English: Thank you very much. Llyr Gruffydd, as a member of the Children, Young People and Education Committee, as my predecessor, scrutinised this Bill in detail, and I, as a current member of the committee, have had an opportunity to scrutinise it also. We, as Plaid Cymru, tabled a number of amendments in order to seek to make the Bill more meaningful, but we were very disappointed that those were rejected. We are of the view that the Bill discriminates against some of Wales's poorest children. Children whose parents aren't in work don't qualify for 30 hours of free childcare, and the children of parents in education and training don't qualify either. And the aim of our amendments was to include children from those families in this provision. I believe that omitting them does discriminate against them and that that is unfair, it is wrong and counterproductive. Evidence demonstrates that giving the best start in life to young children is crucial to their development, and attending care placements of high quality is one of the best ways of giving that best start to children from poor families. I am aware that there are other schemes available, but those schemes are non-statutory. Some rely on your postcode rather than need, and there is confusion and lack of awareness about the nature and availability of this provision. There has been an opportunity lost to include an important cohort in legislation - an opportunity that would have meant that we wouldn't have needed to have parents who are seeking work or are in training and education find their way through the whole plethora of schemes available, and that everyone would be able to access childcare under simple legislation that would include all. We therefore believe that the Bill is deficient as a piece of legislation and is contrary to the principles of equality and the principles of the well-being of future generations Act, and we will therefore vote against the legislation today.
Welsh: Diolch yn fawr iawn. Fe wnaeth Llyr Gruffydd, fel aelod o'r Pwyllgor Plant, Pobl Ifanc ac Addysg o fy mlaen i, graffu'r Bil yma'n fanwl, ac rydw innau, fel aelod presennol o'r pwyllgor, wedi cael cyfle i graffu arno hefyd. Mi ydym ni, fel Plaid Cymru, wedi cyflwyno nifer o welliannau er mwyn ceisio gwneud y Bil yn fwy ystyrlon, ond yn siomedig iawn na chafodd rheini eu derbyn. Mi ydym ni o'r farn bod y Bil yn gwahaniaethu yn erbyn rhai o blant tlotaf Cymru. Nid yw plant lle nad ydy eu rhieni'n gweithio yn gymwys ar gyfer 30 awr o ofal plant am ddim, ac nid yw plant y mae eu rhieni mewn addysg a hyfforddiant yn gymwys chwaith. A bwriad ein gwelliannau ni oedd cynnwys plant o'r teuluoedd hynny yn y ddarpariaeth. Rydw i'n credu bod eu gadael nhw allan yn gwahaniaethu yn eu herbyn nhw a bod hynny yn annheg, yn anghywir ac yn wrthgynhyrchiol. Mae tystiolaeth yn dangos bod rhoi'r cychwyn gorau posibl i blant ifanc yn allweddol i'w datblygiad, ac mai mynychu lleoliadau gofal o ansawdd uchel yw un o'r ffyrdd gorau i roi'r cychwyn gorau hwnnw i blant o deuluoedd tlawd. Rydw i'n ymwybodol bod yna gynlluniau eraill ar gael, ond nid yw'r cynlluniau hynny yn statudol. Mae rhai'n dibynnu ar lle rydych chi'n byw ac nid ar angen, ac mae yna ddryswch a diffyg ymwybyddiaeth am natur ac argaeledd y cynlluniau yma. Fe gollwyd cyfle i ymgorffori carfan hollbwysig i mewn i ddeddfwriaeth - cyfle a fyddai wedi golygu na fyddai angen i'r rhieni sydd mewn addysg, hyfforddiant neu'n chwilio am waith ffeindio'u ffordd drwy'r holl ddryswch o gynlluniau yma ac y byddai gan pawb le i fynd i gael gofal plant mewn deddfwriaeth syml a fyddai'n cwmpasu pawb. Rydym ni'n credu felly bod y Bil yn wallus fel darn o ddeddfwriaeth ac yn mynd yn groes i egwyddorion cydraddoldeb ac egwyddorion y Ddeddf llesiant cenedlaethau'r dyfodol, ac felly fe fyddwn ni'n pleidleisio'n ei erbyn heddiw.