Part of 2. 2. Cwestiynau i Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Gymunedau a Phlant – Senedd Cymru am 2:57 pm ar 5 Ebrill 2017.
David Melding
Ceidwadwyr
2:57,
5 Ebrill 2017
Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet, rwy’n credu ei bod yn bwysig iawn yn y maes hwn fod ein disgwyliadau a’n huchelgeisiau’n codi’n gyson, ac mae hynny’n beth da. Wrth gwrs, rydym wedi cyfrannu comisiynydd plant a’r strategaeth chwarae gyntaf, ac er tegwch i’r Llywodraeth yn y fan hon, rydym wedi mabwysiadu’r cyfnod sylfaen. Ond mae angen i ni edrych ar awdurdodaethau eraill yn ogystal i wneud yn siŵr ein bod o ddifrif yn parhau i fod ar flaen y gad.
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.
