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Ym mis Awst llynedd, gofynnais i’m cynghorydd annibynnol, Gareth Williams, ystyried a oedd y fframwaith rheoliadol sy’n rheoli amaethyddiaeth yng Nghymru yn gymesur ac yn addas, ac i baratoi adroddiad ar y mater imi.  Ym mis Rhagfyr yr un flwyddyn, cyhoeddodd Gareth ei gasgliadau ar ffurf adroddiad ag ynddo 74 o argymhellion.  Derbyniais bob un, gan dderbyn y rhan fwyaf ‘yn llawn’ a rhai ohonynt ‘yn rhannol’.  Cyhoeddwyd adroddiad Hwyluso’r Drefn ac ymateb Llywodraeth Cymru iddo ar 31 Ionawr a chafwyd trafodaeth amdano yn y Cynulliad Cenedlaethol ar 7 Chwefror.  
Ym mis Chwefror eleni, cyhoeddodd Defra ei ymateb llawn i argymhellion Macdonald ar wella rheoliadau ffermio yn Lloegr.  Mae Hwyluso’r Drefn ac adroddiad Macdonald yn trafod llawer o’r un themâu ac o’r herwydd, mae fy swyddogion yn cydweithio’n glos â thîm Macdonald yn Defra.    
Mae’n bryd bellach edrych ar yr hyn sydd wedi’i wneud hyd yma.  Mae’n dda gennyf ddweud bod nifer o’r argymhellion eisoes wedi’u rhoi ar waith ond mae llawer mwy yn destun sylw ac ar eu ffordd i gael eu cwblhau.  Creodd Gareth amserlen dynn gan ofyn am gael gweld ugain o argymhellion yn cael eu rhoi ar waith cyn gwyliau’r haf.  Rydym yn dal i weithio ar rai o’r rhain ond mae rhai argymhellion eraill, nad oedd disgwyl eu cyflawni tan lawer diweddarach, eisoes wedi’u cyflawni. Roedd hyn yn anorfod o weld bod rhai argymhellion yn gymhlethach na’r disgwyl ond yr un pryd, roedd rhai argymhellion eraill yn haws a symlach.  
Ar 3 Gorffennaf, cyhoeddais ganlyniad fy ymarferiad Pwyso a Mesur Glastir.  Mae llawer o hwnnw yn effeithio’n uniongyrchol ar Hwyluso’r Drefn, gan gynnwys cael gwared ar gyfnod ymgeisio Glastir, creu prosesau symlach, cyfathrebu’n well ac ail\-enwi gwahanol elfennau Glastir i bobl allu’u deall yn well ac ymwneud â’r broses yn fwy effeithiol.    
Mae cyfathrebu’n hanfodol i bopeth a wnawn.  Roedd adroddiad Hwyluso’r Drefn yn rhoi cryn sylw i bwysigrwydd cyfathrebu’n dda ac mae gennym lawer i’w wneud i wella yn hyn o beth.   Rwy’n ehangu’r Gwasanaeth Cysylltwyr Fferm fel y mae Gareth Williams yn ei argymell.  Rydym wrthi’n recriwtio rhagor o staff i’n helpu i gynnig y gwasanaeth mewn mwy o ardaloedd er mwyn i fwy o ffermwyr allu manteisio ar wybodaeth a chyngor o’r radd flaenaf.   
Bydd y deunydd ysgrifenedig i gwsmeriaid yn gwella hefyd yn sgil rhoi canllawiau newydd i staff i’w hannog i osgoi defnyddio termau technegol a jargon yn ogystal â chynnwys rhestrau termau yn nogfennau’r cynlluniau i helpu ffermwyr i’w deall.  Cafodd Gareth ei synnu, a finnau hefyd, o ddeall y gallai ffermwr gael cymaint â 3,000 o dudalennau o wybodaeth gan reoleiddwyr bob blwyddyn.  Rydym yn gweithio i leihau hyn; ni fydd pecyn y SAF yn cael eu hanfon at bob cwsmer bob blwyddyn, hynny fel ymateb i ffermwyr sydd wedi dweud mai dim ond y newidiadau y maen nhw am gael gwybod amdanynt.  
Mae rhestr wirio hwylus a rhwydd ar wefan Llywodraeth Cymru i dawelu ofnau ffermwyr a sicrhau eu bod yn gallu paratoi’n iawn ar gyfer archwiliad trawsgydymffurfio.  Trwy weithio law yn llaw â rheoleiddwyr eraill a’r Swyddfa Rheoleiddio Gwell, rydym yn bwriadu gwella a datblygu rhestrau o’r fath ar gyfer pob archwiliad fferm.  
Bydd y rhaglen ardderchog o gymorth sy’n cael ei rhoi i ffermwyr trwy Cyswllt Ffermio yn cynnwys digwyddiadau ar y fferm a hefyd, erbyn hyn, ‘archwiliadau ffug’.    
