English: Diolch, Lywydd. The Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee, as has been mentioned by the Cabinet Secretary, considered this instrument at our meeting on 8 January. We reported two merit points identified under Standing Order 21.3. The first point considered by the committee is that the Order was laid before the Assembly on 4 January 2018. The committee usually has 20 days from the date of laying the report on the statutory instruments. The committee was asked, in correspondence by the Cabinet Secretary, to report on the Order before today to allow for the Order to be approved by resolution of the National Assembly ahead of the Assembly's consideration of the local government finance report for the financial year beginning on 1 April, as the Cabinet Secretary has reported. In effect, due to the committee's meeting schedule, this meant that we only had four days after the Order was laid to consider this instrument. We do, importantly, acknowledge the time pressures on the Welsh Government as a result of the delayed autumn statement and the action needed to get to this point before the Assembly is able to agree the local government finance report by the required deadline. We are also aware of the serious consequences should this not happen. However, this has meant a greatly reduced timescale for the committee to consider and report on this instrument. As the Order was relatively short and straightforward, we were able to meet the Welsh Government's request. Nevertheless, I would encourage the Government to give the committee as much notice as possible where it would like us to scrutinise statutory instruments within a shorter deadline than is provided for in Standing Orders. Secondly, the Order specifies the new multiplier figure, and is explained in the explanatory note. However, this number is not referred to at all in the explanatory memorandum, which is a separate document intended to explain the intentions of the instrument. Given this figure is so crucial, it is our view that the explanatory memorandum accompanying this Order could have been more helpful in explaining the effect of the Order.
Welsh: Diolch, Llywydd. Bu'r Pwyllgor Materion Cyfansoddiadol a Deddfwriaethol, fel y soniodd Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet, yn ystyried yr offeryn hwn yn ein cyfarfod ar 8 Ionawr. Adroddwyd am ddau bwynt rhagoriaeth a nodwyd o dan Reol Sefydlog 21.3. Y pwynt cyntaf a ystyriwyd gan y Pwyllgor yw bod y Gorchymyn wedi'i gyflwyno gerbron y Cynulliad ar 4 Ionawr 2018. Fel arfer, mae gan y Pwyllgor 20 diwrnod o ddyddiad cyflwyno'r adroddiad ar yr offerynnau statudol. Gofynnwyd i'r Pwyllgor, mewn gohebiaeth gan Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet, i adrodd ar y Gorchymyn cyn heddiw i ganiatáu i'r Gorchymyn gael ei gymeradwyo drwy benderfyniad gan y Cynulliad Cenedlaethol cyn i'r Cynulliad ystyried yr adroddiad cyllid llywodraeth leol ar gyfer y flwyddyn ariannol sy'n dechrau ar 1 Ebrill, fel y mae Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet wedi adrodd amdano. Mewn gwirionedd, oherwydd amserlen cyfarfodydd y Pwyllgor, roedd hyn yn golygu mai dim ond pedwar diwrnod oedd gennym ni ar ôl cyflwyno'r Gorchymyn i ystyried yr offeryn hwn. Rydym ni, yn bwysig, yn cydnabod y pwysau amser ar Lywodraeth Cymru o ganlyniad i'r oedi a fu gyda datganiad yr Hydref a'r camau sydd eu hangen i gyrraedd y pwynt hwn cyn i'r Cynulliad allu cytuno ar yr adroddiad cyllid llywodraeth leol erbyn y dyddiad cau gofynnol. Rydym ni hefyd yn ymwybodol o'r canlyniadau difrifol os nad yw hyn yn digwydd. Fodd bynnag, mae hyn wedi golygu amserlen lawer tynnach i'r pwyllgor ystyried a chyflwyno adroddiad ar yr offeryn hwn. Gan fod y Gorchymyn yn gymharol fyr a syml, roeddem yn gallu bodloni cais Llywodraeth Cymru. Serch hynny, rwy'n annog y Llywodraeth i roi cymaint o rybudd â phosibl i'r Pwyllgor os yw hi'n dymuno inni graffu ar offerynnau statudol o fewn terfyn amser byrrach na'r hyn y darperir ar eu cyfer yn y Rheolau Sefydlog. Yn ail, mae'r Gorchymyn yn pennu'r ffigur lluosydd newydd, ac fe'i hesbonnir yn y nodyn esboniadol. Fodd bynnag, ni chyfeirir at y rhif hwn o gwbl yn y memorandwm esboniadol, sydd yn ddogfen ar wahân a fwriadwyd i egluro bwriadau'r offeryn. O ystyried bod y ffigur hwn mor hanfodol, rydym ni o'r farn y gallai'r memorandwm esboniadol sy'n mynd gyda'r Gorchymyn hwn fod wedi bod yn fwy defnyddiol wrth egluro effaith y Gorchymyn.