English: Diolch eto, Llywydd. Thank you very much. First of all, let me just begin by saying this childcare offer is very clear on what it's doing. I think some of the discussion here is what is set out on the face of the Bill in primary legislation and what is set out in regulations or in schemes of operation and so on. This Bill is actually very narrow. Just to repeat it: it's the mechanism that sets up the operation of the HMRC to discuss eligibility of parents to apply for the childcare offer. However, I would simply say - and in response to Siân's ambitions for what a childcare offer may look like, what an early years offer might be - there are always discussions around where we go in the future, but I would simply say: for want of the perfect, do not throw out what is the very good. Because the early implementer responses - the year 1 response to this - showed how successful this has been and how well it's been regarded, and the fact that it's putting £200 to £250 in households, some of whom are on the lowest wages as well - so this is working, it's effective. But I understand the aspirations to do more in future and so on, and many of us have articulated those aspirations for what we do in future, but this childcare offer is very clear, the Bill is very narrow. However, some of this discussion is around what's on the face of the Bill and so on. Let me just turn to this: the majority of the amendments in this group, particularly amendments 6, 11, 8 and 5 and consequential amendments 19 and 10, relate to the eligibility criteria for the offer and are closely aligned with some of the responsible committee's recommendations about opening up the scope of the offer to parents in training and education. Now, we debated this at quite some length at Stage 2 proceedings, and very recently, in fact, I wrote to the Chair and members of the Children, Young People and Education Committee outlining the various schemes available to parents that are outside of the parameters of this offer. So, let me just briefly remind all Members of that. There are a range of other programmes already in place to provide support to other categories of parent. This includes the parents, childcare and employment programme - PaCE - Flying Start, work-based learning support for non-employed learners, the financial contingency fund for individuals attending further education, and the childcare grant to students in higher education. PaCE is £13.5 million of Welsh Government and European social fund project funding. It targets its services to economically inactive parents right across Wales who consider childcare to be the main barrier for them accessing training or employment opportunities. And since July, it's worked with over 3,400 parents and it's helped 1,100 of those into work. Five hundred and ninety parents have received financial support through PaCE for their children to access registered childcare. This has enabled those parents to undertake training, work experience, volunteering, and to increase confidence and employability skills, which have improved their chances of moving into employment - [ Interruption.]. I will in a moment, Siân. It has also paid over £400,000 in childcare costs, not only supporting parents to prepare for work, but helping them make the transition into employment for the first few weeks, and, as I outlined in the letter, discussions are ongoing with the Welsh European Funding Office regarding extending the PaCE project beyond 2020. And the evaluation findings we have as part of this childcare offer will form part of that consideration. Siân.
