English: Like others, I'd like to start my contribution this afternoon by paying tribute to Aled Roberts. I served here with Aled, and I remember seeing his face on those benches over there, and he was smiling across the Chamber. Whatever people said, he had a smile on his face, and he always had a kind word to say in the tearoom after any debate. It was a pleasure to serve here alongside Aled, and it was a pleasure to work with him afterwards. Politicians like Aled are the best of us, and I know that every single one of us miss him in the time since we lost him. We need more politicians like Aled Roberts who can reach across the political spectrum and who can serve his communities in the way that he did. I remember hearing the news that he had been appointed as Welsh Language Commissioner, and I knew the role was safe in his hands. You knew, whatever the challenges that we were all facing, when someone like Aled serves in a role like that, you can have faith that the role will be filled in a way that we would wish to see. And that is very rare, too often, in politics. Having said that, I too welcome, of course, the appointment of Efa Gruffydd Jones. She appeared before the culture committee a few weeks ago, and she was robust in the way that she responded to our questions and the way that she discussed policy - Government policy, Welsh language policy, and 'Cymraeg 2050' policy - but also the way that she understood what the needs of the role of commissioner are. And I do think, every time we have a new commissioner, what will the focus of the new commissioner be, where's the policy going to go, and what will the priorities be. I do think that we have to change, sometimes, the focus and the priorities as we move forward to recognise the different context and new context, and to recognise the evolving context with time. In launching 'Cymraeg 2050' we wanted to see a challenge for the Government. There was a need for the Government to change. The Government wasn't acting in a way that would have supported the Welsh language and in a way that the Government should have supported the language. I was very pleased with the First Minister at the time's support, Carwyn Jones. We knew that things needed to change, and that we as a nation had to be challenged as well, because it's Welsh people who will be speaking Welsh, not just civil servants in Cathays Park. It's the Welsh people who will revive the Welsh language - those of us who already speak the language, who are learning the Welsh language, and who use the Welsh language. I remember talking to Carwyn about how we were going to launch the policy, and members of the Welsh football team came together at a school not far from here. Chris Coleman was the manager at the time, and he talked about how the Football Association of Wales had tried to use the Welsh language, normalising the use of the Welsh language, if you will, during the Euros that had just been held at that time. And we look now towards the next few weeks, and we take pride in seeing Cymru playing in the world cup, and we take pride in the new culture that has grown through the medium of Welsh, and where Welsh is being used completely naturally in supporting the football team. I look forward to supporting Cymru next week, and I look forward to see how we use the Welsh language in doing that. When we think about challenging the Government, we also have to challenge each other. And all too often I hear, in the context