw ar gael, o dan fygythiad o bosibl, ac nid wyf yn gweld yr amddiffyniadau sydd ar waith o'r gwelliannau sydd wedi eu hawgrymu gan y Gweinidog. Felly, dyna pam yr wyf i'n siarad o blaid y gwelliannau sydd wedi eu cyflwyno gan Laura Anne Jones. Rwy'n credu ei bod yn bwysig iawn bod yn rhaid i ni roi'r mesurau diogelu hyn ar waith fel bod dewis dysgwyr yn rhywbeth sy'n hollbwysig, wrth symud ymlaen, ac nid yn rhywbeth sy'n cael ei wthio i'r ymylon.