English: Thank you for your statement, Cabinet Secretary. You're quite right that class size is a relevant factor for the educational attainment of children, and the Cabinet Secretary is also correct when she admits that class size isn't the only factor that needs dealing with. What I wonder is why this initiative only attempts to deal with the issue of class sizes to improve education for infants. What will the Cabinet Secretary do to reduce class sizes at primary school level? You've told us that other steps will be taken, but there are no details of any, and as yet no funding proposed for them. Can you also give us some more details on what exactly is meant by high levels of additional learning needs, and specifically what you mean by 'high levels'? At what point will the Cabinet Secretary consider a school to have high levels of additional learning needs, or free school meals, et cetera? Finally, you talk about local authorities having to bid for the money and make a business case. I think the parent of any child at a failing school that doesn't get any of the new funds won't be satisfied with the explanations that their child's school, and therefore their needs by inference, failed to reach the Cabinet member's business case threshold. These are children, not business assets or liabilities, and I'm sure you'll agree with me that all children have the right to a decent education, whichever school they're in and regardless of the school's circumstances or status. How are you going to improve performance at a failing school that doesn't present a sufficiently good business case to reduce class sizes? With those concerns in mind, will you bring any proposals as to how funding will be awarded back to this Chamber for endorsement by the Assembly Members before the criteria are implemented? Thank you.
Welsh: Diolch i chi am eich datganiad, Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet. Rydych chi'n llygad eich lle bod maint y dosbarth yn ffactor perthnasol ar gyfer cyrhaeddiad addysgol plant, ac mae Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet hefyd yn gywir wrth iddi gyfaddef nad maint y dosbarth yw'r unig ffactor y mae angen ymdrin ag ef. Tybed pam mae'r fenter hon ond yn ceisio ymdrin â'r mater ynglŷn â maint dosbarthiadau er mwyn gwella addysg babanod. Beth fydd Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet yn ei wneud i leihau maint dosbarthiadau ar lefel ysgolion cynradd? Rydych chi wedi dweud wrthym y bydd camau eraill yn cael eu cymryd, ond ni cheir manylion am unrhyw un ohonyn nhw, a hyd yn hyn nid oes cyllid arfaethedig ar eu cyfer. A wnewch chi hefyd roi mwy o fanylion am beth yn union a olygir gan lefelau uchel o anghenion dysgu ychwanegol, ac yn arbennig yr hyn yr ydych yn ei olygu wrth 'lefelau uchel'? Pa bryd y bydd Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet yn ystyried bod gan ysgol lefelau uchel o anghenion dysgu ychwanegol, neu brydau ysgol am ddim, ac ati? Yn olaf, rydych chi'n sôn am awdurdodau lleol yn gorfod gwneud cais am yr arian a gwneud achos busnes. Nid wyf yn credu y bydd rhiant unrhyw blentyn mewn ysgol sy'n methu, nad yw'n cael arian o'r cronfeydd newydd, yn fodlon â'r esboniad pam mae ysgol eu plentyn, ac felly eu hanghenion drwy hynny, wedi methu â chyrraedd trothwy achos busnes yr aelod Cabinet. Mae'r rhain yn blant, nid rhwymedigaethau neu asedau busnes, ac rwy'n siŵr y byddwch chi'n cytuno â mi bod gan bob plentyn yr hawl i gael addysg o safon, pa bynnag ysgol y maen nhw'n ei mynychu, ni waeth beth yw amgylchiadau neu statws yr ysgol. Sut ydych chi'n mynd i wella perfformiad mewn ysgol sy'n methu nad yw'n cyflwyno achos busnes digon da i leihau maint dosbarthiadau? O ystyried y pryderon hynny, a fyddwch chi'n cyflwyno unrhyw gynigion ynghylch sut y bydd cyllid yn cael ei ddyfarnu i'r Siambr hon i'w cadarnhau gan yr Aelodau Cynulliad cyn y caiff y meini prawf eu gweithredu? Diolch.