English: I think the truth is that the Government has already changed the way that they structure statutory education through the medium of Welsh because of the lack of growth during the days since devolution. There was a need, for example, to get rid of every reference to meeting demand within the statutory age group, because local councils were using that as an excuse for not expanding Welsh-medium provision. And I think, if we look back over the past five years, the truth is that there's been very little progress seen within FE too. I think that that creates a problem, because, if we do see this growth in pre-16 provision, the truth is that young people don't have the opportunity, then, to continue to study through the medium of Welsh. I've seen in the south-east, for example, situations where young people have received Welsh-medium education up to the age of 16, they then go into FE and there aren't sufficient opportunities for them continue to study through the medium of Welsh, and, when they reach the age of 20, I come across them again and they've lost their Welsh-language skills because there was a lack of provision for them. I think that the Government has realised that there is a need to respond to the growth that there has been - the growth in demand - but the only way that you can do that is to place a responsibility on the local councils in terms of statutory education, and the responsibility that is placed on the commission is an important step forward. As Ioan said, it's only 18 months since they received the responsibility in this area. They have an action plan. We haven't seen whether that will succeed to the extent that the coleg Cymraeg has succeeded within HE yet, but, clearly, I'm eager for children and young people to have the opportunities. Remember too that there are requirements in terms of health and in terms of care to have staff who can speak Welsh to provide services, and, at the moment, the way that we structure FE is a barrier. So, I think that it is vitally important that there is change. From what I see, in the first instance, Welsh Ministers will have to be ambitious in terms of stating their priorities with regard to the new commission. After that, they will need to be challenging the commission in terms of its strategic plan, and there is a step after that too in terms of what plans the commission will be agreeing with the local providers, because a situation where 17 per cent, by now, of our young people receive a Welsh-medium education up to the age of 16, and only 0.3 per cent of the provision in FE is provided through the medium of Welsh, isn't a response to the political policy of the Welsh Government, which is to see growth, not just within education, but within provision in the public sector, post education.
Welsh: Dwi'n meddwl y gwir amdani ydy bod y Llywodraeth eisoes wedi newid y ffordd maen nhw'n strwythuro addysg statudol Gymraeg o achos y diffyg twf yn ystod y dyddiau ers datganoli. Mi oedd rhaid, er enghraifft, cael gwared ar bob cyfeiriad at ateb y galw o fewn yr oedran statudol, o achos bod cynghorau lleol yn defnyddio hynny fel esgus i beidio ag ehangu ar ddarpariaeth Gymraeg. Dwi'n meddwl, os ydyn ni'n edrych yn ôl dros y pum mlynedd diwethaf, y gwir amdani ydy mai prin iawn ydy'r cynnydd sydd wedi cael ei weld o fewn addysg bellach hefyd. Dwi'n meddwl bod hynny yn creu problem, achos, os ydyn ni'n gweld y twf yma o fewn darpariaeth cyn 16, y gwir amdani ydy dyw plant a phobl ifanc ddim yn cael y cyfle i barhau i astudio yn y Gymraeg. Dwi wedi gweld yn y de-ddwyrain, er enghraifft, sefyllfaoedd lle mae pobl ifanc wedi derbyn addysg Gymraeg hyd at 16 oed, wedyn yn mynd i mewn i addysg bellach, a does yna ddim digon o gyfleoedd iddyn nhw barhau i astudio yn y Gymraeg, ac felly pan fyddan nhw'n cyrraedd 20 oed, dwi'n dod ar eu traws nhw eto ac maen nhw wedi colli eu sgiliau yn y Gymraeg o achos bod yna ddiffyg darpariaeth. Dwi'n meddwl bod y Llywodraeth wedi sylweddoli bod angen ymateb i'r twf sydd yna - y twf yn y galw - ond yr unig ffordd fedrwch chi wneud hynny ydy rhoi'r cyfrifoldeb ar y cynghorau lleol o ran addysg statudol, ac mae'r cyfrifoldeb sy'n cael ei rhoi ar y comisiwn yn gam pwysig ymlaen. Fel y dywedodd Ioan, dyw e ond yn rhyw 18 mis ers iddyn nhw dderbyn cyfrifoldeb. Mae ganddyn nhw gynllun gweithredu. Dydyn ni ddim wedi gweld os fydd hynny'n llwyddo i'r graddau mae'r coleg Cymraeg wedi llwyddo o fewn addysg uwch, ond, yn amlwg, dwi'n awyddus bod plant a phobl ifanc yn cael y cyfleoedd. Cofiwch hefyd fod yna ofynion ym maes iechyd ac ym maes gofal i gael staff sydd yn medru'r Gymraeg er mwyn darparu gwasanaethau, ac, ar hyn o bryd, mae'r ffordd rydyn ni'n strwythuro addysg bellach yn rhwystr i hynny hefyd. Felly, dwi'n meddwl ei fod o'n hollbwysig bod yna newid. O beth dwi'n ei weld, yn y lle cyntaf, bydd yn rhaid i Weinidogion Cymru fod yn uchelgeisiol o ran datgan blaenoriaethau o ran y comisiwn newydd. Ar ôl hynny, bydd angen iddyn nhw fod yn herio'r comisiwn o ran eu cynllun strategol, ac mae yna gam ar ôl hynny ynglŷn â pha gynlluniau fydd y comisiwn yn eu cytuno efo'r darparwyr ar lefel lleol, achos dydy sefyllfa lle mae 17 y cant erbyn hyn o'n pobl ifanc ni yn derbyn addysg Gymraeg i fyny at 16, ac ond 0.3 y cant o'r ddarpariaeth addysg bellach yn cael ei gwneud yn y Gymraeg, ddim yn ymateb i bolisi gwleidyddol Llywodraeth Cymru, sydd i weld twf nid yn unig o fewn addysg ond o fewn darpariaeth o fewn y sector gyhoeddus ar ôl addysg.