14 Medi 2026 , Culture, Communications, Cymraeg and Sport Committee
Gwaith craffu gyda Gweinidog
Wel, yn amlwg, mae'r gwaith o ran y siarter yn digwydd rŵan. Pan nad oeddwn i mewn Llywodraeth, mi wnes i sicrhau ein bod ni yn rhoi tystiolaeth i mewn ar gyfer hynny. Mi oedd y pwyllgor hwn yn flaenorol wedi bod yn glir iawn yn ysgrifennu at DCMS o ran y…
14 Medi 2026 , Culture, Communications, Cymraeg and Sport Committee
Gwaith craffu gyda Gweinidog
I accept that that was the figure indicated, but I want to make sure whether that is the genuine figure, or is it more? Is it less? Those are the kinds of things that, in Government now, I'm able to scrutinise much better before I come before you for scrutiny.
14 Medi 2026 , Culture, Communications, Cymraeg and Sport Committee
Gwaith craffu gyda Gweinidog
That's something that I want to see as the next stage of that work, because clearly we need to understand what the costs are and look in detail at those.
14 Medi 2026 , Culture, Communications, Cymraeg and Sport Committee
Gwaith craffu gyda Gweinidog
Yes.
14 Medi 2026 , Culture, Communications, Cymraeg and Sport Committee
Gwaith craffu gyda Gweinidog
Yes.
14 Medi 2026 , Culture, Communications, Cymraeg and Sport Committee
Gwaith craffu gyda Gweinidog
Yes. The initial cost being invested in this financial year is £45,000, and that's to develop the work further. As costs become clearer, those are then obviously going to be decisions for Government in terms of how we take that forward. But that's the initial…
14 Medi 2026 , Culture, Communications, Cymraeg and Sport Committee
Gwaith craffu gyda Gweinidog
Dwi'n bryderus dros ben, a dwi'n gobeithio ei fod o'n rhywbeth y medrwn ni fel Llywodraeth a chi fel pwyllgor wir edrych arno fo, a gobeithio gallu cydweithio i fod yn mynegi'r pryderon hyn. Oherwydd dyma sydd yn anodd ar y funud: does gennym ni ddim llais…
14 Medi 2026 , Culture, Communications, Cymraeg and Sport Committee
Gwaith craffu gyda Gweinidog
I don't know if you've had a chance to look at the reports by the expert panel on a shadow broadcasting and communications authority for Wales, but I think it shows clearly the work that needs to happen. Because, obviously, how people digest news is very…
14 Medi 2026 , Culture, Communications, Cymraeg and Sport Committee
Gwaith craffu gyda Gweinidog
Well, some of the things we have addressed, in terms of being able to support there being a journalist here in the Senedd. Obviously, that person is completely neutral in terms of how they are; we have no say in terms of what they publish or not. But we're…
14 Medi 2026 , Culture, Communications, Cymraeg and Sport Committee
Gwaith craffu gyda Gweinidog
Well, perhaps we could share some of the reports that have been published by the Institute of Welsh Affairs and so on, if the committee would find it helpful to really understand why we're actually listening to experts in this field, why academic research…
14 Medi 2026 , Culture, Communications, Cymraeg and Sport Committee
Gwaith craffu gyda Gweinidog
Well, please ask DCMS to come here and ask them those questions, because clearly we've made the case for it, there's been cross-party agreement previously that that should be the case, but that's not the case. We will continue to make that case clearly and…
14 Medi 2026 , Culture, Communications, Cymraeg and Sport Committee
Gwaith craffu gyda Gweinidog
Well, we are.
