English: Diolch, Llywydd. I speak to amendments 30, 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D, 2E and 35. Although these seem a bit like diving into a pick-and-mix of review amendments, all of them are very important, and the main point we wish to raise is that nowhere in the Minister's amendment 2 does it say 'independent', or 'to lay before the National Assembly for Wales'. At the very least, we would have expected that any report should be both independent and available for the National Assembly, as the legislature, to scrutinise. Turning to amendment 30, this is a complete alternative to the Minister's amendment. As I outlined in Stage 2, the split between the Minister's claims of the technicality of the Bill, as opposed to the very broad policy position within the explanatory memorandum and the draft administration scheme, is stark. By agreeing to scant detail on the face of this Bill, the National Assembly for Wales would be allowing the powers of the Executive to increase, whilst at the same time, indeed, limiting its own. The Minister throughout Stages 1 and 2 emphasised that the detail of the offer should be left to secondary legislation to allow for flexibility. However, subordinate legislation could change both the offer and the policy intent completely without the National Assembly for Wales using its function as a legislature to scrutinise it in depth. The first evaluation of the offer was also published less than two weeks ago, more than seven months after this Bill was introduced by the Welsh Government. It therefore seems to support the Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee's observations that the Welsh Government is legislating for the childcare offer before the conclusion of the pilot programmes and the appraisal of the policy's effectiveness. As to amendments 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D and 2E, these amendments seek to improve upon the Minister's own ideas about reviewing the Bill. The concerns we have around the transparency of the Bill and previous Welsh Government legislation are borne out through the seven powers provided to Welsh Government to make secondary legislation, contained within just 13 sections of the Bill. The National Assembly for Wales cannot have just 40 days to vote through unamendable subordinate legislation without meaningful consultation. Throughout Stages 1 and 2, the Minister has sought to assure the Children, Young People and Education Committee that key concerns surrounding transportation between childcare settings, workforce planning, and the charging of additional fees, would be investigated, and the draft administrative scheme also makes some concessions on the details of the offer. We therefore welcome some of the concessions and assurances the Minister has made in these areas. For example, we are pleased that the Minister has committed to add research questions to the evaluation of year 2 of early implementation of the offer on transportation, as well as adding both the offer and additional charges to the draft administrative scheme. Yet there is still no inclusion of the National Assembly for Wales within the process of evaluating the offer and its effects. Listed before us within amendment 2C are just a few of the areas the Minister has refused to consider placing on the face of this Bill, and has instead either dropped, made promises about, or relegated to the non-statutory administrative scheme. It is also of note that the Welsh Government's own evaluation of early implementation of the childcare offer, published just two weeks ago, recommended that further research is needed, over a longer period of time, in order to provide conclusive evidence on impact. We therefore contend that this amendment provides a framework for the National Assembly for Wales to also scrutinise the impact of both the Bill and the childcare offer. As a result, while the list within this amendment is not exhaustive, it serves to show that the wishes of the Assembly are respected, rather than downgraded, when the Welsh Government undertakes its review of the Bill. Moreover, the fact that the Minister has only promised to bring a copy of the draft administrative scheme before the CYPE committee in spring, but nothing else, should be a warning that this will not be laid before the Assembly. Moreover, we do not agree with the Minister's assertion that a five-year period will give the Assembly enough time to review the offer. The national roll-out will begin in 2020, therefore the Assembly should have been able to assess its adequacy from the start. Therefore, we hope that amendments 2A, 2D and 2E will be passed. Finally, as Suzy Davies will also attest, under amendment 35, there is an option for the Bill to sunset, by allowing the Assembly to determine whether it has carried out its main duty as a mechanism to provide the childcare offer. As my colleague has noted in Stage 2 of the Bill, review clauses don't include the option of concluding whether a piece of legislation has failed to deliver on policy intention. First, a sunset clause will allow for the Act to be stopped if regulations on its functions are not introduced, and, secondly, it allows for the Act to be sunset if it does not achieve its policy intentions. Given the necessity of both, it is clear that such an amendment should be accepted in the case of a skeleton Bill, as that is what we have here. Thank you.