Mae rhaglen o ymweliadau â marchnadoedd da byw hefyd yn yr arfaeth yr hydref hwn i rannu gwybodaeth a chyngor ar adnabod anifeiliaid (EID defaid). Bydd hyn yn ategu’r hyn rydym yn gwneud fwyfwy ohono sef mynd â gwasanaethau rhagorol y rhaglenni y cafwyd ymateb da iddynt, fel Gwasanaeth Cysylltwyr Fferm, at y ffermwyr eu hunain: marchnadoedd da byw a neuaddau pentref er enghraifft.  
Yn y dyfodol, bydd cwsmeriaid Cynllun y Taliad Sengl (SPS) yn cael llythyr esboniadol pan na fydd y taliad yn cyrraedd ar y dyddiad y dywedwyd y byddai oherwydd cwestiwn sydd heb ei ateb, er mwyn iddyn nhw allu cynllunio’u harian yn unol â hynny.  
Bydd cynhadledd ffermio flynyddol gyntaf Llywodraeth Cymru yn cael ei chynnal fis Mai blwyddyn nesaf a bydd yna wahoddiad agored i’r diwydiant ffermio ddod i glywed sut mae’r polisi ffermio wedi datblygu ac i’m holi i a’m partneriaid am ein perfformiad ac i gynnig cyfraniad adeiladol at ein blaenoriaethau yn y dyfodol.  
Rydym wrthi’n datblygu’n gwasanaethau ar\-lein; cafodd prototeip cynta’r gwasanaeth ei ddangos i’r Gweithgor Defnyddwyr sy’n cynnwys ffermwyr a chynrychiolwyr ffermwyr ym mis Mai.  Aiff elfen y Ffurflen Cais Sengl (y SAF) yn ‘fyw’ yn 2014 gan wneud pethau’n gywirach a hwylusach o lawer i ffermwyr.    
Yn ei adroddiad, tynnodd Gareth ein sylw at yr angen i gynnal yr holl archwiliadau fferm yn yr un ffordd.  Yn y gwanwyn, cynhalion ni raglen i arweinwyr a gweithdy i fusnesau gyda phrif swyddogion o’r holl gyrff rheoleiddio ffermydd yn cymryd rhan.  Roedd y gweithdai’n cynnwys ymweliadau â ffermydd a sesiwn trafod â ffermwyr, er mwyn i reoleiddwyr allu gweld eu rheoliadau trwy lygaid ffermwyr.  
Rydym yn gweithio gyda rheoleiddwyr i ddatblygu fframwaith sgiliau a chymwyseddau ynghyd â rhaglen hyfforddi i’w gefnogi er mwyn sicrhau bod rheoleiddwyr yn rhoi gwasanaeth proffesiynol bob tro i ffermwyr.  Bydd hynny yn fy marn i yn lleddfu ofnau, amheuon a drwgdybiaeth ffermwyr ynghylch y broses reoleiddio.  
Bydd Grŵp Gorchwyl a Gorffen yn gweithio’r hydref hwn i symleiddio archwiliadau fferm a’r gofynion ynghylch cadw cofnodion.  Mae’n amlwg bod yna arfer da iawn mewn rhai mannau ac mae’n bwysig bod pob rheoleiddiwr yn cael gwybod amdano ac yn ei efelychu.  
Mae’r Llywodraeth am fynd ati mewn ffordd gydgysylltiedig i roi Hwyluso’r Drefn ar waith.  Gan ddatblygu llwyddiant y cynllun sticeri TB ar basbortau gwartheg i helpu ffermwyr wrth brynu gwartheg, mae John Griffiths, Gweinidog yr Amgylchedd a Datblygu Cynaliadwy, yn paratoi adolygiad yn ystod Hydref 2012 gyda’i brif randdeiliaid o’r rheini y gellid eu heithrio rhag y o’r Profion Cyn Symud.  
Mae’r prosiect Rhif y Daliad (CPH) yn rhoi cyngor ar wella’r system neilltuo rhifau CPH gan obeithio cael gwared ar agweddau cymhleth a dryslyd y system gan gynnwys Cytundebau Meddiannaeth Unigol (SOA) a chysylltiadau â’r System Olrhain Gwartheg (CTS).  Oherwydd y cymhlethdodau hyn, mae ambell gwsmer yn anfwriadol wedi torri’r rheolau.  
Mae Prif Swyddog Milfeddygol Cymru, ar ôl ymgynghori â rhanddeiliaid y diwydiant a Defra, wedi bod yn ystyried opsiynau ar gyfer symleiddio’r rheol gwahardd symud 6 niwrnod.  Yn arbennig, gallai unedau cwarantin gymryd lle’r rhanddirymiad presennol heb gynyddu’r perygl o ledaenu’r clefyd.  Mae hwn yn waith cymhleth.  Mae’n hanfodol nad ydym yn gwneud unrhyw beth allai cynyddu’r clefyd a rhaid creu polisi sy’n gydnaws ag un Lloegr er mwyn i’r symudiadau niferus iawn sy’n digwydd dros y ffin bob blwyddyn allu parhau yn esmwyth a didrafferth.  