14 Medi 2026 , Culture, Communications, Cymraeg and Sport Committee
Gwaith craffu gyda Gweinidog
But the shadow broadcasting and communications authority for Wales isn't the devolution of broadcasting—they're two separate things. Obviously, the shadow broadcasting authority addresses all of these in terms of looking at how those models would work, how we…
14 Medi 2026 , Culture, Communications, Cymraeg and Sport Committee
Gwaith craffu gyda Gweinidog
Well, if we look at the evidence that's actually been submitted to various inquiries, and actually look at the reality on the ground, we shouldn't take for granted that that's secure at the moment. BBC, ITV and S4C have all over the summer outlined the…
14 Medi 2026 , Culture, Communications, Cymraeg and Sport Committee
Gwaith craffu gyda Gweinidog
I would think that we would all see that there are huge challenges at the moment with our public service broadcasting in terms of cuts that they've seen, additional cuts announced over the summer, and why we need a strong media for our democracy, which holds…
14 Medi 2026 , Culture, Communications, Cymraeg and Sport Committee
Gwaith craffu gyda Gweinidog
Rydyn ni’n dechrau efo naw awdurdod lleol, a'r bwriad o hwnnw ydy dysgu gwersi, fel roedd Rebeca'n sôn amdano fo, o ran y newid o ran ardaloedd gwledig, ardaloedd trefol ac ati, ein bod ni wir angen gweld hefyd beth ydy'r heriau sydd yn dod, ydy hwn yn cael…
14 Medi 2026 , Culture, Communications, Cymraeg and Sport Committee
Gwaith craffu gyda Gweinidog
Cwestiwn da iawn, oherwydd dyna un o'r heriau. Dwi'n meddwl pan mae pethau wedi cael eu colli, mae'n dangos i bobl pa mor heriol ydy o wedyn. A dyna pam, dwi'n meddwl, roedd o'n anodd iawn, heb i ni wir wybod beth yw'r sefyllfa, a hefyd cydweithio efo…
14 Medi 2026 , Culture, Communications, Cymraeg and Sport Committee
Gwaith craffu gyda Gweinidog
Diolch am y cwestiwn yna. Dwi'n meddwl mai un o'r heriau mwyaf, fel roeddwn i'n sôn, ydy'r diffyg data sydd wedi bod i weld, yn un peth, beth sydd wedi'i golli, beth sydd mewn perygl o gael ei golli sydd rhywsut wedi medru goroesi hyd yma, ac wedyn edrych ar…
14 Medi 2026 , Culture, Communications, Cymraeg and Sport Committee
Gwaith craffu gyda Gweinidog
It's a question I'm asking at the moment. I don't know if it will be in the strategy itself because it will be very different for each of the organisations and the sectors in terms of how they do that. Clearly, that has to be something we look at. I've been…
14 Medi 2026 , Culture, Communications, Cymraeg and Sport Committee
Gwaith craffu gyda Gweinidog
I share your concerns. I would be on record asking questions of previous Ministers on this, because it is a hugely important venue, as you've outlined, for our nation, as well as our capital city. I haven't had that dialogue yet. I have met informally with…
14 Medi 2026 , Culture, Communications, Cymraeg and Sport Committee
Gwaith craffu gyda Gweinidog
Yes, and I think it's really important that we learn from what's happened in terms of that dispersed model, and, obviously, as part of developing the new strategy, I completely agree with you. I don't want to leave this committee under any ambiguity. I would…
14 Medi 2026 , Culture, Communications, Cymraeg and Sport Committee
Gwaith craffu gyda Gweinidog
We are looking at a number of measures, and this comes back to the point that Paul Davies was asking me in terms of measures as well. Obviously, some of it will be economic, some of it is about health and well-being and prevention, and it's trying to look at…
14 Medi 2026 , Culture, Communications, Cymraeg and Sport Committee
Gwaith craffu gyda Gweinidog
Not necessarily. I think what I'm saying is that I don't know at this point in time. Clearly, the Government does not have the kinds of sums available to it at the moment, unless it was to take away from what's needed in terms of that backlog maintenance. But…
14 Medi 2026 , Culture, Communications, Cymraeg and Sport Committee
Gwaith craffu gyda Gweinidog
Well, at the moment, none of our national institutions are self-funding. So, we are in a very different position to some nations, when you look in terms of philanthropy and so on. So, I do think, in terms of the future of the sector, looking at how we…
14 Medi 2026 , Culture, Communications, Cymraeg and Sport Committee
Gwaith craffu gyda Gweinidog
I think it's important that we remain ambitious as a Government and identify those projects that we should have as a nation, and I would argue that we should have a national gallery of contemporary art. I think that challenge then is that, when you see the…
