8 Ionawr 2025 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2025-26 - Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Drafnidiaeth a Gogledd Cymru
I appreciate that there are concerns about this, but, again, I can offer some assurance today, I think. The Active Travel (Wales) Act 2013 requires corporate joint committees to have regard to the integrated network maps for active travel when formulating…
8 Ionawr 2025 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2025-26 - Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Drafnidiaeth a Gogledd Cymru
So, it is under the competitive funding element of the fund, and we've also provided an indicative allocation of core funding as well to each local authority.
8 Ionawr 2025 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2025-26 - Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Drafnidiaeth a Gogledd Cymru
Chris. Sorry.
8 Ionawr 2025 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2025-26 - Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Drafnidiaeth a Gogledd Cymru
Thanks very much, Julie. I may bring Chris in in a moment, actually, but just to say that the active travel fund still exists. I'm intending to confirm grant awards before the start of 2025-26. The funding will not be ring-fenced, though, for active travel…
8 Ionawr 2025 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2025-26 - Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Drafnidiaeth a Gogledd Cymru
Well, we're devolving fully from 2026-27, so the plan is in development at the moment, but I'll defer to Peter, who may be able to say when we're going to be completing the plan, if that's okay.
8 Ionawr 2025 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2025-26 - Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Drafnidiaeth a Gogledd Cymru
If I may say, it's not an unusual approach to have Welsh Government funding, if you like, mixed in with funding from other sources via local authorities. The key for us is in making sure, moving forward with the devolution process, that we put in place a…
8 Ionawr 2025 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2025-26 - Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Drafnidiaeth a Gogledd Cymru
Yes, you've highlighted a very real challenge, but as part of the project to devolve funding we're also developing a plan for monitoring and evaluating the Welsh Government funding, and that's being supported at the moment by Transport for Wales. Now, as soon…
8 Ionawr 2025 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2025-26 - Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Drafnidiaeth a Gogledd Cymru
Yes, another very well-made point, and a point that's been raised by a number of people who share your concerns. Now, the regional transport plans have been subject to local consultations. Local authorities will still be responsible for delivery of the…
8 Ionawr 2025 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2025-26 - Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Drafnidiaeth a Gogledd Cymru
Well, again, this is a really important question, Chair. I know that there are some people who have been rather concerned about the move to devolve transport funding, but I can assure Members that, with the devolution of funding to corporate joint committees…
8 Ionawr 2025 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2025-26 - Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Drafnidiaeth a Gogledd Cymru
This is a really interesting question. It is our ambition that corporate joint committees will be able to lever in funding from the private sector to complement the funding that they themselves allocate to projects, as well as the funding that we allocate…
8 Ionawr 2025 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2025-26 - Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Drafnidiaeth a Gogledd Cymru
Yes, apologies, the table on page 15 was included in error, and the correct figures are indeed in the table that appears on page 13.
8 Ionawr 2025 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2025-26 - Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Drafnidiaeth a Gogledd Cymru
If it helps, Chair, I can provide a greater briefing on where we are with the regional transport plans and devolution of transport funding.
8 Ionawr 2025 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2025-26 - Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Drafnidiaeth a Gogledd Cymru
Well, the CJCs are responsible for those plans, and so all local authorities within each of the respective corporate joint committees will be contributing to those plans. And as a result of that, the corporate joint committees will be able to, I think with an…
8 Ionawr 2025 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2025-26 - Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Drafnidiaeth a Gogledd Cymru
Again, we're going to be making sure that, from the 2026-27 financial year, budgets are allocated regionally, but, as the paper sets out, for the financial year 2025-26, local authorities were asked to submit applications for funding by, I think, 20 December…
8 Ionawr 2025 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2025-26 - Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Drafnidiaeth a Gogledd Cymru
Yes, you’re absolutely right, we are moving in that direction for full devolution to take place from 2026-27. In 2025-26, the budget includes funding for corporate joint committees to complete their work on the regional transport plans, and indeed for…
8 Ionawr 2025 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2025-26 - Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Drafnidiaeth a Gogledd Cymru
That needs to be clarified, then. Yes, absolutely.
8 Ionawr 2025 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2025-26 - Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Drafnidiaeth a Gogledd Cymru
Yes, again, it’s ports policy, rather than ports infrastructure. It’s basically making sure that, again, we’ve got integration and alignment across all transport modes.
8 Ionawr 2025 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2025-26 - Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Drafnidiaeth a Gogledd Cymru
Apologies if it’s not clear, but essentially I’ve retained responsibility for aviation policy and maritime policy in Wales, but responsibility for the airport, as you rightly point out, is with the Cabinet Secretary for economy. The reason that the policy has…
8 Ionawr 2025 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2025-26 - Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Drafnidiaeth a Gogledd Cymru
Yes, absolutely. Chris, can you highlight this, please?
8 Ionawr 2025 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2025-26 - Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Drafnidiaeth a Gogledd Cymru
Sorry, I think we may be conflating some of the capital projects for road maintenance and active travel with this particular area. Sorry—
8 Ionawr 2025 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2025-26 - Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Drafnidiaeth a Gogledd Cymru
Sure, absolutely. It’s pretty straight forward on the capital side: there are two projects. One is the national travel survey, which will provide us with, for the first time, really comprehensive data on travel. This is particularly important when planning…
8 Ionawr 2025 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2025-26 - Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Drafnidiaeth a Gogledd Cymru
Absolutely, Janet. I've twice met with the access and inclusion panel at Transport for Wales, and, as a result of my discussions with the panel, I'm utterly convinced that if streets are safe for the most vulnerable people in society, for blind people…
8 Ionawr 2025 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2025-26 - Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Drafnidiaeth a Gogledd Cymru
Bore da. Diolch yn fawr iawn. Thanks so much for that question. Of course, this is the first time that we've been able to present a main expenditure group specifically for transport; it's the first time that this has happened, so, hopefully, we've been able…
7 Ionawr 2025 , Cyfarfod Llawn
Datganiad gan Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Drafnidiaeth a Gogledd Cymru: Porthladd Caergybi
A gaf i ddiolch i Sam Rowlands am ei gwestiynau? Ac mae'n hollol gywir pan fo'n dweud, weithiau, nad ydym yn gwerthfawrogi ac yn cydnabod pa mor bwysig yw ased nes ei fod yn dod yn faich, nes ei fod yn torri i lawr, nes ein bod wedi ei golli. Mae porthladd…
7 Ionawr 2025 , Cyfarfod Llawn
Datganiad gan Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Drafnidiaeth a Gogledd Cymru: Porthladd Caergybi
A gaf i ddiolch i Janet Finch-Saunders am ei chwestiynau? Dylwn ychwanegu, mewn gwirionedd, at y cyfraniad olaf a wnaed nad yn unig y gwnaeth y Prif Weinidog fynd i Abergwaun i helpu brocera yn y fargen honno, arweiniodd y Prif Weinidog ar amryw o…
