Darren Millar: I have the great fortune of being able to represent half of the wonderful county borough of Conwy, but unfortunately, residents in that county borough this year are facing the highest level of increase in their council tax bills on record, and, of course, it is the highest this year across the whole of Wales, at 9.9 per cent. That is an unacceptable increase, in my view, at a time when people...
Darren Millar: I actually want to speak against the proposals before the Senedd today, not because I don't support the need to facilitate both short- and long-term leave for parents, for those who are sick or injured or with caring responsibilities or because of a bereavement, but because we have a system that has served this Senedd for over two decades, which has worked exceptionally well in order to...
Darren Millar: I share the astonishment at the fact that we have yet another report before us that regurgitates many of the same concerns that we've seen twice before. I note that this inspection by HIW actually took place in November of last year. Why on earth has it taken so many months for these reports to see the light of day? And the Minister may well say that there have been improvements, and there do...
Darren Millar: Will you take an intervention?
Darren Millar: It is important that we have parliamentary democracy and that things are properly scrutinised. This piece of legislation, of course, is being scrutinised by the UK Parliament, in which there are 40 Members sent from Wales. But I did not hear, at any point, while we were members of the European Union, any complaint or gripe about the fact that you were not able to scrutinise much of the...
Darren Millar: Look, I know we hear a lot of twaddle in this Chamber, but that was absolute tripe, frankly. The UK Government has not stopped anybody joining a trade union in any way, shape or form, and it's not stopped anybody being able to strike; what it has done is it's set out a very clear route to protecting minimum standards in our important public services that should be upheld from a public safety...
Darren Millar: I'm very sorry to hear the tone of the Government's contribution on this very important matter, because it seems to me to be nothing more than an attempt to simply try to reopen old wounds—old wounds that were healing—over the issue of Brexit. And I know you want to keep refighting those old battles, but, frankly, you've already lost. The majority of people in Wales—and I know it's an...
Darren Millar: They do have a huge opportunity to drive significant growth across Wales, make that huge impact as well on the UK economy as a whole, levering in billions of pounds worth of investment and creating at least 20,000 jobs overall. It was obviously a disappointment for Newport that their free-port bid was not successful, but I was very pleased to hear you refer to the need to look for other...
Darren Millar: Can I thank you, Minister, for your statement today? It is indeed wonderful news that Wales is getting two free ports, not just one, and I'm delighted that there's been such close and effective working between both the Welsh and UK Governments in delivering this objective that all of us in this Chamber, I know, shared a passion to achieve. I have to say as well, my colleague Paul Davies, the...
Darren Millar: Trefnydd, can I call for two statements this week? The first is from the Deputy Minister for Climate Change in relation to his transport responsibilities and seeking an update on the blue badge scheme in Wales. I've had a number of constituents who've been coming forward with concerns about the renewals process for the blue badge scheme. I appreciate that it's only right that these things are...
Darren Millar: I’m very grateful for that response, First Minister, and I applaud the leadership that the Welsh Government had shown back in 2017 when it did adopt the IHRA definition in full, but we are six years on, and there are still organisations across Wales that are in significant receipt of funds from the Welsh Government that are yet to adopt the IHRA definition; and indeed, some of them have...
Darren Millar: 8. Pa gamau y mae Llywodraeth Cymru'n eu cymryd i hyrwyddo mabwysiadu diffiniad Cynghrair Ryngwladol Cofio'r Holocost o wrthsemitiaeth gan sefydliadau sy'n derbyn arian gan Lywodraeth Cymru? OQ59334
Darren Millar: Na wnaf, Joyce.
Darren Millar: Felly, nid ydym wedi cael unrhyw ymddiheuriad, ni chafwyd cyfaddefiad ei bod yn argyfwng, ac rydym wedi gweld crebwyll gwael yn cael ei arfer yn eich gwrthodiad i ymgysylltu'n gadarnhaol â phleidiau gwleidyddol eraill, a rhai ar eich meinciau cefn eich hun, i geisio datrys sefyllfaoedd sydd wedi ein hwynebu ers i chi gael eich penodi'n Weinidog iechyd. Ac fe welsom y weithred fwyaf gwrthun,...
Darren Millar: Diolch, Lywydd. Rhaid i mi ddweud, rwy'n siomedig braidd gyda'r ffordd y mae'r ddadl hon wedi mynd ar adegau, oherwydd fe wnaethom gyflwyno'r cynnig o ddiffyg hyder heddiw gyda chalon drom iawn, nid oherwydd gwleidyddiaeth ond oherwydd diffyg crebwyll a bod yn onest. Ac rydym newydd weld rhai enghreifftiau o'r diffyg crebwyll hwnnw'n cael ei arfer, yn anffodus, o flaen ein llygaid y prynhawn...
Darren Millar: Mae gennych gefnogaeth lwyr ar y meinciau hyn i gyllid canlyniadol ddod i Gymru yn sgil prosiect HS2 a phrosiect Northern Powerhouse. Dyna ein safbwynt ni, ac mae hynny’n glir iawn. A gaf fi ofyn beth a wnewch chi i sicrhau cyfran deg o fuddsoddiad ledled Cymru, ac nid yn y de yn unig, o'ch cyllideb drafnidiaeth? Cawsom drafodaeth yn gynharach yn y Siambr am y ffaith bod £800 miliwn yn...
Darren Millar: Beth am edrych ar y dystiolaeth? Gadewch inni edrych ar drafnidiaeth—gadewch inni edrych ar drafnidiaeth: rydych yn buddsoddi £800 miliwn mewn system metro yn ne Cymru; a £50 miliwn pitw ar gyfer metro gogledd Cymru. Beth am gael golwg ar y maes awyr rydych yn buddsoddi £250 miliwn ynddo, yn ne Cymru; hyd yn hyn—hyd yn hyn—nid yw gogledd Cymru wedi cael dim. Yr adolygiad ffyrdd: fe...
Darren Millar: Wel, mae arnaf ofn na roddodd yr ateb hwnnw lawer iawn o obaith i mi, Weinidog. Fel y gwyddoch, mae £180 miliwn ychwanegol yn dod i Gymru, a hynny ar ben—ar ben—y £600 miliwn a gyhoeddwyd yn natganiad yr hydref y llynedd. Felly, dyna £780 miliwn, £0.75 biliwn ychwanegol, sydd gennych i'w wario yn y flwyddyn ariannol 2023-24. Ac mae gennym sefyllfa lle mae Llywodraeth y DU yn...
Darren Millar: Diolch, Lywydd. Fel Gweinidog gogledd Cymru, a wnewch chi ddweud wrthym sut mae Llywodraeth Cymru'n sicrhau y bydd pobl ar draws rhanbarth y gogledd yn elwa o'r arian ychwanegol a gafodd ei gyhoeddi yng nghyllideb y Canghellor ar gyfer twf yr wythnos diwethaf?
Darren Millar: Diolch am yr ymateb hwnnw, Weinidog. Rwy'n cydnabod mai aelodau awdurdodau lleol eu hunain sy'n gyfrifol am osod y dreth gyngor, ond fel y gwyddoch yng Nghonwy, mae trigolion lleol yno'n wynebu cynnydd aruthrol o 9.9 y cant yn eu biliau treth gyngor eleni, sef y cynnydd mwyaf yng Nghymru, ac un o'r mwyaf yng Nghymru a Lloegr gyfan. Ni fyddai cynnydd o'r fath yn cael ei ganiatáu pe bai'r...
