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Cafodd Bil Llywodraeth Leol (Democratiaeth) (Cymru) ei osod heddiw.

Cyflwynwyd y Bil er mwyn gwella’r prosesau democrataidd mewn perthynas â llywodraeth leol, a gweithrediad y Comisiwn Ffiniau Llywodraeth Leol i Gymru yn benodol. Gwneir hynny mewn ymateb i ganfyddiadau Adolygiad Mathias o broses adolygiadau etholiadol y Comisiwn, a gyhoeddwyd ym mis Mehefin 2011\.

Mae’r Bil yn gwneud darpariaeth ar gyfer: 

a)diwygio trefniadaeth a swyddogaethau’r Comisiwn Ffiniau Llywodraeth Leol i Gymru; 

b)addasu a chydgrynhoi’r darpariaethau cyfredol ar lywodraeth leol mewn perthynas â’r Comisiwn Ffiniau ac o ganlyniad hybu datblygiad Llyfr Statud Cymreig;

c)diwygio Mesur Llywodraeth Leol (Cymru) 2011 mewn perthynas â chyfrifoldebau Panel Annibynnol Cymru ar Gydnabyddiaeth Ariannol a strwythur pwyllgorau archwilio’r awdurdodau lleol;

d)ei gwneud yn haws i’r cyhoedd gael gafael ar wybodaeth ynghylch cynghorau tref a chymuned;

e)diwygio Rhan III o Ddeddf Llywodraeth Leol 2000 i’w gwneud yn haws i awdurdodau lleol greu cydbwyllgorau safonau; a

f)galluogi’r cynghorau sy’n dymuno gwneud hynny i wahanu’r swyddogaethau seremonïol a dinesig sy’n gysylltiedig â chadeirydd y cyngor neu’r maer a’r rhai sy’n ymwneud â llywyddu cyfarfodydd y cyngor.

Byddaf yn gwneud datganiad deddfwriaethol yn y Cyfarfod Llawn yfory er mwyn cyflwyno’r Bil.

Cyhoeddwyd ymgynghoriad Papur Gwyn o dan y teitl ‘Hybu Democratiaeth Leol’  i ymgynghori arno rhwng 17 Mai 2012 a 3 Awst 2012\.

Heddiw, rwyf yn cyhoeddi adroddiad cryno o’r ymatebion. Mae’r adroddiad hwn i’w weld ar wefan Llywodraeth Cymru drwy ddilyn y ddolen hon:

http://wales.gov.uk/consultations/localgovernment/promlocdemocracy/?skip\=1\&lang\=en

Cyhoeddir pob un o’r 91 o ymatebion a ddaeth i law ar y wefan cyn bo hir.







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The Local Government (Democracy) (Wales) Bill has been laid today.


The Bill has been introduced to improve democratic processes concerning local government, in particular the operation of the Local Government Boundary Commission for Wales. This is in response to the findings of the Mathias Review of the Commission’s electoral review process, which was published in June 2011\.


The Bill makes provision to: 


a)reform the organisation and functions of the Local Government Boundary Commission for Wales; 


b)recast and consolidate existing local government provisions in relation to the Boundary Commission and therefore progress the development of a Welsh Statute Book;


c)amend the Local Government (Wales) Measure 2011 in relation to the responsibilities of the Independent Remuneration Panel for Wales and the structure of local authority audit committees;


d)improve the public’s access to information concerning town and community councils;


e)amend Part III of the Local Government Act 2000 to facilitate the creation by local authorities of joint standards committees; and


f)enable councils who wish to separate the ceremonial and civic functions associated with the council chairman or mayor from those of presiding over meetings of the council.


I shall be making a legislative statement in Plenary tomorrow to introduce the Bill.


A White Paper consultation entitled ‘Promoting Local Democracy’ was published for a consultation between 17 May 2012 and 3 August 2012\. 


 


Today, I am publishing a summary report of the responses.  This report can be found on the Welsh Government’s website at the following link:


 


http://wales.gov.uk/consultations/localgovernment/promlocdemocracy/?skip\=1\&lang\=en


 


Each of the 91 consultation responses received will be published on the web site shortly.