English: Like others, I would like to start my contribution this afternoon by saying a few words about Aled Roberts. Llywydd, you and many Members here will recall his contributions in this Chamber, and I recall him speaking clearly and bringing people together. One of the things that Aled could do was unite people, create an idea and bring people together around that idea. I know that, when I started as Minister for the Welsh language, Aled was one of the first people I would approach for advice, and I know that everyone across the Chamber would want to extend our sympathies to Aled's family and recognise the loss to us as a nation and to recognise Aled's contribution. I welcome this afternoon's statement, Minister, and I welcome the tone that you've adopted since you were appointed to this post. I think it's very important. When I set the target of a million Welsh speakers, I was very clear in my own mind that that was a million Welsh people who can use the Welsh language, a million people who can speak and enjoy the Welsh language, not just a million people who can get through an exam on a Wednesday afternoon and then forget all about it later - a million people who can enjoy our language and enjoy our culture, and that's extremely important. The question I'd like to pose to you this afternoon, Minister, is one on promotion. When I was learning Welsh, there were concerts in Blaendyffryn - the Llywydd will remember these too - and that did more for me in terms of promoting the Welsh language, enjoying the Welsh language, than any lessons that I attended. I didn't have lessons in school, but that's a different issue. But we have to create the opportunity where people can enjoy the Welsh language, and where the Welsh language isn't the language of the classroom, but the language of people's daily lives. And I wonder, Minister, how we can achieve that. I do become concerned that we've wasted too much time, too much energy and too much resource on creating standards that generated bureaucracy, rather than promoting the fact that we can enjoy our language, and I think that's extremely important. The final point that I would like to make is to ask about the place of the Welsh language in the digital world. When I speak to Alexa at home, I speak in English with her - or him or whatever - and if I use the Welsh language, then of course Alexa won't understand me. And we all know that, as technology develops, this idea of voice-controlled technology will become more and more prominent. So, Minister, in the vision that you clearly have, in terms of the way that you have been operating, where is the future of the Welsh language in the technical world? How will we ensure that we have the structures in place within Government to promote the Welsh language and to reach out from the Wales of today to create the new Welsh-speaking Wales?
Welsh: Fel eraill, liciwn i ddechrau fy nghyfraniad y prynhawn yma drwy ddweud gair omboutu Aled Roberts. Llywydd, mi fyddwch chi a sawl Aelod fan hyn yn cofio ei gyfraniadau fe fan hyn yn ein Siambr ni, a dwi'n cofio fe'n siarad yn glir ac yn dod â phobl at ei gilydd, ac un o'r pethau roedd Aled yn gallu ei wneud oedd uno pobl, creu syniad a dod â phobl at ei gilydd wrth wneud hynny. Dwi'n gwybod, pan oeddwn i'n dechrau fel Gweinidog y Gymraeg, Aled oedd un o'r bobl gyntaf rôn i'n mynd atynt am gyngor, a dwi'n gwybod y bydd pob un ohonom ni reit ar draws y Siambr eisiau estyn ein cydymdeimladau at y teulu, a chydnabod y golled i ni fel cenedl, a chydnabod y cyfraniad roedd Aled wedi'i wneud. Dwi'n croesawu'r datganiad y prynhawn yma, Gweinidog, a dwi'n croesawu'r dôn dŷch chi wedi'i mabwysiadu ers ichi gael eich penodi i'r swydd yma. Dwi'n credu ei bod hi'n hynod o bwysig. Pan wnes i osod y targed o filiwn o siaradwyr, rôn i'n glir yn fy meddwl i: miliwn o bobl a all ddefnyddio'r Gymraeg, miliwn o bobl a all siarad a mwynhau'r Gymraeg, nid jest miliwn o bobl a all ysgrifennu arholiad rhyw brynhawn Mercher rhyw ben, ac anghofio fe yn syth wedi hynny - miliwn o bobl a all fwynhau ein hiaith ni a'n diwylliant ni, ac mae hynny yn hynod o bwysig. Y cwestiwn liciwn i osod ichi y prynhawn yma, Gweinidog, yw hyn, omboutu hybu. Pan ôn i'n dysgu Cymraeg, roedd cyngherddau Blaendyffryn - bydd y Llywydd yn cofio'r rhain hefyd - yn gwneud mwy i fi i hybu'r Gymraeg, mwynhau'r Gymraeg, nag unrhyw wersi wnes i. Wnes i ddim cael gwersi yn yr ysgol, ond mater gwahanol ydy hynny. Ond mae'n rhaid creu'r cyfle lle gall pobl fwynhau'r Gymraeg, a lle dyw'r Gymraeg ddim yn iaith y dosbarth, ond iaith fyw ym mywydau pobl. A dwi eisiau ystyried, Gweinidog, sut rydyn ni'n gallu gwneud hynny. Dwi'n becso ambell waith ein bod ni wedi gwastraffu gormod o amser, gormod o egni, gormod o adnoddau ar bethau fel safonau oedd yn creu biwrocratiaeth, yn lle hybu'r ffaith ein bod ni'n gallu mwynhau'r iaith, a dwi'n credu bod hynny'n hynod o bwysig. A'r peth olaf liciwn i ofyn amdano yw lle'r Gymraeg yn y byd technegol newydd. Pan wy'n siarad gyda Alexa gartref, dwi'n siarad yn Saesneg gyda hi - neu gyda fe, neu beth bynnag yw Alexa - ac os ydw i'n defnyddio'r Gymraeg, wrth gwrs, fydd Alexa ddim yn deall y Gymraeg, a dŷn ni i gyd yn gwybod, fel mae technoleg yn datblygu, bod y syniad o reoli technoleg trwy ein llais ni yn mynd i fod yn fwy a mwy pwysig. Felly, Gweinidog, yn y weledigaeth mae'n amlwg sydd gyda chi yn y ffordd dŷch chi wedi bod yn gweithredu, ble mae'r Gymraeg, ble mae dyfodol y Gymraeg, yn y byd technegol, a sut ydyn ni'n mynd i sicrhau bod gyda ni'r strwythur mewn lle yn y Llywodraeth i hybu'r Gymraeg ac i estyn mas o'r Gymru bresennol i greu'r Gymru Gymraeg newydd?