Part of 1. Cwestiynau i'r Prif Weinidog – Senedd Cymru am 2:11 pm ar 8 Hydref 2024.
Janet Finch-Saunders
Ceidwadwyr
2:11,
8 Hydref 2024
Fe wnaf i eich dal at eich gair. Y rheswm yr wyf i wedi gofyn y cwestiwn yw bod Mark Drakeford AS, yn ôl yn gyfrifol am gyllid—mae rhywfaint o destun pryder, oherwydd gwrthododd yr Ysgrifennydd Cabinet ddiystyru cynnydd i dreth incwm. Ysgrifennodd ataf eto ar 3 Hydref, gan wrthod diystyru unrhyw gynnydd mewn gwirionedd, ac a dweud y gwir dim ond yr wythnos diwethaf y soniodd am godi'r gyfradd sylfaenol o 20c a faint o arian sylweddol y byddai'n dod yn ei sgil i Gymru. Fodd bynnag, fel y mae Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros gyllid hefyd wedi cyfaddef, rydym ni'n gwybod bod y rhan fwyaf o bobl bellach ar yr ymyl eithaf o allu ymdopi, ac weithiau ddim yn ymdopi o gwbl, o ran eu cyllid cartref. Felly, mae'n galonogol, hynna. Rwy'n gobeithio y bydd y cyfryngau'n adrodd hynna, oherwydd mae llawer iawn o bobl yn credu, yn union fel Keir Starmer—Prif Weinidog y DU, dylwn i ddweud—mae'n amlwg bod teimlad nawr mai'r cwbl yr ydych chi'n mynd i'w wneud yw trethu a threthu a threthu, felly mae'n eithaf calonogol eich bod chi'n dweud na fydd unrhyw gynnydd i dreth incwm yng Nghymru. Diolch, Prif Weinidog.
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.