9 Chwefror 2026 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Craffu blynyddol ar waith Comisiynydd Cenedlaethau'r Dyfodol Cymru
Excellent. Thank you very much indeed. It's nearly 10 months since you published your five-year report, on the same day that the Auditor General for Wales also published a similar one. How well do you think you've made progress on this report in the last 10…
9 Chwefror 2026 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Craffu blynyddol ar waith Comisiynydd Cenedlaethau'r Dyfodol Cymru
This afternoon, we're conducting our annual scrutiny of the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales, Derek Walker. Welcome. Derek, I wondered if you could just introduce your two colleagues.
9 Chwefror 2026 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Cyflwyniadau, ymddiheuriadau, dirprwyon a datgan buddiannau
Prynhawn da. Welcome to the Equality and Social Justice Committee. We are a bilingual institution, so for those of us joining us online, there is simultaneous translation from Welsh to English. I have no apologies for today, as all Members are present. Are…
3 Chwefror 2026 , Cyfarfod Llawn
Grŵp 2: Cysylltiad lleol (Gwelliannau 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 68, 69)
Gallwch weld, rwy'n gobeithio, fodd bynnag, bod risgiau yn gysylltiedig â'r ddeddfwriaeth hon, er mwyn sicrhau ei bod yn diwallu anghenion pobl ddigartref yng Nghymru.
3 Chwefror 2026 , Cyfarfod Llawn
Grŵp 2: Cysylltiad lleol (Gwelliannau 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 68, 69)
Mi ydym ni'n genedl noddfa, ond mae'r niferoedd dan sylw yn fach, ac mae'r rheini yn bobl sydd eisoes wedi cael eu hanfon atom gan Lywodraeth y DU, ac mae angen i ni sicrhau nad ydyn nhw'n camddefnyddio'r genedl noddfa honno. Yn yr un modd, o ran dadlau pwy…
3 Chwefror 2026 , Cyfarfod Llawn
Grŵp 2: Cysylltiad lleol (Gwelliannau 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 68, 69)
Hoffwn ddweud bod rhaid cymryd gofal gydag unrhyw ymgais i wanhau'r ddyletswydd cysylltiad lleol, oherwydd yr argyfwng tai sydd hyd yn oed yn fwy acíwt mewn rhai rhannau o Loegr, sy'n sicr o annog pobl i symud i Gymru os ydynt yn meddwl y gallant lwyddo i…
3 Chwefror 2026 , Cyfarfod Llawn
Grŵp 1: Atal (Gwelliannau 32, 33, 67, 34, 35)
Mae hyn i gyd yn ymwneud ag atal digartrefedd. Rwyf am ganmol rôl Cyngor Caerdydd wrth ddefnyddio tai yn gyntaf fel strategaeth i gyflawni eu rhwymedigaethau lle bo hynny'n bosibl. Ar hyn o bryd rwy'n ymdrin ag achos plentyn heb warcheidwad cyfreithiol sydd…
3 Chwefror 2026 , Cyfarfod Llawn
Datganiad a Chyhoeddiad Busnes
—a gaf i ddatganiad gan Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros yr Economi, Ynni a Chynllunio ar gynlluniau Llywodraeth Cymru i greu rhwydwaith gwres ar gyfer y de?
3 Chwefror 2026 , Cyfarfod Llawn
Datganiad a Chyhoeddiad Busnes
Ar nodyn ysgafnach, fe hoffwn i ddiolch i'r Ysgrifennydd Cabinet am ddod i weld yr arddangosfa Armenaidd fendigedig yn yr Oriel, a fydd yno tan ddiwedd mis Mawrth, lle cafodd yr arteffactau eu hachub, llawer ohonyn nhw o Dwrci, yn dilyn yr hil-laddiad ym…
29 Ionawr 2026 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Cronfa Twf Lleol
So, how are you going to avoid—
29 Ionawr 2026 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Cronfa Twf Lleol
Well, certainly, we didn't hear from the mid Wales CJC last week, and the need is there because of the topography, if nothing else, and sparsity. They are going to be very different strategies to the ones in the more urbanised areas. So, is it that you're…
29 Ionawr 2026 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Cronfa Twf Lleol
Based on the conversations we had with three of the four representatives of CJCs last week, my concern is that they lack the breadth of partnership and collaboration with the private sector that, for example, the south Wales industrial cluster had. They've…
29 Ionawr 2026 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Cronfa Twf Lleol
Important not to reinvent the wheel. You've clearly stated that your plan is to use the four corporate joint committees to lead on the regional allocations. What methodology are you going to be using to justify any national project?
29 Ionawr 2026 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Cronfa Twf Lleol
Some of us know all about that. But the point is, we want to be sure that, whoever the Government is down the other end of the M4, it's the Welsh Government that is driving this particular process forward.
29 Ionawr 2026 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Cronfa Twf Lleol
Did I hear you correctly that the UK Government was going to be endorsing a Welsh Government strategy? It's devolved, isn't it?
29 Ionawr 2026 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Dyfodol dur yng Nghymru
So, in the weeks you've got left, is it possible for you to actually set out how this absolute foundation stone of everything we want to do in industrial strategy is going to be moved forward?
29 Ionawr 2026 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Dyfodol dur yng Nghymru
Yes. The final question is the importance of creating a Welsh grid. Because every time we hit all this wonderful energy that's going to be produced offshore, when you send it back to the National Grid you lose energy, and when you send it back to Wales you…
29 Ionawr 2026 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Dyfodol dur yng Nghymru
So, within those discussions—
29 Ionawr 2026 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Dyfodol dur yng Nghymru
So, have you been able to have any conversations with your opposite numbers in the UK Government? Ed Miliband and Steve Reed seem to be the main players in this field. Unless we have a joined-up strategy, I don't see how the UK economy can thrive in this…
29 Ionawr 2026 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Dyfodol dur yng Nghymru
Okay. So, I want to move to the elephant in the room in all this, which is these energy-intensive industries. I haven't yet seen any attempts—. Well, let's discuss what is being done. Because, clearly, there's an amount of evidence that the reason that UK…
29 Ionawr 2026 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Dyfodol dur yng Nghymru
But without the blast furnaces in this country, we may not be in a position to build the bridges, the high buildings and, indeed, the offshore wind, because only those are strong enough to keep up safely.
29 Ionawr 2026 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Dyfodol dur yng Nghymru
But our overall steel security is pretty precarious, is it not? I assume this is being discussed by the Prime Minister in China. But if we're going to be dependent on steel coming from the other side of the world, in uncertain circumstances that we don't want…
29 Ionawr 2026 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Dyfodol dur yng Nghymru
Okay. But with just 30 per cent of UK steel demand being met by UK-produced steel, we clearly have quite a major steel security issue in light of the uncertainties in the world. What is the Welsh Government doing to increase the amount of UK-produced steel…
29 Ionawr 2026 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Dyfodol dur yng Nghymru
Okay. Well, obviously, it's very important that we do recycle steel into new products, but it doesn't resolve the issue that I wanted to ask earlier, which is: where are we going to get the steel that's resilient enough to support these offshore windfarms…
29 Ionawr 2026 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Dyfodol dur yng Nghymru
Just sticking with scrap, the circular steel sub-committee's recent report calls for investment in the whole process of domestic scrap processing, such as shredding, screening and refining, and we heard concerns from the workforce, when giving evidence on the…
