English: I move amendments 23 to 29, and amendment 19, all of which have been tabled in my name. The Bill in its current form is discriminatory, unfortunately, in that it places burdens on schools with a religious character across Wales that do not apply to those schools without a religious character. At present, schools across Wales either provide a religious education curriculum that has been agreed by the local standing advisory committee on religious education, or SACREs, as they're also called - it's also termed a 'locally agreed curriculum' - or they provide an RE curriculum that has been provided by the denomination to which the faith school belongs. These arrangements have served schools well across Wales for a long, long time, and there has been no clamour for change, but the Bill proposes that, in future, faith schools must, if requested to do so by a single parent, provide the locally agreed curriculum for the new subject of religion, values and ethics alongside the curriculum provided by their denomination. Delivering a dual curriculum is not going to be straightforward. In fact, it will be a significant challenge for faith schools, so I would rather there wasn't such a requirement at all, especially given the fact that parents know the religious character of a school when they actually choose to send their child to that school. Now, if agreed, my amendments 23, 24 and 25 will ensure that if faith schools are to be required to deliver a dual curriculum, then the costs of providing that second RVE curriculum will not fall on either the individual school or the local education authority in which it's based. Llywydd, if parents in faith schools will be able to request the locally agreed RVE curriculum for their children - that is, the curriculum set by the standing advisory committee - then it's only fair that parents in non-faith schools, those schools that don't have a religious character, should be able to request that a denominational RVE curriculum should be available to their children. My amendments 26, 27, 28 and 29 would deliver just this. They would address the discrimination between faith schools and other schools in Wales by levelling the playing field to give parents with children in both types of school the same rights to request a curriculum of their choice. Also, they would ensure that the cost of making an extra curriculum available to learners will not fall on the schools or the local education authority, whether they be faith schools or no-faith schools, as a result of parents exercising that choice. Finally, if I can just speak briefly to amendment 19, as is the case for relationships and sexuality education, the Welsh Government's Bill will remove the rights that are currently enjoyed by parents to be able to withdraw their children from RE lessons. Now, these parental rights are very important. As I indicated in the debate on the relationships and sexuality education amendments earlier, they recognise that parents, and not the state, are the primary educators of their children, and they also ensure that education legislation in Wales will be compatible and compliant with the Human Rights Act 1998 and the Education Act 1996, both of which I referred to earlier and both of which recognise the rights of parents to ensure that teaching conforms with parents' political and philosophical convictions and that children should be educated in accordance with the wishes of their parents. Now, the Minister said earlier this afternoon that the legislation, in her opinion and in the opinion of her Government lawyers, was compliant with the human rights Act, and I guess it will take a court case to determine whether that is the case in the future, but she didn't refer earlier on this afternoon to the obvious conflict that the Bill currently has with the Education Act 