English: Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer. Can I welcome the new Minister to his post? I look forward to engaging with him on children's matters and to working collaboratively with him where we can find some common ground. Also, I'd like to put on record my tribute to his predecessor, Carl Sargeant, in undertaking a role on behalf of children here in Wales. He was always very sincere with that role, and I know he cared passionately about driving the Government's agenda forward. I also want to pay tribute to the commissioner and her staff. I've had some excellent contact with the commissioner since taking on this portfolio responsibility myself, and I really do appreciate the work that she puts into engaging with all Assembly Members in this Chamber of all political parties, and, indeed, the support that she gives from time to time with individual pieces of casework in my constituency where there are issues that I believe are of national significance. She's always extremely helpful and her staff are always very quick to report back and to respond to individual concerns. The report is a very wide-ranging report. It talks about all sorts of different issues, but i just want to focus on a few, if I may. One of the things that the children's commissioner and, indeed, her predecessor commissioners have been very interested in seeing established in Wales is a national advocacy service for children and young people. The Welsh Government has been slow to get local authority partners, I think, on board to be able to roll that national advocacy service out and to make sure that there's consistent access to high-quality advocacy here in Wales for the children who need it. And I wonder, Minister, whether you'll be able to provide us with an update today on just where that roll-out actually is, and what the current state of affairs is, because I know that this is a concern certainly to people in my own constituency, and when you look at the number of young people who are picking up the phone increasingly to the commissioner and her team, it is appropriate, I think, that we need to make sure that we nail this issue once and for all so that it's not going to be a repeated feature and we're not going to have this sense of déjà vu in future years when these reports are brought forward. The commissioner also, of course, refers to public transport costs in her annual report. She talks particularly about post-16 transport and the burden that that can put on children and young people. The Minister will be aware that my party has tried to offer a solution to that, which we genuinely extend to the Government and hope that you will explore and hopefully take forward, because we do believe that our green card proposal has the opportunity to make a real difference to young people across Wales and would help to solve the very issue that the children's commissioner has identified in her report about the cost, particularly of bus travel, to children and young people. Now, I know, Minister, that the Welsh Government has under review the home-to-school transport guidance that is issued to local authorities, and, again, I wonder whether you can give us an update on that, particularly in terms of post-16 provision, and perhaps you'll be able to tell us also whether you are going to now seriously consider, given the recommendation in the commissioner's report, our green card proposals. I wonder also whether you might be prepared to consider reviewing the powers of the commissioner and her office. The Public Accounts Committee produced a report a number of years back that compared the different approaches in terms of commissioners that we have in Wales and the lack of consistency that we've got with them in terms of their appointment processes and, indeed, in terms of the ranges of their powers. And I just wonder whether, working with your colleagues in Government, that is something that you might be prepared to take forward. It's not mentioned specifically in the commissioner's report, but I do know that it's really important that we have commissioners who have teeth so that when they bare those teeth or bite people from time to time that there's actually an appropriate response from the different public agencies and parts of the public sector that we need that response from. And just finally, I record also my hopes that the additional learning needs Bill will progress through this Assembly very soon. Obviously, we've got Stage 3 coming up next week of that Bill. One of the most important amendments that still needs to be made to that Bill is in respect of putting on the face of the Bill reference to the United Nations principles on children's rights. And I think it's really important that we've got reference to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child on the face of that Bill, and I wonder whether you can tell us what the Welsh Government is minded to do in response to some of the amendments that have been tabled that seek to get a reference to those on the face of that legislation. Thank you.
