English: Presiding Officer, I recognise that a proportion of young people with ALN will go on to receive work-based learning after they leave school or further education. We must ensure that these young people continue to receive appropriate support for their needs. And we will ensure that the appropriate connections are made between the new ALN system and work-based learning providers. Exploring the opportunities for appropriate connections offered by contractual arrangements is, I believe, a potentially more powerful lever than the amendment. If action is not taken, there will be a financial consequence for providers, and this is likely to be a more effective tool to ensure compliance. The Government's position throughout the passage of this Bill is that it would be disproportionate to impose statutory duties on providers in this respect. In any event, the power included in these amendments is unlikely to be wide enough to be effective. It will not, for example, provide for appeals or for the imposition of requirements through the code. Nor could we police the system under the proposed amendment, as there are no powers of direction for work-based learning providers. Contractual agreements, on the other hand, can potentially provide an effective mechanism to require compliance. There are also likely to be other issues with relying on the power. For example, in terms of operational effectiveness, there might be an issue with how this provision would fit with what happens on the ground. Specifically, there is a question as to whether subcontractors, for instance, providing work-based learning, would be caught by the wording of the amendment. On the face of it, there does not appear to be anything that this power would allow for that we could not achieve through a contract with providers. Current contractual requirements for work-based learning already make provision for additional learning support for off-the-job training, with funding available to contractors to cover the associated costs of that. I'm happy - very happy - to repeat the previous commitment of the Government to consider what improvements can be made to the current arrangements as part of the move to Working Wales from 2019. IDPs will be a fundamental resource for providers in determining how to support young people with additional learning needs, and a key consideration here is that it must be with the consent of the young person. But I want to ensure that the opportunities are fully exploited for integration with the tools Working Wales will use to identify barriers to employment and subsequent provision delivery. And for all the reasons I have outlined, I would urge Members to oppose these amendments.
Welsh: Llywydd, rwy'n cydnabod bod cyfran o bobl ifanc ag ADY yn mynd ymlaen i gael dysgu seiliedig ar waith ar ôl iddynt adael yr ysgol neu addysg bellach. Mae'n rhaid inni sicrhau bod y bobl ifanc hyn yn parhau i dderbyn cefnogaeth briodol ar gyfer eu hanghenion. A byddwn yn sicrhau bod y cysylltiadau priodol yn cael eu gwneud rhwng y system ADY newydd a darparwyr dysgu seiliedig ar waith. Mae ymchwilio i'r cyfleoedd ar gyfer cysylltiadau priodol a gynigir gan drefniadau cytundebol, yn fy marn i, yn ysgogiad mwy pwerus o bosibl na'r gwelliant. Os na chymerir camau, bydd canlyniad ariannol ar gyfer darparwyr, ac mae hyn yn debygol o fod yn offeryn mwy effeithiol i sicrhau cydymffurfiaeth. Safbwynt y Llywodraeth drwy gydol hynt y Bil hwn yw y byddai'n anghymesur i osod dyletswyddau statudol ar ddarparwyr yn hyn o beth. Fodd bynnag, mae'r pŵer sydd wedi'u cynnwys yn y gwelliannau hyn yn annhebygol o fod yn ddigon eang i fod yn effeithiol. Ni fydd, er enghraifft, yn darparu ar gyfer apeliadau nac ar gyfer gosod gofynion drwy'r cod. Ac ni allem gadw trefn ar y system o dan y gwelliant a gynigir, gan nad oes unrhyw bwerau i gyfarwyddo darparwyr dysgu seiliedig ar waith. Ar y llaw arall, gall cytundebau contractiol, o bosibl ddarparu dull effeithiol o fynnu cydymffurfiaeth. Mae'n debygol hefyd y bydd materion eraill o ran dibynnu ar y pŵer. Er enghraifft, o ran effeithiolrwydd gweithredol, gallai fod problem o ran sut y byddai'r ddarpariaeth hon yn cyd-fynd â'r hyn sy'n digwydd ar lawr gwlad. Yn benodol, mae yna gwestiwn ynghylch a fyddai is-gontractwyr, er enghraifft, sy'n darparu dysgu seiliedig ar waith, yn cael eu dal gan eiriad y gwelliant. Ar yr wyneb, nid yw'n ymddangos fod unrhyw beth y byddai'r pŵer hwn yn ei ganiatáu na fyddem yn gallu ei gyflawni drwy gontract gyda darparwyr. Mae'r gofynion cytundebol presennol ar gyfer dysgu seiliedig ar waith eisoes yn darparu ar gyfer cymorth dysgu ychwanegol ar gyfer hyfforddiant i ffwrdd o'r gwaith, ac mae cyllid i gontractwyr i dalu am y costau sy'n gysylltiedig â hynny. Rwy'n fodlon - yn fodlon iawn - ailadrodd ymrwymiad blaenorol y Llywodraeth i ystyried pa welliannau y gellir eu gwneud i'r trefniadau presennol yn rhan o'r symudiad tuag at Cymru'n Gweithio o 2019 ymlaen. Bydd cynlluniau datblygu unigol yn adnodd sylfaenol ar gyfer darparwyr wrth benderfynu sut i gefnogi pobl ifanc ag anghenion dysgu ychwanegol, ac ystyriaeth allweddol yma yw bod yn rhaid iddo fod gyda chydsyniad y person ifanc. Ond rwyf am sicrhau bod y cyfleoedd yn cael eu gwireddu'n llawn ar gyfer integreiddio gydag offer y bydd Cymru'n Gweithio yn eu defnyddio i nodi rhwystrau i gyflogaeth a chyflenwi darpariaeth ddilynol. Ac am yr holl resymau a amlinellwyd gennyf, byddwn yn annog yr Aelodau i wrthwynebu'r gwelliannau hyn.