1996 in relation to children being educated in accordance with the wishes of their parents. So, I would hope that she will be able to respond to that particular point in this debate. Now, as I said earlier, parents have long enjoyed the right to withdraw their children from both sex education and religious education lessons, and it's therefore no wonder that a significant majority of respondents to the Welsh Government's two consultations that were undertaken in advance of this Bill - . In both of those consultations, there was overwhelming opposition to the removal of the parental right to withdraw from either RSE or RVE: 88.7 per cent of respondents to the 'Our National Mission: A Transformational Curriculum' consultation wanted to retain the right to withdraw. And 60 per cent of those responding to the consultation document on ensuring access to the full curriculum also wanted to maintain the parental right to withdraw, and that's in spite of the fact that, in the second consultation, there wasn't a question asking about his particular subject. I think that shows the strength of feeling. If we set up consultations, as a Government or an institution, then we should listen to the views that are expressed. Now, this legislation, if it proceeds unamended, will fundamentally shift the balance between the rights of parents and the rights of the state - something that none of us in this Welsh Parliament has a mandate to do. It wasn't mentioned in anybody's manifesto at the last Senedd elections, and when people have been asked, as I indicated earlier, they said they wanted to retain these rights. That's why my amendment 19, along with amendments 20, 21 and 22 that we debated earlier, seek to ensure that these parental rights are not eroded when it comes to either religious education or sex education in the future, and I therefore urge Members to support my amendments in both groups.
Welsh: Rwy'n cynnig gwelliannau 23 i 29, a gwelliant 19, y mae pob un ohonyn nhw wedi'u cyflwyno yn fy enw i. Mae'r Bil ar ei ffurf bresennol yn wahaniaethol, yn anffodus, gan ei fod yn gosod beichiau ar ysgolion â chymeriad crefyddol ledled Cymru nad ydyn nhw'n berthnasol i'r ysgolion hynny heb gymeriad crefyddol. Ar hyn o bryd, mae ysgolion ledled Cymru naill ai'n darparu cwricwlwm addysg grefyddol cytunedig gan y pwyllgor cynghori sefydlog lleol ar addysg grefyddol, neu CYSAGau, fel y mae'n cael ei alw, hefyd - caiff ei alw'n 'gwricwlwm y cytunwyd arno'n lleol' - neu eu bod yn darparu cwricwlwm addysg grefyddol wedi'i ddarparu gan yr enwad y mae'r ysgol ffydd yn perthyn iddo. Mae'r trefniadau hyn wedi gwasanaethu ysgolion yn dda ledled Cymru ers amser maith, ac ni fu unrhyw alw mawr am newid, ond mae'r Bil yn cynnig, yn y dyfodol, fod yn rhaid i ysgolion ffydd, os bydd gofyn iddyn nhw wneud hynny gan un rhiant, ddarparu'r cwricwlwm sydd wedi'i gytuno arno'n lleol ar gyfer y pwnc newydd crefydd, gwerthoedd a moeseg ochr yn ochr â'r cwricwlwm y mae eu henwad yn ei ddarparu. Ni fydd cyflwyno cwricwlwm deuol yn fater syml. Yn wir, bydd yn her sylweddol i ysgolion ffydd, felly byddai'n well gennyf i pe na bai gofyniad o'r fath o gwbl, yn enwedig o ystyried y ffaith bod rhieni'n gwybod cymeriad crefyddol ysgol pan fyddan nhw'n dewis anfon eu plentyn i'r ysgol honno. Nawr, os caiff fy ngwelliannau 23, 24 a 25 eu cytuno, byddan nhw'n sicrhau, os yw'n mynd i fod yn ofynnol i ysgolion ffydd gyflwyno cwricwlwm deuol, yna ni fydd costau darparu'r ail gwricwlwm crefydd, gwerthoedd a moeseg hwnnw'n disgyn naill ai ar yr ysgol unigol na'r awdurdod addysg lleol y mae wedi'i lleoli ynddo. Llywydd, os bydd rhieni mewn ysgolion ffydd yn gallu gofyn am y cwricwlwm crefydd, gwerthoedd a moeseg sydd wedi'i gytuno arno'n lleol ar gyfer eu plant - hynny yw, y cwricwlwm sydd wedi'i bennu gan y pwyllgor cynghori sefydlog - yna mae'n