English: Diolch, Llywydd. Just in opening, I think it is important to remind ourselves that this isn't something new; it's not arising as a result of the offer. It's not uncommon now - and I, as a parent - to receive education and childcare in different places and to make arrangements in terms of transport. The need to transport children is not something that arises in every setting, however, or in every part of Wales. But it is a feature of the services provided in some locations, and, in part, it's arisen as a result of the history of the sector and market pressure. Childcare providers are sometimes responding to what parents are asking for. It's important to remember that sometimes parents may want or need to use more than one provider for different parts of the offer or different parts of childcare. Think of parents who work, for example, late or early shifts, or even on weekends. So, it is important that we are committed to ensuring that there is still sufficient flexibility within both the sector and in the offer to accommodate their needs as well. But look, let me make it clear that I've said all along that I will take steps wherever I can to ensure that this offer is as seamless as possible - I repeat that today - for the benefit of parents and for children. Now, as I said during Stage 2, I don't think that placing a duty on the Welsh Ministers to minimise the impact of transporting children between providers on the face of the Bill is the way to tackle this issue. It often arises as a result of those local or specific family circumstances, which are outside the remit and the power of Government. But, at the request of Members, I've asked my officials to add research questions that cover specifically the issue of transportation to the independent evaluation of year 2, and I hope - . Janet, I can see you nodding there. I hope you'll welcome that. And I'll consider this again as part of the review of the national roll-out as well. The evaluation of year 2 of early implementation will include in-depth interviews and an online census survey of parents and providers, and we'll ask parents whether they have issues accessing the offer that relate to either transport or wraparound care, and we'll ask parents whether they perceive any transport or wraparound care their child receives to be having a positive or negative effect, and I would say - because I've visited a lot of these settings, some of them where they're co-located, some where they are moving between - and, for some of the parents, it is exactly what they want. So, we shouldn't be trying to stamp out diversity. But I think having more co-location provides a much more seamless offer. Now, providers in the survey will also be asked about demand for provision, including transport and wraparound care, any challenges they might have in providing this, and their perception of whether this has a positive or negative impact on the children in their care. Now, as I said, I fully appreciate this situation has arisen not out of the blue. It's been there for years. It's, in part, because of the way we historically approach education and childcare, and because, in some parts of Wales, early education can only be accessed in specific settings. Now, this is something that I and the Cabinet Secretary for Education have discussed and we're keen to address. So, we issued revised guidance to local authorities in September, making it clear that we want to see more flexibility in the delivery arrangements for early education. If we allow more childcare providers to offer this, this should increase the options for single-site provision, which is exactly, I think, what you're trying to achieve here, as I am. And, alongside this, in July, I announced a £60 million capital grant programme spread over the three years until 2021, and one of the primary purposes of this funding is to facilitate and support the co-location of early education and childcare provision wherever possible. This is in line with our 'Prosperity for All' commitment to introduce a new model of community learning centres, providing extended services with childcare, parenting support, family learning, community access to facilities built around the school day. It's where we're heading. And I'll be able to share more information with the committee about the outcome of that grant programme early in the new year. Through guidance, the sharing of good practice, and using the financial levers we have at our disposal with things like the capital fund, we're encouraging local authorities and providers to think innovatively about how they might be able to deliver the offer. There are many good models out there. In fact, I've offered to members of the committee to identify those for them and even to arrange for them to go out and see them. Now, in light of those comments that I've made to monitor the impact of transporting children as part of the evaluation of year 2, of a more strategic approach to reducing the need for transportation between settings, to greater co-location, more innovative solutions, we will not be supporting amendment 12, and I would ask other Members to do the same.
