English: Thank you, Presiding Officer. Can I thank all the Members who have contributed to the debate this afternoon, and also thank the Cabinet Secretary for her response? I will try and cover some of the main points that were made by Members. I very much welcome Darren Millar's reinforcement of the message that the role of teachers and the quality of teaching is actually fundamental if we are going to improve the standards in our schools. That's a very welcome acknowledgement. Darren, you also raised some of the issues that have come out through the inquiry around funding. Those issues are also emerging in our current inquiry about targeted funding to improve educational outcomes, and I know that we'll want to keep those issues under review, including the issues around Gypsy/Traveller children and minority ethnic learners. You've expressed your disappointment about some of the recommendations around the Education Workforce Council. The one recommendation was rejected, but I'm grateful to the Cabinet Secretary for the assurances that she's given this afternoon, and, again, I think we will want to keep that under review. I know that you feel very strongly about the power to suspend, but that was accepted in principle, and I know that there is ongoing dialogue about that. Again, that's something that I'm sure the Cabinet Secretary will want to keep us updated on. Llyr Gruffydd, thank you for your contribution. Unfortunately, I didn't hear the first minute of it, because there was a problem with the translation, but I'm sure it was excellent. [ Laughter. ] If I can just say that and I will catch up on it later. You very eloquently highlighted some of the pressures that we heard from our teaching profession and the impact that that's having in terms of absence and stress. I think we would all agree that it is absolutely crucial that those issues are tackled. One of the things I'm very pleased to know is that the Cabinet Secretary has commissioned research from Beaufort Research and the National Foundation for Educational Research Cymru, which is going to look in more detail at those issues. I think that that will be very valuable. Michelle Brown also expressed some concern about some of the recommendations that had been rejected, notably 19 and 20. I think I've covered that, but I welcome Michelle Brown's reinforcement of the need to improve continuous professional development for teachers across the board. John Griffiths has been a very vocal advocate of the need to improve leadership in schools throughout the inquiry and in particular to focus on the needs of our most deprived communities, and I'm sure that, like me, he'll have been very pleased to hear the Cabinet Secretary reference that in her response. Hefin David has also been a very passionate advocate of the need for peer-to-peer learning and of the need for there to be more reflective practice in our schools. So, it was good to see that picked up in the debate today. He's also been a very strong advocate of the professional learning passport, which we have made recommendations on. I hope that the Cabinet Secretary will be able, as she looks as this whole area, to look very carefully at that issue. The committee did have some concerns about the complexity of the professional standards, which Hefin has alluded to. I think we recognise that it is a work in progress, and that is something that we will be wanting to return to going forward. Can I thank the Cabinet Secretary again for her response and for the update on the initiatives that are ongoing? I would also like to thank our clerking team, who, as usual, have been absolutely fantastic with this inquiry. I think we all recognise that, if we're going to get the school system that we want and our kids deserve, the quality of teaching and supporting teachers is absolutely fundamental, and this will continue to be a major theme of the committee's work going forward. Thank you very much.
