Part of 1. 1. Cwestiynau i Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Gyllid a Llywodraeth Leol – Senedd Cymru am 1:46 pm ar 15 Mawrth 2017.
Mark Drakeford
Llafur
1:46,
15 Mawrth 2017
Wel, Lywydd, wrth gwrs, mae diddordeb mawr gyda fi yng ngwaith Sefydliad Bevan. Roedd gwaith yr Athro Karel Williams—roedd hwnnw’n rhan o’r trafodaethau yn y PMC ym Merthyr nôl ym mis Chwefror, lle roeddem ni’n treial i—. Wel, y ddadl oedd am le.
How do we have a sense of place in the way that we fashion our future regional economic development policies that takes account of those places where there are the greatest concentrations of disadvantage, while not doing it in a way that seems to isolate those communities from possibilities that lie nearby or around their borders? And it was a very interesting discussion, with contributions from all the different sectors around that table, as to how we can best map a future, both geographically and conceptually, that allows us to find a way of taking account of the very particular needs of those whose needs are greatest without, as I say, seeking to isolate them from opportunities that they need to be connected to and would make a difference to their futures if we have a different set of ideas about how place-based policies can operate more successfully in the future.
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.