Rwyf wedi penderfynu datblygu EIDCymru, gwasanaeth electronig ar gyfer cofnodi symudiadau sy’n ymgorffori’r gronfa ddata o ddefaid unigol. Rwyf wedi ymrwymo i ddatblygu system sy’n gyson â’r hyn sy’n cael ei ddatblygu yn Lloegr a’r Alban ond a fydd hefyd yn hybu Cig Oen Cymru fel brand.  
Hefyd o dan ofal John Griffiths, cyflwynodd Grŵp Cynghori Annibynnol ei adroddiad ym mis Mehefin ar bolisïau cynllunio yng Nghymru a bydd yr adroddiad yn helpu i ddylanwadu ar y Papur Gwyn a’r bil cynllunio fydd yn ei ddilyn.  Bydd ail adroddiad ar Gynllunio mewn Ardaloedd Dynodedig Arbennig hefyd yn bwydo’r broses.  Mae John Griffiths am gyhoeddi’r adroddiadau hyn yn yr Hydref.  Mae’r gwaith o safoni’r broses caniatâd cynllunio yn mynd rhagddo gyda chyflwyno deddfwriaeth ar 30 Ebrill i gyflwyno’r Ffurflen Gais Safonol Genedlaethol (1 APP).  Mae canllawiau wedi’u cyhoeddi hefyd ynghylch y newidiadau hyn i’r rheoliadau.  Mae canllaw defnydd gorau wedi’i gynhyrchu i gynghori awdurdodau cynllunio lleol ac ymgeiswyr ar drafodaethau cyn ymgeisio.  
Er mwyn cefnogi Nodyn Cyngor Technegol (TAN) 6 Cynllunio ar gyfer Cymunedau Gwledig Cynaliadwy, mae cyfarwydd ymarfer ar Ddatblygiadau Un Blaned wrthi’n cael ei baratoi a chaiff ei gyhoeddi yn yr Hydref.  Caiff ei ddefnyddio law yn llaw â’r Cyfarwyddyd Ymarfer ar gyfer Anheddau Mentrau Gwledig a gyhoeddwyd fis Rhagfyr diwethaf.  Mae TAN 6 yn gofyn i awdurdodau lleol fonitro Anheddau Mentrau Gwledig a chaiff crynodeb o’r ystadegau hyn ei gyhoeddi ar wefan Llywodraeth Cymru nes ymlaen yr haf hwn.  
Rydym yn diwygio canllawiau holl adrannau Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer datblygu polisïau, gan gynnwys yr asesiadau o effaith rheoliadau, er mwyn sicrhau bod y baich gweinyddol ar gwsmeriaid yn cael ei ystyried.Mae swyddogion sy’n gweithio gyda’r Countryside \& Community Research Institute ac Arsyllfa Wledig Cymru wedi cynnal astudiaeth beilot ar ffyrdd newydd o segmentu’r diwydiant ffermio sy’n cynnwys dehongli ymagweddau a chanfyddiadau fel ffactorau sy’n sbarduno newid.  Mae rhagor o waith yn yr arfaeth ar lunio polisïau sydd wedi’u targedu a’u teilwra i ateb anghenion grwpiau a mathau penodol o gwsmeriaid.Pwysleisiodd Gareth Williams ei bod yn bwysig iawn ein bod yn cydweithio’n glos â’r diwydiant wrth ddatblygu polisïau ac y byddai grwpiau gorchwyl a gorffen â chysylltiadau cyfathrebu uniongyrchol â Gweinidogion yn rhan hanfodol o’r broses.  Mae nifer o’r grwpiau hyn bellach wedi’u sefydlu ac yn gweithio’n galed, gan gynnwys ‘Ceisiadau ar\-lein’, ‘Adnabod Da Byw’ a Grŵp Cynghori ar Ddeddf Tir Comin 2006\. Caiff rhagor o grwpiau eu creu yn ôl yr angen.I gloi, rwyf wedi gofyn i Gareth Williams ddod yn ôl ataf yn yr hydref i roi ei farn am hynt y gwaith ar reoleiddio Cymru’n well.  O safbwynt Llywodraeth Cymru, rwy’n credu bod yr argymhellion yn cael eu rhoi ar waith yn unol â’r bwriad a’n bod yn bwrw ein cerrig milltir.  O safbwynt rhai argymhellion, mae’n amlwg nad oes pwynt terfyn a’u bod yn broses o newid parhaus ac o ddatblygu parhaus.  Rhaid gofalu ein bod yn teithio tua’r cyfeiriad iawn a bod y momentwm yn cael ei gynnal.  Rwyf wedi atodi pob un o’r 74 argymhelliad wrth y datganiad hwn ac rwyf wedi nodi hanes pob argymhelliad unigol. 





