English: Thank you, Minister, for today's statement, the first, I assume, in a long series, because the lifespan of the strategy is very lengthy. I have to say, I do like the fundamental message that this strategy is to unite us rather than divide us, because we all know how the language has been used by various people over the past decades, and hopefully we will see an end to that. This is something of an experiment here, Minister. I've written my notes in English, and I'm translating them as I speak. I would like to start with the education workforce. This is important because we have seen a decline in the number of people teaching through the medium of Welsh recently. I note the sabbatical programme, and I appreciate, of course, the Mudiad Meithrin training programme which is also set out in the strategy itself. Perhaps it's too early to ask this question, but I would like to know, how the ideal of having a training programme provided by Mudiad Meithrin is going to work in non-Welsh placements during this current period, because we all look forward to generations of bilingual children who can speak English or Welsh without even thinking about it, but I'm still concerned about this current phase and how that training is going to be provided during this phase because it is important for very young children, particularly in that transition phase, to hear the language as part of their daily lives, even if the main language of the placement is not Welsh. So, if you could tell us something about your short-term commitment in that regard I would be very grateful. Also, in terms of the sabbatical scheme: that is going to work for those who have an opportunity to take advantage of it, but I'm still concerned about those who can't be released from their schools - or the workplace, if it applies there - in this current phase. How do people currently working in our schools who do want to take advantage of any opportunity to enhance their Welsh language skills - how can they benefit? Because I don't see that this is going to be easy. We all know of the problems with supply teaching, and the question extends to them too, of course. I agree 100 per cent that, post-16, we don't want to see young people losing those skills that children coming into the system will attain at an early age. We don't want to see the language going back to being just a social thing, or something that is lost entirely in that post-16 sector. So, can you tell us again, in detail, what's going to happen in the FE system, or in apprenticeships, in order to reinforce the value and the purpose of being bilingual? Because you have said at the opening and closing of your address that we are building one nation, but there are a number of ways to approach that and, in this current phase we still have this problem of people who have, perhaps, had a terrible experience of the language if they have come through the English medium sector. So, can you tell us what has been provided in looking at the Welsh language as a core communication skill and an integral part of the vocational courses, particularly in courses such as social care, child care and hospitality? These aren't new questions, I know that, but I would like to know if there hasn't been any progress. I would like to hear about that. Will we hear more of that as we proceed with the strategy? As I said, I would like to hear more about the workplace. When you talk about creating favourable conditions so that people can choose to use the Welsh language, not only that they have those skills, but they can choose to use them, well, there's a question in terms of standards. They do have a role in the workplace, but, for me, there is a way of creating supply rather than generating demand, and this strategy can only succeed if it actually creates that demand. I have just mentioned the poor experience of people coming through the English medium sector, and, of course, I am looking here on the new generation of bilingual people. If this works well, they will get to the workplace, but those in the higher positions will have come through a different education system and they have come through with attitudes that aren't, perhaps, positive towards the language. I would like to hear how the strategy is going to avoid a situation where we have people who enter the workplace being fully bilingual, but then they come across people who are perhaps older than them and have very different attitudes towards the language, and perhaps don't appreciate the skills that they have developed from the very early stages, if this strategy works well. I would just like to know if there are ways and means of avoiding any culture clashes here. So, could you tell us how you're going to monitor the success of the Welsh for adults centres that we currently have? I know it's very early days, but how can we learn lessons from that experience in order to ensure that people can enter the workplace without the tensions for either the employee or the employer, because there is still that disconnect between those starting in that system and those who have been through previous systems, and have taken those old attitudes with them into the workplace. Thank you very much.
