English: Thank you, Simon, for your questions. Can I absolutely assure you that I in no way at no point had any conversations with Sir Ian Diamond or the panel about changing its remit? You really, really should know better than to believe everything that is sometimes stated. So, I can assure you. So, by all means, FOI as much as you like. There was no instruction to Sir Ian Diamond to change the remit of the report. But I do recognise this issue about getting a better balance between how we have traditionally funded HE in the round, and the emphasis has very much been on funding the individual student. That has led to some very real challenges for the HE sector and the institutions themselves. What this report does do, and what my agreement with the First Minister seeks to do, is to ensure that, in moving resources, we will be able to achieve that balance and be able to get to a position where HEFCW, or as a result of maybe a response to the Hazelkorn review - something that maybe comes after - is able to put resources back into HE institutions. I think that that, actually, is one of the ways in which we need to make the Welsh HE offer as good as it could be to potential students, because I think there has been, if I'm honest, a challenge for Welsh HE institutions to keep apace with some of the developments across the border. Therefore, some of the things that may be attractive to students have been developed in England, and we haven't had the resources to do that here in Wales. So, that's one of the building blocks that we need to do - a better balance in how we fund HE in the round, and I think that Sir Ian has given us a very good blueprint on how we can take that forward. With regard - . Look, I didn't write the Labour Party manifesto - [Interruption.] I didn't write the Labour Party manifesto, but I am aware what that manifesto did say - that any new regime for funding students in Wales would be more generous than that in England, and this system today delivers on the Labour Party manifesto in the same way it delivers on my manifesto, when I said very clearly that we had to move to a system of maintenance grants for upfront living costs. So, I think that, actually, this proposal today keeps faith with what the Labour Party said in the election and what my party, the Welsh Liberal Democrats, said in the election. The Member does raise some very serious points about FE. Just like the HE sector, there have been significant pressures on the FE sector. Now, much of the evidence that was given to Diamond highlighted the need for a more joined-up approach and enhanced progression routes between FE and HE. It was agreed, therefore, that it would helpful if the review panel were able to consider more closely these matters as part of its remit. It was assisted in doing that by a sub-panel, and that considered how best to enhance the opportunities for students pursuing work-based or occupation-related higher education course, because I do think the needs of the modern economy demand that from our system. The FE-related recommendations focus, as I said, on vocational and technical education, because the sub-panel felt that that was where the area of greatest need was, and we'll be looking forward to how we can implement the recommendations that have been made with regard to that. With regard to the living wage, the approach taken by Sir Ian is one of, 'What is an adequate amount of money that is needed for people to sustain themselves?' He's made that link to the living wage, but the point is well made that there are other people who are pursuing training and skills development that would not be subject to that. What is really important is that those upfront living costs do not become a barrier, especially for our poorer students, in pursuing higher education. That's the underlying principle that I will look to take forward in looking how we can implement the recommendations here. But, the points about FE are well made and this Government is cognisant of them.
