English: Given the Government's commitment for there to be 1 million Welsh speakers by 2050, can we have a statement outlining whether the Government regrets the comments of a Labour MP who described a Plaid Cymru candidate as being obsessed with the Welsh language? Does the Government consider that everyone who speaks Welsh or who is learning Welsh is obsessed with the Welsh language? Will you agree to have a word with the MP concerned to explain that these slurs against the Welsh language from Labour cause divisions and are wrong? And will you agree with me that using the Welsh language as a weapon in this way should not be tolerated, that this sort of dog whistling is unacceptable, and will you commit to us this afternoon to putting a stop to it? I want to mention a problem concerning the funding for end-on courses. This was brought to my attention by a constituent who's been left in poverty because she is being denied the financial assistance that she was entitled to as a student with dyslexia. The Student Loans Company are withholding the funding because they're waiting for a policy decision from the Welsh Government regarding these end-on courses. Student Finance Wales say they cannot release any money until they hear from the Welsh Government. A spokesperson for the Student Loans Company has said that they warned the Welsh Government of this issue when it first arose and made it clear that they would not make any payment to students on these end-on courses until either the legislation or letter of authority is issued to them. My constituent is one of the fortunate ones. After quitting her course because she could no longer afford the bus fare, she was persuaded to change her mind by the college that she attends because they offered her a bursary to tide her over until Christmas. In correspondence with the education Minister, I have been assured that she will be bringing forward amending regulations to rectify this position imminently, and that, of course, is to be welcomed. Can the Government now give an undertaking that this matter will be finalised before Christmas to bring assurances to my constituent and others who find themselves in the same position? Also, will efforts be made to contact all of those students who may well have quite their courses as a result of this bureaucratic blunder to let them know that financial support will be reinstated, giving them the option to continue with their studies?
Welsh: O gofio ymrwymiad y Llywodraeth i gael miliwn o siaradwyr Cymraeg erbyn 2050, a gawn ni ddatganiad yn amlinellu a yw'r Llywodraeth yn gresynu at sylwadau'r AS Llafur a ddisgrifiodd ymgeisydd Plaid Cymru fel un sydd ag obsesiwn â'r iaith Gymraeg? A yw'r Llywodraeth o'r farn bod gan bawb sy'n siarad Cymraeg neu sy'n dysgu Cymraeg obsesiwn â'r Gymraeg? A wnewch chi gytuno i gael gair â'r AS dan sylw i egluro bod y sarhad hwn ar y Gymraeg gan y blaid Lafur yn achosi rhaniadau ac yn anghywir? Ac a wnewch chi gytuno â mi na ddylid goddef defnyddio'r Gymraeg yn arf fel hyn, fod y math hwn o chwibanu ar gŵn yn annerbyniol, ac a wnewch chi ymrwymo inni y prynhawn yma i roi terfyn arno? Hoffwn i sôn am broblem ynghylch y cyllid ar gyfer cyrsiau penben. Tynnwyd fy sylw at hyn gan etholwr sydd wedi cael ei gadael mewn tlodi oherwydd nad yw'n cael y cymorth ariannol yr oedd ganddi'r hawl iddo fel myfyrwraig â dyslecsia. Mae'r cwmni benthyciadau myfyrwyr yn atal yr arian gan eu bod yn aros am benderfyniad polisi gan Lywodraeth Cymru ynghylch y cyrsiau penben hyn. Mae Cyllid Myfyrwyr Cymru yn dweud na allan nhw ryddhau unrhyw arian hyd nes iddyn nhw glywed gan Lywodraeth Cymru. Mae'r Cwmni Benthyciadau i Fyfyrwyr yn dweud iddyn nhw rybuddio Llywodraeth Cymru am y mater hwn pan gododd, gan wneud yn glir na fydden nhw'n gwneud unrhyw daliad i fyfyrwyr ar y cyrsiau penben hyd nes y rhoddir naill ai'r ddeddfwriaeth neu lythyr awdurdod iddyn nhw. Mae fy etholwr yn un o'r rhai ffodus. Ar ôl rhoi'r gorau i'w chwrs gan na allai fforddio'r tocyn bws, fe'i darbwyllwyd i newid ei meddwl gan y coleg y mae'n ei fynychu am eu bod wedi cynnig bwrsariaeth iddi fel y gall ymdopi tan y Nadolig. Mewn gohebiaeth â'r Gweinidog Addysg, rwyf wedi cael sicrwydd y bydd yn cyflwyno rheoliadau i ddiwygio'r sefyllfa hon yn fuan, ac mae hynny, wrth gwrs, i'w groesawu. A wnaiff y Llywodraeth roi addewid nawr y caiff y mater hwn ei gwblhau cyn y Nadolig i ddod â sicrwydd i fy etholwr ac eraill sy'n eu cael eu hunain yn yr un sefyllfa? Hefyd, a fydd yna ymdrech i gysylltu â phob un o'r myfyrwyr hynny a all fod wedi gadael eu cyrsiau'n o ganlyniad i'r camgymeriad biwrocrataidd hwn er mwyn rhoi gwybod iddyn nhw y bydd cymorth ariannol yn cael ei adfer, gan roi'r dewis iddyn nhw barhau â'u hastudiaethau?