English: Diolch, Llywydd. I formally move the amendments tabled in my name and supported by Mark Reckless, which are moved with the support also of the Abolish the Welsh Assembly Party. This group of amendments deals with the provision of Welsh teaching. The amendments I am moving today seek to reflect the fact that Wales has many different parts and they do not all have the same level of Welsh speaking. Rather than try to create one policy for the whole of Wales, which would be a waste of precious resources, we feel that Welsh language provision should be appropriate to the needs of the local population. We think, on the whole, that it would be better to focus resources on saving and keeping open rural schools in Welsh-speaking west Wales, rather than letting those schools close, which is what has been happening and what continues to happen. But we can't do anything to keep those schools open if we waste money on an all-Wales policy designed to hit some arbitrary target of 1 million Welsh speakers, because ultimately what does having 1 million Welsh speakers actually mean? What does it actually mean if you teach 1 million people to say ' bore da ' and ' noswaith dda '? Is that actually a meaningful achievement and is it a useful employment of limited resources? Is it better to get all those people to be able to smile and say ' bore da ' and not much else, or is it better to actually target local communities in Welsh-speaking Wales, keep schools open, keep community centres open and keep Welsh going as a living language, because that is what we're in danger of losing? Now, turning to our specific amendments today, the Welsh Government's amendments to their own Bill, laid at Stage 2, allow for some Welsh-medium schools to be allowed not to teach any English until age eight. So, the emphasis here is on schools being allowed to choose what is the best approach for their pupils. Our amendment 35 today allows a similar right for English-medium schools to be allowed not to teach any Welsh until age eight, which, again, will allow the schools to decide the best approach. To some extent, this may be regarded as a probing amendment. If the Welsh Government doesn't think, for whatever reason, that this is the right approach, then they may need to revisit their enthusiasm for their own amendments allowing Welsh-medium schools to opt out of teaching pupils English. Our amendment 37 seeks to insert a new Schedule into the Bill that devolves to local authorities the power to decide if and to what degree Welsh should be compulsory in English-medium schools between years 4 and 11 - in other words, between the ages of eight and 16. Local councils would be able to come to their own decisions on this matter after appropriate consultations with their own local people and with regard to the proportion of Welsh speakers in their own area. Amendments 38 and 39 are needed if amendments 35 to 37 are agreed. If amendments 35 and 37 are not agreed, then in that event I wouldn't push for a vote for the other two amendments. To sum up, what we do need is a localised approach, rather than a one-size-fits-all policy, and what we also need is an element of choice, rather than compulsion, over how we decide to teach the Welsh language in different parts of Wales. To that end, I commend to the Siambr today these amendments. Diolch yn fawr iawn.
Welsh: Diolch, Llywydd. Cynigiaf yn ffurfiol y gwelliannau a gyflwynwyd yn fy enw i ac a gefnogir gan Mark Reckless, sy'n cael eu cynnig gyda chefnogaeth Plaid Diddymu Cynulliad Cymru hefyd. Mae'r grŵp hwn o welliannau yn ymdrin ag addysgu Cymraeg. Mae'r gwelliannau yr wyf i'n eu cynnig heddiw yn ceisio adlewyrchu'r ffaith bod gan Gymru lawer o wahanol rannau ac nad oes gan bob un ohonyn nhw yr un lefel o siarad Cymraeg. Yn hytrach na cheisio creu un polisi ar gyfer Cymru gyfan, a fyddai'n wastraff adnoddau gwerthfawr, rydym ni o'r farn y dylai darpariaeth Gymraeg fod yn briodol i anghenion y boblogaeth leol. Rydym ni'n credu, ar y cyfan, y byddai'n well canolbwyntio adnoddau ar achub a chadw ysgolion gwledig yng ngorllewin Cymru sy'n siarad Cymraeg ar agor, yn hytrach na gadael i'r ysgolion hynny gau, sef yr hyn sydd wedi bod yn digwydd a'r hyn sy'n parhau i ddigwydd. Ond ni allwn ni wneud unrhyw beth i gadw'r ysgolion hynny ar agor os ydym ni'n gwastraffu arian ar bolisi Cymru gyfan sydd wedi'i gynllunio i gyrraedd rhyw darged mympwyol o 1 miliwn o siaradwyr Cymraeg, oherwydd yn y pen draw beth mae 1 miliwn o siaradwyr Cymraeg yn ei olygu mewn gwirionedd? Beth mae'n ei olygu mewn gwirionedd os ydych yn dysgu 1 miliwn o bobl i ddweud ' bore da ' a ' noswaith dda '? A yw hynny yn gyflawniad ystyrlon mewn gwirionedd ac a yw'n ddefnydd defnyddiol o adnoddau cyfyngedig? A yw'n well cael yr holl bobl hynny i allu gwenu a dweud ' bore da ' a dim llawer arall, neu a yw'n well i dargedu cymunedau lleol yng Nghymru Gymraeg, cadw ysgolion ar agor, cadw canolfannau cymunedol ar agor a chadw'r Gymraeg yn iaith fyw, oherwydd dyna beth yr ydym mewn perygl o'i golli? Nawr, gan droi at ein gwelliannau penodol heddiw, mae gwelliannau Llywodraeth Cymru i'w Bil eu hunain, a osodwyd yng Nghyfnod 2, yn caniatáu i rai ysgolion cyfrwng Cymraeg beidio ag addysgu unrhyw Saesneg tan wyth oed. Felly, mae'r pwyslais yma ar ganiatáu i ysgolion ddewis beth yw'r dull gorau i'w disgyblion. Mae ein gwelliant 35 heddiw yn caniatáu hawl debyg i ganiatáu i ysgolion cyfrwng Saesneg beidio ag addysgu unrhyw Gymraeg tan wyth oed, a fydd, unwaith eto, yn caniatáu i'r ysgolion benderfynu ar y dull gorau. I ryw raddau, gellir ystyried hyn yn welliant treiddgar. Os nad yw Llywodraeth Cymru yn credu, am ba reswm bynnag, mai dyma'r dull cywir, yna efallai y bydd angen iddi ailystyried ei brwdfrydedd tuag at eu gwelliannau eu hunain i ganiatáu i ysgolion cyfrwng Cymraeg optio allan o addysgu disgyblion Saesneg. Mae ein gwelliant 37 yn ceisio mewnosod Atodlen newydd i'r Bil sy'n dirprwyo i awdurdodau lleol y pŵer i benderfynu a ddylai'r Gymraeg fod yn orfodol mewn ysgolion cyfrwng Saesneg rhwng blynyddoedd 4 ac 11 ac i ba raddau - mewn geiriau eraill, rhwng wyth ac 16 oed. Byddai cynghorau lleol yn gallu gwneud eu penderfyniadau eu hunain ar y mater hwn ar ôl ymgynghori priodol â'u pobl leol eu hunain ac o ran cyfran y siaradwyr Cymraeg yn eu hardal eu hunain. Mae angen gwelliannau 38 a 39 pe cytunir ar welliannau 35 i 37. Os na chytunir ar welliannau 35 a 37, yna ni fyddwn yn pwyso am bleidlais ar gyfer y ddau welliant arall. I grynhoi, yr hyn sydd ei angen arnom yw dull lleol, yn hytrach nag un polisi sy'n addas i bawb, a'r hyn sydd ei angen arnom hefyd yw elfen o ddewis, yn hytrach na gorfodaeth, ynghylch sut yr ydym yn penderfynu addysgu'r Gymraeg mewn gwahanol rannau o Gymru. I'r perwyl hwnnw, cymeradwyaf y gwelliannau hyn i'r Siambr heddiw. Diolch yn fawr iawn.