English: May I join other Members in welcoming this statement today and the focus that it brings to child poverty and reducing child poverty? Could I begin, Cabinet Secretary, by thanking you for the attendance of your staff at a recent meeting in a community centre in Newport East to discuss the future of Communities First and tackling poverty programmes, which was very useful? Two matters that came out of that event, I think, were the importance of that particular centre to empowerment of the local community, and also to the resilience of the local community, and I know these are matters that you are considering very carefully in terms of tackling child poverty and the general way forward. I know that those community centres are delivering on tackling child poverty by working with parents and children in that local area, and I know that's the case elsewhere. So I'm sure you would want to assure myself and others that you'll be carefully considering those advantages of community centres in deciding on the way forward with Communities First. Also, Cabinet Secretary, I wonder if you could say a little bit about community-focused schools, because I also believe they're very important in terms of working with parents and local communities around child poverty issues and general quality of life for children. I believe that our school buildings are not always utilised as well as they should be. Many of them are still locked away at weekends, during the school holidays and during the evenings. Given that resource is scarce, it doesn't seem to be a very good use of those existing buildings. On the early years, I wonder if you might say a little bit about Flying Start, which I think is working well, but perhaps could be widened in terms of those accessing it to work better still. It's obviously very important to tackling child poverty. I believe it's very important to early language acquisition, which is crucial for life chances. And obviously, I know you want to drive up the quality of the early years workforce, and perhaps have more university graduate involvement in Flying Start settings would assist with that, and also, perhaps, co-location, which I believe is useful in widening the access to Flying Start - co-location with midwifery services, for example. Finally, Cabinet Secretary, I wonder if you could say a little bit about ending the defence of reasonable chastisement. There was a very interesting event that Julie Morgan hosted in the Assembly today where we heard very positively of the experience elsewhere, including Ireland, and how positive that is in terms of empowering parents with positive parenting techniques, understanding the children's rights agenda and bringing those to the fore in terms of tackling children's issues. If you could say a little bit about the timescale for ending that defence of reasonable chastisement, I think that would be very useful.
Welsh: A gaf i ymuno ag Aelodau eraill wrth groesawu'r datganiad hwn heddiw a'r pwyslais a ddaw yn ei sgil ar dlodi plant a lleihau tlodi plant? A gaf i ddechrau, Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet, drwy ddiolch ichi am bresenoldeb eich staff mewn cyfarfod diweddar mewn canolfan gymunedol yn Nwyrain Casnewydd i drafod dyfodol Cymunedau yn Gyntaf a rhaglenni trechu tlodi, a oedd yn ddefnyddiol iawn? Dau fater a ddaeth i'r amlwg o'r digwyddiad hwnnw, rwy'n credu, oedd pwysigrwydd y ganolfan arbennig honno i rymuso'r gymuned leol, a chydnerthedd y gymuned leol hefyd. Rwy'n gwybod bod y rhain yn faterion yr ydych yn eu hystyried yn ofalus iawn o ran mynd i'r afael â thlodi plant a'r ffordd gyffredinol ymlaen. Gwn fod y canolfannau cymunedol hynny'n cyflawni o ran mynd i'r afael â thlodi plant drwy weithio gyda rhieni a phlant yn yr ardal leol, a gwn fod hynny'n wir mewn mannau eraill. Felly rwy'n siŵr y byddech eisiau sicrhau i ac eraill y byddwch yn ystyried yn ofalus y manteision hynny a ddaw o ganolfannau cymunedol wrth benderfynu ar y ffordd ymlaen gyda Chymunedau yn Gyntaf. Hefyd, Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet, tybed a fyddech yn barod i ddweud ychydig am ysgolion bro. Rwyf i hefyd yn credu eu bod yn bwysig iawn o ran gweithio gyda rhieni a chymunedau lleol ynghylch materion tlodi plant ac ansawdd bywyd yn gyffredinol i blant. Rwy'n credu nad yw ein hadeiladau ysgol yn cael eu defnyddio cystal ag y dylent bob amser. Mae llawer ohonynt yn dal dan glo ar benwythnosau, yn ystod gwyliau'r ysgol a fin nos. O gofio bod adnoddau'n brin, nid yw'n ymddangos i fod yn ddefnydd da iawn o'r adeiladau hynny sydd eisoes yn bodoli. O ran y blynyddoedd cynnar, tybed a fyddech yn barod i ddweud ychydig am Dechrau'n Deg, yr wyf yn meddwl sy'n gweithio'n dda, ond efallai y gellid ei ehangu o ran y rhai sy'n cael mynediad ato i weithio eto'n well. Mae'n amlwg yn bwysig iawn o ran mynd i'r afael â thlodi plant. Rwy'n credu ei fod yn bwysig iawn i gaffael iaith yn gynnar, sy'n hanfodol ar gyfer cyfleoedd bywyd. Ac yn amlwg, rwy'n gwybod eich bod am wella ansawdd gweithlu'r blynyddoedd cynnar, ac efallai y byddai cael mwy o gyfranogiad gan raddedigion prifysgol mewn lleoliadau Dechrau'n Deg yn cynorthwyo gyda hynny, a hefyd, efallai, gyd-leoli, yr wyf i o'r farn sy'n ddefnyddiol o ran lledu'r mynediad i Dechrau'n Deg - cyd-leoli gyda gwasanaethau bydwreigiaeth, er enghraifft. Yn olaf, Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet, tybed a fyddech yn barod i ddweud ychydig am roi terfyn ar yr amddiffyniad o gosb resymol. Cafwyd digwyddiad diddorol iawn a gynhaliwyd gan Julie Morgan yn y Cynulliad heddiw lle clywsom yn gadarnhaol iawn am y profiad mewn mannau eraill, gan gynnwys Iwerddon, a pha mor bositif yw hynny o ran grymuso rhieni â thechnegau rhianta cadarnhaol, deall yr agenda hawliau plant a dod â'r rheini i'r amlwg o ran mynd i'r afael â materion plant. Pe gallech ddweud ychydig am yr amserlen ar gyfer rhoi diwedd ar yr amddiffyniad o gosb resymol, credaf y byddai hynny'n ddefnyddiol iawn.