English: Okay. Right, thank you. [ Interruption.] Okay. If I start, then, with Suzy Davies, who highlighted some of the shortcomings of the PDG, which were picked up in our report, but which we really hope our recommendations and the positive response by the Welsh Government will help to address - things such as the new guidance that we've called for. I know that the Minister is developing a toolkit that should improve consistency, and the new PDG staff in the consortia, who are going to be there to challenge, we hope will make a difference. And, as you know, the committee made recommendations around the parity of esteem issues that you rightly highlighted. Jenny Rathbone highlighted some of the concerns that arise because of large numbers of change in the numbers of kids in school, and that was something that we picked up in our report. We had hoped that the Welsh Government would accept that recommendation, but we hope that that will be kept under review, and I think it's particularly pertinent for, probably, areas like Cardiff where you are likely to have big changes in population, more so than in some other communities, because we don't want those schools to be left out or disadvantaged. Siân Gwenllian - . Can I welcome Siân to the committee, but also take this opportunity to place on record my thanks to Llyr Gruffydd, who has been an excellent and most conscientious member of the committee? So, thank you, Llyr, for everything that you've done. Siân raised some general issues around school funding, and what has been apparent in all our inquiries, really, is that there are pressures on funding, and I know that the Cabinet Secretary recognises that point. That is why we are undertaking now a more wholescale look at the school funding to try and see whether there are any recommendations we can make to improve the situation. Both Siân Gwenllian and Janet Finch-Saunders raised the issue of this policy on free school meals. You'll be aware that we have recently written to the Cabinet Secretary to ask for some more information about the way the figures have been calculated, why the cut-off is where it is, but what I would also say is that members of the committee are very conscious of the need for there not to be any unintended consequences. I think that we do have to be mindful that, should there be a big increase in the number of pupils having free school meals, that may then mean a big increase in the pupil development grant, or, worse, the pupil development grant being seriously diluted for our poorest pupils, which actually would be a very regressive step. So, we are very mindful of that also; it's very important that we keep that in mind. Can I thank Julie Morgan for her contribution - a very important contribution - on adopted children? And, of course, our predecessor committee, as you'll remember, did an important inquiry on adoption, and we are acutely aware of the needs of adopted children, and also, of course, aware that many of those initiatives that are so important in schools around emotional and mental health are funded by the PDG in many of our schools, so that's why it is important that we get that support for adopted children in schools, and I hope that that is something that the Cabinet Secretary will look at again. It is absolutely crucial that that support is there. Can I thank the Cabinet Secretary for her further response today and for the positive way in which she's engaged with the inquiry? The committee fully agrees with her about the need to do everything to support all our pupils, including our more able and talented. We welcome the steps that have been taken already in this regard, but we will be looking to follow up with this inquiry as to how the new guidance is making sure, how the new challenge is making sure, that our more able and talented pupils are also being impacted by this policy. Can I just conclude, then, by thanking, again, everybody for contributing, thanking everybody who gave evidence to the inquiry, thanking the committee team, who, as always, have been absolutely brilliant, and reminding Members here that we will return to this, as we have with all our inquiries, to monitor and scrutinise the progress on the recommendations of this very important inquiry? Thank you.
