English: Well, thank you for the question. As you know, there's a legal requirement under the learner travel Measure to provide transport based on a threshold of three miles, and I appreciate the point made by Luke Fletcher that that is sometimes too far for many children. I myself walked with children from Ysgol y Gwendraeth from Tumble to their school before the lockdown, a three-mile journey. They kindly asked me to carry their music bags, and, by the time I got to the school, my back was pretty tired, I must say. So, I'm sympathetic to the argument. You rightly point out that there are discretionary powers for local authorities to alter that, and Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council, for example, provide transport over a two-mile threshold. Though it's possible to do it, there clearly needs to be funding to do it. School transport accounts for something like a £100 million annual bill; it's one of the biggest items of spending by local authorities next to social services, and the funding simply hasn't been there. And given the cuts we're facing, it's going to get even more difficult to sustain the services they already provide. I think that's something we need to soberly consider: the reality of spending cuts of the order of 15 per cent mean that the basic services we've come to take for granted may not be sustainable. We have set out a review, as Luke Fletcher mentioned, into the learner travel Measure. We've done the first part of that, and we're now in the second part of that, and we'll be consulting with stakeholders to look at the detail of the very complex arrangements that may need to change and will need legislation. I'm also quite keen to bind this into the broader bus system. So, instead of putting just £100 million into school transport and then a separate amount of money into bus services that may not, therefore, exist, we need to bring that together. I had a very exciting conversation with the new administration in Monmouthshire last week who are looking to see if they can look across the services and bring those together. It's not straightforward; there are things that need to be worked through, but I think it's a far more strategic approach. So, as I mentioned to Hefin David earlier, as we look at the density of the bus networks we're going to need, we need to include school transport as well as broader public transport in one look. The other thing I'd say is we want also to make active travel more of an option for more young people. Three miles, for example, is a journey that most people could cycle in around 20 minutes or so, if there are suitable and safe facilities, and what we want through the Active Travel (Wales) Act 2013 is for local authorities to put those facilities in place, so not to focus on leisure routes, but to focus on how do we get people from where they live to where they go to school. So, for a number of pupils, that could be a viable option - not for everybody, but for more than currently. I did meet recently, with Sarah Murphy, with the cabinet member from Bridgend, Councillor Jon-Paul Blundell, and Councillor John Spanswick to consider this item and the pressures in particular Bridgend are under, and the work that's going on to try to see what can be done. But I do fear that all the good work we're putting in place and all the aspirations we have could be washed away by the austerity that's about to hit us.
Welsh: Wel, diolch am y cwestiwn. Fel y gwyddoch, mae gofyniad cyfreithiol o dan y Mesur teithio gan ddysgwyr i ddarparu trafnidiaeth yn seiliedig ar drothwy o dair milltir, ac rwy'n deall y pwynt a wnaeth Luke Fletcher fod hynny weithiau'n rhy bell i lawer o blant. Bûm yn cerdded gyda phlant Ysgol y Gwendraeth o'r Tymbl i'w hysgol cyn y cyfyngiadau symud, taith o dair milltir. Fe wnaethant ofyn yn garedig i mi gario eu bagiau cerddoriaeth, ac erbyn imi gyrraedd yr ysgol, roedd fy nghefn yn eithaf blinedig, rhaid i mi ddweud. Felly, rwy'n cydymdeimlo â'r ddadl. Rydych yn nodi'n gywir fod gan awdurdodau lleol bwerau disgresiwn i newid hynny, ac mae Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Rhondda Cynon Taf, er enghraifft, yn darparu trafnidiaeth dros drothwy o ddwy filltir. Er ei bod yn bosibl ei wneud, mae'n amlwg fod angen cyllid i'w wneud. Mae'r bil blynyddol am drafnidiaeth i'r ysgol yn £100 miliwn; mae'n un o'r eitemau mwyaf o wariant gan awdurdodau lleol ar wahân i wasanaethau cymdeithasol, ac nid yw'r cyllid wedi bod yno. Ac o ystyried y toriadau a wynebwn, bydd yn anos byth cynnal y gwasanaethau y maent yn eu darparu eisoes. Rwy'n credu bod hwnnw'n rhywbeth y mae angen inni ei ystyried yn ofalus: mae realiti toriadau gwariant o tua 15 y cant yn golygu efallai na fydd y gwasanaethau sylfaenol yr ydym wedi dod i'w cymryd yn ganiataol yn gynaliadwy. Rydym wedi cynnal adolygiad, fel y soniodd Luke Fletcher, i'r Mesur teithio gan ddysgwyr. Rydym wedi cwblhau'r rhan gyntaf ohono, ac rydym bellach yn yr ail ran, a byddwn yn ymgynghori â rhanddeiliaid i edrych ar fanylion y trefniadau cymhleth iawn y gallai fod angen eu newid ac y bydd angen deddfwriaeth ar eu cyfer. Rwyf hefyd yn eithaf awyddus i gysylltu hyn â'r system fysiau ehangach. Felly, yn hytrach na rhoi £100 miliwn tuag at drafnidiaeth ysgol a swm o arian ar wahân wedyn i wasanaethau bws nad ydynt yn bodoli o bosibl, mae angen inni ddod â'r ddau beth ynghyd. Yr wythnos diwethaf, cefais sgwrs gyffrous iawn gyda'r weinyddiaeth newydd yn sir Fynwy sy'n ceisio gweld a allant edrych ar draws y gwasanaethau a dod â'r rheini at ei gilydd. Nid yw'n syml; mae yna bethau y mae angen gweithio drwyddynt, ond rwy'n credu ei fod yn ddull llawer mwy strategol o weithredu. Felly, fel y soniais wrth Hefin David yn gynharach, wrth inni edrych ar ddwysedd y rhwydweithiau bysiau y byddwn eu hangen, mae angen inni gynnwys trafnidiaeth ysgol yn ogystal â thrafnidiaeth gyhoeddus ehangach gyda'i gilydd. Y peth arall y byddwn yn ei ddweud yw ein bod ni hefyd eisiau sicrhau bod teithio llesol yn fwy o opsiwn i fwy o bobl ifanc. Mae tair milltir, er enghraifft, yn daith y gallai'r rhan fwyaf o bobl ei seiclo mewn tua 20 munud, os oes cyfleusterau addas a diogel, a'r hyn yr ydym ei eisiau drwy Ddeddf Teithio Llesol (Cymru) 2013 yw i awdurdodau lleol roi'r cyfleusterau hynny ar waith, felly nid canolbwyntio ar lwybrau hamdden, ond canolbwyntio ar sut y mae cael pobl o lle maent yn byw i lle maent yn mynd i'r ysgol. Felly, i nifer o ddisgyblion, gallai hwnnw fod yn opsiwn ymarferol - nid i bawb, ond i fwy nag ar hyn o bryd. Yn ddiweddar, gyda Sarah Murphy, cyfarfûm â'r aelod cabinet o Ben-y-bont ar Ogwr, y Cynghorydd Jon-Paul Blundell, a'r Cynghorydd John Spanswick i ystyried yr eitem hon a'r pwysau sy'n wynebu Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr yn enwedig, a'r gwaith sy'n digwydd i geisio gweld beth y gellir ei wneud. Ond rwy'n ofni y gallai'r holl waith da a wnawn a'r holl ddyheadau sydd gennym gael eu golchi ymaith gan y cyni sydd ar fin ein taro.