English: I thank the First Minister for that reply, which of course I understand. This is the opposite to the situation that we faced in Llangennech, where there's parental opposition to the changing of the status of the school to a Welsh-medium school. There's a feeling in the locality in Brecon that this proposal for closure has become a bit of a self-fulfilling prophecy because the council has, for many years, had a proposal to close down, and they've provided free transport to alternative schools for parents, so it's not surprising that parents who want to have their children taught through the medium of Welsh are now exploring other opportunities with the result that the school rolls have been falling to unsustainable levels. I hope the First Minister will agree that I try to be on this, if on no other issue, non-partisan and helpful, so what I would like to ask the First Minister is: in addition to the acknowledged policy, which I think is the correct one, of the Minister for Lifelong Learning in relation to the situation in Llangennech - of persuasion and cajoling, bringing parents with us and going with the grain - is it not the case that where parents want to have their children taught through the medium of Welsh, you ought to make it as easy as possible for them? Therefore, requiring children to go on a bus journey of over an hour in each direction each day is not likely to bring more parents into the net of wanting to have their children taught through the medium of Welsh. So I'm wondering what, without, perhaps, commenting on this individual case, the First Minister can do to make it easier for parents in the situation that we find in Brecon to have their wishes satisfied.
Welsh: Diolchaf i'r Prif Weinidog am yr ateb yna, ac rwyf yn ei ddeall, wrth gwrs. Mae hyn i'r gwrthwyneb o'r sefyllfa a wynebwyd gennym ni yn Llangennech, lle ceir gwrthwynebiad gan rieni i newid statws yr ysgol i ysgol cyfrwng Cymraeg. Ceir teimlad yn yr ardal leol yn Aberhonddu bod y cynnig hwn i gau wedi troi'n dipyn o broffwydoliaeth hunangyflawnol oherwydd bod y cyngor wedi, ers nifer o flynyddoedd, cael cynnig i gau'r ysgol, ac maen nhw wedi darparu cludiant am ddim i ysgolion eraill i rieni, felly nid yw'n syndod bod rhieni sydd eisiau i'w plant gael eu haddysgu trwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg yn edrych ar gyfleoedd eraill nawr, gyda'r canlyniad fod cofrestrau'r ysgol wedi bod yn gostwng i lefelau anghynaliadwy. Rwy'n gobeithio y bydd y Prif Weinidog yn cytuno fy mod i'n ceisio bod yn amhleidiol ac o gymorth ar y mater hwn, os nad ar unrhyw fater arall, felly yr hyn yr hoffwn ei ofyn i'r Prif Weinidog yw: yn ogystal â pholisi cydnabyddedig, y credaf sy'n gywir, y Gweinidog dros Addysg Gydol Oes o ran y sefyllfa yn Llangennech - o ddarbwyllo a pherswadio, gan ddod â rhieni gyda ni a mynd gyda'r graen - onid yw'n wir, lle mae rhieni yn dymuno i'w plant gael eu haddysgu trwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg, y dylech chi ei gwneud mor hawdd â phosibl iddyn nhw wneud hynny? Felly, nid yw ei gwneud yn ofynnol i blant fynd ar daith bws o dros awr ym mhob cyfeiriad bob dydd yn debygol o ddod â mwy o rieni i mewn i'r rhwyd o fod eisiau i'w plant gael eu haddysgu trwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg. Felly rwy'n meddwl tybed beth, heb, efallai, wneud sylwadau ar yr achos unigol hwn, y gall y Prif Weinidog ei wneud i'w gwneud yn haws i rieni yn y sefyllfa yr ydym ni'n ei gweld yn Aberhonddu i fodloni eu dymuniadau.