Mark Drakeford: Our economic priorities for west Wales include: creating the right support environment and infrastructure for businesses to flourish, including improvements in the transport network, particularly along the A40; working closely with Swansea bay city region to support the delivery of their internet coast bid and supporting businesses through business finance schemes.
Mark Drakeford: Our key programme for tackling fuel poverty is the Welsh Government Warm Homes programme, which includes the Nest and Arbed schemes. Since 2011, we have invested over £217 million to improve the energy efficiency of over 39,000 homes of households on low incomes or living in deprived areas of Wales.
Mark Drakeford: Mae’r Llywodraeth hon wedi ymrwymo i wneud gwahaniaeth ar gyfer pawb. Mae tri o fy Ngweinidogion yn cynrychioli etholaethau yn y gogledd, ac rydym ni’n parhau i fuddsoddi mewn prosiectau rhanbarthol, gan gynnwys £163 miliwn yn Ysbyty Glan Clwyd, dros £200 miliwn i wella ffyrdd yn y gogledd, a £22 miliwn ar gyfer cyfleusterau addysg yng Nghei Connah a Threffynnon.
Mark Drakeford: As we approach the end of the first year of the scheme, nearly 50,000 private landlords have registered. Another 11,000 or so have already started the registration process. The first year has been light touch, focusing on awareness raising. From next week, the focus will be on compliance.
Mark Drakeford: This year has been an outstanding one for Welsh sport. The Welsh Government remains committed to building on successes achieved in community and elite sport. Our investment in sport, via Sport Wales, aims at making Wales prominent on the world stage, helping inspire people to become more active and achieve excellence.
Mark Drakeford: The current curriculum requires financial education for all learners. Estyn is reviewing provision in schools and will publish recommendations in the spring on how financial education can improve. In Financial Capability Week, I should highlight our partnership with the Money Advice Service, which supports money management teaching in schools.
Mark Drakeford: Our economic priorities for Pembrokeshire include creating the right support environment and infrastructure for businesses to flourish, including improvements in the transport network, particularly along the A40.
Mark Drakeford: Job creation, closing the education attainment gap and improving skill levels are our key priorities and represent the most effective levers at our disposal to tackle poverty in Wales.
Mark Drakeford: Our constitution must give the Assembly and the Welsh Government the powers we need to deliver for the people that elected us. Where matters are reserved, robust inter-governmental arrangements are essential to underpin a strong United Kingdom that works for all its constituent parts.
Mark Drakeford: In 2011 the people of Wales voted conclusively in favour of full legislative powers for the National Assembly. The restrictions in the draft Wales Bill were not consistent with that decision. It remains to be seen whether the final Bill will change that assessment.
Mark Drakeford: As an arm’s-length subsidiary of the Welsh Government, individual investment decisions are a matter for Finance Wales. However, since its inception in 2001 to the end of 2015-16, Finance Wales has invested £383 million in Welsh businesses, leveraged in an additional £585 million from the private sector, and supported 41,500 jobs.
Mark Drakeford: Mae Llywodraeth Cymru wedi gwneud ymrwymiad i ddarparu o leiaf 100,000 o brentisiaethau o safon uchel i bobl o bob oed.
Mark Drakeford: Byddaf yn gwneud datganiad llafar am gyfarfod llawn Cyd-bwyllgor y Gweinidogion yn hwyrach y prynhawn yma.
Mark Drakeford: Our new strategic equality plan will build on our progress in tackling inequality and achieving greater fairness through the delivery of eight outcome-focused equality objectives. These cross-governmental objectives were developed following extensive engagement and consultation with people with protected characteristics and other stakeholders across Wales.
Mark Drakeford: The latest discussions took place at the plenary meeting of the Joint Ministerial Committee on Monday 24 October. I will be making a fuller statement on that meeting later this afternoon.
Mark Drakeford: In 2015, we published an initial scoping report into reopening this line. Subsequently, we funded a further appraisal of the regional transport needs, which is currently being finalised. I am pleased that we have included further development funding in the draft budget.
Mark Drakeford: Wel, Mike, rwyf o blaid defnyddio’r pwerau y gallwn eu cael drwy Fil Cymru i fod mor radical ag y gallwn i ganiatáu cymaint o gyfle â phosibl i gynifer ag y gallwn o’n cyd-ddinasyddion ddefnyddio’u hetholfraint ddemocrataidd. Os mai dyna un o’r ffyrdd y gellid datblygu hynny, byddwn yn awyddus iawn i edrych arno. Mae’r drydedd elfen yng ngwelliant y Llywodraeth, ddirprwy Lywydd,...
Mark Drakeford: [Yn parhau.]—o’r pwyntiau. Iawn, wrth gwrs.
Mark Drakeford: Wel, ddirprwy Lywydd, rwy’n awyddus i ddysgu gan bob awdurdod lleol yng Nghymru, o bob lliw gwleidyddol. Mwynheais fy ymweliad â Threfynwy. Rwy’n ddiolchgar am wahoddiad i ddychwelyd yno, ac rwy’n bwriadu manteisio arno dros y misoedd nesaf, ac rwy’n siŵr y bydd cyfle i drafod y safbwyntiau hynny gyda’r arweinydd yno. Bwriad gwelliant y Llywodraeth yw egluro ein safbwynt ar nifer...
Mark Drakeford: Diolch yn fawr, Ddirprwy Lywydd. A allaf ddechrau trwy ddiolch i Sian Gwenllian am gyflwyno’r ddadl hon gerbron y Cynulliad y prynhawn yma? Dywedais i ar 4 Hydref fy mod yn edrych ymlaen at set fanwl o drafodaethau ar ddyfodol llywodraeth leol yn ystod diwedd y flwyddyn galendr hon. Bydd y trafodaethau hyn yn cynnwys awdurdodau lleol yn unigol ac ar y cyd, ynghyd â’u partneriaid pwysig....
