Part of 2. 2. Cwestiynau i Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Gymunedau a Phlant – Senedd Cymru am 2:41 pm ar 8 Mawrth 2017.
Dawn Bowden
Llafur
2:41,
8 Mawrth 2017
Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet, rwyf wedi tynnu eich sylw’n flaenorol at bryderon ynglŷn ag effaith newidiadau Llywodraeth San Steffan i’r lwfans tai lleol o 2019 a’r effaith a gaiff hynny ar Gymru, wedi’i dwysáu, rwy’n credu y byddwch yn cytuno â mi, gan y penderfyniad gwarthus a wnaed yr wythnos diwethaf i gael gwared ar fudd-daliadau tai ar gyfer pobl ifanc rhwng 18 a 21 oed.
Edrychodd astudiaeth a gomisiynwyd gan Cartrefi Cymoedd Merthyr ar y lefel o lwfans tai lleol sydd wedi’i rewi o gymharu â’r gyfradd rhent preifat ar gyfartaledd ym Merthyr Tudful a nododd wahaniaeth o hyd at £7.35 yr wythnos y byddai’n rhaid i’r tenant ei dalu. Yn ôl yr hyn a ddeallaf, bydd peth o’r newid yn golygu bod arian a delir fel budd-dal tai ar hyn o bryd yn cael ei ddatganoli i Gymru. A all Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet ddweud wrthyf pa drafodaethau a gafodd ef neu ei swyddogion gyda Llywodraeth y DU ynglŷn â sut y caiff y lefel honno o gyllid datganoledig ei phennu a pha sicrwydd y gall ei roi y bydd yn cael ei glustnodi mewn rhyw ffordd i helpu’r rhai mwyaf difreintiedig drwy rewi’r Lwfans Tai Lleol?
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.
