English: We as Plaid Cymru do support these amended regulations. You mention that they were rejected by the fourth Assembly. I wasn't here personally at that time, but they were weak, and a number of concerns were raised by student representatives and by Plaid Cymru at that point. There was some further delay prior to Christmas - just a week, I hasten to say - at the request of Plaid Cymru once we'd seen the draft regulations at that point. I'd like to thank the Cabinet Secretary for that opportunity to express a view, and I am pleased to see that he did listen and that many of the concerns that we raised have now been addressed. The amended regulations do include a number of rights for Welsh students: the right to express a desire to have Welsh language accommodation; to use the student intranet through the medium of Welsh; the right to the allocation of a personal tutor who is a Welsh speaker; the right to see the Welsh language on all signs in HE and FE colleges in Wales; and to use the Welsh language at arts centres. In looking at one of these - the right to a Welsh-speaking personal tutor - I think this is crucial to the success of a Welsh-speaking student in institutions that can often be quite alien places for young people when they arrive there first. Having a consistent relationship through the medium of Welsh with a member of staff is sure to enhance the student experience and will, therefore, lead to enhanced academic attainment. The standards are, therefore, a step forward - there's no doubt about that - although there are some gaps that remain. As I said, we will be supporting them today, but I would endorse the call of the Welsh language committee in doing that. I thank the committee for its detailed scrutiny work in contributing to where we are today. We endorse the committee's demand that we should keep a very close eye on the implementation of these standards, and that they should be reviewed again to deal with any gaps that emerge. We will also need workforce planning within institutions in order to deliver these regulations, and that, in turn, will contribute towards the million Welsh speakers strategy in due course. I've also looked at what Colleges Wales had to say in their evidence and support what they had to say, namely that the regulations must go hand in hand with plans to expand Welsh-medium education in our education institutions, because without having the educational content available through the medium of Welsh, much of this is simply superficial. In bringing the two together, particularly terms of FE, we do now need to see progress in including far more Welsh-medium courses in FE and, perhaps, bring that sector under the auspices of the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol, too. But, there's no doubt that these regulations will make it easier for students to live their lives through the medium of Welsh while studying, having left school, in the years to come.
Welsh: Rydym ni fel Plaid Cymru yn cefnogi'r rheoliadau ar eu newydd wedd. Rydych chi wedi sôn eu bod nhw wedi cael eu gwrthod gan y pedwerydd Cynulliad. Nid oeddwn i yma bryd hynny, ond mi oedden nhw'n rhai gwan, ac fe godwyd nifer o bryderon gan fudiadau myfyrwyr a Phlaid Cymru bryd hynny. Mi fuodd ychydig o oedi pellach cyn y Nadolig - wythnos yn unig, rwy'n prysuro i ddweud - ar gais Plaid Cymru, ar ôl cael gweld y rheoliadau drafft bryd hynny, a diolch i'r Ysgrifennydd Cabinet am y cyfle hynny i roi barn. Rydw i'n falch iawn o weld ei fod o wedi gwrando, ac mae llawer o'r pryderon yr oeddem ni'n eu codi wedi cael eu diwygio ymhellach. Mae'r safonau diwygiedig, felly, yn cynnwys llawer iawn o hawliau ar gyfer myfyrwyr Cymraeg: yr hawl i fynegi dymuniad i gael llety cyfrwng Cymraeg; i gael defnyddio mewnrwyd myfyrwyr yn Gymraeg; yr hawl i gael tiwtor personol sy'n siarad Cymraeg; yr hawl i weld y Gymraeg ar bob arwydd ym mhrifysgolion a cholegau addysg bellach Cymru; ac i ddefnyddio'r Gymraeg mewn canolfannau celfyddydau. I edrych ar un o'r rhain - yr hawl i diwtor personol Cymraeg - rydw i'n meddwl bod hwn yn allweddol i lwyddiant myfyriwr Cymraeg ei iaith neu ei hiaith mewn sefydliadau sy'n aml yn gallu bod yn llefydd reit estron i bobl ifanc sy'n cyrraedd yna am y tro cyntaf. Mae cael perthynas gyson yn y Gymraeg efo aelod o staff yn siŵr o wella profiad y myfyriwr, ac felly yn gwella ei gyflawniad addysgol o neu hi hefyd. Mae'r safonau hyn yn gam ymlaen, felly - nid oes amheuaeth am hynny - er bod ychydig o fylchau'n parhau o hyd. Mi fyddwn ni yn eu cefnogi nhw, ond yn ategu galwad pwyllgor y Gymraeg wrth wneud hynny, ac yn diolch, gyda llaw, am y gwaith craffu manwl mae'r pwyllgor wedi'i wneud i gyfrannu at lle rydym heddiw. Mi rydym ni'n ategu galwad y pwyllgor bod angen cadw golwg manwl ar weithredu'r safonau yma a'u hadolygu nhw eto i fynd i'r afael â'r bylchau fydd yn amlygu eu hunain. Bydd hefyd, wrth gwrs, angen cynllunio gweithlu yn y sefydliadau er mwyn cyflawni'r rheoliadau, ac mi fydd hynny, yn ei dro, yn cyfrannu tuag at y strategaeth miliwn o siaradwyr, maes o law. Rydw i hefyd wedi edrych ar beth oedd gan Colegau Cymru i ddweud yn eu tystiolaeth nhw ac yn cefnogi'r hyn maen nhw'n ei ddweud, sef bod yn rhaid i'r rheoliadau weithio law yn llaw efo cynlluniau i ehangu addysg cyfrwng Cymraeg yn ein sefydliadau addysg ni. Heb i gynnwys yr addysg fod yn y Gymraeg hefyd, rhywbeth ar yr wyneb ydy llawer iawn o'r materion sydd yn y rheoliadau. Ond o roi'r ddau efo'i gilydd, ac yn enwedig, efallai, ym maes addysg bellach - mae eisiau symud ymlaen, rŵan, i gynnwys llawer iawn mwy o gyrsiau cyfrwng Cymraeg yn y byd addysg bellach ac efallai dod â'r maes yna o dan adain y Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol. Ond, nid oes dim dwywaith, fe fydd y rheoliadau yma yn ei gwneud hi'n haws i fyfyrwyr allu byw drwy'r Gymraeg tra'n astudio ar ôl gadael yr ysgol yn y blynyddoedd a ddaw.