English: Diolch. One of the lessons of this whole situation is we mustn't reinvent the wheel. Just looking at the strategy that you're adopting for delivering this manifesto pledge, which is targeting working parents of three and four-year-olds, we clearly need to prioritise those families who want to work but can't afford to work at the moment, and who will become eligible as soon as they can get the sums to add up - you know, they've got the place and they can accept the work placement. That's the way we need to do it. I wanted to look at how we are going to possibly tie this in with universal credit, because many of my families are on variable hours, including zero-hours contracts. One of the theoretical benefits of universal credit is that it will have real-time information about what somebody has earned in the last week and therefore how that will impact on the amount of money they're eligible for. So, I can see the benefits of working with the tax and revenue service, but I can also see the benefit of working with Jobcentre Plus, so I think it would be useful to clarify why you aren't thinking along those lines. I absolutely understand that we can't at the moment afford to do what we all want to do, which is to provide a universal service for all three- and four-year-olds. But it seems that, in the meantime, there's an awful lot we can do using the existing resources. For example, local authorities every five years have to provide a childcare sufficiency assessment, but only every five years. So, in the interim, Cardiff, for example, doesn't know how many households have parents who are working, doesn't know the number of three- and four-year-olds and doesn't know how many three- and four-year-olds are accessing a childcare place. That, for me, illustrates the need for the public services boards to take ownership of this, because by health and education services and social services working together we can pool the information that everybody holds to some extent, and that would enable us to be much more up-to-the-minute on what care is available where. So, I have a particular focus I want to concentrate on when Cardiff does become an early years implementor, which is how we're going to expand wraparound care based on the number of children who already have nursery places in primary schools, but obviously the room where they're getting that early years place can't be used for the wraparound care because there's another cohort coming in in the afternoon. Why is not possible for social services to use early years childcare placements for children who they have concerns about? Because we know from the EPI evidence that this is the best way of, if you like, beating the disadvantage that some children get from birth. One of the other issues for me is that we only have one integrated children's centre in the whole of Cardiff, which is obviously in Ely, and which is a centre of excellence for achieving excellent outcomes for all children, whatever their circumstances. So, those need to be our objectives and it seems to me that, whilst I appreciate that the Government only has the money at the moment for those who have working parents, we also need to use other streams of programmes - Flying Start, Families First, et cetera - to bring around the integrated childcare that we know all children need. So, one of the key questions for me is: are we going to apply the same criteria to voluntary and private sector providers as we will be doing to public sector providers, as long as they obviously meet the early years education offer, which is the two to two and a half hours early years provision? It seems to me that because primary schools are not in a position to deliver the 30 hours, we have to have other organisations that can deliver the hours but also must be able to deliver the quality. So, I'd be keen to hear what you have to say on that.
