English: Thank you, Llyr. Can I start with the issue of - ? Apologies to Darren Millar. When considering the approach, I have indeed looked at the legal obligations that we as Welsh Government are under, and that includes the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. Improving outcomes for all learners, whether electively home educated or in mainstream education, I believe, contributes to article 3, article 4, article 5, article 12, and articles 18, 19, 24, 28 and 29 of the UNCRC and we will continue, as we develop the statutory guidance, to ensure that a full children's rights impact assessment is carried out at those stages. Certainly, those have been at the forefront of my consideration in looking at these issues. The Member asks, 'Why not a register?' and actually wouldn't a register be easier. Well, a compulsory register - a compulsory register that would potentially criminalise parents if they failed to register - relies on those parents to do that. The issue is that that legislation would only be as good as our ability to enforce it, which means you need to know who hasn't registered. So, there's a bit of a chicken-and-egg scenario there. I have thought very carefully about it. If a parent, for whatever reason, is determined to not have their child known to services, I suspect this element of compulsion could have the unintended consequence - the very real unintended consequence - of driving those parents further away from engagement with statutory services. By placing the requirement on local authorities rather than parents, I think that gives us the best possible chance of identifying as many children as possible, recognising - and, Llyr, you and I have had this conversation before - that this is not the answer to all our children's safeguarding issues, because whether you have a compulsory register that puts the legal emphasis on the parents or whether you take this approach, which puts the emphasis on local authorities, this only applies to children of a compulsory school age, and that is five to 16. So, it would be remiss of us to think that any approach around bigger regulation of elective home education solves that problem of a small minority of families who decide, for whatever reasons, to keep their children away from universal services.
Welsh: Diolch, Llŷr. A gaf i ddechrau â mater - ? Ymddiheuriadau i Darren Millar. Wrth i mi ystyried y dull gweithredu, rwyf yn wir wedi edrych ar y rhwymedigaethau cyfreithiol sydd arnom ni fel Llywodraeth Cymru, ac mae hynny'n cynnwys Confensiwn y Cenhedloedd Unedig ar Hawliau'r Plentyn. Mae gwella canlyniadau ar gyfer pob dysgwr, boed hynny mewn addysg ddewisol yn y cartref neu mewn addysg brif ffrwd, yn fy marn i, yn cyfrannu at erthygl 3, erthygl 4, erthygl 5, erthygl 12, ac erthyglau 18, 19, 24, 28 a 29 y Confensiwn, a byddwn yn parhau, wrth inni ddatblygu'r canllawiau statudol, i sicrhau y cynhelir asesiad llawn o'r effaith ar hawliau plant ar y camau hynny. Yn sicr, mae'r rheini wedi bod yn flaenllaw yn fy ystyriaethau wrth imi edrych ar y materion hyn. Mae'r Aelod yn gofyn, 'Pam ddim cofrestr?' ac mewn gwirionedd oni fyddai cofrestr yn haws. Wel, mae cofrestr orfodol - cofrestr orfodol a fyddai o bosibl yn gwneud rhieni'n droseddwyr pe na byddent yn cofrestru - yn dibynnu ar y rhieni i wneud fel hynny. Y broblem yw na fyddai'r ddeddfwriaeth honno ond cystal a'n gallu ni i'w gorfodi, sy'n golygu eich bod yn gwybod pwy sydd heb gofrestru. Felly, y cwestiwn i ryw raddau yw pa un ddaeth gyntaf, yr ŵy ynteu'r iâr? Rwyf wedi ystyried y peth yn ofalus iawn. Os yw rhiant, am ba reswm bynnag, yn benderfynol o beidio a rhoi gwybod i'r gwasanaethau am eu plentyn, yr amheuaeth sydd gennyf i yw y gallai'r elfen hon o orfodaeth gael y canlyniad anfwriadol - y canlyniad anfwriadol gwirioneddol - o yrru'r rhieni ymhellach i ffwrdd o unrhyw ymgysylltiad â'r gwasanaethau statudol. Drwy osod y gofyniad hwn ar awdurdodau lleol yn hytrach nag ar y rhieni, credaf fod hynny'n rhoi'r cyfle gorau posib o nodi cymaint o blant â phosib, gan gydnabod - a, Llŷr, rydych chi a minnau wedi cael y sgwrs hon o'r blaen - nid dyma'r ateb i'r holl faterion sy'n ymwneud â diogelu plant. Os oes gennych gofrestr orfodol sy'n rhoi'r pwyslais cyfreithiol ar y rhieni, neu os ydych yn defnyddio'r dull hwn, sy'n rhoi'r pwyslais ar awdurdodau lleol, mae hyn ond yn berthnasol i blant o oedran addysg orfodol, rhwng pump ac 16 oed. Felly, byddem ar fai i feddwl y byddai unrhyw ddull sy'n golygu mwy o reoleiddio o ran addysg ddewisol yn y cartref yn datrys y broblem honno o nifer fach iawn o deuluoedd sydd, am ba resymau bynnag, yn penderfynu cadw eu plant rhag cael mynediad i wasanaethau cyffredinol.