English: I'd just like to return to the issue of the children's commissioner's report on protecting Welsh children from the impact of poverty. We know that this affects somewhere in the region of a third of all our children, so this is a really major challenge for all of us. I think that, on the one hand, in primary schools we know that many children who need that free school breakfast are not getting it, because the places are quickly filled by those who are using the school breakfast as free childcare, and that's a big challenge for headteachers - to ensure that the right people are getting priority for that. But in our secondary schools, the picture painted by the children's commissioner is very concerning, because there we have a cafeteria system of school meals where, frankly, the catering companies are endeavouring to maximise the income from children. This is impacting not just on those on free school meals, but those who are struggling financially because of low wages. I know, because I have seen it myself, that some schools actually do not provide tap water in the dining room and they are promoting these drinks in plastic bottles. I cannot understand how this has any place in the 'Appetite for Life' guidelines. I would like to call for two responses immediately from the Government, prior to us debating this report. One is that I would like to ask if the Minister for local government could write to all local authorities and ask that they monitor exactly what's going on in each of their secondary schools. There are fewer than 20 schools in Cardiff, which is the largest local authority, so this is perfectly doable. Either they are ignorant or they are complicit in what is going on in terms of promoting products that will maximise income as opposed to what nourishes children. Secondly, I'd like a statement from the education Minister to clarify exactly who is supposed to be monitoring the standard of school meals, which in my view does not meet the nutritional requirements for children. We are seeing children on free school meals who are simply using it to buy chips with curry sauce on a Friday, and that is not a nutritional meal.
Welsh: Hoffwn i ddychwelyd at fater adroddiad y comisiynydd plant ynghylch amddiffyn plant Cymru rhag effeithiau tlodi. Gwyddom fod hyn yn effeithio ar oddeutu traean ein plant, felly mae hon yn her fawr iawn i bob un ohonom ni. Rwyf yn credu, ar yr un llaw, mewn ysgolion cynradd ein bod ni'n gwybod bod llawer o blant y mae angen y brecwast ysgol am ddim hwnnw arnyn nhw nad ydyn nhw'n ei gael, oherwydd bod y lleoedd yn llenwi'n gyflym gan y rhai sy'n defnyddio brecwast yr ysgol fel gofal plant am ddim, ac mae hynny - sicrhau bod y bobl iawn yn cael blaenoriaeth - yn her fawr i benaethiaid. Ond yn ein hysgolion uwchradd, mae'r darlun a gyflëwyd gan y comisiynydd plant yn achosi pryder mawr, oherwydd bod gennym brydau ysgol system gaffeteria lle bo'r cwmnïau arlwyo yn ymdrechu i fanteisio i'r eithaf ar incwm gan blant. Yn ogystal ag effeithio ar y rheini sy'n cael prydau ysgol am ddim, mae hyn hefyd yn effeithio ar y rhai sy'n cael trafferthion ariannol oherwydd cyflogau isel. Gan fy mod i wedi gweld hyn fy hun, gwn nad yw rhai ysgolion yn darparu dŵr tap yn yr ystafell fwyta, ac maen nhw'n hyrwyddo'r diodydd hyn mewn poteli plastig. Ni allaf ddeall sut mae gan hyn unrhyw le yn y canllawiau 'Blas am Oes'. Hoffwn i alw am ddau ymateb gan y Llywodraeth ar unwaith, cyn inni drafod yr adroddiad hwn. Un yw y byddwn i'n hoffi gofyn a oes modd i'r Gweinidog llywodraeth leol ysgrifennu at bob awdurdod lleol i ofyn iddyn nhw fonitro beth yn union sy'n digwydd ym mhob un o'u hysgolion uwchradd. Mae llai nag 20 o ysgolion yng Nghaerdydd, sef yr awdurdod lleol mwyaf, felly mae hyn yn hollol ddichonadwy. Maen nhw naill ai'n anwybodus neu maen nhw'n deall yr hyn sy'n digwydd a bod y cwmnïau hyn yn hyrwyddo cynhyrchion er mwyn cynyddu incwm yn hytrach na maethu plant. Yn ail, hoffwn i gael datganiad gan y Gweinidog addysg sy'n egluro pwy yn union sy'n monitro safon prydau ysgol sydd, yn fy marn i, yn methu â bodloni gofynion maethol plant. Rydym yn gweld plant sy'n cael prydau ysgol am ddim ac yn defnyddio hynny er mwyn prynu sglodion gyda saws cyri ar ddydd Gwener, ac nid yw hynny'n bryd maethlon.