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The Welsh Government’s firm intention remains that the Senedd election scheduled for 6 May 2021 should go ahead on that date, and work is continuing on that basis. However, it is not possible to predict the precise public health position next May, and the continuing and evolving effects of the Coronavirus pandemic could affect aspects of the election arrangements and require some adjustments to be made.  

  

The Welsh Government established the Elections Planning Group – comprising representatives of a range of organisations involved in the elections, political parties, other stakeholders and Welsh Government officials – to consider the potential impact of Coronavirus measures on the administration of the election and in particular any implications in relation to the underpinning legislative provision.


The report to me from the Elections Planning Group is attached to this Written Statement.


I am grateful to the representatives of the different parties and organisations for their participation in the work of the Group, which has been valuable in identifying areas of consensus as we seek to ensure a safe election can be delivered in May 2021, and in considering a range of broader issues. I have now had chance to consider the report and to discuss it at a meeting of the Welsh Government Cabinet.


The Elections Planning Group reached a consensus on a number of areas, which the Welsh Government will implement. Further consideration is being given to other issues covered in, and arising from, the Group’s report.


The Welsh Government intends to schedule a Plenary debate for 17 November in order to provide an opportunity for Members to share their views on this subject, and to enable the Welsh Government to outline further information on next steps.







Translation:


 
Mae Llywodraeth Cymru yn parhau i fwriadu cynnal etholiad y Senedd ar 6 Mai 2021, ac mae’r gwaith o’i drefnu yn mynd rhagddo ar y sail honno. Fodd bynnag, nid yw’n bosibl rhag\-weld beth fydd yr union sefyllfa o ran iechyd y cyhoedd erbyn mis Mai nesaf. Wrth i bandemig y coronafeirws fynd rhagddo ac esblygu, mae’n bosibl y bydd yn effeithio ar agweddau ar drefniadau’r etholiad ac efallai y bydd angen gwneud rhai addasiadau.


Sefydlodd Llywodraeth Cymru y Grŵp Cynllunio Etholiadau – sy’n cynnwys cynrychiolwyr sefydliadau amrywiol sy’n ymwneud â’r etholiadau, pleidiau gwleidyddol, rhanddeiliaid eraill a swyddogion o Lywodraeth Cymru – i ystyried effaith bosibl y mesurau coronafeirws ar y gwaith o weinyddu’r etholiad ac, yn benodol, unrhyw oblygiadau ar gyfer y ddarpariaeth ddeddfwriaethol sy’n sail iddo.


Mae adroddiad y Grŵp Cynllunio Etholiadau hwnnw imi ynghlwm wrth y Datganiad Ysgrifenedig hwn.  


Rwy’n ddiolchgar i gynrychiolwyr y gwahanol bleidiau a sefydliadau am eu cyfraniad at waith y Grŵp. Roedd eu cyfraniad yn werthfawr o ran canfod meysydd o gonsensws wrth inni geisio sicrhau bod modd cynnal etholiad diogel ym mis Mai 2021, ac o ran ystyried materion ehangach amrywiol. Rwyf bellach wedi cael cyfle i ystyried yr adroddiad, a’i drafod mewn cyfarfod o Gabinet Llywodraeth Cymru.


Cyrhaeddodd y Grŵp Cynllunio Etholiadau gonsensws ar nifer o feysydd, y bydd Llywodraeth Cymru yn eu gweithredu. Mae ystyriaeth bellach yn cael ei rhoi i faterion eraill sydd dan sylw yn adroddiad y Grŵp, a materion sy’n codi ohono.


Mae Llywodraeth Cymru yn bwriadu trefnu cynnal dadl yn y Cyfarfod Llawn ar 17 Tachwedd i roi cyfle i’r Aelodau rannu eu sylwadau ar y pwnc hwn, ac i alluogi Llywodraeth Cymru i amlinellu rhagor o wybodaeth am y camau nesaf.