English: Our amendments in group 5 relate to the teaching of Welsh in our schools, and passing them would provide far more detail, and would provide consistency and an assurance that every child will have an equal opportunity to acquire our nation's language. The Welsh Government is committed to establishing a single continuum for the teaching of Welsh and to scrapping Welsh as a second language, and it has done so since 2015. The continuum would secure continuity in teaching and educating across the curriculum, and particularly in moving from the primary to the secondary sector. But, although they have committed to establishing a continuum, it hasn't happened, and the reality of the situation is that this Bill will not create a single continuum for teaching Welsh either. What this Bill will do is to recreate and entrench the current position, a position that is failing. We have two systems sitting alongside each other, and that's what we will have unless you accept the Plaid Cymru amendments in this group today. Aled Roberts, the Welsh Language Commissioner, agrees with that view, and states that the general framework for the curriculum - . Or rather, he argues that the general framework of the curriculum as it currently stands will not stimulate the changes that are necessary. If the curriculum places clear expectations, then the rest of the education system will follow and adapt to that. If the curriculum doesn't lead in this area, then the likelihood is that weaknesses in terms of teacher skills, school capacity, qualifications and resources will lead to a never-ending cycle that will continue to hinder improvements in pupils' Welsh-language skills in Wales. Our amendments provide two possible ways forward. During Stage 2, the Minister rejected my amendment that would have established a code for teaching Welsh on a single continuum. I am still convinced that that is the best way forward, and that a code would be the best solution to the problem that we're seeking to resolve. That's the purpose of amendment 45. Amendment 49 adds a new section, and you have a choice here - you could support this if you don't want to support the code, or you could support both, of course. But amendment 49 would add a new section that would establish a statutory Welsh language framework that would provide clear guidance on the implementation of the continuum. We desperately need to provide clear support for the English-medium sector as well as the local authorities, regional consortia and others within the education system on how to implement a single continuum that develops the Welsh-language skills of pupils, as happens in every other subject area. The Minister did refer to this in the Children, Young People and Education Committee on 29 January, and she did refer and suggest that there was a possibility that she may be in favour of a statutory framework. I look forward to seeing if she is still of the same view. Passing amendment 49 would secure that. The Welsh language education organisations all support the establishment of such a framework, and they argue that that's required on the face of the Bill in order to provide a statutory basis and a clear signal to the education sector on the Welsh Government's seriousness in implementing the continuum effectively. There is an opportunity here to ensure that different aspects of the Welsh Government's strategy in relation to the education system in securing 1 million Welsh speakers are clearly interlinked, and that there is a way forward in ensuring that 55 per cent of pupils are able to speak Welsh at the end of their statutory education in 2027, and 70 per cent by 2050, which is the Government's own target, of course. A framework would enable us to move towards that, and would lead to fundamental changes in teaching practices, planning, continuity and significant development in terms of pedagogy and the linguistic skills of the education workforce. We need clear statutory guidance in terms of what's expected over the short, medium and longer term in terms of outcomes and action plans, and that is the purpose of our amendments to seek to secure that. Thank you.
