Part of 1. 1. Cwestiynau i Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Addysg – Senedd Cymru am 1:58 pm ar 22 Mawrth 2017.
Alun Davies
Llafur
1:58,
22 Mawrth 2017
Mae’r Aelod yn gwbl gywir i bwysleisio’r buddsoddiad sydd wedi digwydd mewn ysgolion ledled Cymru. Mae band A wedi gweld dros 150 o ysgolion a cholegau ledled Cymru yn cael eu hailadeiladu a’u hadnewyddu. Mae hwnnw’n fuddsoddiad go iawn yn addysg plant a phobl ifanc ar gyfer y dyfodol. Bydd yr ail don yn dechrau—bydd band B yn dechrau yn 2019 ac yn para am gyfnod o bum mlynedd hyd at 2024. Mae blaenoriaethau buddsoddi ar gyfer y cyfnod ariannu nesaf yn cael eu datblygu ar hyn o bryd mewn partneriaeth ag awdurdodau lleol, sefydliadau addysg bellach ac eraill. Nod y rhaglen band B yw lleihau nifer yr ysgolion a cholegau sydd mewn cyflwr gwael, er mwyn sicrhau bod digon o leoedd ar gyfer darparu addysg cyfrwng Cymraeg a chyfrwng Saesneg, a sicrhau defnydd effeithiol ac effeithlon o’r ystad addysgol. A byddwn yn cynghori pawb sydd â diddordeb yn hynny i drafod ar unwaith gydag awdurdodau lleol a bwrw ymlaen â’r materion hyn.
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.