English: Well, I thank Gareth Davies for those remarks, and I think I'm rather amazed at his attitude towards this announcement. This is certainly a first step towards improving the lot of social care workers, and it has been widely welcomed, as has the £1,000 payment. So, I'm very surprised at his attitude to this statement today. Why have we paid £9.90? This was a commitment in our programme for government; it was also a manifesto commitment. It is the amount that is advised by the Resolution Foundation. It is monitored by the Fair Work Commission, and, every year, they recommend an uplift. And so we are following the rules of that commission. And as I say, this was what we were committed to. We were very pleased to have the opportunity to, in addition, pay the £1,000, which is linked to the paying of the real living wage, because we are looking for the professionalisation of the sector. We set up the social care fair work forum. They advised us on how we could bring in the real living wage, and they are looking at the terms and conditions that we absolutely agree are so important. And I think I did say in my statement that this by itself will not be enough. This is a first step, and what we plan to do is to work again very closely with the fair work forum, who've been tremendous in providing us with advice, and to look next at the terms and conditions and see how we can bring up the social care workforce so that they are able to be recognised as a profession, and will be able to fulfil their duties knowing that they are being paid, they've got reasonable pay and reasonable terms and conditions. So, I'm very pleased to hear that some local authorities are paying above the real living wage. I hope that many people will pay above it, and it's entirely up to the employers to decide if they want to pay more. But I think we need to acknowledge that this is a step towards promoting the social care sector and that it has been widely welcomed.
Welsh: Wel, rwy'n diolch i Gareth Davies am y sylwadau yna, ac rwy'n rhyfeddu i ryw raddau at ei agwedd ef tuag at y cyhoeddiad hwn. Mae hwn yn sicr yn gam cyntaf tuag at wella bywydau gweithwyr gofal cymdeithasol, ac fe'i croesawyd yn eang, yn ogystal â'r taliad o £1,000. Felly, rwy'n synnu'n fawr at ei agwedd ef at y datganiad hwn heddiw. Pam ydym ni wedi talu £9.90? Dyna oedd yr ymrwymiad yn ein rhaglen lywodraethu ni; roedd hwnnw'n ymrwymiad maniffesto hefyd. Dyma'r swm sy'n cael ei gynghori gan Sefydliad Resolution. Fe gaiff ei fonitro gan y Comisiwn Gwaith Teg, ac yn flynyddol, maen nhw'n argymell codiad. Ac felly rydym ni'n dilyn cyfarwyddiadau'r comisiwn hwnnw. Ac fel rwyf i'n dweud, dyma'r hyn yr oeddem ni wedi ymrwymo iddo. Roeddem ni'n falch iawn o gael y cyfle i dalu'r £1,000, ar ben hynny, sy'n gysylltiedig â thalu'r cyflog byw gwirioneddol, oherwydd rydym ni'n ceisio proffesiynoli'r sector. Fe wnaethom ni sefydlu'r fforwm gwaith teg gofal cymdeithasol. Fe'n cynghorwyd ni ynglŷn â'r dull o gyflwyno'r cyflog byw gwirioneddol, ac maen nhw'n edrych ar y telerau ac amodau yr ydym ni'n cytuno eu bod nhw mor bwysig. Ac rwy'n credu i mi ddweud yn fy natganiad na fydd hyn yn ddigon ar ei ben ei hun. Cam cyntaf yw hwn, a'r hyn yr ydym ni'n bwriadu ei wneud yw gweithio yn agos iawn gyda'r fforwm gwaith teg, sydd wedi bod o gymorth aruthrol wrth roi cyngor i ni, ac edrych wedyn ar y telerau ac amodau a gweld sut y gallwn ni feithrin y gweithlu gofal cymdeithasol er mwyn cydnabod mai proffesiwn ydyw, ac fe fyddan nhw'n gallu cyflawni eu dyletswyddau nhw yn y wybodaeth eu bod nhw'n cael eu talu, a bod hwnnw'n dâl rhesymol gyda thelerau ac amodau rhesymol. Felly, rwy'n falch iawn o glywed bod rhai awdurdodau lleol yn talu mwy na'r cyflog byw gwirioneddol. Rwy'n gobeithio y bydd llawer o bobl yn talu dros ben hynny, a mater i'r cyflogwyr yn unig yw penderfynu a ydyn nhw'n dymuno talu mwy. Ond rwyf i o'r farn fod angen i ni gydnabod bod hwn yn gam tuag at hyrwyddo'r sector gofal cymdeithasol ac fe roddwyd croeso cyffredinol iddo.