Welsh: Mae ein gwelliannau ni yn grŵp 5 yn ymwneud â dysgu'r Gymraeg yn ein hysgolion, ac fe fyddai eu pasio nhw yn sicrhau llawer mwy o fanylder, ac yn rhoi cysondeb a sicrwydd y bydd pob plentyn yn cael cyfle cyfartal i gaffael iaith ein gwlad. Mae Llywodraeth Cymru wedi ymrwymo i sefydlu un continwwm ar gyfer dysgu Cymraeg a dileu Cymraeg ail iaith, a hynny ers 2015. Bydd y continwwm yn sicrhau dilyniant a pharhad yn y dysgu ac addysgu ar draws y cwricwlwm, ac yn arbennig wrth drosglwyddo o ysgolion cynradd i uwchradd. Ond, er eu bod nhw wedi ymrwymo i sefydlu continwwm, dydy o ddim wedi digwydd, a realiti'r sefyllfa ydy na fydd y Bil yma chwaith ddim yn creu un continwwm dysgu Cymraeg. Beth fyddai'r Bil yma yn ei wneud bydd ail-greu ac ail-wreiddio'r sefyllfa bresennol - sefyllfa sydd yn methu. Dwy system gyfochrog sydd gennym ni, a dyna fydd gennym ni oni bai eich bod chi'n derbyn gwelliannau Plaid Cymru heddiw yma. Mae Aled Roberts, Comisiynydd y Gymraeg, yn cytuno â hynny, ac yn dweud fframwaith cyffredinol y cwricwlwm yw symbylu'r newidiadau, yn dweud - . Mae o'n dadlau na fydd fframwaith cyffredinol y cwricwlwm fel mae o yn symbylu'r newidiadau sy'n angenrheidiol. Os bydd y cwricwlwm yn gosod disgwyliadau clir a phendant, bydd gweddill y gyfundrefn addysg yn dilyn ac yn ymaddasu. Ond ni fydd y cwricwlwm yn arwain ar hyn. Y tebygrwydd ydy y bydd y diffygion o safbwynt sgiliau athrawon, o ran capasiti ysgolion, o ran cymwysterau ac adnoddau, yn arwain at gylch diddiwedd fydd yn parhau i lesteirio gwelliant mewn sgiliau Cymraeg disgyblion Cymru. Mae ein gwelliannau ni yn cynnig dwy ffordd bosib ymlaen. Yn ystod Cyfnod 2, fe wrthododd y Gweinidog ein gwelliant a fyddai wedi sefydlu cod ar ddysgu'r Gymraeg ar un continwwm. Dwi'n dal yn argyhoeddedig mai dyna ydy'r ffordd orau ymlaen, ac mai cod fyddai'r ateb gorau i'r broblem rydym ni'n ceisio ei datrys. Dyna, felly, ydy byrdwn gwelliant 45. Mae gwelliant 49 yn ychwanegu adran newydd, ac mae gennych chi ddewis yn fan hyn - medrwch chi gefnogi hwn, os hoffech chi, os dydych chi ddim eisiau cefnogi'r cod, neu fedrwch chi gefnogi'r ddau. Ond mi fyddai gwelliant 49 yn ychwanegu adran newydd fyddai'n sefydlu fframwaith y Gymraeg statudol a fyddai'n rhoi arweiniad clir a chanllawiau pellach ar weithredu'r continwwm. Mae dirfawr angen cynnig cefnogaeth ac arweiniad clir i'r sector cyfrwng Saesneg, yn ogystal â'r awdurdodau lleol a'r consortia rhanbarthol ac eraill o fewn y system addysg ar sut i weithredu dull continwwm sy'n datblygu sgiliau disgyblion yn y Gymraeg i'r eithaf, fel sy'n digwydd ym mhob maes a phwnc arall. Fe wnaeth y Gweinidog gyfeirio at hyn yn y Pwyllgor Plant, Pobl Ifanc ac Addysg ar 29 Ionawr, ac mi wnaeth hi gyfeirio a rhyw led awgrymu bod yna bosibilrwydd y byddai hi o blaid creu fframwaith statudol. Dwi'n edrych ymlaen i weld os ydy hi'n dal o'r un farn. Mi fyddai pasio gwelliant 49 yn sicrhau hynny. Mae'r mudiadau addysg Cymraeg i gyd yn cefnogi sefydlu fframwaith o'r fath, ac maen nhw'n dadlau bod angen hynny ar wyneb y Bil er mwyn sicrhau statws statudol, ac er mwyn rhoi arwydd clir i'r sector addysg ynghylch difrifoldeb Llywodraeth Cymru am sicrhau gweithredu'r continwwm yn effeithiol. Mae yna gyfle yma i sicrhau bod gwahanol agweddau ar strategaeth Llywodraeth Cymru mewn perthynas â'r system addysg i sicrhau 1 miliwn o siaradwyr yn cydgysylltu'n glir ac yn drefnus, a bod yna ffordd ymlaen i sicrhau bod 55 y cant o ddisgyblion yn gallu siarad Cymraeg ar ddiwedd eu haddysg statudol yn 2027, a 70 y cant ohonyn nhw erbyn 2050, sef union nod y Llywodraeth hon, wrth gwrs. Mi fyddai fframwaith yn ein galluogi ni i symud tuag at hynny, ac yn arwain at newidiadau sylfaenol i ddulliau dysgu, cynllunio, dilyniant a datblygiad sylweddol o ran addysgeg a sgiliau ieithyddol y gweithlu addysg. Mae angen canllaw clir statudol ynghylch yr hyn sy'n ddisgwyliedig dros y tymor byr, canolig a hir o ran camau gweithredu a deilliannau, a dyna ydy byrdwn ein gwelliannau ni er mwyn ceisio sicrhau hynny. Diolch.