English: Thank you, leader of the house, for your statement. I think it's very heartening to hear that we've got cross-party support for this plan, because I think that's incredibly important. As you say, this is a real litmus test of whether or not we're a civilised society. You also point out that discrimination against these communities is considered to be the last acceptable form of racism, and clearly we need to tackle that. I'm interested that you are encouraging people to report any discrimination that they're suffering to the police. I was a little bit disturbed to read about a survey done by the Traveller movement recently, with various police forces, about the attitudes amongst some police forces and the lack of due regard for their public sector equality duties in relation to the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities. This survey and other issues that have been uncovered are going to be presented to the National Police Chiefs Council this Friday. I've no idea whether any of the Welsh police forces have been involved, but clearly, were there to be any causes for concern, we would need to pick that up. I think it's particularly important at this time, when Gypsy, Roma and Travellers are being harassed across Europe, particularly, unfortunately, in Italy most recently, where there are even attempts at ethnic cleansing, which is very disturbing. I just want to now turn to the important points you're making about ensuring that Gypsies, Travellers and Roma are doing well in education, because I do recall that the achievement amongst Gypsies and Travellers is notably worse than for any other ethnic minority group. I just want to highlight the excellent work being done at Cathays High School, which is actually in Julie Morgan's constituency, but it's on the edge of mine, and many of them actually live in Cardiff Central. Patrik Bandy is a Czech Roma, who joined Cathays High School in year 8. He achieved A and A* in art and design and textiles at GCSE. He then went on to take three A-levels, and then he had numerous universities that wanted to give him a place because of the excellence of his work. He's just completed his first year at Cardiff Metropolitan University, and he's already put on fashion shows, and he's clearly going to be somebody we're going to hear about in the future. Secondly, Cynthia Kandurova is a Czech Roma who is currently excelling at A-level English as well as health and social care, and she's hoping to read English literature at university in the future. I think this reflects the really great work being done by teachers at Cathays High School, backed up by the minority ethnic grant. So, I wondered what conversations you've had with the Cabinet Secretary for Education about the continuance of the minority ethnic achievement grant, because I think it's really, really important - particularly if we've got pupils coming in in-year, we do need to input extra support for them to ensure they settle down in their education. I just want to ask if there are any local authorities that are resisting establishing new sites for the Gypsy and Roma Traveller community, because I remember having conversations with Carl Sargeant about this when we were passing the relevant legislation, and he was absolutely adamant that we needed to ensure that there were sites in every local authority, not just the good ones - in every local authority.
Welsh: Diolch i chi, arweinydd y tŷ, am eich datganiad. Rwy'n meddwl ei bod yn galonogol iawn clywed ein bod ni wedi cael cefnogaeth drawsbleidiol ar gyfer y cynllun hwn, oherwydd credaf ei bod yn un eithriadol o bwysig. Fel y dywedwch, mae hwn yn brawf litmws gwirioneddol o p'un a ydym yn gymdeithas wâr ai peidio. Dywedwch hefyd yr ystyrir mai gwahaniaethu yn erbyn y cymunedau hyn yw'r ffurf dderbyniol olaf o hiliaeth, ac yn amlwg mae angen inni fynd i'r afael â hynny. Mae gennyf ddiddordeb eich clywed chi'n annog pobl i ddweud wrth yr heddlu am unrhyw wahaniaethu a ddioddefant. Cefais fy ysgwyd braidd i ddarllen am arolwg a wnaed gan y mudiad Teithwyr yn ddiweddar, gyda gwahanol heddluoedd, am yr agweddau ymysg rhai heddluoedd a'r diffyg sylw dyledus ar gyfer eu dyletswyddau cydraddoldeb sector cyhoeddus mewn perthynas â chymunedau Sipsiwn, Roma a Theithwyr. Mae'r arolwg hwn a materion eraill sydd wedi cael eu datgelu yn mynd i gael eu cyflwyno i Gyngor Cenedlaethol Penaethiaid yr Heddlu ddydd Gwener. Does gen i ddim syniad a oes unrhyw un o heddluoedd Cymru yn cymryd rhan, ond yn amlwg, pe byddai unrhyw achosion sy'n peri pryder, byddai angen i ni nodi hynny. Mae'n arbennig o bwysig ar hyn o bryd, pan fo Sipsiwn, Roma a Theithwyr yn cael eu haflonyddu ar draws Ewrop, yn enwedig, yn anffodus, yn yr Eidal yn fwyaf diweddar, lle y mae yna hyd yn oed ymdrechion i lanhau ethnig, sy'n beth cythryblus iawn. Hoffwn droi yn awr at y pwyntiau pwysig yr ydych yn eu gwneud ynghylch sicrhau bod Sipsiwn, Teithwyr a Roma yn gwneud yn dda mewn addysg, oherwydd rwy'n cofio bod y cyflawniad ymhlith Sipsiwn a Theithwyr yn waeth o lawer nag unrhyw grŵp lleiafrifoedd ethnig arall. Rwyf am dynnu sylw at y gwaith rhagorol a wneir yn Ysgol Uwchradd Cathays, sydd mewn gwirionedd yn etholaeth Julie Morgan, ond mae yn ymyl fy un i, ac mae llawer ohonynt yn byw mewn gwirionedd yng Nghaerdydd Canolog. Mae Patrik Bandy yn Roma o'r Weriniaeth Tsiec, a ymunodd ag ysgol uwchradd Cathays ym mlwyddyn 8. Cyflawnodd ef A ac A* mewn celf a dylunio a thecstilau TGAU. Yna aeth ymlaen i gymryd tair lefel A, ac yna roedd prifysgolion niferus eisiau rhoi lle iddo oherwydd rhagoriaeth ei waith. Mae newydd orffen ei flwyddyn gyntaf ym Mhrifysgol Fetropolitan Caerdydd, ac mae eisoes wedi cynnal sioeau ffasiwn, ac yn amlwg mae'n mynd i fod yn rhywun yr ydym yn mynd i glywed amdano yn y dyfodol. Yn ail, mae Cynthia Kandurova yn Roma o'r Weriniaeth Tsiec sydd yn rhagori ar hyn o bryd mewn lefel A Saesneg yn ogystal ag iechyd a gofal cymdeithasol, ac yn gobeithio darllen llenyddiaeth Saesneg yn y Brifysgol yn y dyfodol. Credaf fod hyn yn adlewyrchu'r gwaith gwych a wneir gan athrawon yn Ysgol Uwchradd Cathays, gyda chefnogaeth y grant lleiafrifoedd ethnig. Felly, tybed pa sgyrsiau ydych chi wedi'u cael gydag Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros addysg ynghylch parhau â'r grant cyrhaeddiad lleiafrifoedd ethnig, oherwydd credaf ei fod yn bwysig iawn, iawn - yn arbennig os oes gennym ni'r disgyblion yn dod i mewn yn ystod y flwyddyn, mae angen inni roi cymorth ychwanegol iddynt i sicrhau eu bod yn ymgartrefu yn eu sefydliad addysg. Hoffwn ofyn a oes unrhyw awdurdodau lleol sydd yn gwrthsefyll sefydlu safleoedd newydd ar gyfer y gymuned Sipsiwn, Roma, a Theithwyr, oherwydd rwy'n cofio cael sgyrsiau â Carl Sargeant am hyn pan oeddem yn pasio deddfwriaeth berthnasol, ac roedd yn gwbl bendant bod angen inni sicrhau bod safleoedd ym mhob awdurdod lleol, nid dim ond y rhai da - ym mhob awdurdod lleol.