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In August of last year I asked Gareth Williams, as my independent adviser, to consider and report back to me on whether the regulatory framework that governs agriculture in Wales was measured and appropriate. In December Gareth presented his findings in a report containing 74 recommendations. I accepted all 74 recommendations with the majority accepted in full and a small number accepted in part. The Working Smarter report and the Welsh Government’s response were published on 31st January and a debate followed on 7 February in the National Assembly.  


In February of this year, Defra published its full response to the Macdonald recommendations on better regulation in farming in England. Working Smarter and Macdonald share many common themes and consequently my officials are working closely with the Macdonald implementation team in Defra.


It is now time to reflect on progress. I am pleased to report that a number of recommendations are complete while many more are being progressed and well on the way to completion. Gareth outlined a demanding delivery timetable \- twenty recommendations were to be delivered before this summer’s recess.  Some are still in progress while other recommendations, timetabled for much later delivery, are already complete. This was inevitable as delivery of some recommendations proved more complex than first thought once implementation commenced, but at the same time others proved easier to deliver than was first anticipated.


On 3 July, I announced the outcome of my Glastir Stocktake. Much of that work has a direct read\-across to Working Smarter, including the abolition of the Glastir application window, simplified processes, improved communications and the re\-naming of the different elements of the Glastir scheme to help the farming community better understand and engage with the process.


Effective communication is a vital part of everything we do. The Working Smarter report emphasised the importance of good communication and we have much work to do to improve our performance. I am expanding the Farm Liaison Service as Gareth Williams recommended. The process is underway to recruit additional staff and this will help us improve geographical coverage providing more farmers with easy access to first class information and guidance.


Written communications to customers will improve following the issuing of new staff guidance advising the avoidance wherever possible of technical terminology and the use of jargon, as well as introducing glossaries as standard in scheme documents to aid understanding. Gareth was shocked, and so was I, at the near 3,000 pages of information that regulators might potentially send to farmers every year and we are working to reduce this; the complete SAF guidance pack will no longer routinely issue to all customers every year. This is in response to the wishes of farmers who have said to us that we should only advise them on changes.


The Welsh Government website now includes a helpful and easy to follow checklist to ease concerns and ensure that farmers are able to prepare properly for a cross compliance inspection. Through working side by side with other regulators and the Better Regulation Delivery Office, we are planning to enhance and develop this approach for all farm inspections.


The excellent support delivered to farmers via our Farming Connect Programme which includes on\-farm knowledge transfer events, will now include ‘mock inspection’ events. 


A programme of livestock market visits is planned for this coming autumn to disseminate information and guidance on the management of animal identification (sheep EID). This will supplement the approach we are increasingly taking whereby well received services such as the Farm Liaison Service take their excellent services out to where farmers are; livestock markets and village halls for example.


Single Payment Scheme (SPS) customers will in future receive an explanatory letter when their payment does not arrive at the expected time due to an outstanding query so that they are able to plan their finances accordingly.


The Welsh Government’s first annual farming conference will take place in May of next year and will be an open invitation to the farming industry to hear first hand how farming policy has developed and to question me and partner organisations on our performance, as well as to offer positive input on future priorities.