Welsh: Diolch, Lywydd. Wrth agor, credaf ei bod hi'n bwysig atgoffa ein hunain nad yw hyn yn rhywbeth newydd; nid yw'n codi o ganlyniad i'r cynnig. Nid yw'n anghyffredin bellach - ac rwyf fi'n ei wneud, fel rhiant - i gael addysg a gofal plant mewn gwahanol leoedd ac i wneud trefniadau o ran cludiant. Nid yw'r angen i gludo plant yn rhywbeth sy'n codi ym mhob lleoliad, fodd bynnag, neu ym mhob rhan o Gymru. Ond mae'n nodwedd o'r gwasanaethau a ddarperir mewn rhai lleoliadau, ac yn rhannol, mae'n codi o ganlyniad i hanes y sector a phwysau'r farchnad. Mae darparwyr gofal plant weithiau'n ymateb i'r hyn y mae rhieni'n gofyn amdano. Mae'n bwysig cofio efallai y bydd rhieni weithiau eisiau neu angen defnyddio mwy nag un darparwr ar gyfer gwahanol rannau o'r cynnig neu rannau gwahanol o ofal plant. Meddyliwch am rieni sy'n gweithio, er enghraifft, shifftiau hwyr neu gynnar, neu hyd yn oed ar benwythnosau. Felly, mae'n bwysig inni ymrwymo i sicrhau bod digon o hyblygrwydd yn y sector ac yn y cynnig i ddiwallu eu hanghenion hwythau hefyd. Ond edrychwch, gadewch imi ei gwneud yn glir fy mod wedi dweud ar hyd yr amser y byddaf yn rhoi camau ar waith lle bynnag y gallaf i sicrhau bod y cynnig hwn mor ddi-dor â phosibl - rwy'n dweud hynny eto heddiw - er budd rhieni a phlant. Nawr, fel y dywedais yn ystod Cyfnod 2, nid wyf yn meddwl mai gosod dyletswydd ar Weinidogion Cymru i leihau effaith cludo plant rhwng darparwyr ar wyneb y Bil yw'r ffordd i fynd i'r afael â'r mater hwn. Mae'n aml yn codi o ganlyniad i amgylchiadau teuluol penodol neu amgylchiadau lleol, sydd y tu allan i gylch gwaith a phŵer y Llywodraeth. Ond ar gais yr Aelodau, rwyf wedi gofyn i fy swyddogion ychwanegu cwestiynau ymchwil sy'n ymwneud yn benodol â chludiant at y gwerthusiad annibynnol o flwyddyn 2, ac rwy'n gobeithio - . Janet, gallaf eich gweld yn nodio eich pen. Rwy'n gobeithio y byddwch yn croesawu hynny. A byddaf yn ystyried hyn eto fel rhan o'r adolygiad o'r broses o gyflwyno'r cynllun yn genedlaethol yn ogystal. Bydd gwerthuso blwyddyn 2 o weithrediad cynnar y cynllun yn cynnwys cyfweliadau manwl ac arolwg cyfrifiad ar-lein o rieni a darparwyr, a byddwn yn gofyn i rieni a ydynt yn cael problemau o ran manteisio ar y cynnig sy'n ymwneud â chludiant neu ofal cofleidiol, a byddwn yn gofyn i rieni a ydynt yn teimlo bod unrhyw gludiant neu ofal cofleidiol y mae eu plentyn yn ei gael yn effeithio'n gadarnhaol neu'n negyddol, a buaswn yn dweud - oherwydd rwyf wedi ymweld â llawer o'r lleoliadau hyn, fod rhai ohonynt lle y cânt eu cydleoli, neu lle maent yn symud rhwng lleoliadau - ac i rai o'r rhieni, dyma'n union y maent ei eisiau. Felly, ni ddylem geisio cael gwared ar amrywiaeth. Ond credaf fod cael mwy o gydleoli yn darparu cynnig llawer mwy di-dor. Nawr, gofynnir i ddarparwyr yn yr arolwg hefyd ynglŷn â'r galw am ddarpariaeth, gan gynnwys cludiant a gofal cofleidiol, unrhyw heriau a allai fod ganddynt mewn perthynas â darparu hyn, a'u canfyddiad ynglŷn ag a yw hyn wedi cael effaith gadarnhaol neu negyddol ar y plant yn eu gofal. Nawr, fel y dywedais, rwy'n llawn sylweddoli nad yw'r sefyllfa hon wedi codi dros nos. Mae wedi bod yno ers blynyddoedd. Yn rhannol, mae'n deillio o'n hymagwedd tuag at addysg a gofal plant yn hanesyddol, ac oherwydd nad yw addysg gynnar ond ar gael mewn lleoliadau penodol mewn rhai rhannau o Gymru. Nawr, mae hyn yn rhywbeth y mae Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Addysg a minnau wedi'i drafod ac yn awyddus iawn i fynd i'r afael ag ef. Felly, dosbarthwyd canllawiau diwygiedig i awdurdodau lleol ym mis Medi, yn dweud yn glir yr hoffem weld mwy o hyblygrwydd yn y trefniadau darparu addysg gynnar. Os caniatawn i ragor o ddarparwyr gofal plant gynnig hyn, dylai gynyddu'r dewisiadau ar gyfer darpariaeth un safle, sef yn union yr hyn rydych chi'n ceisio ei gyflawni yma, fel finnau. Ac ochr yn ochr â hyn, ym mis Gorffennaf, cyhoeddais £60 miliwn ar gyfer rhaglen grant cyfalaf dros y tair blynedd hyd at 2021, ac un o brif ddibenion y cyllid hwn yw hwyluso a chefnogi cydleoli'r ddarpariaeth addysg gynnar a gofal plant lle bynnag y bo modd. Mae hyn yn unol â'n hymrwymiad yn 'Ffyniant i Bawb' i gyflwyno model newydd o ganolfannau dysgu cymunedol, i ddarparu gwasanaethau estynedig gyda gofal plant, cymorth rhianta, dysgu fel teulu, mynediad cymunedol at gyfleusterau wedi'i adeiladu o gwmpas y diwrnod ysgol. I'r cyfeiriad hwnnw yr ydym yn teithio. A byddaf yn gallu rhannu mwy o wybodaeth gyda'r pwyllgor am ganlyniad y rhaglen grant honno yn gynnar yn y flwyddyn newydd. Drwy ganllawiau, rhannu arferion da, a defnyddio'r ysgogiadau ariannol sydd gennym at ein defnydd gyda phethau fel y gronfa gyfalaf, rydym yn annog awdurdodau lleol a darparwyr i feddwl yn arloesol ynglŷn â sut y gallent ddarparu'r cynnig. Ceir llawer o fodelau da. Yn wir, rwyf wedi cynnig i aelodau'r pwyllgor fy mod yn nodi'r rheini iddynt a hyd yn oed trefnu iddynt i fynd i'w gweld. Nawr, yng ngoleuni'r sylwadau hynny a wneuthum ar fonitro effaith cludo plant fel rhan o'r gwaith o werthuso blwyddyn 2, ymagwedd fwy strategol tuag at leihau'r angen am gludiant rhwng lleoliadau, i fwy o gydleoli, atebion mwy arloesol, ni fyddwn yn cefnogi gwelliant 12, a gofynnaf i'r Aelodau eraill wneud yr un peth.