of policy debate with regard to the language, that we aren't willing to challenge each other. I said this to Cymdeithas yr Iaith a few weeks ago. New work is currently being done, work that is exceptionally important. The appointment of Simon Brooks by the Minister is a very important appointment, and I welcome that. I welcome the tone of the Minister's contribution, and I welcome the way that he's willing to consider how we plan education in the Welsh language for the future. There is a new challenge. But I'd also like to offer another challenge in the time remaining to me this afternoon. I think that we need to look at the legislation that we have to support the 'Cymraeg 2050' policy. I don't believe that the standards are adequate. I don't think that the regulatory emphasis is going to promote the Welsh language, or create that confidence to speak the Welsh language. And I'll say this with all respect to Heledd - and I welcome her contribution by the way - but as someone who has learned the Welsh language, may I say this? When I was learning Welsh, I wasn't learning Welsh because there were standards or rights in the background. I wasn't learning Welsh because of the kind of regulation that wasn't happening at the time, as it happens. I was learning Welsh because of what Welsh meant, the nature of the life I could lead through the Welsh language, and the way that the Welsh language can change your life. And I think we need to talk not just with those Welsh people who speak Welsh every day anyway, but those Welsh people who don't speak Welsh, those Welsh people who are learning Welsh at the moment, the Welsh people who don't have the confidence to use the Welsh language every day. That's where the important challenge is. If we can do that -
Welsh: Fel eraill, liciwn i ddechrau fy nghyfraniad i y prynhawn yma drwy dalu teyrnged i Aled Roberts. Mi wnes i wasanaethu fan hyn gydag Aled, a dwi'n cofio gweld ei wyneb draw fan yna ble roedd e'n eistedd ac yn gwenu ar draws y Siambr. Beth bynnag oedd pobl yn ei ddweud, roedd gwên ar wyneb Aled ac roedd wastad gair gwresog yn yr ystafell de ar ôl unrhyw drafodaeth. Roedd hi'n bleser gwasanaethu fan hyn gydag Aled, ac roedd hi'n bleser gweithio gyda fe ar ôl hynny. Gwleidyddion fel Aled ydy'r gorau ohonom ni, a dwi'n gwybod bod pob un ohonom ni yn gweld colled yn ei le fe yn ystod y cyfnod ers ei golli e. Mae eisiau mwy o wleidyddion fel Aled Roberts, sydd yn gallu ymestyn ar draws y sbectrwm gwleidyddol ac sy'n gallu gwasanaethu ei gymuned yn y ffordd wnaeth e. Dwi'n cofio clywed y newyddion ei fod e wedi cael ei benodi fel comisiynydd, ac rôn i'n gwybod bod y swydd yn saff yn ei ddwylo e. Dŷch chi'n gwybod, pa bynnag her dŷn ni i gyd yn wynebu, pan fo rhywun fel Aled yn gwasanaethu yn y rôl, rwyt ti'n gallu cael ffydd mi fydd y rôl yn cael ei llenwi yn y ffordd y buasai pob un ohonom ni eisiau ei weld. Mae hynny'n brin iawn, yn aml iawn, mewn gwleidyddiaeth. Wedi dweud hynny, dwi hefyd yn croesawu, wrth gwrs, penodiad Efa Gruffydd Jones. Mi oedd hi'n ymddangos gerbron y pwyllgor diwylliant rai wythnosau'n ôl, ac roedd hi'n gadarn yn y ffordd wnaeth hi ateb ein cwestiynau a'r ffordd roedd hi'n trafod polisïau - polisïau'r Llywodraeth, polisi 'Cymraeg 2050' - ond hefyd y ffordd roedd hi'n deall beth oedd anghenion rôl fel comisiynydd. A dwi yn meddwl, bob tro mae yna gomisiynydd newydd, mae'n rhaid i ni feddwl beth ydy'r ffocws yn mynd i fod ar gyfer y comisiynydd newydd, ble mae