English: Could I thank Rhianon for her welcome of the initiative? I think if you look at the statistics about where we have particularly large class sizes in the infants sector in Wales, in constituencies such as yours, but also here in the capital, we have some of the highest proportion of young children being taught in classes over the size of 30. The international evidence, and one of the studies that took place in Ontario, and the university in Ontario, recognised that this policy, alongside other policies, was particularly beneficial to more deprived children. We have to recognise that children coming into our education system do not all have the same advantages. Therefore, I believe there is a legitimate role for Government in its education system to try and address the differences, and to address that disadvantage. I think that is a legitimate role of the state, and, as a liberal who doesn't like too much intervention of the state in things, for me, this is one legitimate role of intervention of the state to try and redress that balance for those children. Because sometimes, through no fault of their own, those children have got nobody else to fight for them, and that's our job here. Now, there is a balance to be struck between making funds available but also making sure that they're used for the correct resources. We will try and get the money out to the front end as quickly as possible via, as I said, working with our local authority partners and our regional consortia. If they find that the current process that we have in place for the first round is too bureaucratic, then I'm always willing to look to refine that as we take the grant forward. So, if there are concerns about the level of bureaucracy associated with the grant, then I'm always very happy to look at that, but there's a balance to be struck between satisfying yourself that it's being used for the proper purposes and making sure we have the evidence to carry the policy forward. Because we'll be looking for outcomes and differences that this investment is making, because we constantly have to test ourselves that the decisions we're making are leading to outcomes that we would want. So, we need to evaluate our own performance in making these policy decisions. To answer Llyr Griffiths's question about capital, there is a split between revenue and capital, because I recognise very much what Llyr said, that sometimes there is an issue around sheer space that causes problems. What I'm particularly interested in doing is looking at that in the context of the childcare offer as well. We know the childcare offer will be rolled out in the years to come, and there is a great opportunity to have synergy here between our foundation phase offer as well as our childcare offer. If we can do that on the same site, that's also got to be beneficial for parents as well if they can access all the interventions and support for their children in one particular area.
Welsh: A gaf i ddiolch i Rhiannon am iddi groesawu'r fenter? Rwy'n credu os edrychwch chi ar yr ystadegau yn ymwneud â lle mae gennym ni feintiau dosbarth arbennig o fawr yn y sector babanod yng Nghymru, mewn etholaethau fel eich un chi, ond hefyd yma yn y brifddinas, mae gennym rai o'r cyfrannau uchaf o blant ifanc sy'n cael eu haddysgu mewn dosbarthiadau sydd dros 30. Roedd y dystiolaeth ryngwladol, ac un o'r astudiaethau a gynhaliwyd yn Ontario, a'r brifysgol yn Ontario, yn cydnabod bod y polisi hwn, ochr yn ochr â pholisïau eraill, yn arbennig o fuddiol i blant mwy difreintiedig. Mae'n rhaid inni gydnabod nad oes gan y plant sy'n rhan o'r system addysg yr un manteision i gyd. Felly, rwy'n credu bod gan y Llywodraeth swyddogaeth ddilys yn ei system addysg i geisio mynd i'r afael â'r gwahaniaethau, a mynd i'r afael â'r anfantais honno. Rwy'n credu mai swyddogaeth ddilys y wladwriaeth yw honno, ac, fel rhyddfrydwr nad yw'n hoffi'r wladwriaeth yn ymyrryd gormod mewn pethau, i mi, mae hon yn swyddogaeth ddilys o ymyrraeth y wladwriaeth i geisio unioni'r cydbwysedd ar gyfer y plant hynny. Oherwydd weithiau, heb fod unrhyw fai arnyn nhw eu hunain, nid oes gan y plant hynny unrhyw un arall i frwydro drostyn nhw, a dyna yw ein gwaith ni yma. Nawr, mae angen sicrhau cydbwysedd rhwng sicrhau bod arian ar gael, ond hefyd i wneud yn siŵr ei fod yn cael ei ddefnyddio ar gyfer yr adnoddau cywir. Byddwn yn ceisio sicrhau bod yr arian ar gael cyn gynted ag y bo modd drwy, fel y dywedais, weithio gyda phartneriaid ein hawdurdodau lleol a'n consortia rhanbarthol. Os ydyn nhw'n canfod bod y broses bresennol sydd gennym ar waith ar gyfer y rownd gyntaf yn rhy fiwrocrataidd, yna rwyf bob amser yn barod i ystyried mireinio hynny wrth inni fynd â'r grant yn ei flaen. Felly, os oes pryderon am lefel y fiwrocratiaeth sy'n gysylltiedig â'r grant, yna rwyf bob amser yn hapus iawn i ystyried hynny. Ond mae'n rhaid sicrhau cydbwysedd rhwng bodloni eich hun ei fod yn cael ei ddefnyddio at y dibenion priodol, a sicrhau bod ganddom ni'r dystiolaeth i fwrw ymlaen â'r polisi. Oherwydd byddwn yn chwilio am ganlyniadau a gwahaniaethau y bydd y buddsoddiad hwn yn eu gwneud, ac mae'n rhaid i ni brofi ein hunain yn gyson fod y penderfyniadau yr ydym yn eu gwneud yn arwain at ganlyniadau y byddem yn dymuno eu gweld. Felly, mae angen i ni werthuso ein perfformiad ein hunain wrth wneud y penderfyniadau polisi hyn. I ateb cwestiwn Llyr Griffiths am gyfalaf, ceir rhaniad rhwng refeniw a chyfalaf, oherwydd rwy'n cydnabod yn fawr iawn yr hyn a ddywedodd Llyr, y ceir problem o bryd i'w gilydd o ran gofod sy'n achosi trafferthion. Yr hyn y mae gennyf i ddiddordeb arbennig i'w wneud yw ystyried hynny yng nghyd-destun y cynnig gofal plant hefyd. Gwyddom y bydd y cynnig gofal plant yn cael ei gyflwyno yn y blynyddoedd sydd i ddod, ac mae cyfle gwych i sicrhau synergedd yma rhwng ein cynnig cyfnod sylfaen yn ogystal â'n cynnig gofal plant. Os gallwn wneud hynny ar yr un safle, mae'n rhaid i hynny fod o fudd i rieni hefyd os gallan nhw gael gafael ar yr holl ymyriadau a chymorth ar gyfer eu plant mewn un ardal benodol.