Welsh: Diolch i chi, Lywydd. Hoffwn ddiolch i'r holl Aelodau sydd wedi cyfrannu at y ddadl y prynhawn yma, a diolch hefyd i Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet am ei hymateb? Fe geisiaf ymdrin â rhai o'r prif bwyntiau a wnaed gan yr Aelodau. Rwy'n croesawu atgyfnerthiad Darren Millar o'r neges fod rôl athrawon ac ansawdd addysgu yn hanfodol os ydym yn mynd i wella safonau yn ein hysgolion. Mae honno'n gydnabyddiaeth i'w chroesawu'n fawr. Darren, fe nodoch rai o'r materion sydd wedi dod yn amlwg o'r ymchwiliad ynghylch cyllido. Mae'r materion hynny hefyd yn dod i'r amlwg yn ein hymchwiliad presennol ynghylch cyllid wedi'i dargedu i wella canlyniadau addysgol, a gwn y byddwch am gadw'r materion hynny dan arolwg, gan gynnwys y materion sy'n ymwneud â phlant Sipsiwn a Theithwyr a dysgwyr o leiafrifoedd ethnig. Rydych wedi mynegi eich siom am rai o'r argymhellion ynghylch Cyngor y Gweithlu Addysg. Gwrthodwyd un argymhelliad, ond rwy'n ddiolchgar i Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet am y sicrwydd y mae wedi'i roi y prynhawn yma, ac unwaith eto, rwy'n meddwl y byddwn am gadw hynny dan arolwg. Gwn eich bod yn teimlo'n gryf iawn ynglŷn â'r pŵer i wahardd dros dro, ond cafodd hynny ei dderbyn mewn egwyddor, a gwn fod deialog yn mynd rhagddi ar hynny. Unwaith eto, mae hynny'n rhywbeth rwy'n siŵr y bydd Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet am roi'r wybodaeth ddiweddaraf inni amdano. Llyr Gruffydd, diolch i chi am eich cyfraniad. Yn anffodus, ni chlywais y funud gyntaf ohono, oherwydd bod problem gyda'r cyfieithiad, ond rwy'n siŵr ei fod yn wych. [ Chwerthin. ] Os caf ddweud hynny ac fe af ar ei ôl yn nes ymlaen. Fe gyfeirioch chi'n huawdl iawn at beth o'r pwysau y clywsom amdano gan ein proffesiwn addysgu a'r effaith y mae hynny'n ei chael o ran absenoldeb a straen. Credaf y byddem oll yn cytuno ei bod yn gwbl allweddol ein bod yn mynd i'r afael â'r materion hynny. Un o'r pethau rwy'n falch iawn o wybod yw bod Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet wedi comisiynu ymchwil gan Beaufort Research a'r Sefydliad Cenedlaethol er Ymchwil i Addysg yng Nghymru, sy'n mynd i edrych yn fanylach ar y materion hynny. Credaf y bydd hynny'n werthfawr iawn. Mynegodd Michelle Brown bryder hefyd am rai o'r argymhellion sydd wedi cael eu gwrthod, a 19 a 20 yn arbennig. Credaf fy mod wedi trafod hynny, ond rwy'n croesawu pwyslais Michelle Brown ar yr angen i wella datblygiad proffesiynol parhaus ar gyfer athrawon yn gyffredinol. Mae John Griffiths wedi dadlau'n llafar iawn am yr angen i wella arweinyddiaeth mewn ysgolion drwy gydol yr ymchwiliad, ac yn benodol i ganolbwyntio ar anghenion ein cymunedau mwyaf difreintiedig, ac rwy'n siŵr ei fod, fel fi, yn falch iawn o glywed Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet yn cyfeirio at hynny yn ei hymateb. Mae Hefin David hefyd wedi dadlau'n angerddol iawn dros yr angen am ddysgu gan gymheiriaid a'r angen am ymarfer mwy myfyriol yn ein hysgolion. Felly, roedd yn dda gweld hynny'n cael sylw yn y ddadl heddiw. Mae hefyd wedi dadlau'n gryf iawn dros y pasbort dysgu proffesiynol y gwnaethom argymhellion yn ei gylch. Gobeithio y bydd Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet yn gallu edrych yn ofalus ar y mater hwnnw wrth iddi ystyried y maes hwn yn ei gyfanrwydd. Roedd gan y pwyllgor rai pryderon ynghylch cymhlethdod y safonau proffesiynol, ac mae Hefin wedi cyfeirio at hynny. Credaf ein bod yn cydnabod mai gwaith ar y gweill ydyw, ac mae'n rhywbeth y byddwn yn dymuno dychwelyd ato wrth symud ymlaen. A gaf fi ddiolch i Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet eto am ei hymateb ac am roi'r wybodaeth ddiweddaraf am y mentrau sydd ar y gweill? Hoffwn ddiolch hefyd i'n tîm clercio, sydd fel arfer wedi bod yn hollol wych gyda'r ymchwiliad hwn. Rwy'n credu bod pob un ohonom yn cydnabod, os ydym yn mynd i gael y system ysgol rydym ei heisiau ac y mae ein plant yn ei haeddu, mae ansawdd addysgu a chefnogi athrawon yn gwbl hanfodol, a bydd hon yn parhau i fod yn thema bwysig yng ngwaith y pwyllgor wrth symud ymlaen. Diolch yn fawr iawn.