English: Amendments 120, 121, 122, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 133 and 135 remove provisions that allow Welsh Ministers to mandate the creation of corporate joint committees where no request has been made, as we just heard from our Plaid Cymru colleague. During Stage 1 proceedings, concerns were raised by a number of stakeholders regarding this issue. For example, the Welsh Local Government Association resolved to note that it has fundamental concerns over the principle of mandation, which is seen as undermining local democracy. Furthermore, the society of local authority chief officers suggested that the mandating of corporate joint committees would be 'counterproductive', and questioned whether a mandated footprint was required to ensure efficiencies. During Stage 2, the Minister said that corporate joint committees are very much a vehicle for local government and that it is for local government to decide how they manage and organise their regional arrangements and collaborations. However, the ability for Welsh Ministers to mandate the creation of corporate joint committees undermines this argument, and the concerns of stakeholders that have been raised throughout the scrutiny of the Bill have not been addressed. Given their role in terms of regional infrastructure and economic development, the ability to allow Welsh Ministers to mandate the creation of corporate joint committees also undermines the internal devolution and local partnership working established in areas by bodies such as the North Wales Economic Ambition Board - as you know, a coalition involving both Governments, all six north Wales councils, business and academia. Our amendments therefore remove provisions that allow Welsh Ministers to mandate the creation of corporate joint committees where no request has been made. Diolch.
Welsh: Mae gwelliannau 120, 121, 122, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 133 a 135 yn dileu darpariaethau sy'n caniatáu i Weinidogion Cymru orfodi creu cyd-bwyllgorau corfforedig pan nad oes cais wedi'i wneud, fel yr ydym newydd ei glywed gan ein cyd-Aelod ym Mhlaid Cymru. Yn ystod trafodion Cyfnod 1, codwyd pryderon gan nifer o randdeiliaid ynglŷn â'r mater hwn. Er enghraifft, penderfynodd Cymdeithas Llywodraeth Leol Cymru nodi bod ganddi bryderon sylfaenol ynghylch yr egwyddor o orfodi, yr ystyrir ei bod yn tanseilio democratiaeth leol. Hefyd, awgrymodd cymdeithas prif swyddogion awdurdodau lleol y byddai mandadu cyd-bwyllgorau corfforedig yn 'wrthgynhyrchiol', gan gwestiynu a oedd angen ôl troed gorfodol i sicrhau arbedion effeithlonrwydd. Yn ystod Cyfnod 2, dywedodd y Gweinidog bod cyd-bwyllgorau corfforedig yn gyfrwng i lywodraeth leol i raddau helaeth ac mai mater i lywodraeth leol yw penderfynu sut y maen nhw'n rheoli ac yn trefnu eu trefniadau a'u cydweithrediadau rhanbarthol. Fodd bynnag, mae'r gallu i Weinidogion Cymru orfodi creu cyd-bwyllgorau corfforedig yn tanseilio'r ddadl hon, ac nid yw pryderon rhanddeiliaid a godwyd drwy gydol y gwaith craffu ar y Bil wedi cael sylw. O ystyried eu swyddogaeth o ran seilwaith rhanbarthol a datblygu economaidd, mae'r gallu i ganiatáu i Weinidogion Cymru orfodi creu cyd-bwyllgorau corfforedig hefyd yn tanseilio'r datganoli mewnol a'r gwaith partneriaeth lleol a sefydlwyd mewn ardaloedd gan gyrff megis Bwrdd Uchelgais Economaidd Gogledd Cymru - fel y gwyddoch, clymblaid sy'n cynnwys y ddwy Lywodraeth, pob un o'r chwe chyngor yn y gogledd, busnes a'r byd academaidd. Mae ein gwelliannau ni, felly, yn dileu darpariaethau sy'n caniatáu i Weinidogion Cymru orfodi creu cyd-bwyllgorau corfforedig pan nad oes cais wedi'i wneud. Diolch.