The development of our on\-line services is moving forward apace; the first prototype of the service was demonstrated to the User Working Group which includes farmers and farmer representative bodies in May.  The Single Application Form (SAF) element will go\-live in 2014 and bring greater accuracy and make completing the application form much easier for farmers.  


In his report, Gareth highlighted the need for a consistent approach to farm inspections across all farming regulators.  In the spring we delivered a leadership programme and business workshop involving lead officials from all farm regulatory bodies. The workshops included farm visits and a plenary session with farmers, so that regulators could experience regulation from the farmer’s perspective.


We are working with regulators to develop a skills and competency framework, supported by a comprehensive training programme, which will ensure that farmers consistently receive a professional service from all regulators. This I believe will help to overcome customer’s fears, suspicion and sometimes resentment of the regulatory process.


A Task \& Finish Group will be working this autumn to rationalise farm inspections and record keeping.  It is increasingly apparent that there is some very good practice out there which needs to be shared more widely among regulators.


The Government is joined\-up in its approach to Working Smarter. Building on the success of a TB passport sticker scheme in helping farmers to inform their cattle purchases, John Griffiths, Minister for Environment and Sustainable Development, is preparing to review Pre\-Movement Testing exemptions with key stakeholders during the autumn of 2012\.


The County Parish Holding (CPH) project is advising on improvements to the system of CPH number allocation and will remove the many complexities and confusions including Single Occupancy Agreements (SOA) and Cattle Tracing System Links (CTS).  This complexity has contributed on occasions to customers inadvertently breaking the rules.


The Chief Veterinary Officer for Wales has, in consultation with industry stakeholders and Defra, been considering options for simplifying the current 6\-day standstill rules.  In particular quarantine arrangements may provide an opportunity to replace the current derogations without increasing the risk of spreading disease. This is proving to be complex work.  It is essential that we do not increase the risks of disease outbreaks and their rapid spread and we must also have an alignment of policy between Wales and England to maintain the very many cross border livestock movements that occur each year with the minimum of disruption.  


I have taken the decision to develop EIDCymru, an electronic movement reporting service for Wales incorporating an individual sheep database. I am committed to delivering a system that is compatible with developments in England and Scotland, whilst also supporting Welsh Lamb as a brand.


Also in John Griffiths area of responsibility, an Independent Advisory Group submitted its report in June on the delivery of planning policy in Wales and their report will help inform a White Paper and subsequent planning bill. A second report, ‘Delivery of Planning in Special Designated Areas’ will also inform this process. John Griffiths intends to publish these reports in the autumn.  Standardising the planning application process has progressed well with legislation introduced on 30 April to introduce the use of the National Standard Application Form (1 APP).  Guidance to support these changes to regulation has also been issued.  A best practice guide has been produced to advise local planning authorities and applicants on effective pre\-application discussions.


In support of Technical Advice Note (TAN) 6 Planning for Sustainable Rural Communities a practice guide on One Planet Development is currently being prepared, and will be published in the Autumn.  This will sit alongside the Rural Enterprise Dwelling Practice Guide, which was published in December last year.   TAN 6 also requires local authorities to monitor Rural Enterprise Dwellings, and a summary of these statistics will be published on the Welsh Governments web site later in the summer.


We are amending our policy development checks and balances across the Welsh Government, including our regulatory impact assessments, to ensure that the administrative burden on customers is fully considered.  


Officials working with the Countryside \& Community Research Institute and Wales Rural Observatory have completed a pilot study on alternative segmentation of the farming industry which includes an interpretation of attitudes and perceptions as drivers of change.  Further work is planned with the ultimate goal of targeted and bespoke policies that are better fitted to customer groups and types.


Gareth Williams emphasised the importance of closer partnership working with the industry to develop policy, and that task and finish groups with direct communication links to Ministers would be an essential part of this process. A number of these groups are now in place and working hard, including ‘On\-line applications’, ‘Livestock ID’, ‘Commons Act 2006 Advisory Group’; and more groups are planned as, and when, required.


In conclusion, I have asked Gareth Williams to return this autumn to provide me with his independent view of the progress we have made towards better regulation in Wales. From the Welsh Government’s perspective, I believe that the recommendations are being implemented as intended and that milestones are being achieved.  It has become apparent that in respect of a number of recommendations, there is not an end point but instead a progressive change process and the opportunity for ongoing continuous improvement.  The direction of travel must be right and the momentum sustained.  All 74 recommendations are annexed to this statement together with an update on progress against each individual recommendation.