Mark Drakeford: Welsh Government has worked with all partners to ensure strong governance arrangements underpin this deal. The signing of the deal has established governance arrangements that provide a transparent and accountable process for identifying, prioritising and agreeing projects and interventions that benefit the whole region.
Mark Drakeford: The supplementary budget reflects budgetary changes since the first supplementary budget 2016-17. The budget contains several key allocations that reaffirm our commitment to providing stability for our key public services throughout Wales but also to make early progress on our programme, ‘Taking Wales Forward’.
Mark Drakeford: Positive progress has been made by public services boards to meet their obligations under the Well-Being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015. Every board has published its draft assessment of local well-being for consultation.
Mark Drakeford: While trading standards falls outside the legislative competence of the National Assembly for Wales, it is an important responsibility of local government. The local government reform White Paper contains proposals aimed at increasing the resilience of this service area as a core part of public protection services.
Mark Drakeford: The White Paper ‘Reforming Local Government: Resilient and Renewed’, which was published on 31 January, sets out the proposed arrangements for regional working. The proposals are the result of months of discussions with local authorities and others on how to strengthen services in the face of future challenges.
Mark Drakeford: Good services play a vitally important role in the lives of all citizens in Wales. The Welsh Government continues to protect funding for our local authorities, so that vital services such as social care can go on being provided.
Mark Drakeford: Diolch yn fawr, Lywydd. Diolch i'r ddau Aelod sydd wedi cymryd rhan am eu cwestiynau diddorol a pherthnasol iawn. Mae Dai Lloyd yn llygad ei le fod y Bil wedi bod yn ddadleuol ar sawl adeg yn ystod ei hynt. Mae'n rhannol o ganlyniad i adroddiad Tŷ'r Arglwyddi y cyfeiriodd ato y bydd cyrff yn y DU yn cael eu rhestru ar flaen y Bil nawr, o ganlyniad i ddiwygiadau hwyr yn Nhŷ'r...
Mark Drakeford: Diolch yn fawr, Lywydd. Rwy’n symud y cynnig. Thank you for the opportunity to explain the background to this legislative consent motion. The Digital Economy Bill was introduced on 5 July 2016 by the UK Government. The relevant Part of the Bill to this LCM, Part 5, aims to improve the digital delivery of Government by enabling the sharing of data to improve public services, tackle fraud,...
Mark Drakeford: We meet regularly with industry representatives across all sectors of our economy to discuss opportunities for investment and job creation across Wales.
Mark Drakeford: On this year’s visit to the USA, I visited companies from within the aerospace, agriculture, energy and information and communications technology sectors.
Mark Drakeford: I expect Powys Teaching Local Health Board to commission hospital services that meet the needs of the people of Powys. The health board is involved in NHS England’s Future Fit programme so that the health needs of Powys residents accessing services in Shropshire can be taken into account.
Mark Drakeford: The Welsh Government is supporting the provision of additional affordable housing in Caerphilly and across Wales. In 2016/17, we are making over £98 million available through our social housing grant programme. This will significantly support our target of 20,000 affordable homes during this administration.
Mark Drakeford: We set out our view clearly in the White Paper ‘Securing Wales’ Future’. Common approaches to support the effective operation of the UK’s internal market must respect the devolution settlement and must be agreed between the UK and devolved Governments rather than imposed.
Mark Drakeford: Since being put in special measures, the health board has virtually eliminated diagnostic waits over eight weeks and consistently achieved above the target for ambulance performance. However, performance in some other areas is not where we would expect and the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Well-being and Sport has made his expectations clear.
Mark Drakeford: Am y rheswm hwnnw, rwyf yn gobeithio y bydd yr Aelodau'n fodlon ei gefnogi y prynhawn yma. Diolch.
Mark Drakeford: Nid wyf yn ildio. Caiff ef wrando am eiliad. Bydd yn falch o wybod bod fy etholwyr i eisoes wedi clywed y neges honno yn gwbl glir gan ei blaid. Cyn belled ag y maen nhw yn y cwestiwn, mae’r Llywodraeth Cymru hon yn gwario gormod arnynt, a dylid cymryd arian oddi wrthynt i'w wario yn rhywle arall. Ond yn fwy rhyfedd fyth, Lywydd—yn llawer mwy rhyfedd—fydd y ffaith ei fod yn bwriadu...
Mark Drakeford: Wrth gwrs.
Mark Drakeford: Clywais yr Aelod yn gwneud y pwynt hwnnw yn ei gyfraniad, Lywydd. Rwyf eisiau gwneud yn siŵr fy mod yn rhoi'r ateb mwyaf cywir i'w gwestiwn, felly byddaf yn ymateb iddo ar wahân i drafodaeth heddiw i wneud yn siŵr ei fod yn cael yr adroddiad mwyaf cywir mewn ymateb i'w ymholiad. A gaf i ddweud yn gyffredinol mewn perthynas ag iechyd nad yw’r Llywodraeth hon yn ymddiheuro o gwbl am...
Mark Drakeford: Wel, diolch yn fawr, Lywydd. Can I begin by thanking Simon Thomas for what he said on behalf of the Finance Committee? I look forward to replying to the recommendations that the Finance Committee has made in detail. I’ll do my best to be as constructive as possible and as informative as possible in doing so. I could, though, associate myself for a moment with the point made by the Delphic...
Mark Drakeford: Diolch yn fawr, Ddirprwy Lywydd. Mae’r ail gyllideb atodol hon yn rhan safonol o’r broses reolaeth ariannol flynyddol. Mae’n rhoi cyfle olaf inni addasu’r cynlluniau cyllidebol ar gyfer y flwyddyn ariannol hon a gafodd eu cymeradwyo gan y Cynulliad hwn yn y gyllideb atodol gyntaf fis Gorffennaf diwethaf. Hoffwn gymryd y cyfle hwn i ddiolch i’r Pwyllgor Cyllid am ei waith craffu ar...