Welsh: Diolch, Lywydd. Siaradaf am welliannau 30, 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D, 2E a 35. Er bod y rhain yn ymddangos ychydig fel plymio i gymysgedd o welliannau adolygu, mae pob un ohonynt yn bwysig iawn, a'r prif bwynt yr hoffem ei godi yn nad yw'n dweud 'annibynnol' yn unman yng ngwelliant 2 y Gweinidog, na 'gosod gerbron Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru'. Fan lleiaf, byddem wedi disgwyl y dylai unrhyw adroddiad fod yn annibynnol ac ar gael i'r Cynulliad Cenedlaethol, fel y ddeddfwrfa, i'w graffu. Gan droi at welliant 30, dyma welliant hollol wahanol i un y Gweinidog. Fel yr amlinellais yng Nghyfnod 2, mae'r hollt rhwng honiadau'r Gweinidog ynghylch natur dechnegol y Bil, o'i gymharu â'r safbwynt polisi eang iawn o fewn y memorandwm esboniadol a'r cynllun gweinyddol drafft, yn amlwg iawn. Drwy gytuno i beidio â rhoi fawr o fanylion ar wyneb y Bil, byddai Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru'n caniatáu i bwerau'r Weithrediaeth gynyddu, ac ar yr un pryd yn cyfyngu ar ei phwerau ei hun yn wir. Pwysleisiodd y Gweinidog drwy Gyfnodau 1 a 2 y dylid gadael manylion y cynnig i is-ddeddfwriaeth er mwyn caniatáu ar gyfer hyblygrwydd. Fodd bynnag, gallai is-ddeddfwriaeth newid y cynnig a'r bwriad polisi'n llwyr heb i Gynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru ddefnyddio'i swyddogaeth fel deddfwrfa i graffu arno'n fanwl. Hefyd cyhoeddwyd y gwerthusiad cyntaf o'r cynnig lai na phythefnos yn ôl, fwy na saith mis ar ôl cyflwyno'r Bil gan Lywodraeth Cymru. Mae'n ymddangos felly ei fod yn cefnogi arsylwadau'r Pwyllgor Materion Cyfansoddiadol a Deddfwriaethol a bod Llywodraeth Cymru yn deddfu ar gyfer y cynnig gofal plant cyn diwedd y rhaglenni peilot a gwerthuso effeithiolrwydd y polisi. O ran gwelliannau 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D a 2E, mae'r gwelliannau hyn yn ceisio gwella syniadau'r Gweinidog ei hun ynglŷn ag adolygu'r Bil. Caiff y pryderon sydd gennym ynghylch tryloywder y Bil a deddfwriaeth flaenorol Llywodraeth Cymru eu cadarnhau gan y saith pŵer a roddwyd i Lywodraeth Cymru i wneud is-ddeddfwriaeth, sydd wedi'u cynnwys mewn 13 o adrannau'r Bil yn unig. Rhaid i Gynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru gael mwy na 40 diwrnod i bleidleisio ar is-ddeddfwriaeth na ellir ei diwygio heb ymgynghori ystyrlon. Drwy gydol Cyfnod 1 a 2, mae'r Gweinidog wedi ceisio rhoi sicrwydd i'r Pwyllgor Plant, Pobl Ifanc ac Addysg fod pryderon allweddol ynglŷn â chludo rhwng lleoliadau gofal plant, cynllunio'r gweithlu, a chodi taliadau ychwanegol, yn cael eu hymchwilio, ac mae'r cynllun gweinyddol drafft hefyd yn gwneud rhai consesiynau ar fanylion y cynnig. Rydym felly'n croesawu rhai o'r consesiynau a'r sicrwydd gan y Gweinidog yn y meysydd hyn. Er enghraifft, rydym yn falch fod y Gweinidog wedi ymrwymo i ychwanegu cwestiynau ymchwil at y gwerthusiad o flwyddyn 2 gweithredwyr cynnar y cynnig o ran cludiant, yn ogystal ag ychwanegu'r cynnig a thaliadau ychwanegol i'r cynllun gweinyddol drafft. Eto i gyd nid yw Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru wedi'i gynnwys yn y broses o werthuso'r cynnig a'i effeithiau. Wedi'u rhestru o'n blaenau yng ngwelliant 2C ceir rhai'n unig o'r meysydd y mae'r Gweinidog wedi gwrthod ystyried eu gosod ar wyneb y Bil, ac yn lle hynny mae naill ai wedi eu diystyru, wedi gwneud addewidion yn eu cylch, neu wedi eu hisraddio i'r cynllun gweinyddol anstatudol. Mae'n werth nodi hefyd fod gwerthusiad Llywodraeth Cymru ei hun o weithredwyr cynnar y cynnig gofal plant, a gyhoeddwyd bythefnos yn ôl, wedi argymell bod angen ymchwil pellach dros gyfnod hwy o amser, er mwyn darparu tystiolaeth bendant ynglŷn ag effaith. Felly rydym yn dadlau bod y gwelliant hwn yn darparu fframwaith ar gyfer Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru i graffu hefyd ar effaith y Bil a'r cynnig gofal plant. O ganlyniad, er nad yw'r rhestr yn y gwelliant hwn yn hollgynhwysol, mae'n dangos bod dymuniadau'r Cynulliad yn cael eu parchu, yn hytrach na'u hisraddio, pan fydd Llywodraeth Cymru yn cynnal ei hadolygiad o'r Bil. Yn ogystal, dylai'r ffaith bod y Gweinidog ond wedi addo dod â chopi o'r cynllun gweinyddol drafft, a dim arall, gerbron y Pwyllgor Plant, Pobl Ifanc ac Addysg yn y gwanwyn, fod yn rhybudd na chaiff ei osod gerbron y Cynulliad. Ar ben hynny, nid ydym yn cytuno â honiad y Gweinidog y bydd cyfnod o bum mlynedd yn rhoi digon o amser i'r Cynulliad adolygu'r cynnig. Bydd cyflwyno'r cynnig yn genedlaethol yn dechrau yn 2020, felly dylai'r Cynulliad fod wedi gallu asesu ei ddigonolrwydd o'r dechrau. Felly, gobeithiwn y caiff gwelliannau 2A a 2D 2E eu pasio. Yn olaf, fel y bydd Suzy Davies hefyd yn tystio, o dan welliant 35, ceir opsiwn ar gyfer darpariaeth fachlud ar gyfer y Bil, drwy ganiatáu i'r Cynulliad benderfynu a yw wedi cyflawni ei brif ddyletswydd fel mecanwaith i ddarparu'r cynnig gofal plant. Fel y nododd fy nghyd-Aelod yng Nghyfnod 2 y Bil, nid yw cymalau adolygu'n cynnwys opsiwn i benderfynu a yw deddfwriaeth wedi methu cyflawni bwriad polisi. Yn gyntaf, bydd cymal machlud yn caniatáu ar gyfer dirwyn y Ddeddf i ben os na chyflwynir rheoliadau ar ei swyddogaethau, ac yn ail, mae'n caniatáu i'r Ddeddf fachlud os nad yw'n cyflawni ei bwriadau polisi. O ystyried yr angen am y ddau, mae'n amlwg y dylid derbyn gwelliant o'r fath yn achos sgerbwd o Fil fel sydd gennym yma. Diolch.