Welsh: Diolch i chi, Weinidog, am y datganiad heddiw. Y datganiad cyntaf - ac mae'n siŵr y byddwn yn cael cymaint o'r rhain, achos mae hyd a bywyd y strategaeth yn hir iawn. Mae'n rhaid imi ddweud, rwy'n licio'r neges sylfaenol, sef bod y strategaeth yma i'n huno ni yn lle ein rhannu ni, achos rydym i gyd yn gwybod am sut mae'r iaith wedi cael ei defnyddio gan bobl wahanol dros y degawdau diwethaf, ac rydym i gyd yn gobeithio gweld diwedd hynny. Rwy'n gwneud tipyn bach o arbrawf yma heddiw, Weinidog. Rwyf wedi gwneud y nodiadau yn Saesneg, ond rwy'n trio eu troi nhw i'r Gymraeg fel rwy'n siarad. Fe hoffwn i ddechrau gyda'r gweithlu addysg. Mae hyn yn bwysig achos rydym wedi gweld cwymp yn nifer y bobl sydd yn dysgu trwy'r Gymraeg yn ddiweddar. Rydw i'n nodi'r cynllun sabothol, ac, wrth gwrs, rydw i'n gwerthfawrogi hefyd y cynllun hyfforddi gan y Mudiad Meithrin, sydd wedi cael ei nodi yn y strategaeth ei hunan. Hoffwn i wybod - efallai mae'n rhy gynnar i ofyn y cwestiwn yma - sut mae'r syniad o gael cynllun hyfforddi gan y Mudiad Meithrin yn mynd i weithio mewn lleoliadau di-Gymraeg yn y cyfnod presennol. Wrth gwrs, rydym ni i gyd yn edrych ymlaen at genedlaethau o blant ifanc, dwyieithog - plant ifanc sy'n siarad Cymraeg neu Saesneg heb feddwl am ba iaith maen nhw'n siarad. Ond rydw i'n dal yn becso am y cyfnod presennol a sut mae'r cynllun yn mynd i weithio yn ystod y cyfnod hwnnw. Achos mae'n bwysig i bobl ifanc, ifanc - yn arbennig yn y cyfnod pontio - weld neu glywed yr iaith fel rhan naturiol o'u bywydau nhw, hyd yn oed os nad yw'n brif iaith yn y lleoliad penodol hwnnw. Felly, os rydych chi'n gallu dweud rhywbeth ynglŷn â'r ymrwymiad yn ystod y tymor byr ynglŷn â hynny, buaswn yn ddiolchgar iawn. Hefyd, ynglŷn â'r cynllun sabothol: mae hynny wedi gweithio, rydw i'n gobeithio, i'r rhai sydd wedi cael y siawns i gymryd mantais o hynny, ond rydw i dal yn becso am y rhai sydd ddim yn gallu cael eu rhyddhau o'u hysgolion - neu'r gweithlu, os mae'n berthnasol i hynny - eto, yn y cyfnod presennol. Sut mae pobl sydd yn ein hysgolion sydd eisiau cymryd mantais o unrhyw gyfle i wella, i loywi eu Cymraeg - sut maen nhw'n gallu elwa o hynny? Achos nid ydw i'n gweld bod hwn yn mynd i fod yn hawdd. Rydym ni'n gwybod, i gyd, y problemau gydag athrawon cyflenwi. Mae'r cwestiwn, wrth gwrs, yn ehangu iddyn nhw hefyd. Rydw i'n cytuno 100 y cant nad ydym, ar ôl 16 mlwydd oed, eisiau colli'r sgiliau y mae'r bobl sydd yn dod i mewn i'r system fel plant ifanc nawr yn mynd i'w cael, gobeithio. Nid ydym ni eisiau gweld yr iaith yn mynd yn ôl i rywbeth cymdeithasol neu sy'n cael ei golli yn gyfan gwbl ar ôl 16 mlwydd oed. Felly, a ydy'n bosib i ddweud eto, yn fanwl, beth sy'n mynd i ddigwydd yn y system addysg bellach, neu ein prentisiaethau, i atgyfnerthu'r gwerth a'r pwrpas o fod yn ddwyieithog? Achos rydych chi wedi dweud ar ddechrau a diwedd eich araith am bwrpas bod yn un genedl ar hynny, ond mae yna nifer o ffyrdd mewn i hynny, a gyda'r cyfnod presennol, mae gyda ni dal y broblem o bobl sydd wedi cael, efallai, profiad gwarthus o'r iaith os ydyn nhw wedi dod lan drwy'r system Saesneg. Felly, a ydy'n bosibl i ddweud beth sydd wedi cael ei gyflenwi erbyn hyn, o edrych ar yr iaith Gymraeg fel sgil cyfathrebu hanfodol, fel rhan annatod o'r cyrsiau galwedigaethol, yn arbennig yn y sectorau fel gofal plant, gofal cymdeithasol, a lletygarwch? Nid cwestiynau newydd - rydw i'n gwybod hynny - ond hoffwn i wybod: a oes yna rhyw fath o gynnydd erbyn hyn? Hoffwn i wybod am hynny. A fyddwn ni'n clywed rhywbeth am hynny pan rydym ni'n symud ymlaen gyda'r strategaeth? Fel y dywedais i, hoffwn i wybod am y byd gwaith. Pan rydych chi'n sôn am greu amodau ffafriol i ddewis defnyddio'r Gymraeg, dim jest i gael y sgiliau, ond i'w defnyddio nhw, wrth gwrs, mae yna gwestiwn dros safonau. Mae gyda nhw le yn y gweithlu, ond, i fi, mae yna ffordd o greu cyflenwad yn lle creu galwad, a bydd y strategaeth hon ond yn llwyddiannus os mae'n creu galwad, yn fy marn i. Rydw i jest wedi dweud cwpwl o eiriau ar brofiad gwael pobl sydd wedi dod drwy'r system Saesneg, ac, wrth gwrs, rydym ni'n wynebu rhywbeth sydd yn digwydd yma: mae cenedlaethau newydd o bobl sydd yn ddwyieithog. Os mae hynny'n gweithio'n dda, maen nhw'n cyrraedd y gweithle, ond mae'r bobl sydd yn y swyddi uwch wedi dod trwy system wahanol ac maen nhw wedi dod trwy hynny gyda'u hagweddau sydd, efallai, ddim yn bositif ac sydd ddim yn awyddus, os cawn ni ddweud hynny, ynglŷn â'r Gymraeg. Hoffwn i glywed sut mae'r strategaeth yn mynd i osgoi sefyllfa lle rydym yn cael pobl sy'n dechrau yn y system gwaith yn ddwyieithog, ond maen nhw'n dod o hyd i bobl hŷn na nhw gydag agwedd hollol wahanol, ac efallai sydd ddim yn gwerthfawrogi'r sgiliau sydd gyda nhw maent wedi eu cael ers y crud, os yw'r strategaeth yn gweithio'n dda. Hoffwn i jest wybod a oes yna ffyrdd i osgoi unrhyw fath o wrthdaro diwylliant. Felly, a allech chi ddweud sut ydych chi'n mynd i fonitro a mesur llwyddiant y canolfannau Cymraeg i oedolion sydd gyda ni ar hyn o bryd? Rwy'n gwybod mai 'early days' yw hyn, ond sut ydym ni'n gallu dysgu rhywbeth o'r profiad hynny i fod yn siŵr ein bod ni'n trio dod i mewn i'r gweithle heb feichiau neu wrthdyniadau, os hoffech chi, i weithwyr neu gyflogwr, achos mae yna'n dal i fod 'disconnect' rhwng y rhai sy'n dechrau yn y system nawr a'r rhai sydd wedi bod drwyddo, ac efallai wedi cymryd yr hen agweddau gyda nhw. Diolch yn fawr.