English: Thank you very much. There's no doubt that the childcare funding legislation was very contentious from the outset, for the reason that it didn't include every child. Children whose parents were in education or training or who were unemployed didn't qualify. Therefore, Plaid Cymru voted against the legislation. We felt that it was entirely unfair that families earning up to £200,000 per annum could access free childcare whilst our poorest children living in workless households are being excluded from the clear benefits that will emerge from early years education and childcare. But the Minister at the time was determined to proceed with a proposal that was entirely deficient, despite the concerns of the children's commissioner and children's organisations, the concerns of the Children, Young People and Education Committee, and the concerns of Plaid Cymru, which were voiced time and again in this Chamber. Therefore, the Government in the summer did announce that it had made a u-turn, and I am pleased that at last this Government has recognised that it made an utter Horlicks of its first attempt to introduce its first free 30-hour childcare offer. But your statement today does concern me. You are now considering expanding the offer to support parents in education and training, and I agree entirely with that. But unfortunately you're not going far enough, because you are considering expanding it to parents who are on the point of returning to work. So, even under your revised plan, there will be some children who still will not be eligible for this childcare, including some of the children in greatest need in Wales. This is a mistake. Plaid Cymru in Government would offer this opportunity for all children to benefit from free childcare. Can you explain, therefore, what your definition is of parents on the point of returning to work? Can you explain why you're not going to include every child in reforming this offer? Why aren't you going to include households where parents are unemployed? Why are you discriminating against some children? Doesn't every child deserve the best possible start in life? I very much hope that you can explain the rationale behind your new proposal. As you are suspending the work with the Treasury, will you explain what's changed, therefore, in terms of the views of local government? Have you sought the views of the Welsh Local Government Association on the implications of this u-turn? Do they now believe, to the contrary of what they believed when the legislation was going through this Senedd, that the system isn't too complex and bureaucratic, and that they are content to administer it? I don't know what has changed between the time when the legislation went through and this current period. You state that you are delighted that the pilot period has been so successful and I do hear that very many families in my area are taking advantage of this scheme. But, I'm also aware that this is creating some funding problems for councils, and I do understand that additional funding has been allocated to some county councils, but that that is far from being sufficient to meet the demand. So, can you explain how you intend to close the gap between demand and the funding that's currently available, please?
Welsh: Diolch yn fawr. Does dim dwywaith mi oedd y Ddeddf cyllido gofal plant yn un dadleuol iawn o'r cychwyn cyntaf am y rheswm nad oedd o ddim yn cynnwys pob plentyn. Doedd plant oedd â'u rhieni mewn hyfforddiant neu addysg neu'n ddi-waith ddim yn gymwys ar ei gyfer. Felly, mi bleidleisiodd Plaid Cymru yn ei erbyn o. Roedden ni'n teimlo ei fod hi'n hollol annheg bod teuluoedd sydd yn ennill hyd at £200,000 y flwyddyn yn gallu cael gofal plant am ddim tra bo'r plant tlotaf sy'n byw ar aelwydydd di-waith yn cael eu heithrio rhag mwynhau'r manteision amlwg ddaw o ofal plant ac addysg blynyddoedd cynnar. Ond, mi oedd y Gweinidog ar y pryd yn benderfynol o fwrw ymlaen efo cynnig cwbl ddiffygiol, a hynny er gwaethaf pryderon y comisiynydd plant a mudiadau plant, er gwaethaf pryderon y pwyllgor plant a phobl ifanc, er gwaethaf pryderon Plaid Cymru a leisiwyd droeon yn y Siambr yma. Felly, dyma'r Llywodraeth, yn yr haf, yn cyhoeddi ei bod hi wedi gwneud tro pedol, a dwi'n falch, o'r diwedd, fod y Llywodraeth hon yn cydnabod ei bod hi wedi gwneud llanast llwyr o'i hymgais gyntaf i gyflwyno ei chynnig gofal plant 30 awr. Ond mae'ch datganiad heddiw yn fy mhryderu. Rydych chi, erbyn hyn, yn ystyried ehangu'r cynnig er mwyn cefnogi rhieni mewn addysg a hyfforddiant. Cytuno'n llwyr. Mi ydych chi, yn anffodus, ddim yn mynd yn ddigon pell, achos rydych chi'n ystyried ei ehangu fo hefyd ar gyfer rhieni sydd ar fin dychwelyd i weithio. Felly, hyd yn oed o dan eich cynllun diwygiedig, bydd yna rai plant yn parhau i beidio â bod yn gymwys ar gyfer gofal plant, gan gynnwys rhai o blant mwyaf anghenus Cymru. Mae hwn yn gam gwag. Mi fyddai Plaid Cymru, mewn Llywodraeth, yn cynnig cyfle i bob plentyn gael manteisio ar ofal plant am ddim. A wnewch chi egluro, felly, beth ydy eich diffiniad chi o rieni sydd ar fin dychwelyd yn ôl i'r gwaith? A wnewch chi egluro pam nad ydych chi'n mynd i gynnwys pob plentyn wrth i chi ddiwygio'r cynnig? Pam nad ydych chi'n mynd i gynnwys aelwydydd lle mae'r rhieni yn ddi-waith? Pam eich bod chi'n gwahaniaethu yn erbyn rhai plant? Onid ydy pob plentyn yn haeddu cael y cychwyn gorau posib mewn bywyd? Gobeithio y medrwch chi egluro rhesymeg eich bwriad newydd, os gwelwch yn dda. Gan eich bod chi'n atal y gwaith efo'r Trysorlys, a wnewch chi egluro beth sydd wedi newid, felly, o ran agweddau llywodraeth leol? Ydych chi wedi cael barn Cymdeithas Llywodraeth Leol Cymru ar oblygiadau'r tro pedol yma? A ydyn nhw bellach yn credu - yn wahanol i beth oedden nhw'n ei gredu pan oedd y ddeddfwriaeth yn mynd drwy'r Senedd yma - nad ydy'r system ddim yn rhy fiwrocrataidd a chymhleth a'u bod nhw yn fodlon ei gweinyddu? Dwi ddim yn gwybod beth sydd wedi newid rhwng cyfnod y ddeddfwriaeth a'r cyfnod yma. Rydych chi'n dweud yn eich datganiad eich bod chi wrth eich bodd bod y cyfnod prawf wedi bod mor llwyddiannus. Ac rwyf innau yn clywed bod nifer fawr o deuluoedd yn fy ardal i yn cymryd mantais o'r cynllun. Ond, dwi'n ymwybodol bod hyn yn creu problemau cyllidebol i'r cynghorau, a dwi'n deall bod arian ychwanegol wedi cael ei ddyrannu i rai cynghorau sir, ond nad ydy hwnnw ddim yn ddigonol o bell ffordd i gwrdd â'r galw. Felly, a wnewch chi egluro sut rydych chi'n bwriadu cau'r bwlch rhwng y galw a'r arian sydd ar gael ar hyn o bryd, os gwelwch yn dda?