English: Thank you, Rhun. First of all, I welcome the fact that we both recognise that work placements and work experience have a valuable role to play. I hope you will be pleased to note that I have identified some resource, some £2.4 million over the next four years, to support stronger work between schools and employers, and I will make an announcement shortly on how that is to be spent. I understand that schools have faced challenges following the removal of the work experience database and the health and safety checking of employers' premises, which used to be undertaken by Careers Wales. But it is a source of regret to me that Ynys Môn and Gwynedd have decided to stop this altogether, and that is in stark contrast to some excellent practice that has gone on in other local authorities and in other schools to maintain this provision. And I declare an interest as a mother of a year 10 pupil myself, and my daughter and her cohort will be going on work placements later on in July, which have been carefully handled by the school. I would commend the approach taken by Carmarthenshire council for instance, who have stepped up to the plate and have done tremendous work in creating a database for work placements, which will enable children in Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire and beyond to avail themselves of this opportunity. And what is frustrating to me is that, in a small nation such as ours, good work that is being carried out in some local authorities, such as Carmarthenshire, cannot be spread more easily to other parts of Wales. And I will be asking the regional consortia to redouble their efforts to ensure that where individual local authority schools have been able to overcome these challenges, and implement a system that allows children to take part in these schemes, that we're able to spread that good practice to other areas of Wales so that all children can participate.
Welsh: Diolch, Rhun. Yn gyntaf oll, rwy'n croesawu'r ffaith fod y ddau ohonom yn cydnabod bod gan leoliadau gwaith a phrofiad gwaith rôl werthfawr i'w chwarae. Rwy'n gobeithio y byddwch yn falch o nodi fy mod wedi clustnodi rhai adnoddau, tua £2.4 miliwn dros y pedair blynedd nesaf, i gefnogi gwaith cryfach rhwng ysgolion a chyflogwyr, a byddaf yn gwneud cyhoeddiad cyn bo hir ynglŷn â sut y caiff ei wario. Deallaf fod ysgolion wedi wynebu heriau yn sgil dileu'r gronfa ddata profiad gwaith a gwirio iechyd a diogelwch safleoedd cyflogwyr, a arferai gael eu gwneud gan Gyrfa Cymru. Ond mae'n destun gofid i mi fod Ynys Môn a Gwynedd wedi penderfynu rhoi terfyn ar hyn yn gyfan gwbl, ac mae hynny'n dra gwahanol i waith ardderchog a welwyd mewn awdurdodau lleol eraill ac mewn ysgolion eraill i gynnal y ddarpariaeth hon. Ac rwy'n datgan buddiant fel mam i ddisgybl blwyddyn 10 fy hun, a bydd fy merch a'i chohort yn mynd ar leoliadau gwaith sydd wedi'u trefnu'n ofalus gan yr ysgol, yn nes ymlaen ym mis Gorffennaf. Byddwn yn cymeradwyo'r dull a ddefnyddir gan gyngor Sir Gaerfyrddin, er enghraifft, sydd wedi ymateb i'r her ac wedi gwneud gwaith aruthrol yn creu cronfa ddata ar gyfer lleoliadau gwaith, a fydd yn galluogi plant yn Sir Gaerfyrddin a Sir Benfro a thu hwnt i fanteisio ar y cyfle hwn. Yr hyn sy'n rhwystredig i mi, mewn cenedl mor fach â'n hun ni, yw na ellir lledaenu gwaith da sy'n cael ei wneud mewn rhai awdurdodau lleol, fel Sir Gaerfyrddin, yn haws i rannau eraill o Gymru. A byddaf yn gofyn i'r consortia rhanbarthol ddyblu eu hymdrechion i sicrhau, lle mae ysgolion awdurdodau lleol unigol wedi gallu goresgyn yr heriau hyn a gweithredu system sy'n galluogi plant i gymryd rhan yn y cynlluniau hyn, ein bod yn gallu lledaenu'r arferion da hyn i ardaloedd eraill yng Nghymru fel y gall pob plentyn gymryd rhan.