English: Minister, thank you for this statement and clarification today. I think there'll be some people who will criticise you for not waiting longer, there will be others who will say you waited too long. I just think you had to make the decision, and you've looked at the evidence and decided the best way forward, and a judgment call had to be made. At least now we've got certainty and clarity for students and for teachers and for headteachers and senior staff. So, thank you for this today. Can I ask you, what do the proposals mean as they come forward for those pupils and students who are already educationally disadvantaged, either because of their past experience of education, or home circumstances, and so on? Will the proposals, as they're developed by the group you've set up, enable them to actually not only keep pace but catch up if they have fallen behind? Can I also ask whether there will be flexibility for any cohorts or any individuals that are especially impacted, either now or over the next few months by COVID, which is still with us? Will there be some flexibility around dates and times of teaching and assessment - limited as it must be - in order that they can also complete their course and have good outcomes at the end? And finally, we're not in this alone, Minister, of course. I'm just wondering what discussions you're having with counterparts in England, in Scotland, Northern Ireland, but also in our European neighbours close by, including in Ireland, so we can share experience, learn lessons, and devise the best way forward together, learning from each other.
Welsh: Gweinidog, diolch am y datganiad hwn a'r eglurhad heddiw. Rwy'n credu y bydd yna rai yn eich barnu chi am beidio â phwyllo digon, ac fe fydd yna eraill yn dweud eich bod wedi cymryd gormod o bwyll. Rwyf i o'r farn eich bod wedi gorfod gwneud penderfyniad, rydych wedi edrych ar y dystiolaeth ac wedi penderfynu ar y ffordd orau ymlaen, ac roedd yn rhaid dod i farn ynglŷn â hynny. Bellach o leiaf mae gennym sicrwydd ac eglurder i fyfyrwyr ac athrawon a phenaethiaid ac uwch staff. Felly, diolch i chi am yr hyn a gawsom heddiw. A gaf i ofyn ichi, beth fydd y cynigion hyn yn ei olygu, wrth iddyn nhw gael eu cyflwyno, i'r disgyblion a'r myfyrwyr hynny sydd eisoes dan anfantais addysgol, naill ai oherwydd eu profiad blaenorol nhw o addysg, neu'r amgylchiadau ar yr aelwyd, ac yn y blaen? A fydd y cynigion hyn, wrth iddyn nhw gael eu datblygu gan y grŵp a sefydlwyd gennych chi, yn eu galluogi nhw nid yn unig i weithio'r un mor gyflym ond i ddal i fyny os ydyn nhw wedi colli tir? A gaf i ofyn hefyd a fydd yna hyblygrwydd i unrhyw garfannau neu unrhyw unigolion sydd wedi eu heffeithio, naill ai nawr neu dros y misoedd nesaf, gan COVID, sy'n parhau i fod gyda ni? A fydd rhywfaint o hyblygrwydd o ran dyddiadau ac amseroedd addysgu ac asesu - cyfyngedig fel y mae'n rhaid i hynny fod - er mwyn iddyn nhw allu cwblhau eu cwrs a chael canlyniadau da ar y diwedd? Ac yn olaf, wrth gwrs, nid ydym ar ein pennau ein hunain yn hyn o beth, Gweinidog. Tybed pa drafodaethau sy'n digwydd gyda chymheiriaid yn Lloegr, yn yr Alban, yng Ngogledd Iwerddon, ond hefyd â'n cymdogion Ewropeaidd cyfagos, gan gynnwys yn Iwerddon, fel y gallwn ni rannu profiadau, dysgu gwersi, a chynllunio'r ffordd orau ymlaen gyda'n gilydd, gan ddysgu oddi wrth ein gilydd.