English: Can I thank Plaid Cymru for bringing forward this important debate today? I'm glad that, as a young Member of this Assembly, I'm able to contribute to this debate about young people and about future generations. I'm going to use my time today in this debate to focus on employment and lifelong learning and how we can ensure that we continue to have young people who contribute to Welsh communities. Many of you know that, before I entered this place, I was a research and development engineer based at a company on Deeside industrial estate. Before that, I started off as an apprentice machinist, supported by Welsh Government funding and my sponsor employer. Now, doing an apprenticeship gave me the opportunities that I wouldn't have had if I had gone directly to university. That said, I was very lucky enough to have the opportunity to get my degree, again, through the Welsh Government and support from my sponsor employer. We know that we need to make our economy as open as possible for young people, but we shouldn't have a one-size-fits-all approach, so, regardless of who you are and where you come from, you should have access to good-quality employment, you should have the support to go to university, you should have access and the opportunity to take a high-quality apprenticeship, and you should have the support to become an entrepreneur and start your own business. Finally, you should have the support to get continued professional development in whatever profession you are or choose to follow. We need to be a country that welcomes and celebrates young people who have a wide range of different skills and skillsets. I remember very fondly during the campaign in the by-election in February visiting a local primary school in my constituency where I met a group of young children who are part of the school's youth parliament. Huw joined me on that visit, and it was a great visit and I'm sure he was very proud to join me and see those young children there on that day. Now, one of the questions I asked them was what they wanted to do when they grew up and what were their future plans. It was a very difficult question, and it's a very difficult question for all ages to answer, but they all had different hopes and ambitions for the future. Each one of them had a different idea at that point in time of what they wanted to do when they grew up. We are letting them down as a Government, as a country, if we do not support our future generations and if we do not take advantage of that amazing potential that we have in Wales. Each one of those children in that school on that day, and Huw will back me up on this, and each child across the country can contribute to the success of our special communities right across Wales. Thank you.
Welsh: A gaf fi ddiolch i Blaid Cymru am gyflwyno'r ddadl bwysig hon heddiw? Rwy'n falch, fel aelod ifanc o'r Cynulliad hwn, fy mod yn gallu cyfrannu at y ddadl hon am bobl ifanc a chenedlaethau'r dyfodol. Rwy'n mynd i ddefnyddio fy amser heddiw yn y ddadl hon i ganolbwyntio ar gyflogaeth a dysgu gydol oes a sut y gallwn sicrhau ein bod yn parhau i gael pobl ifanc sy'n cyfrannu at gymunedau Cymru. Mae llawer ohonoch yn gwybod, cyn i mi ddod i'r lle hwn, fy mod yn beiriannydd ymchwil a datblygu mewn cwmni ar ystâd ddiwydiannol Glannau Dyfrdwy. Cyn hynny, dechreuais fel prentis beiriannydd drwy gymorth arian Llywodraeth Cymru a'r cyflogwr a oedd yn fy noddi. Nawr, roedd gwneud prentisiaeth yn rhoi cyfleoedd i mi na fuaswn wedi'u cael pe bawn wedi mynd yn syth i brifysgol. Wedi dweud hynny, roeddwn yn ddigon ffodus i gael cyfle i gael fy ngradd, unwaith eto, drwy Lywodraeth Cymru a chymorth gan y cyflogwr a oedd yn fy noddi. Gwyddom fod angen i ni wneud ein heconomi mor agored â phosibl i bobl ifanc, ond ni ddylwn gael dull unffurf o weithredu, felly, pwy bynnag ydych chi a ble bynnag rydych chi'n byw, dylech allu cael gwaith o ansawdd da, dylech gael cymorth i fynd i brifysgol, dylech gael cyfle i ddilyn prentisiaeth o ansawdd uchel a dylech gael cefnogaeth i ddod yn entrepreneur a chychwyn eich busnes eich hun. Yn olaf, dylech gael cefnogaeth i gael datblygiad proffesiynol parhaus ym mha broffesiwn bynnag rydych chi'n gweithio neu'n ei ddewis. Mae angen inni fod yn wlad sy'n croesawu ac yn dathlu pobl ifanc sydd ag amrywiaeth eang o wahanol sgiliau a setiau sgiliau. Yn ystod ymgyrch yr isetholiad ym mis Chwefror, cofiaf yn annwyl iawn ymweld ag ysgol gynradd leol yn fy etholaeth lle y cyfarfûm â grŵp o blant ifanc sy'n rhan o senedd ieuenctid yr ysgol. Roedd Huw gyda mi ar yr ymweliad hwnnw, ac roedd yn ymweliad gwych ac rwy'n siŵr ei fod yn falch iawn o ymuno â mi a gweld y plant ifanc yno y diwrnod hwnnw. Nawr, un o'r cwestiynau a ofynnais iddynt oedd beth oeddent am ei wneud ar ôl tyfu fyny a beth oedd eu cynlluniau ar gyfer y dyfodol. Roedd yn gwestiwn anodd iawn, ac mae'n gwestiwn anodd iawn i bobl o bob oed ei ateb, ond roedd gan bob un ohonynt ddyheadau ac uchelgeisiau gwahanol ar gyfer y dyfodol. Roedd gan bob un ohonynt syniad gwahanol ar y pwynt hwnnw ynglŷn â beth oeddent am ei wneud ar ôl tyfu fyny. Rydym yn gwneud cam â hwy fel Llywodraeth, fel gwlad, os nad ydynt yn cefnogi cenedlaethau'r dyfodol ac os nad ydym yn manteisio ar y potensial rhyfeddol sydd gennym yng Nghymru. Bydd pob un o'r plant yn yr ysgol ar y diwrnod hwnnw, a bydd Huw yn fy ategu ar hyn, a phob plentyn ar draws y wlad yn gallu cyfrannu at lwyddiant ein cymunedau arbennig ym mhob rhan o Gymru. Diolch.