Part of 1. 1. Cwestiynau i Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros yr Amgylchedd a Materion Gwledig – Senedd Cymru am 1:40 pm ar 8 Mawrth 2017.
Lesley Griffiths
Llafur
1:40,
8 Mawrth 2017
Diolch. Mae’n amlwg i mi fod angen ymdrech gydunol arnom ar draws pob sector er mwyn mynd i’r afael â’r mater pwysig hwn. Mae arnom angen atebion radical ac rwyf wedi dweud yn glir iawn fod hyn yn un o fy mhrif flaenoriaethau yn fy mhortffolio.
Fe fyddwch yn gwybod ein bod newydd gael ymgynghoriad diweddar ar ansawdd aer lleol, a byddaf yn cyflwyno datganiad ysgrifenedig cyn diwedd y mis hwn ar yr ymatebion a gawsom. Drwy adael yr UE, os rhywbeth, credaf y byddwn yn cynyddu ein targedau. Credaf fod ansawdd aer, fel y dywedwch, yn effeithio ar gymaint o agweddau ar ein bywyd, gan gynnwys ein lles a’n hiechyd. Ond fel y dywedais, credaf fod angen i ni sicrhau ymdrech gydunol yn y maes hwn.
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.
