English: I too welcome the opportunity to debate the important findings, recommendations and priority areas outlined in the Children's Commissioner for Wales's annual report. It certainly is fitting that it's being discussed during Anti-Bullying Week. I think it's right that we take the opportunity to both reflect on what has been a year of progress and achievement for children's rights in Wales, but also to look ahead to the challenges of what remains to be done. I was pleased to see that safety in the community, school and home is one of the six priority areas for the commissioner. Children have an absolute right to feel safe in their schools, in their communities and at home. Bullying can and does have lifelong detrimental consequences on both the physical as well as the mental well-being of children that experience it. Many of us here will know that, earlier this month, Chris Elmore, Labour MP for Ogmore, bravely spoke about his horrific experiences of bullying in school, which he said resulted in him needing surgery for his injuries and having multiple mental breakdowns. Chris said that his attackers had attacked him because, and purely because, they thought that he was gay. I was happy to read about the progress made in this priority area through the creation of 'AGENDA: A young people's guide on making positive relationships matter'. It's a resource available to young people online, and it provides a range of creative ideas that enable young people to lead healthy relationships - education to prevent and combat bullying related to sexism and homophobia. It's a fantastic resource that's been created by young people for young people in conjunction with the NSPCC, Cardiff University, Welsh Women's Aid and Welsh Government. AGENDA helps young people to develop creative ways of confronting gender-based and sexual violence. It aims to raise awareness of how gender-based and sexual violence affects not only young people here in Wales, but around the world as well. I'd like to urge my colleagues to become familiar with it, because it really is a great research. It was only yesterday that the Church of England released new guidance to their schools that advocates allowing primary school children to dress how they choose without comment from teachers or pupils. This new guidance came about as polling from the Anti-Bullying Alliance found that two in five children were hiding aspects of themselves. I would be keen to know if the Minister feels that, in light of that, and the fact that there are many schools run by the Church in Wales - or voluntary-aided schools - we might need to revisit guidance given to non-church-controlled schools within the rest of Wales, because the last thing that any of us would want is two sets of guidance for pupils in Wales.
Welsh: Rwyf finnau'n croesawu'r cyfle i drafod y canfyddiadau, yr argymhellion a'r meysydd blaenoriaeth pwysig a amlinellir yn adroddiad blynyddol Comisiynydd Plant Cymru. Yn sicr mae'n briodol bod hyn yn cael ei drafod yn ystod Wythnos Gwrth-Fwlio. Rwy'n meddwl ei bod yn iawn inni gymryd y cyfle i adlewyrchu ar flwyddyn o gynnydd a chyflawniad o ran hawliau plant yng Nghymru, ond edrych ymlaen hefyd at heriau'r pethau sydd angen eu gwneud o hyd. Roeddwn yn falch o weld bod diogelwch yn y gymuned, yr ysgol a'r cartref yn un o chwe maes blaenoriaeth y comisiynydd. Mae gan blant hawl absoliwt i deimlo'n ddiogel yn eu hysgolion, yn eu cymunedau ac yn y cartref. Mae bwlio yn gallu achosi canlyniadau andwyol gydol oes i les corfforol yn ogystal â lles meddyliol plant sy'n ei brofi. Bydd llawer ohonom yma'n gwybod, yn gynharach y mis hwn, bod Chris Elmore, AS Llafur dros Ogwr, wedi siarad yn ddewr am ei brofiadau erchyll ef o fwlio yn yr ysgol; dywedodd ei fod wedi gorfod cael llawdriniaeth ar ei anafiadau ac wedi cael mwy nag un gwaeledd meddwl o ganlyniad i hynny. Dywedodd Chris fod ei ymosodwyr wedi ymosod arno oherwydd, a dim ond oherwydd, eu bod yn meddwl ei fod yn hoyw. Roeddwn yn falch o ddarllen am y cynnydd sydd wedi'i wneud yn y maes blaenoriaeth hwn drwy greu 'AGENDA: Canllaw i bobl ifanc ar wneud cysylltiadau cadarnhaol o bwys'. Mae'n adnodd sydd ar gael i bobl ifanc ar-lein, ac mae'n darparu amrywiaeth o syniadau creadigol a galluogi pobl ifanc i gael perthnasoedd iach - addysg i atal ac ymdrin â bwlio sy'n gysylltiedig â rhagfarn ar sail rhyw a homoffobia. Mae'n adnodd gwych sydd wedi'i greu gan bobl ifanc ar gyfer pobl ifanc ar y cyd â'r NSPCC, Prifysgol Caerdydd, Cymorth i Fenywod Cymru a Llywodraeth Cymru. Mae AGENDA yn helpu pobl ifanc i ddatblygu ffyrdd creadigol o wrthsefyll trais ar sail rhywedd a thrais rhywiol. Ei nod yw codi ymwybyddiaeth o sut y mae trais ar sail rhywedd a thrais rhywiol yn effeithio nid yn unig ar bobl ifanc yma yng Nghymru, ond ledled y byd hefyd. Hoffwn annog fy nghydweithwyr i ddod yn gyfarwydd ag ef, oherwydd mae'n ymchwil gwych. Dim ond ddoe, rhyddhaodd Eglwys Loegr ganllawiau newydd i ysgolion o blaid caniatáu i blant ysgol gynradd wisgo sut maen nhw'n dewis heb i athrawon neu ddisgyblion wneud sylwadau. Daeth y canllawiau newydd hyn ar ôl i arolwg barn gan y Gynghrair Gwrth-Fwlio ganfod bod dau o bob pum plentyn yn cuddio agweddau arnynt eu hunain. Hoffwn wybod a yw'r Gweinidog yn teimlo, yng ngoleuni hynny, a'r ffaith bod llawer o ysgolion yn cael eu cynnal gan yr Eglwys yng Nghymru - neu'n ysgolion gwirfoddol a gynorthwyir - efallai y bydd angen inni ailedrych ar y canllawiau a roddir i ysgolion nad ydynt dan reolaeth yr Eglwys o fewn gweddill Cymru, oherwydd y peth olaf y byddai unrhyw un ohonom ei eisiau yw dwy set o ganllawiau ar gyfer disgyblion yng Nghymru.