21 Medi 2026 , Legislation Committee
Sesiwn graffu gyffredinol gyda’r Cwnsler Cyffredinol a’r Gweinidog Cabinet dros Effeithiolrwydd Llywodraeth a'r Cyfansoddiad
I think 'acknowledged' is probably the best term. Let's see how far we can progress those discussions now. But an acknowledgement is the beginning of a conversation, at least.
21 Medi 2026 , Legislation Committee
Sesiwn graffu gyffredinol gyda’r Cwnsler Cyffredinol a’r Gweinidog Cabinet dros Effeithiolrwydd Llywodraeth a'r Cyfansoddiad
What precisely that means, we're not entirely clear on yet, but I am hopeful that we will be able to make some progress on this, because we certainly don't want a position where Sewel is engaged and then the Senedd withholds consent and we're left with the…
21 Medi 2026 , Legislation Committee
Sesiwn graffu gyffredinol gyda’r Cwnsler Cyffredinol a’r Gweinidog Cabinet dros Effeithiolrwydd Llywodraeth a'r Cyfansoddiad
As the Counsel General has indicated, I raised it at the Interministerial Standing Committee, and I will be, hopefully, not making myself unpopular, but I will be raising it again until we make progress on that, at least on the memorandum of understanding. My…
21 Medi 2026 , Legislation Committee
Sesiwn graffu gyffredinol gyda’r Cwnsler Cyffredinol a’r Gweinidog Cabinet dros Effeithiolrwydd Llywodraeth a'r Cyfansoddiad
But, Chair, if I may, if there are particular examples when either the LCM is deficient in some way, or whether an explanatory memorandum hasn't reached a suitable level of detail and standard—. I would assume that officials would already be in touch with…
21 Medi 2026 , Legislation Committee
Sesiwn graffu gyffredinol gyda’r Cwnsler Cyffredinol a’r Gweinidog Cabinet dros Effeithiolrwydd Llywodraeth a'r Cyfansoddiad
Yes. I think that was the point I was going to come back to, because we'd had some difficulties. I raised with Darren Jones, who was a one-time Cabinet Office Minister, matters of the lack of co-operation from UK Government Ministries with their counterparts…
21 Medi 2026 , Legislation Committee
Sesiwn graffu gyffredinol gyda’r Cwnsler Cyffredinol a’r Gweinidog Cabinet dros Effeithiolrwydd Llywodraeth a'r Cyfansoddiad
I think that's a good question. Are we in a position to answer that today? I'm not sure. Of the six key points of Noble, we're working through each of those. I was pondering to myself whether the most appropriate thing for us to do would be, in 12 months, to…
21 Medi 2026 , Legislation Committee
Sesiwn graffu gyffredinol gyda’r Cwnsler Cyffredinol a’r Gweinidog Cabinet dros Effeithiolrwydd Llywodraeth a'r Cyfansoddiad
One of the things we've been discussing is how you effectively train policy development colleagues to be aware of the legislative context and how to engage most effectively with that. Much of this work is ongoing. I'm not suggesting that we are anywhere close…
21 Medi 2026 , Legislation Committee
Sesiwn graffu gyffredinol gyda’r Cwnsler Cyffredinol a’r Gweinidog Cabinet dros Effeithiolrwydd Llywodraeth a'r Cyfansoddiad
The simple answer is 'yes'; the slightly more complex answer is that, within the Cabinet Office, there's a director of strategy and part of that role is to horizon scan and to learn from the best international examples, as any responsible Government should…
21 Medi 2026 , Legislation Committee
Sesiwn graffu gyffredinol gyda’r Cwnsler Cyffredinol a’r Gweinidog Cabinet dros Effeithiolrwydd Llywodraeth a'r Cyfansoddiad
The digitally enabled Cabinet Office is allowing us to track progress on various policy issues at the moment. If you are an aficionado of the Welsh Government website, you may have seen some digital dashboards that have been published recently, which will…
21 Medi 2026 , Legislation Committee
Sesiwn graffu gyffredinol gyda’r Cwnsler Cyffredinol a’r Gweinidog Cabinet dros Effeithiolrwydd Llywodraeth a'r Cyfansoddiad
Sophie might speak to that.
