Part of 5. Cwestiynau Amserol – Senedd Cymru am 3:12 pm ar 15 Tachwedd 2017.
Andrew RT Davies
Ceidwadwyr
3:12,
15 Tachwedd 2017
Buaswn yn ddiolchgar pe gallai'r Llywydd roi rhyw gyfarwyddyd ynglŷn ag union bwynt gofyn cwestiynau pan nad ydych yn cael ateb gan Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet ar faterion penodol sydd o ddiddordeb mawr i'r cyhoedd ac sy'n faterion o ddiddordeb cyhoeddus yn yr ystyr eu bod wedi eu cofnodi ers peth amser a'u bod yn ymwneud ag achosion penodol sydd dan reolaeth uniongyrchol y Prif Weinidog. Buaswn yn ddiolchgar am unrhyw eglurder y gallwch ei roi i ni ynglŷn â diben hynny.
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.