polisi yn mynd i fynd, a beth yw'r blaenoriaethau. A dwi yn meddwl bod yn rhaid i ni newid ambell waith y ffocws a'r blaenoriaethau fel dŷn ni'n symud ymlaen, i gydnabod y cyd-destun gwahanol a newydd, ac i gydnabod y cyd-destun sy'n newid gydag amser. Wrth lansio 'Cymraeg 2050' roeddwn i eisiau gweld her i'r Llywodraeth. Roedd angen i'r Llywodraeth newid. Doedd y Llywodraeth ddim yn gweithredu yn y ffordd fuasai wedi cefnogi'r Gymraeg yn y ffordd y dylai'r Llywodraeth wneud. Ac rôn i'n gwybod - a dwi'n falch iawn o gefnogaeth y Prif Weinidog ar y pryd, Carwyn Jones - bod rhaid newid pethau, a'n herio ni fel gwlad hefyd, achos Cymry fydd yn siarad Cymraeg, nid jest gweision sifil ym Mharc Cathays. Y Cymry fydd yn adnewyddu'r Gymraeg - y rhai ohonon ni sy'n siarad Cymraeg, yn dysgu Cymraeg, yn defnyddio'r Gymraeg. Dwi'n cofio trafod gyda Carwyn sut roedden ni'n mynd i lansio'r polisi, ac mi ddaeth aelodau o dîm pêl-droed Cymru at ei gilydd mewn ysgol ddim yn bell o fan hyn. Chris Coleman oedd y rheolwr ar y pryd, ac roedd e'n sôn sut roedd yr FAW wedi trio defnyddio'r Gymraeg, normaleiddio'r Gymraeg, os dŷch chi'n licio, yn ystod yr Ewros oedd newydd fod ar y pryd. A dŷn ni'n edrych nawr ymlaen at yr wythnos nesaf, ac yn ymfalchïo o weld Cymru yn chwarae yng nghwpan y byd, ac yn ymfalchïo hefyd yn y diwylliant newydd sydd wedi tyfu trwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg, a ble mae'r Gymraeg yn cael ei defnyddio yn gwbl naturiol wrth gefnogi'r tîm. Dwi'n edrych ymlaen at gefnogi Cymru yr wythnos nesaf, ac edrych ymlaen hefyd at sut rŷn ni'n defnyddio'r Gymraeg. Pan dŷn ni yn meddwl amboutu herio'r Llywodraeth, mae'n rhaid i ni hefyd herio ein gilydd. Gormod o weithiau dwi'n clywed, yng nghyd-destun trafodaeth polisi y Gymraeg, y polisi iaith, nad ŷn ni'n fodlon herio ein gilydd yn ddigon aml. Mi wnes i ddweud hyn wrth Cymdeithas yr Iaith rai wythnosau yn ôl. Mae gwaith newydd yn cael ei wneud ar hyn o bryd, gwaith sydd yn hynod o bwysig. Mae penodiad y Gweinidog o Simon Brooks i edrych ar ddyfodol cymunedau Cymraeg yn benodiad hynod o bwysig, a dwi'n croesawu hynny. Dwi'n croesawu tôn y Gweinidog hefyd, a dwi'n croesawu'r ffordd mae'n fodlon ystyried sut rŷn ni'n cynllunio addysg Gymraeg ar gyfer y dyfodol. Mae yna her newydd. Ond liciwn i gynnig her arall olaf yn yr amser sydd gen i y prynhawn yma. Dwi'n meddwl bod angen edrych ar y ddeddfwriaeth sydd gyda ni i gefnogi'r polisi 'Cymraeg 2050'. Dwi ddim yn credu bod y safonau yn ddigonol. Dwi ddim yn credu bod pwyslais rheoleiddio yn mynd i hybu'r Gymraeg, neu greu hyder i siarad a defnyddio'r Gymraeg. Ac mi ddywedaf hyn gyda phob parch at Heledd - a dwi'n croesawu cyfraniad Heledd gyda llaw - ond fel rhywun sydd wedi dysgu Cymraeg, a gaf jest ddweud hyn? Pan oeddwn i'n dysgu Cymraeg, doeddwn i ddim yn dysgu Cymraeg oherwydd roedd safonau neu hawliau yn y cefndir. Doeddwn i ddim yn dysgu Cymraeg oherwydd y fath o reoleiddio oedd ddim yn digwydd ar y pryd. Rôn i'n dysgu Cymraeg oherwydd beth oedd y Gymraeg, a natur y bywyd dŷn ni'n gallu byw drwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg, y ffaith bod y Gymraeg yn gallu newid eich bywyd chi. A dwi'n credu bod rhaid i ni siarad dim jest gyda'r Cymry sy'n siarad Cymraeg ac yn defnyddio'r Gymraeg bob dydd anyway, ond y Cymry sydd ddim yn siarad Cymraeg, y Cymry sydd wrthi yn dysgu Cymraeg, y Cymry heb yr hyder i ddefnyddio'r Gymraeg bob dydd. A dyna lle mae'r her bwysig. Os ydyn ni'n gallu gwneud hynny -