English: Thank you very much. In this debate, I'm going to focus on Welsh-medium education and experience as the former chair of the governing body of Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg y Login Fach in Waunarlwydd, Swansea, with 250 pupils and 92 per cent of them coming from non-Welsh-speaking homes. It's likely that the lack of action taken and lack of any meaningful response to Professor Sioned Davies's 'Un iaith i bawb' report that crystallises the insufficient progress that has been made in the field of Welsh-medium education since devolution. It was said to the Government back in 2013 that it was the eleventh hour and that action should be taken to create one continuum of learning and one qualification for all with regard to the Welsh language urgently, so that more young people weren't left behind in terms of fluency in both of their national languages. There are hard questions to be asked in terms of how we've continued with this deficient system for seven years without taking action. And the education department of the Welsh Government has a great deal to answer for, but the same department has equally complex questions to answer in looking forward, in terms of how a piece of proposed legislation that, according to Aled Roberts, endangers the status of the Welsh language, that makes English a mandatory element of the curriculum, undermining Welsh-medium education and that militates against the Welsh language strategy of the Government itself - those are his words - has made its way out of the virtual doors of Cathays Park at all, not to mention begun its parliamentary journey. Now, another thing that will be harmful to the vision for the future is the lack of appreciation and growth of what we have already. Swansea council closed Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Felindre in my region, contrary to Welsh language standards, selling the school at an auction in London and raising two fingers to the Welsh Language Commissioner's ruling in terms of the lack of consideration given to the Welsh language. Now, in a similar recent case, a group from Rhondda Cynon Taf took the council to court with regard to Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Pont Sion Norton and other schools, and they won their case, which shows the strength of feeling with regard to Welsh education. The judgment made by Justice Fraser is a major step forward in terms of the expectation of courts that local authorities give due regard to the Welsh language in making decisions, and safeguards other communities. According to the court judgment, only 10 per cent of the impact assessment with regard to closing Ysgol Pont Sion Norton focused on the impact on the Welsh language. And the council, in trying to challenge the basis of the judgment, are continuing to fail to accept that increasing Welsh-medium school places on a county basis doesn't provide redress for withdrawing the provision in one community, which means that pupils there could have been lost forever to Welsh-medium education, as said in the judgment. Now, I endorse what Siân Gwenllian said yesterday to Jeremy Miles - that it's a disgrace for any local authority to be challenging the judgment on this basis and the precedents arising from it. The Government needs to give a clear statement that they won't be supporting the appeal on this basis, and instead of trying to undermine the case, they should be promoting the result. Jeremy Miles mentioned yesterday that the Government was considering the impact of the judgment - the impact on councils such as Swansea and Rhondda that are continuing to hinder the efforts to grow Welsh-medium education. But if 1 million Welsh speakers is a genuine ambition for the Government, then it should welcome the positive impact and the rising expectations resulting from this court case in terms of considering the impact of decisions on the Welsh language in a meaningful and comprehensive manner. We need to see this as a positive decision for the communities of Wales, for Welsh-medium education and for the power of the people. So, to conclude, remembering Felindre, we support parents, teachers, pupils and the communities of Pontypridd in their campaign for education and the Welsh language, because the campaign in Pontypridd is a campaign for the whole of Wales and crystallises the choice for the Welsh Government: support the significant step forward for Welsh-medium education or support county councils that are undermining efforts to create the million Welsh speakers. Thank you.