Welsh: O'r gorau. Iawn, diolch. [ Torri ar draws.] O'r gorau. Os dechreuaf, felly, gyda Suzy Davies, a dynnodd sylw at rai o ddiffygion y grant datblygu disgyblion, a gafodd sylw yn ein hadroddiad, ond y gobeithiwn yn fawr y bydd ein hargymhellion ac ymateb cadarnhaol Llywodraeth Cymru yn helpu i fynd i'r afael â hwy - pethau fel y canllawiau newydd rydym wedi galw amdanynt. Gwn fod y Gweinidog yn datblygu pecyn cymorth a ddylai wella cysondeb, a staff newydd y grant datblygu disgyblion yn y consortia, sy'n mynd i fod yno i herio, gobeithiwn y byddant yn gwneud gwahaniaeth. Ac fel y gwyddoch, gwnaeth y pwyllgor argymhellion ynghylch y materion y sonioch chi amdanynt yn briodol iawn sy'n ymwneud â pharch cydradd. Tynnodd Jenny Rathbone sylw at rai o'r pryderon sy'n codi oherwydd y newid mawr yn nifer y plant sydd mewn ysgol, ac roedd hynny'n rhywbeth a nodwyd yn glir gennym yn ein hadroddiad. Roeddem wedi gobeithio y byddai Llywodraeth Cymru yn derbyn yr argymhelliad hwnnw, ond rydym yn gobeithio y bydd yn cael ei gadw dan arolwg, ac rwy'n credu ei fod yn arbennig o berthnasol i ardaloedd Caerdydd, mae'n debyg, lle rydych yn debygol o gael newidiadau mawr yn y boblogaeth, mwy felly nag mewn rhai cymunedau eraill, oherwydd nid ydym am weld yr ysgolion hynny'n cael eu gadael ar ôl neu dan anfantais. Siân Gwenllian - . A gaf fi groesawu Siân i'r pwyllgor, a hefyd i fanteisio ar y cyfle hwn i gofnodi fy niolch i Llyr Gruffydd, sydd wedi bod yn aelod rhagorol a chydwybodol iawn o'r pwyllgor? Felly, diolch am bopeth a wnaethoch, Llyr. Soniodd Siân am rai materion cyffredinol yn ymwneud ag ariannu ysgolion, a'r hyn sydd wedi bod yn amlwg yn ein holl ymchwiliadau, mewn gwirionedd, yw bod pwysau ar gyllid, a gwn fod Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet yn cydnabod y pwynt hwnnw. Dyna pam rydym yn edrych ar ariannu ysgolion yn fwy trwyadl yn awr er mwyn ceisio gweld a oes unrhyw argymhellion y gallwn eu gwneud i wella'r sefyllfa. Cododd Siân Gwenllian a Janet Finch-Saunders fater y polisi prydau ysgol am ddim. Fe fyddwch yn gwybod ein bod wedi ysgrifennu at Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet yn ddiweddar i ofyn am ragor o wybodaeth am y ffordd y cyfrifwyd y ffigurau, pam fod y torbwynt lle y mae, ond hoffwn ddweud hefyd fod aelodau'r pwyllgor yn ymwybodol iawn o'r angen i beidio ag arwain at unrhyw ganlyniadau anfwriadol. Pe bai cynnydd mawr yn nifer y disgyblion sy'n cael prydau ysgol am ddim, credaf fod yn rhaid inni gadw mewn cof y gallai hynny olygu cynnydd mawr yn y grant datblygu disgyblion, neu, yn waeth, gallai'r grant datblygu disgyblion gael ei wanhau'n ddifrifol ar gyfer ein disgyblion tlotaf, a byddai hynny'n gam mawr tuag yn ôl. Felly, rydym yn ymwybodol iawn o hynny hefyd; mae'n bwysig iawn inni gadw hynny mewn cof. A gaf fi ddiolch i Julie Morgan am ei chyfraniad - cyfraniad pwysig iawn - ar blant wedi'u mabwysiadu? Ac wrth gwrs, fel y cofiwch, fe gynhaliodd y pwyllgor a'n rhagflaenodd ymchwiliad pwysig i fabwysiadu, ac rydym yn ymwybodol iawn o anghenion plant wedi'u mabwysiadu, a hefyd, wrth gwrs, yn ymwybodol fod llawer o'r mentrau sydd mor bwysig mewn ysgolion mewn perthynas ag iechyd emosiynol ac iechyd meddwl yn cael eu hariannu o'r grant datblygu disgyblion mewn llawer o'n hysgolion, felly dyna pam y mae'n bwysig inni gael y cymorth hwnnw ar gyfer plant wedi'u mabwysiadu mewn ysgolion, ac rwy'n gobeithio bod hynny'n rhywbeth y bydd Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet yn edrych arno eto. Mae'n gwbl hanfodol fod y gefnogaeth honno yno. A gaf fi ddiolch i Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet am ei hymateb pellach heddiw ac am y ffordd gadarnhaol y mae hi wedi ymwneud â'r ymchwiliad? Mae'r pwyllgor yn cytuno'n llwyr â hi ynglŷn â'r angen i wneud popeth i gefnogi ein holl ddisgyblion, gan gynnwys ein disgyblion mwy abl a thalentog. Rydym yn croesawu'r camau a gymerwyd eisoes yn hyn o beth, ond byddwn yn ceisio gwneud gwaith dilynol gyda'r ymchwiliad hwn ar y modd y mae'r canllawiau newydd yn gwneud yn siŵr, y modd y mae'r her newydd yn gwneud yn siŵr, fod ein disgyblion mwy abl a thalentog hefyd yn cael eu heffeithio gan polisi hwn. A gaf fi orffen, felly, drwy ddiolch, unwaith eto, i bawb am gyfrannu, i bawb a roddodd dystiolaeth i'r ymchwiliad, i dîm y pwyllgor, sydd, fel bob amser, wedi bod yn hollol wych, ac atgoffa'r Aelodau yma y byddwn yn dychwelyd at hyn, fel y gwnawn gyda'n holl ymchwiliadau, er mwyn monitro a chraffu ar y cynnydd a wneir ar argymhellion yr ymchwiliad pwysig hwn? Diolch.