English: Minister, I'd like to ask for a statement on school meal standards at Ysgol Dyffryn Taf in Whitland, or rather the lack of standards. Recent reports in the press have shown some pretty disturbing images of undercooked and watery food, including meat, which has been served to pupils in recent weeks. And if that wasn't bad enough, many pupils and parents have said that the portion sizes are tiny, leaving the children hungry. We know how important it is to have a good meal, and a full stomach allows pupils to learn and also to concentrate, and, for some pupils, we also know that this will be their main meal of the day. It's been reported that many pupils have simply been going without lunch due to the poor quality of that food, and, according to the school website, the canteen is run by Carmarthenshire County Council. I understand that the headteacher is in talks with the local authority regarding the issue and hot meals have been suspended for the early part of this week. That, in my opinion, is totally unacceptable and pupils will not be able to access any hot food. It is a serious issue, and raises some serious questions that I would urge the Welsh Government to raise with the school and with the local authority. And it took pupils to share their images and their concerns on social media for them to realise that this food was completely inadequate and, in some cases, arguably, unfit for human consumption. So, following on from this scandal - and it is a scandal - I would also like to request that the Welsh Government makes sure that it's not happening in other schools across Wales, and that pupils are being offered nutritious, high-quality meals that actually are fit for human consumption and also fill them up.
Welsh: Gweinidog, hoffwn i ofyn am ddatganiad ar safonau prydau ysgol yn Ysgol Dyffryn Taf yn Hendy-gwyn ar Daf, neu'n hytrach ynghylch y diffyg safonau. Mae adroddiadau diweddar yn y wasg wedi dangos rhai delweddau eithaf annymunol o fwyd heb ei goginio'n ddigonol a bwyd llawn dŵr, gan gynnwys cig, sydd wedi'i weini i ddisgyblion yn ystod yr wythnosau diwethaf. Ac os nad oedd hynny'n ddigon gwael, mae llawer o ddisgyblion a rhieni wedi dweud bod maint y dognau'n fach iawn, gan adael y plant yn llwglyd. Gwyddom ni pa mor bwysig yw cael pryd da, ac mae stumog lawn yn galluogi disgyblion i ddysgu a chanolbwyntio hefyd, ac, i rai disgyblion, gwyddom ni hefyd mai dyma fydd eu prif bryd o fwyd. Ceir adroddiadau bod llawer o ddisgyblion wedi bod yn mynd heb ginio oherwydd ansawdd gwael y bwyd hwnnw, ac, yn ôl gwefan yr ysgol, Cyngor Sir Caerfyrddin sy'n rhedeg y ffreutur. Rwy'n deall bod y pennaeth mewn trafodaethau gyda'r awdurdod lleol ynglŷn â'r mater ac mae prydau poeth wedi'u hatal ers dechrau'r wythnos hon. Mae hynny, yn fy marn i, yn gwbl annerbyniol ac ni fydd disgyblion yn gallu cael unrhyw fwyd poeth. Mae'n fater difrifol, ac mae'n codi rhai cwestiynau difrifol y byddwn i'n annog Llywodraeth Cymru i'w codi gyda'r ysgol a gyda'r awdurdod lleol. A dim ond oherwydd bod disgyblion wedi rhannu eu delweddau a'u pryderon ar y cyfryngau cymdeithasol y gwnaethant sylweddoli bod y bwyd hwn yn gwbl annigonol ac, mewn rhai achosion, mae modd dadlau nad oedd yn addas i'w fwyta gan bobl. Felly, yn dilyn y sgandal hwn - ac mae yn sgandal - hoffwn i ofyn hefyd i Lywodraeth Cymru sicrhau nad yw'n digwydd mewn ysgolion eraill ledled Cymru, a bod disgyblion yn cael cynnig prydau maethlon o ansawdd uchel sy'n addas i'w bwyta gan bobl a'u llenwi hefyd.