19 Mawrth 2024 , Cyfarfod Llawn
Dadl: Adroddiad terfynol y Comisiwn Annibynnol ar Ddyfodol Cyfansoddiadol Cymru
Fel eraill y prynhawn yma, fe hoffwn i ddiolch i'r comisiwn am eu gwaith. Fe hoffwn i ddiolch i'r cyd-gadeiryddion a'r staff a gefnogodd hwnnw, a phawb a gymerodd ran yng ngwaith y comisiwn. Fe hoffwn i ddiolch hefyd i'r Prif Weinidog am y ffordd y mae ef…
14 Mawrth 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Dyfodol Dur yng Nghymru: Ysgrifennydd Gwladol Cymru
I'm grateful to you, Secretary of State.
14 Mawrth 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Dyfodol Dur yng Nghymru: Ysgrifennydd Gwladol Cymru
Do you have a timescale for that?
14 Mawrth 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Dyfodol Dur yng Nghymru: Ysgrifennydd Gwladol Cymru
—what you need is the economic plan that goes alongside it. And it's a question I would have asked the Minister here had it been reached in questions yesterday. However, my concern about Port Talbot is that that long-term economic plan is in place, learns the…
14 Mawrth 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Dyfodol Dur yng Nghymru: Ysgrifennydd Gwladol Cymru
Well, you and I have campaigned together on the A465 dualling, and the success of that is going to be in the Heads of the Valleys. But it's that lesson that I'm really thinking of—the A465—because building a road alone isn't sufficient—
14 Mawrth 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Dyfodol Dur yng Nghymru: Ysgrifennydd Gwladol Cymru
I understand that.
14 Mawrth 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Dyfodol Dur yng Nghymru: Ysgrifennydd Gwladol Cymru
I understand that; I used it as an example.
14 Mawrth 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Dyfodol Dur yng Nghymru: Ysgrifennydd Gwladol Cymru
So, how are you learning the lessons from the past, because one of the criticisms that I make of your levelling-up projects, for example, is that you're repeating the mistakes that the Welsh Government made, and you were very vocal in your criticisms at the…
14 Mawrth 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Dyfodol Dur yng Nghymru: Ysgrifennydd Gwladol Cymru
We'll hold him to account, then. [Laughter.]
14 Mawrth 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Dyfodol Dur yng Nghymru: Ysgrifennydd Gwladol Cymru
That's good to hear. And, from your perspective, how are relationships between you and the Welsh Government, and between other organisations, working on this? We hear the noise in the media, but how is it actually working when you're around the table?
14 Mawrth 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Dyfodol Dur yng Nghymru: Ysgrifennydd Gwladol Cymru
'Transformational' is a word used by many Ministers in all administrations, but my concern is—. You're here this afternoon, so we're talking about the UK Government. If it was a Welsh Minister, we'd talk about other issues. But, if you look at decisions that…
14 Mawrth 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Dyfodol Dur yng Nghymru: Ysgrifennydd Gwladol Cymru
You were in politics then—you were a Member here.
14 Mawrth 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Dyfodol Dur yng Nghymru: Ysgrifennydd Gwladol Cymru
You'll be very welcome to come back at any time, Secretary of State, you know that. In many ways, 20-odd years after the closure of Ebbw Vale steelworks, we're still making investments to recover from the impact of the closure on the town and the wider…
14 Mawrth 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Dyfodol Dur yng Nghymru: Ysgrifennydd Gwladol Cymru
Thank you. Secretary of State, it was good to welcome you to Ebbw Vale a few months ago when we looked at the HiVE project.
14 Mawrth 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Dyfodol Dur yng Nghymru: Ysgrifennydd Gwladol Cymru
Okay, thank you.
14 Mawrth 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Dyfodol Dur yng Nghymru: Ysgrifennydd Gwladol Cymru
Sure. But the strategic thinking is the question. I accept what you've said about—. The strategic thinking. And if you're able to reassure us that there's strategic thinking, that would lead to a different equation, wouldn't it, in terms of the cost, because…
14 Mawrth 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Dyfodol Dur yng Nghymru: Ysgrifennydd Gwladol Cymru
Yes. I'm grateful to you, Secretary of State, for finding the time this afternoon as well. I know you're always very good at answering our questions, so we're grateful to you for that. In terms of the interventions, you've been very active, I think it's fair…
14 Mawrth 2024 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Diwylliant a'r berthynas newydd â’r UE: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag arbenigwyr Brexit (7)
Okay, I'm grateful to you for that.
14 Mawrth 2024 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Diwylliant a'r berthynas newydd â’r UE: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag arbenigwyr Brexit (7)
Thank you.
14 Mawrth 2024 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Diwylliant a'r berthynas newydd â’r UE: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag arbenigwyr Brexit (7)
Okay. In terms of taking this forward—I'm grateful to you for that, Professor Barnard—to both of you, 'So what?' is the next question. What are the consequences of this? It's a bad deal, it's a bad agreement—I get that. So what? What does it mean in the real…
14 Mawrth 2024 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Diwylliant a'r berthynas newydd â’r UE: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag arbenigwyr Brexit (7)
Essentially, the EU negotiators ran rings around them.
14 Mawrth 2024 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Diwylliant a'r berthynas newydd â’r UE: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag arbenigwyr Brexit (7)
I'm very grateful to you. It's very useful for us to have such a clear explanation of the current situation. The question that's screaming in my mind now is: how on earth did we find ourselves in this situation, because negotiators would have known that this…
14 Mawrth 2024 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Diwylliant a'r berthynas newydd â’r UE: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag arbenigwyr Brexit (7)
Yes. Yes.
14 Mawrth 2024 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Diwylliant a'r berthynas newydd â’r UE: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag arbenigwyr Brexit (7)
Thank you, and I'm grateful to you both for joining us this morning. In terms of where we are at the moment, could you provide us with an overview of the TCA and the post-Brexit arrangements, as they relate to culture? I assume that's to Professor Barnard…
14 Mawrth 2024 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Diwylliant a'r berthynas newydd â’r Undeb Ewropeaidd: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag Aelod o Bwyllgor Senedd Ewrop ar Ddiwylliant ac Addysg (6)
I'm grateful to you for that. That was very useful. In terms of the directive, you say it's going to be reviewed in the next mandate, so I presume it's too early to ask you whether you believe the 1993 exemption for the UK will be maintained in it. I can…