Welsh: Diolch yn fawr, Ddirprwy Lywydd. Nawr, yn y ddadl yma, dwi'n mynd i ganolbwyntio ar addysg gyfrwng Cymraeg ac o brofiad fel cyn-gadeirydd corff llywodraethol Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg y Login Fach yn Waunarlwydd, Abertawe, â 250 o blant efo 92 y cant o ddisgyblion yn dod o gartrefi di-Gymraeg. Mae'n debyg mai'r diffyg gweithredu a diffyg unrhyw ymateb ystyrlon i adroddiad yr Athro Sioned Davies, 'Un iaith i bawb', sy'n crisialu'n amlycaf y cynnydd hollol annigonol sydd wedi digwydd ym maes addysg Gymraeg ers datganoli. Dywedwyd wrth y Llywodraeth yn ôl yn 2013 ei bod hi'n unfed awr ar ddeg ac y dylid gweithredu i greu un continwwm dysgu ac un cymhwyster Cymraeg i bawb, ac ar fyrder, i sicrhau nad yw'r system addysg yn amddifadu rhagor o'n pobl ifanc o'u rhuglder yn ein dwy iaith genedlaethol. Mae cwestiynau caled iawn angen eu gofyn ynglŷn â sut ein bod ni wedi parhau efo'r system ddiffygiol am saith mlynedd heb weithredu. Ac mae gan adran addysg Llywodraeth Cymru lot i ateb yn ei gylch, ond mae gan yr un adran cwestiynau yr un mor ddyrys i'w hateb wrth edrych ymlaen, sef: sut all ddarn o ddeddfwriaeth arfaethedig, sydd, yn ôl Aled Roberts, yn peryglu sail a statws addysg gyfrwng Cymraeg, sy'n gwneud Saesneg yn elfen fandadol o'r cwricwlwm gan danseilio addysg gyfrwng Cymraeg ac sy'n milwrio yn erbyn strategaeth iaith Gymraeg y Llywodraeth ei hun - ei eiriau fe ydy'r rheini - wedi gwneud ei ffordd allan o ddrysau rhithiol Parc Cathays o gwbl, heb sôn am ddechrau ar ei thaith seneddol? Rhywbeth arall fydd yn niweidiol i'r weledigaeth ar gyfer y dyfodol ydy methu gwerthfawrogi a thyfu'r hyn sydd gennym ni'n barod. Caeodd cyngor Abertawe Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Felindre yn fy rhanbarth i, yn groes i safonau'r Gymraeg, gan fwrw ymlaen i werthu'r ysgol mewn ocsiwn yn Llundain a chodi dau fys i ddyfarniad Comisiynydd y Gymraeg am fethiannau niferus wrth ymgysylltu ac ystyried yr effaith ar y Gymraeg. Mewn achos tebyg iawn yn ddiweddar, aeth criw o drigolion Rhondda Cynon Taf â'r cyngor i gyfraith ac ennill yn erbyn y cyngor yn achos Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Pont Sion Norton ac ysgolion eraill, sy'n dangos pa mor gryf mae pobl yn teimlo am yr hawl i gael addysg Gymraeg. Mae dyfarniad cadarn y Barnwr Fraser yn ei gyfanrwydd yn gam mawr ymlaen o ran y disgwyliadau gan lysoedd ar awdurdodau cyhoeddus i roi sylw teilwng a phriodol i'r Gymraeg wrth wneud penderfyniadau, ac yn warchodaeth i gymunedau eraill. Yn ôl y dyfarniad llys, 10 y cant yn unig o asesiad effaith y penderfyniad i gau Ysgol Pont Sion Norton yng Nghilfynydd oedd yn canolbwyntio ar yr effaith ar y Gymraeg. Ac mae'r cyngor, wrth geisio herio sail y dyfarniad, yn parhau i fethu'n lân â derbyn nad ydy cynnydd llefydd mewn addysg Gymraeg ar lefel sirol yn gwneud iawn am dynnu darpariaeth o un gymuned, gan olygu y gallai'r disgyblion hynny fod wedi eu colli am byth o addysg Gymraeg, fel y dywedir yn y dyfarniad. Ategaf yr hyn a ddywedodd Siân Gwenllian ddoe wrth Jeremy Miles: mae'n gywilydd o beth i unrhyw awdurdod cyhoeddus fod yn herio'r dyfarniad ar y sail yma a'r cynseiliau sy'n codi ohono. Mae angen i'r Llywodraeth roi datganiad clir a diamwys na fyddan nhw'n cefnogi apêl ar y sail yma, ac yn lle ceisio tanseilio'r cynseiliau sy'n codi o'r achos, dylid eu hyrwyddo. Roedd Jeremy Miles yn sôn ddoe bod y Llywodraeth yn ystyried impact y dyfarniad - yr impact ar gynghorau sir fel Abertawe a Rhondda sydd yn parhau i lesteirio ymdrechion i dyfu addysg Gymraeg, beryg. Ond os yw 1 miliwn o siaradwyr yn uchelgais wirioneddol i'r Llywodraeth, dylai groesawu'r effaith gadarnhaol a'r disgwyliadau sy'n codi o'r achos yma o ran ystyried effaith penderfyniadau ar y Gymraeg yn ystyrlon a chynhwysfawr. Mae angen ei weld fel penderfyniad cadarnhaol i gymunedau Cymru, i addysg Gymraeg ac i rym y bobl. I gloi, wrth gofio Felindre, cefnogwn rieni, athrawon, disgyblion a chymunedau Pontypridd yn eu brwydr dros addysg a'r Gymraeg, gan fod brwydr Pontypridd yn frwydr i Gymru gyfan ac yn crisialu'r dewis sydd i Lywodraeth Cymru: cefnogi cam sylweddol ymlaen i addysg Gymraeg neu gefnogi cynghorau sir sy'n tanseilio'r ymdrechion i greu'r filiwn. Diolch yn fawr.