21 Medi 2026 , Legislation Committee
Sesiwn graffu gyffredinol gyda’r Cwnsler Cyffredinol a’r Gweinidog Cabinet dros Effeithiolrwydd Llywodraeth a'r Cyfansoddiad
We're actually building on the Noble report, and there is a central legislation specialist pool that we are developing, and there are two things about that. One, it enhances capacity, but it also gives us the ability to deploy that capacity to areas where it…
21 Medi 2026 , Legislation Committee
Sesiwn graffu gyffredinol gyda’r Cwnsler Cyffredinol a’r Gweinidog Cabinet dros Effeithiolrwydd Llywodraeth a'r Cyfansoddiad
I think there is a sound legislative principle that you need to consider the financial resource. As you well know from your time as a leader of a council, there are challenging financial circumstances that form the backdrop to everything we do. So, you have…
21 Medi 2026 , Legislation Committee
Sesiwn graffu gyffredinol gyda’r Cwnsler Cyffredinol a’r Gweinidog Cabinet dros Effeithiolrwydd Llywodraeth a'r Cyfansoddiad
I think there's an enormous amount of work going into the development of the housing portfolio, of Bills and of policy in that area. The Member makes a very important point: that you can legislate as much as you like, but if you haven't got the financial…
21 Medi 2026 , Legislation Committee
Sesiwn graffu gyffredinol gyda’r Cwnsler Cyffredinol a’r Gweinidog Cabinet dros Effeithiolrwydd Llywodraeth a'r Cyfansoddiad
Jest yn fyr ar hwnna, dwi'n credu mai un o'r pethau rŷn ni wedi gofyn i gydweithwyr ei wneud yw adnabod yr holl elfennau o'r ddeddfwriaeth sydd i’w gweithredu ar draws ystod eang iawn o feysydd. Ac wedyn mae angen sgwrs: 'Ocê, yn y maes hwnnw mae yna…
21 Medi 2026 , Legislation Committee
Sesiwn graffu gyffredinol gyda’r Cwnsler Cyffredinol a’r Gweinidog Cabinet dros Effeithiolrwydd Llywodraeth a'r Cyfansoddiad
Os gallaf i, am eiliad, Counsel General—
21 Medi 2026 , Legislation Committee
Sesiwn graffu gyffredinol gyda’r Cwnsler Cyffredinol a’r Gweinidog Cabinet dros Effeithiolrwydd Llywodraeth a'r Cyfansoddiad
Mae'n gwestiwn ardderchog, os caf i ddweud, achos, mewn Senedd heb fwyafrif, mae e'n anorfod bod y Llywodraeth yn gorfod ystyried a fydd modd ceisio cytundeb y Senedd i ddeddfwriaeth newydd. Fel rŷn ni wedi clywed, mae yna waith sylweddol iawn yn digwydd ar…
21 Medi 2026 , Legislation Committee
Sesiwn graffu gyffredinol gyda’r Cwnsler Cyffredinol a’r Gweinidog Cabinet dros Effeithiolrwydd Llywodraeth a'r Cyfansoddiad
I think, fundamentally, it comes back to the answer I gave some moments ago—and Sophie—around that careful planning, timetabling, working through what needs to be done when, and, when legislation is introduced, what level of scrutiny will be required over a…
21 Medi 2026 , Legislation Committee
Sesiwn graffu gyffredinol gyda’r Cwnsler Cyffredinol a’r Gweinidog Cabinet dros Effeithiolrwydd Llywodraeth a'r Cyfansoddiad
I think, as Sophie's already mentioned, what you have here is a programme that we've been working on with colleagues. There are issues around legislative capacity, there are issues around scrutiny, and, therefore, we're making sure that we timeline that in a…
21 Medi 2026 , Legislation Committee
Sesiwn graffu gyffredinol gyda’r Cwnsler Cyffredinol a’r Gweinidog Cabinet dros Effeithiolrwydd Llywodraeth a'r Cyfansoddiad
And particularly when we're in the realm of consolidation and accessibility.
21 Medi 2026 , Legislation Committee
Sesiwn graffu gyffredinol gyda’r Cwnsler Cyffredinol a’r Gweinidog Cabinet dros Effeithiolrwydd Llywodraeth a'r Cyfansoddiad
I think there's always a balancing act in terms of developing a legislative programme, and what you've got here is a series of pieces of legislation. Some of those pieces of legislation have been a topic of some work already, and there have been discussions…
21 Medi 2026 , Legislation Committee
Sesiwn graffu gyffredinol gyda’r Cwnsler Cyffredinol a’r Gweinidog Cabinet dros Effeithiolrwydd Llywodraeth a'r Cyfansoddiad
Shall I begin? What the First Minister has done in setting out the legislative programme is set out a first phase of legislation for this Government. We're anticipating that that first phase will last some 18 months, and we've been making—. Clearly, some of…
21 Medi 2026 , Legislation Committee
Sesiwn graffu gyffredinol gyda’r Cwnsler Cyffredinol a’r Gweinidog Cabinet dros Effeithiolrwydd Llywodraeth a'r Cyfansoddiad
A finnau, Dafydd Trystan Davies, y Gweinidog Cabinet dros Effeithiolrwydd Llywodraeth a'r Cyfansoddiad. Felly, fel tîm o wasanaethau cyfreithiol y Llywodraeth, rydyn ni'n falch iawn i fod yma, Gadeirydd.
14 Medi 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Sesiwn dystiolaeth ragarweiniol gyda’r Gweinidog Cabinet dros Effeithiolrwydd Llywodraeth a’r Cyfansoddiad
The Cabinet, yes, indeed. Diolch yn fawr. Thank you, all, very much.
14 Medi 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Sesiwn dystiolaeth ragarweiniol gyda’r Gweinidog Cabinet dros Effeithiolrwydd Llywodraeth a’r Cyfansoddiad
Thank you very much.
14 Medi 2026 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Sesiwn dystiolaeth ragarweiniol gyda’r Gweinidog Cabinet dros Effeithiolrwydd Llywodraeth a’r Cyfansoddiad
Well, no—[Laughter.] I am pretty confident on that one. With some of the other answers, there's much work ongoing, as we've illustrated. But, on that one, yes.
