English: Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer. As a matter of principle, every child should receive free school meals. To get to that point, we need planning and to do so in a phased way. The first step is to start to include the 70,000 children living below the poverty line in Wales, and that is what our motion puts forward today. They are missing out at the moment, mainly because their parents are in low-paid employment. In supporting our motion, you would also be supporting the 6,000 children in Wales who don't qualify for free school meals because their families have no recourse to public funds. Today, therefore, we are calling on the Welsh Government to ensure that some of the fiscal resources that are as yet unallocated in the draft budget for 2021-22 are used in the final budget for 2021-22 in order to expand the free school meals eligibility criteria to include all children in families in receipt of universal credit or equivalent benefits or any child in a family with no recourse to public funds. According to surveys by the Welsh Government itself, the cost of doing what we are calling for, the cost of expanding school meals to all children in families in receipt of universal credit, would be between £33 million and £101 million - the lowest figure if only one child in every family were to take advantage, and the highest if three were to do so. Now, it's clear that Wales will receive more funding from Westminster. Last week, there was an announcement on further Barnett consequentials of £650 million, which could be carried over into next year. This is in addition to the £350 million that the Government can also carry over into next year from this year. So, there is no excuse now for not expanding eligibility. The funding is available to be allocated for the purpose that we set out in our motion today. In terms of the budgetary process, then today is the last chance for the Senedd to have a meaningful vote on the issue of extending free school meals. The final budget is expected next week; it'll be published on 2 March, and discussed on 9 March. So, it is crucial that all Senedd Members make their views clear to Government by supporting our motion today so that the appropriate fiscal adaptations can be made. It is truly disappointing to see that the Government has tabled a delete-all amendment to our motion, and rather notes that it is unacceptable in a modern society that children still go hungry. Well, I would agree. But an amendment simply noting that but refusing to do anything to resolve the issue is good for nothing for the poorest children who are missing out on free school meals. In addition to that, it's very disappointing to see the Government ignoring its own child poverty review. This report noted that expanding free school meals to a broader range of children and young people is the one step that would help most in tackling child poverty - the one thing - and yet again the Government continues to reject that, although the funds are available. It is disappointing and entirely unbelievable, if truth be told.
Welsh: Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. Fel mater o egwyddor, mi ddylai bob plentyn dderbyn pryd ysgol am ddim. I gyrraedd at hynny, mae'n rhaid cynllunio gam wrth gam. Y cam cyntaf ydy dechrau cynnwys y 70,000 o blant sy'n byw o dan y llinell dlodi yng Nghymru, a dyna ydy'n cynnig ni heddiw. Maen nhw'n colli allan ar hyn o bryd, yn bennaf oherwydd bod eu rhieni nhw mewn swyddi sydd â chyflog isel. Wrth gefnogi'n cynnig, mi fyddwch chi hefyd yn cefnogi'r 6,000 o blant yng Nghymru sydd ddim yn gymwys am ginio am ddim oherwydd nad oes gan eu teuluoedd nhw unrhyw arian cyhoeddus. Heddiw, felly, rydym ni'n galw ar Lywodraeth Cymru i sicrhau bod peth o'r adnodd cyllidol sydd heb ei ddyrannu yng nghyllideb ddrafft 2021-22 yn cael ei ddefnyddio yn y gyllideb derfynol ar gyfer 2021-22 i ehangu meini prawf cymhwysedd prydau ysgol am ddim i gynnwys bob plentyn mewn teulu sy'n derbyn credyd cynhwysol neu fudd-dal cyfatebol, ac unrhyw blentyn mewn teulu nad yw cyllid cyhoeddus ar gael iddyn nhw. Yn ôl cyfrifiadau gan Lywodraeth Cymru ei hun, y gost o wneud yr hyn rydym ni'n ei alw amdano fo, y gost o ehangu prydau ysgol am ddim i bob plentyn mewn teuluoedd sy'n derbyn credyd cynhwysol, fyddai rhwng £33 miliwn a £101 miliwn - y ffigur isaf petai ond un plentyn ym mhob teulu a'r ffigur uchaf pe bai tri ym mhob teulu. Erbyn hyn, mae'n glir bod Cymru am dderbyn mwy o arian o San Steffan. Yr wythnos diwethaf, cafwyd cyhoeddiad am symiau canlyniadol Barnett pellach o £650 miliwn y gellir ei gario ymlaen i'r flwyddyn nesaf. Mae hyn ar ben y £350 miliwn o gyllideb sbâr eleni y mae modd hefyd i'r Llywodraeth gario drosodd i'r flwyddyn nesaf. Felly, does yna ddim esgus bellach i beidio ag ehangu cymhwysedd. Mae arian ar gael i'w ddyrannu ar gyfer y pwrpas yr ydym ni yn ei nodi yn y cynnig. Ac o ran proses y gyllideb, heddiw ydy'r cyfle olaf i'r Senedd gael pleidlais ystyrlon ar fater ehangu prydau ysgol am ddim. Mae disgwyl y gyllideb derfynol wythnos nesaf gael ei chyhoeddi ar 2 Mawrth, a'i thrafod eto ar 9 Mawrth. Felly, mae'n hanfodol bod holl Aelodau'r Senedd yn gwneud eu dymuniad yn glir i'r Llywodraeth drwy gefnogi'n cynnig ni heddiw er mwyn i'r addasiadau cyllidol priodol gael eu gwneud. Mae'n wirioneddol siomedig i weld bod y Llywodraeth wedi gosod gwelliant i'n cynnig ni heddiw sydd yn dileu ein cynnig ni, ac yn hytrach yn nodi ei bod yn annerbyniol mewn cymdeithas fodern fod plant yn dal i fynd heb fwyd. Cytuno. Ond dydy gwelliant sydd yn nodi hynny ond yn gwrthod gwneud dim byd amdano fo yn dda i ddim oll ar gyfer plant tlawd sy'n colli allan ar ginio ysgol am ddim. Ar ben hyn, mae'n siomedig iawn gweld y Llywodraeth yn anwybyddu eu hadolygiad tlodi plant nhw eu hunain. Roedd yr adroddiad yma yn nodi taw ehangu cymhwysedd ar gyfer prydau ysgol am ddim i ystod ehangach o blant a phobl ifanc ydy'r un peth a fyddai'n helpu efo trechu tlodi plant - yr un peth fyddai'n helpu - ac eto mae'r Llywodraeth yn parhau i ymwrthod, er bod arian ar gael. Siomedig a chwbl anhygoel, a dweud y gwir.