Welsh: Diolch. Un o'r gwersi o'r holl sefyllfa hon yw na ddylem ni ailddyfeisio'r olwyn. Dim ond wrth edrych ar y strategaeth yr ydych chi'n ei mabwysiadu ar gyfer cyflawni'r addewid maniffesto hwn, sy'n targedu rhieni sy'n gweithio a chanddyn nhw blant tair a pedair blwydd oed, mae hi'n amlwg bod yn rhaid inni flaenoriaethu'r teuluoedd hynny sy'n dymuno gweithio ond na allant fforddio gweithio ar hyn o bryd, ac a fyddant yn gymwys cyn gynted ag y gallant gyrraedd y niferoedd perthnasol - wyddoch chi, mae ganddyn nhw'r lle ac fe allan nhw dderbyn y lleoliad gwaith. Dyna'r ffordd y mae angen inni wneud hynny. Roeddwn eisiau edrych ar sut y gallwn ni o bosib gysylltu hyn â chredyd cynhwysol, gan fod llawer o'm teuluoedd i yn gweithio oriau amrywiol, gan gynnwys contractau dim oriau. Un o fanteision damcaniaethol credyd cynhwysol yw y bydd yn cael gwybodaeth amser real ynglŷn â faint y mae rhywun wedi ei ennill yn yr wythnos ddiwethaf ac felly sut y bydd hynny'n effeithio ar faint o arian maen nhw'n gymwys i'w dderbyn. Felly, gallaf weld y manteision o weithio gyda'r gwasanaeth treth a chyllid, ond gallaf hefyd weld y manteision o weithio gyda'r Ganolfan Byd Gwaith, felly rwy'n credu y byddai'n ddefnyddiol egluro pam nad ydych yn meddwl ynghylch hynny. Rwy'n llwyr ddeall na allwn ni ar hyn o bryd fforddio i wneud yr hyn y mae ar bob un ohonom ni eisiau ei wneud, sef darparu gwasanaeth cyffredinol ar gyfer pob plentyn tair a phedair oed. Ond ymddengys, yn y cyfamser, bod llawer iawn y gallwn ei wneud gan ddefnyddio'r adnoddau presennol. Er enghraifft, pob pum mlynedd mae'n rhaid i awdurdodau lleol ddarparu asesiad digonolrwydd gofal plant, ond dim ond pob pum mlynedd. Felly, yn y cyfamser, nid yw Caerdydd, er enghraifft, yn gwybod faint o aelwydydd sydd â rhieni sy'n gweithio, nid yw'n gwybod faint o blant tair a phedair oed sydd ganddi nac yn gwybod faint o blant tair a phedair oed sy'n mynychu lleoliad gofal plant. Mae hynny, i mi, yn dangos yr angen i fyrddau gwasanaethau cyhoeddus gymryd perchnogaeth o hyn, oherwydd os yw'r gwasanaethau iechyd ac addysg a'r gwasanaethau cymdeithasol yn gweithio gyda'i gilydd gallwn gyfuno'r wybodaeth sydd ym meddiant pawb, i ryw raddau, a byddai hynny yn ein galluogi i gael darlun llawer mwy eglur o ba ofal sydd ar gael ymhle. Felly, mae gennyf bwyslais penodol yr hoffwn ganolbwyntio arno pan fo Caerdydd yn dechrau gweithredu'r cynnig blynyddoedd cynnar, sef sut yr ydym ni'n mynd i ehangu gofal cofleidiol yn seiliedig ar nifer y plant sydd eisoes yn cael lleoedd meithrin mewn ysgolion cynradd, ond mae'n amlwg na ellir defnyddio'r ystafell lle maen nhw'n cael y gofal blynyddoedd cynnar hwnnw ar gyfer y gofal cofleidiol oherwydd bod carfan arall yn cyrraedd yn y prynhawn. Pam nad yw hi'n bosib i'r gwasanaethau cymdeithasol ddefnyddio lleoliadau gofal plant blynyddoedd cynnar ar gyfer plant y maen nhw'n pryderu yn eu cylch? Oherwydd gwyddom o dystiolaeth y Sefydliad Polisi Addysg mai dyma'r ffordd orau, os hoffech chi, o guro'r anfantais y caiff rhai plant o'u genedigaeth. Un o'r materion eraill i mi yw mai dim ond un canolfan plant integredig sydd gennym ni yng Nghaerdydd gyfan, sy'n amlwg yn Nhrelái, ac sy'n ganolfan ragoriaeth ar gyfer sicrhau canlyniadau ardderchog ar gyfer pob plentyn, beth bynnag eu hamgylchiadau. Felly, dyna ddylai ein hamcanion fod, ac mae'n ymddangos i mi, er fy mod yn sylweddoli fod gan y Llywodraeth dim ond arian ar hyn o bryd ar gyfer y rheini sydd â rhieni sy'n gweithio, mae angen hefyd inni ddefnyddio ffrydiau eraill o raglenni - Dechrau'n Deg, Teuluoedd yn Gyntaf, ac ati - i gyflawni'r gofal plant integredig y gŵyr pob un ohonom ni sydd ei angen ar bob plentyn. Felly, un o'r cwestiynau allweddol i mi yw: a ydym ni'n mynd i defnyddio'r un meini prawf ar gyfer darparwyr y sector preifat a gwirfoddol ag y byddwn yn ei wneud ar gyfer darparwyr y sector cyhoeddus, cyhyd ag y bo nhw yn amlwg yn bodloni'r cynnig addysg blynyddoedd cynnar, sef rhwng dwy a dwy awr a hanner o ddarpariaeth blynyddoedd cynnar? Mae'n ymddangos i mi oherwydd nad yw ysgolion cynradd mewn sefyllfa i ddarparu'r 30 awr, fod yn rhaid inni gael sefydliadau eraill sy'n gallu darparu'r oriau ond rhaid iddynt allu sicrhau ansawdd hefyd. Felly, byddwn yn awyddus i glywed beth sydd gennych chi i'w ddweud yn hynny o beth.