Welsh: Diolch eto, Lywydd. Diolch yn fawr iawn. Yn gyntaf, gadewch imi ddechrau drwy ddweud bod y cynnig gofal plant hwn yn glir iawn ynglŷn â beth y mae'n ei wneud. Credaf mai peth o'r drafodaeth yma yw'r hyn a nodir ar wyneb y Bil mewn deddfwriaeth sylfaenol a'r hyn a nodir mewn rheoliadau neu mewn cynlluniau gweithredu ac ati. Mae'r Bil hwn yn gul iawn mewn gwirionedd. Os caf ailadrodd: dyma'r mecanwaith sy'n sefydlu gweithgarwch CThEM i drafod cymhwysedd rhieni i geisio am y cynnig gofal plant. Fodd bynnag, buaswn yn dweud hyn - ac mewn ymateb i uchelgeisiau Siân ar gyfer yr hyn y gallai cynnig gofal plant fod, beth y gallai cynnig ar gyfer y blynyddoedd cynnar fod - mae yna bob amser drafodaethau ynglŷn â ble yr awn yn y dyfodol, ond buaswn yn dweud hyn: peidiwch â chael gwared ar yr hyn sy'n dda iawn yn yr ysfa am berffeithrwydd. Oherwydd dangosodd ymatebion y gweithredwyr cynnar - yr ymateb blwyddyn 1 i hyn - pa mor llwyddiannus y bu a pha mor dda y bu'r ymateb iddo, a'r ffaith ei fod yn rhoi £200 i £250 i aelwydydd, gyda rhai ohonynt ar y cyflogau isaf hefyd - felly mae hwn yn gweithio, mae'n effeithiol. Ond rwy'n deall y dyheadau i wneud mwy yn y dyfodol ac ati, ac mae llawer ohonom wedi mynegi'r dyheadau hynny ar gyfer yr hyn a wnawn yn y dyfodol, ond mae'r cynnig gofal plant hwn yn glir iawn, mae'r Bil yn gul iawn. Fodd bynnag, mae peth o'r drafodaeth hon yn ymwneud â'r hyn sydd ar wyneb y Bil ac yn y blaen. Gadewch imi droi at hyn: mae'r rhan fwyaf o'r gwelliannau yn y grŵp hwn, yn enwedig gwelliannau 6, 11, 8 a 5 a gwelliannau canlyniadol 19 a 10, yn ymwneud â'r meini prawf cymhwysedd ar gyfer y cynnig ac maent yn cyd-fynd yn agos â rhai o argymhellion y pwyllgor cyfrifol ynglŷn ag ehangu cwmpas y cynnig i gynnwys rhieni mewn addysg a hyfforddiant. Nawr, fe drafodwyd hyn yn eithaf helaeth yn nhrafodion Cyfnod 2, ac yn ddiweddar iawn mewn gwirionedd, ysgrifennais at Gadeirydd ac aelodau'r Pwyllgor Plant, Pobl Ifanc ac Addysg yn amlinellu'r cynlluniau amrywiol sydd ar gael i rieni sydd y tu allan i baramedrau'r cynnig hwn. Felly, gadewch imi atgoffa'r holl Aelodau am hynny'n fyr. Ceir amryw o raglenni eraill sydd eisoes ar waith i ddarparu cymorth i gategorïau eraill o rieni. Mae hyn yn cynnwys y rhaglen rhieni, gofal plant a chyflogaeth - PaCE - Dechrau'n Deg, cymorth ar gyfer dysgu seiliedig ar waith ar gyfer dysgwyr nad ydynt yn gyflogedig, y gronfa ariannol wrth gefn ar gyfer unigolion sy'n mynychu addysg bellach, a'r grant gofal plant i fyfyrwyr mewn addysg uwch. Mae PaCE yn darparu £13.5 miliwn o arian prosiect Llywodraeth Cymru a chronfa gymdeithasol Ewrop. Mae'n targedu ei wasanaethau tuag at rieni anweithgar yn economaidd ledled Cymru sy'n ystyried mai gofal plant yw'r prif rwystr rhag gallu cael mynediad at gyfleoedd hyfforddiant neu gyflogaeth. Ac ers mis Gorffennaf, mae wedi gweithio gyda dros 3,400 o rieni ac mae wedi helpu 1,100 o'r rheini i gael gwaith. Mae 590 o rieni wedi cael cymorth ariannol drwy PaCE er mwyn i'w plant gael mynediad at ofal plant cofrestredig. Mae hyn wedi galluogi'r rhieni hynny i ymgymryd â hyfforddiant, profiad gwaith, gwirfoddoli, a chynyddu hyder a sgiliau cyflogadwyedd, sydd wedi gwella eu gobaith o gael gwaith - [ T orri ar draws.]. Gwnaf mewn munud, Siân. Mae hefyd wedi talu dros £400,000 mewn costau gofal plant, ac wedi cynorthwyo rhieni i baratoi ar gyfer gwaith yn ogystal â'u helpu i bontio i gyflogaeth am yr ychydig wythnosau cyntaf, ac fel yr amlinellais yn y llythyr, mae'r trafodaethau'n parhau gyda Swyddfa Cyllid Ewropeaidd Cymru ynglŷn ag ymestyn y prosiect PaCE wedi 2020. A bydd canfyddiadau'r gwerthusiad sydd gennym fel rhan o'r cynnig gofal plant hwn yn ffurfio rhan o'r ystyriaeth honno. Siân.