Welsh: Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. A gaf i groesawu'r Gweinidog newydd i'w swydd? Rwy'n edrych ymlaen at ymgysylltu ag ef ar faterion plant a chydweithio ag ef lle y gallwn ddarganfod rhywfaint o dir cyffredin. Hefyd, hoffwn gofnodi fy nheyrnged i'w ragflaenydd, Carl Sargeant, a'r gwaith a wnaeth ar ran plant yma yng Nghymru. Roedd bob amser yn ddiffuant iawn yn y swyddogaeth honno, ac rwy'n gwybod ei fod yn angerddol am hyrwyddo agenda'r Llywodraeth. Hoffwn hefyd dalu teyrnged i'r comisiynydd a'i staff. Rwyf wedi cael cyswllt rhagorol gyda'r comisiynydd ers imi gymryd cyfrifoldeb dros y portffolio hwn fy hun, ac rwyf wir yn gwerthfawrogi'r gwaith y mae hi'n ei wneud i ymgysylltu â holl Aelodau'r Cynulliad yn y Siambr hon o bob plaid wleidyddol, ac, yn wir, y cymorth y mae hi'n ei roi o bryd i'w gilydd gyda darnau unigol o waith achos yn fy etholaeth i lle y ceir materion y credaf eu bod o arwyddocâd cenedlaethol. Mae hi bob amser yn barod iawn i helpu ac mae ei staff bob amser yn gyflym iawn i adrodd yn ôl ac i ymateb i bryderon unigol. Mae'r adroddiad yn adroddiad eang iawn. Mae'n sôn am bob math o wahanol faterion, ond hoffwn ganolbwyntio ar ambell un, os caf. Un o'r pethau y mae'r comisiynydd plant ac, yn wir, y comisiynwyr o'i blaen wedi bod â diddordeb mawr mewn gweld yn cael ei sefydlu yng Nghymru yw gwasanaeth eiriolaeth cenedlaethol ar gyfer plant a phobl ifanc. Mae Llywodraeth Cymru wedi bod yn araf i gynnwys partneriaid o awdurdodau lleol, rwy'n meddwl, er mwyn gallu cyflwyno'r gwasanaeth eiriolaeth cenedlaethol hwnnw a sicrhau bod eiriolaeth o ansawdd uchel ar gael yn gyson yma yng Nghymru i'r plant sydd ei angen. A tybed, Weinidog, a fyddwch chi'n gallu rhoi diweddariad inni heddiw ar ble yn union mae'r broses o gyflwyno'r gwasanaeth hwnnw, a beth yw'r sefyllfa bresennol, oherwydd rwy'n gwybod bod hyn yn bryder yn sicr i bobl yn fy etholaeth i, a phan edrychwch chi ar nifer cynyddol y bobl ifanc sy'n ffonio'r comisiynydd a'i thîm, mae'n briodol, rwy'n meddwl, bod angen inni wneud yn siŵr ein bod yn datrys y mater hwn unwaith ac am byth fel na fydd yn rhywbeth sy'n ailadrodd ac na fyddwn yn cael y teimlad hwn o déjà vu ym mlynyddoedd y dyfodol pan gaiff yr adroddiadau hyn eu cyflwyno. Mae'r comisiynydd hefyd, wrth gwrs, yn cyfeirio at gostau trafnidiaeth gyhoeddus yn ei hadroddiad blynyddol. Mae hi'n sôn yn benodol am drafnidiaeth ôl-16 a'r baich y gall hynny ei roi ar blant a phobl ifanc. Bydd y Gweinidog yn gwybod bod fy mhlaid wedi ceisio cynnig ateb i hynny, ateb yr ydym yn ei gynnig i'r Llywodraeth yn ddiffuant gan obeithio y byddwch yn ei archwilio ac yn bwrw ymlaen ag ef, oherwydd rydym yn credu bod cyfle i'n cynnig cerdyn gwyrdd wneud gwahaniaeth go iawn i bobl ifanc ledled Cymru ac y byddai'n helpu i ddatrys yr union fater y mae'r comisiynydd plant wedi ei nodi yn ei hadroddiad am y gost, yn enwedig o ran teithio ar fysiau, i blant a phobl ifanc. Nawr, rwy'n gwybod, Weinidog, bod Llywodraeth Cymru wrthi'n adolygu'r canllawiau cludiant o'r cartref i'r ysgol a roddir i awdurdodau lleol, ac, unwaith eto, tybed a allwch roi diweddariad inni am hynny, yn enwedig o ran darpariaeth ôl-16, ac efallai y gallwch ddweud wrthym hefyd a ydych ci nawr yn mynd i ystyried o ddifrif, o ystyried yr argymhelliad yn adroddiad y Comisiynydd, ein cynigion cerdyn gwyrdd. Tybed hefyd a fyddech chi'n barod i ystyried adolygu pwerau'r comisiynydd a'i swyddfa. Cynhyrchodd y Pwyllgor Cyfrifon Cyhoeddus adroddiad nifer o flynyddoedd yn ôl i gymharu'r gwahanol ddulliau o ran comisiynwyr sydd gennym yng Nghymru a'r diffyg cysondeb sydd gennym gyda hwy o ran eu prosesau penodi ac, yn wir, o ran ystodau eu pwerau. A tybed hefyd a yw hynny, gan weithio gyda'ch cyd-Weinidogion yn y Llywodraeth, yn rhywbeth y gallech fod yn fodlon bwrw ymlaen ag ef. Does dim sôn penodol amdano yn adroddiad y comisiynydd, ond rwy'n gwybod ei bod yn bwysig iawn bod gennym gomisiynwyr â dannedd fel y gallant ddangos y dannedd hynny neu frathu pobl o bryd i'w gilydd a chael ymateb priodol gan y gwahanol asiantaethau cyhoeddus a rhannau o'r sector cyhoeddus y mae angen yr ymateb hwnnw ganddynt. Ac yn olaf, hoffwn gofnodi hefyd fy ngobeithion y bydd y Bil anghenion dysgu ychwanegol yn symud drwy'r Cynulliad hwn yn fuan iawn. Yn amlwg, bydd cyfnod 3 y Bil hwnnw yn digwydd yr wythnos nesaf. Un o'r gwelliannau pwysicaf y mae angen eu gwneud i'r Bil hwnnw o hyd yw cyfeirio ar wyneb y Bil at egwyddorion y Cenhedloedd Unedig ar hawliau plant. Ac rwy'n meddwl ei bod yn bwysig iawn ein bod yn cyfeirio at Gonfensiwn y Cenhedloedd Unedig ar hawliau'r plentyn ar wyneb y Bil hwnnw, a tybed a allwch chi ddweud wrthym beth mae Llywodraeth Cymru yn bwriadu ei wneud fel ymateb i rai o'r gwelliannau hynny sydd wedi'u cyflwyno sy'n ceisio sicrhau cyfeiriad at y rheini ar wyneb y ddeddfwriaeth honno. Diolch.