Part of 2. 1. Cwestiynau i Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros yr Economi a'r Seilwaith – Senedd Cymru am 2:51 pm ar 1 Mawrth 2017.
Ken Skates
Llafur
2:51,
1 Mawrth 2017
Rwy’n credu bod hwnnw’n asesiad annheg sydd, mewn gwirionedd, yn dangos diffyg hyder ac os caf ddweud, diffyg balchder yn economi Cymru. Y ffaith amdani yw bod gwerth ychwanegol gros ardal Mersi a’r Ddyfrdwy, gogledd-ddwyrain Cymru, ac ardaloedd awdurdodau lleol Swydd Gaer a’r Wirral, oddeutu 50 y cant o werth ychwanegol gros Cymru gyfan. Rhyngddynt, maent yn rymoedd economaidd enfawr, a dylent hefyd—y partneriaid yng Nghymru a Lloegr—fod wrth y llyw gydag agenda Pwerdy Gogledd Lloegr. Nid wyf am weld Cymru yn sedd y teithiwr yn hyn o beth; dymunaf weld Cymru’n gyrru menter Pwerdy Gogledd Lloegr, ac oherwydd hynny, mae’n hanfodol ein bod yn sicrhau bod y rhanbarth cyfan wedi’i gysylltu’n briodol ac yn llawn. Am y rheswm hwnnw yn ei dro, rwy’n edrych ar ddatblygu trydydd croesiad dros afon Menai ac ar wella’r seilwaith porthladd er mwyn i ni allu cael mynediad at ffyniant economaidd sy’n arwain o Gaergybi yr holl ffordd drwy Loegr, ond sydd hefyd yn cysylltu, yn hollbwysig, ag economi Iwerddon.
The cabinet is the group of twenty or so (and no more than 22) senior government ministers who are responsible for running the departments of state and deciding government policy.
It is chaired by the prime minister.
The cabinet is bound by collective responsibility, which means that all its members must abide by and defend the decisions it takes, despite any private doubts that they might have.
Cabinet ministers are appointed by the prime minister and chosen from MPs or peers of the governing party.
However, during periods of national emergency, or when no single party gains a large enough majority to govern alone, coalition governments have been formed with cabinets containing members from more than one political party.
War cabinets have sometimes been formed with a much smaller membership than the full cabinet.
From time to time the prime minister will reorganise the cabinet in order to bring in new members, or to move existing members around. This reorganisation is known as a cabinet re-shuffle.
The cabinet normally meets once a week in the cabinet room at Downing Street.