deg y dylai rhieni mewn ysgolion nad ydyn nhw'n rhai ffydd, yr ysgolion hynny nad oes ganddyn nhw gymeriad crefyddol, allu gofyn bod cwricwlwm crefydd, gwerthoedd a moeseg enwadol ar gael i'w plant. Byddai fy ngwelliannau 26, 27, 28 a 29 yn cyflawni hyn. Bydden nhw'n mynd i'r afael â'r gwahaniaethu rhwng ysgolion ffydd ac ysgolion eraill yng Nghymru drwy ddarparu chwarae teg er mwyn rhoi'r un hawliau i rieni â phlant yn y ddau fath o ysgol ofyn am gwricwlwm o'u dewis. Hefyd, bydden nhw'n sicrhau na fydd y gost o sicrhau bod cwricwlwm ychwanegol ar gael i ddysgwyr yn disgyn ar yr ysgolion na'r awdurdod addysg lleol, boed yn ysgolion ffydd neu rai nad ydyn nhw'n ysgolion ffydd, o ganlyniad i rieni'n arfer y dewis hwnnw. Yn olaf, os gaf i siarad yn fyr ar welliant 19, fel sy'n wir am addysg cydberthynas a rhywioldeb, bydd Bil Llywodraeth Cymru yn dileu'r hawliau y mae rhieni'n eu mwynhau ar hyn o bryd i allu tynnu eu plant allan o wersi addysg grefyddol. Nawr, mae'r hawliau rhieni hyn yn bwysig iawn. Fel y dywedais i yn y ddadl ar y gwelliannau addysg cydberthynas a rhywioldeb yn gynharach, maen nhw'n cydnabod mai rhieni, ac nid y wladwriaeth, yw prif addysgwyr eu plant, ac maen nhw hefyd yn sicrhau y bydd deddfwriaeth addysg yng Nghymru yn gydnaws ac yn cydymffurfio â Deddf Hawliau Dynol 1998 a Deddf Addysg 1996, y cyfeiriais at y ddwy yn gynharach ac mae'r ddwy ohonyn nhw'n cydnabod hawliau rhieni i sicrhau bod addysgu'n cydymffurfio â daliadau gwleidyddol ac athronyddol y rhieni ac y dylai plant gael eu haddysgu yn unol â dymuniadau eu rhieni. Nawr, dywedodd y Gweinidog yn gynharach y prynhawn yma fod y ddeddfwriaeth, yn ei barn hi ac ym marn cyfreithwyr ei Llywodraeth, yn cydymffurfio â'r Ddeddf hawliau dynol, ac rwy'n tybio y bydd yn cymryd achos llys i benderfynu a yw hynny'n wir yn y dyfodol, ond ni chyfeiriodd hi yn gynharach y prynhawn yma at y gwrthdaro amlwg sydd gan y Bil ar hyn o bryd â Deddf Addysg 1996 o ran plant yn cael eu haddysgu yn unol â dymuniadau eu rhieni. Felly, byddwn i'n gobeithio y bydd hi'n gallu ymateb i'r pwynt penodol hwnnw yn y ddadl hon. Nawr, fel y dywedais i'n gynharach, mae rhieni wedi mwynhau'r hawl ers tro byd i dynnu eu plant yn ôl o wersi addysg rhyw ac addysg grefyddol, ac felly nid yw'n syndod bod mwyafrif sylweddol o'r ymatebwyr i ddau ymgynghoriad Llywodraeth Cymru a gafodd eu cynnal cyn y Bil hwn - . Yn y ddau ymgynghoriad hynny, roedd gwrthwynebiad llethol i ddileu hawl y rhieni i dynnu'n ôl o naill ai addysg cydberthynas a rhywioldeb neu grefydd, gwerthoedd a moeseg: roedd 88.7 y cant o'r ymatebwyr i'r ymgynghoriad 'Cenhadaeth ein Cenedl: Cwricwlwm Gweddnewidiol' eisiau cadw'r hawl i dynnu'n ôl. Ac roedd 60 y cant o'r rhai a ymatebodd i'r ddogfen ymgynghori ar sicrhau'r cyfle i fanteisio ar y cwricwlwm llawn hefyd eisiau cadw hawl y rhieni i dynnu'n ôl, ac mae hynny er gwaethaf y ffaith nad oedd cwestiwn ar y pwnc penodol hwn yn yr ail ymgynghoriad. Rwy'n credu bod hynny'n dangos cryfder y teimlad. Os ydym ni'n sefydlu ymgynghoriadau, fel Llywodraeth neu sefydliad, yna dylem ni wrando ar y safbwyntiau sy'n cael eu mynegi. Nawr, bydd y ddeddfwriaeth hon, os bydd yn mynd rhagddi heb ei diwygio, yn newid yn sylfaenol y cydbwysedd rhwng hawliau rhieni a hawliau'r wladwriaeth - rhywbeth nad oes gan yr un ohonom ni yn y Senedd hon yng Nghymru fandad i'w wneud. Ni chafodd ei grybwyll ym maniffesto neb yn etholiadau diwethaf y Senedd, a phan gaiff pobl eu holi ynghylch eu barn, fel y dywedais i yn gynharach, maen nhw'n dweud eu bod eisiau cadw'r hawliau hyn. Dyna pam mae fy ngwelliant 19, ynghyd â gwelliannau 20, 21 a 22 a drafodwyd gennym ni yn gynharach, yn ceisio sicrhau nad yw'r hawliau rhieni hyn yn cael eu herydu o ran addysg grefyddol neu addysg rhyw yn y dyfodol, ac felly rwy'n annog yr Aelodau i gefnogi fy ngwelliannau i yn y ddau grŵp.