Welsh: Diolch yn fawr, Simon, am eich cwestiynau. A gaf i eich sicrhau yn llwyr nad wyf i mewn unrhyw ffordd ar unrhyw adeg wedi cael unrhyw sgyrsiau â Syr Ian Diamond neu'r panel ynglŷn â newid ei gylch gorchwyl? Dylech chi wir, mewn difrif calon, wybod yn well na chredu popeth sydd weithiau'n cael ei ddatgan. Felly, gallaf eich sicrhau. Felly, ar bob cyfrif, mynnwch Ryddid Gwybodaeth gymaint ag y dymunwch. Nid roddwyd unrhyw gyfarwyddyd i Syr Ian Diamond newid cylch gorchwyl yr adroddiad. Ond rwyf yn cydnabod y mater hwn ynglŷn â chael gwell cydbwysedd rhwng sut yr ydym wedi ariannu Addysg Uwch yn ei chyfanrwydd yn draddodiadol, ac mae'r pwyslais wedi bod i raddau helaeth ar ariannu'r myfyriwr unigol. Mae hynny wedi arwain at rai heriau gwirioneddol ar gyfer y sector Addysg Uwch a'r sefydliadau eu hunain. Yr hyn y mae'r adroddiad hwn yn ei wneud, a'r hyn y mae fy nghytundeb i â'r Prif Weinidog yn ceisio ei wneud, yw sicrhau, wrth symud adnoddau, y byddwn ni'n gallu cyflawni'r cydbwysedd hwnnw ac yn gallu cyrraedd sefyllfa lle gall y CCAUC, neu o ganlyniad efallai i ymateb i adolygiad Hazelkorn - rhywbeth sydd efallai'n dilyn - roi adnoddau yn ôl i sefydliadau Addysg Uwch. Credaf mai hynny, mewn gwirionedd, yw un o'r ffyrdd y mae angen i ni sicrhau bod y cynnig Addysg Uwch yng Nghymru gystal ag y gall fod ar gyfer darpar fyfyrwyr, oherwydd credaf, a bod yn onest, y bu her i sefydliadau Addysg Uwch yng Nghymru gadw i fyny â rhai o'r datblygiadau ar draws y ffin. Felly, mae rhai o'r pethau a allai fod yn ddeniadol i fyfyrwyr wedi'u datblygu yn Lloegr, ac nid ydym ni wedi bod â'r adnoddau i wneud hynny yma yng Nghymru. Felly, dyna un o'r blociau adeiladu y mae ei angen arnom - gwell cydbwysedd o ran sut yr ydym yn ariannu Addysg Uwch yn ei chyfanrwydd, ac rwy'n credu bod Syr Ian wedi rhoi amlinelliad da iawn i ni ynglŷn â sut y gallwn fwrw ymlaen â hynny. O ran - . Edrychwch, nid fi ysgrifennodd faniffesto'r Blaid Lafur - [Torri ar draws.] Nid fi ysgrifennodd faniffesto'r Blaid Lafur, ond rwy'n ymwybodol bod y maniffesto wedi dweud - y byddai unrhyw gyfundrefn newydd ar gyfer cyllido myfyrwyr yng Nghymru yn fwy hael na'r un yn Lloegr, ac mae'r system hon heddiw yn cyflawni maniffesto'r Blaid Lafur yn yr un ffordd ag y mae'n cyflawni fy maniffesto i, pan ddywedais yn glir iawn fod yn rhaid inni symud i ddefnyddio system o grantiau cynhaliaeth ar gyfer costau byw ymlaen llaw. Felly, rwy'n credu, mewn gwirionedd, fod y cynnig hwn heddiw yn cadw at yr hyn a ddywedodd y Blaid Lafur yn yr etholiad a'r hyn a ddywedodd fy mhlaid innau, Democratiaid Rhyddfrydol Cymru, yn yr etholiad. Mae'r Aelod yn codi rhai pwyntiau difrifol iawn am Addysg Bellach. Yn union fel y sector Addysg Uwch, bu pwysau sylweddol ar y sector Addysg Bellach. Nawr, mae llawer o'r dystiolaeth a ddefnyddiwyd ar gyfer adroddiad Diamond yn tynnu sylw at yr angen am ddull mwy cydgysylltiedig a llwybrau dilyniant gwell rhwng Addysg Bellach ac Addysg Uwch. Cytunwyd, felly, y byddai'n ddefnyddiol pe byddai'r panel adolygu yn gallu ystyried yn fanylach y materion hyn fel rhan o'i gylch gorchwyl. Cafodd ei gynorthwyo i wneud hynny gan is-banel, ac ystyriwyd y ffordd orau er mwyn gwella cyfleoedd ar gyfer myfyrwyr sy'n dilyn cwrs addysg uwch sy'n seiliedig ar waith neu'n seiliedig ar alwedigaeth, gan fy mod yn credu bod anghenion yr economi fodern yn gofyn am hynny gan ein system. Mae'r argymhellion sy'n ymwneud ag addysg bellach yn canolbwyntio, fel y dywedais, ar addysg alwedigaethol a thechnegol, oherwydd bod yr is-banel o'r farn mai hwnnw oedd y maes lle'r oedd yr angen mwyaf, a byddwn ni'n edrych ymlaen at sut y gallwn ni weithredu'r argymhellion a wnaed o ran hynny. O ran y cyflog byw, ymagwedd Syr Ian iddo yw, 'Beth sy'n swm digonol o arian, a fydd yn galluogi i bobl gynnal eu hunain?' Mae wedi gwneud y cysylltiad hwnnw â'r cyflog byw, ond mae'n bwynt da bod pobl eraill sy'n dilyn hyfforddiant ac yn datblygu sgiliau na fyddant yn destun i hynny. Yr hyn sy'n wirioneddol bwysig yw nad yw'r costau byw ymlaen llaw hynny yn dod yn rhwystr i ddilyn addysg uwch, yn enwedig ar gyfer ein myfyrwyr tlotach. Dyna'r egwyddor sylfaenol y byddaf yn ceisio gweithredu arni wrth edrych ar sut y gallwn roi'r argymhellion hyn ar waith. Fodd bynnag, mae'r pwyntiau ynghylch Addysg Bellach wedi'u gwneud yn dda ac mae'r Llywodraeth hon yn ymwybodol ohonynt.