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ANNUAL Conference 

2012 

Theatr Brycheiniog aBerhonddu / Brecon 

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Cynhadledd 

Flynyddol 

Plaid Cymru 

Annual 

Conference 

2012 

Theatr Brycheiniog aBerhonddu / Brecon 

Cynnwys 

Adroddiad y Cadeirydd 02 

Adroddiad Grwp Senedd Ewropeaidd 03 

Adroddiad Y Prif Weithredwr 04 

Adroddiad Grwp Cynulliad 05 

Adroddiad Grwp San Steffan 06 

Adroddiad y Trysorydd 07 

Cofnodion Cynhadledd 2011 08 

Amerlen y Gynhadledd- dydd Gwener 10 

Amserlen y Gynhadledd- dydd Sadwrn 11 

Amserlen Llawn a Chynigion- dydd Gwener 12 

Amserlen Llawn a Chynigion- dydd Sadwrn 24 

Content 

Message from the Chair 02 

European Parliament Group Report 03 

Chief Executive Report 04 

Assembly Group Report 05 

Westminster Group Report 06 

Treasurer’s Report 07 

Conference Minutes 2011 08 

Conference Timetable - Friday 10 

Conference Timetable - Saturday 11 

Full Timetable and Motions - Friday 13 

Full Timetable 1 and Motions - Saturday 25

NEGES GAN y 

cadeirydd 

Message from the 

Chair 

Am flwyddyn i fod yn Gadeirydd Plaid Cymru! 

Yn gyntaf, hoffwn ddiolch i’n Prif Weithredwr, Rhuanedd 

Richards, a’i thîm. Mae wedi arwain ein staff ymroddgar 

mewn ffordd egwyddorol, hyderus a deallus. Rydym yn 

ffodus i’w cael i gyd. 

Dewisom Arweinydd newydd. Diolch i’r tri ymgeisydd 

am ymgyrchoedd cadarnhaol oedd yn edrych tuag at 

y dyfodol. Croesawyd y cyfle gan aelodau i drafod ein 

dyfodol a dyfodol ein cenedl. Roedd yn ysbrydoledig, ac 

rydym i gyd yn edrych ymlaen at ddyfodol cyffrous, o dan 

gyfarwyddiaeth ein harweinydd newydd, Leanne Wood. 

Llongyfarchiadau! 

Roeddem yn gwybod y byddai etholiadau lleol Mai 

yn anodd. Ar ran y Blaid gyfan hoffwn ddiolch i bob 

ymgeisydd, a’u cefnogwyr, am ymgyrch bositif a 

chadarnhaol. Dan amgylchiadau heriol ac amodol 

collwyd cynrychiolwyr cymuned gwerthfawr. Ond hefyd 

enillwyd peth tir newydd. Ers hynny, rydym wedi ennill 

isetholiadau yn y Barri ac Ynys Môn. Ein prawf nesaf 

bydd etholiadau lleol Ynys Môn yn 2013. Byddwn yn 

barod am yr her! 

Mae wedi bod yn gyfnod o adlewyrchu yn ogystal â 

gweithredu. Rydym wedi cymryd golwg hir a chaled ar 

ein hunain. Rydym yn gwybod ein bod angen newid, 

ac rydym yn gwybod sut. Rydym wedi croesawu 

argymhellion adroddiad Camu Mlaen/Moving Forward. 

Bydd newidiadau mawr. Bydd cynhadledd arbennig ym 

mis Tachwedd yn newid ein strwythurau, eu hadnewyddu 

ar gyfer y 21ain Ganrif. 

Yr her nawr yw cryfhau ar lawr gwlad. Rydym angen 

arian. Rydym angen aelodau, 24% o gynnydd ers 

llynedd, ond dim ond dechrau yw hyn! Rydym angen 

arwyr ardal i fynd a’r frwydr dros ddyfodol Cymru i bob 

stryd. Wrth i ni baratoi am ein cynhadledd gyntaf a 

ysbrydolir gan Leanne fel ein harweinydd newydd rydym 

yn croesawu’r her. Rydym yn barod. 

Ymlaen 

Helen Mary Jones 

What a year to Chair Plaid Cymru! 

First, my thanks to our Chief Executive, Rhuanedd 

Richards, and her team. She’s led our dedicated, 

committed staff with integrity, courage and intelligence. 

We are lucky to have them all. 

We chose a new Leader. Thank you to all three 

candidates for positive, forward looking campaigns. 

The opportunity to debate our future and the future of 

our nation was seized by members. It was inspiring, 

and we are all looking forward to an exciting future, 

guided and directed by our new Leader, Leanne Wood. 

Congratulations! 

May’s local elections were always going to be tough. 

On behalf of the whole Party I’d like to thank every 

candidate, and their supporters, for a good fight well 

fought. In the face of a tide there was little we could do; 

we lost some irreplaceable community representatives. 

But we also gained some new ground. Since then we’ve 

won by-elections in Barry and in Ynys Mon. Our next test 

will be Ynys Mon local elections, 2013. We will be ready! 

It’s been a period of reflection as well as action. We’ve 

taken a long, hard look at ourselves. We know we need 

to change, and we know how. We have embraced the 

recommendations of the Camu’n Ymlaen / Moving 

Forward report. There will be big changes. A special 

conference in November will transform our structures, 

getting them fit for the 21st Century. 

Now the challenge is strength on the ground. We need 

cash. We need members. 24% up on last year, but that’s 

just a start! We need community champions to take the 

fight for the future of Wales to every street corner. As 

we look forward to our first full conference inspired by 

Leanne as our new Leader we embrace the challenge. 

We’re ready. 

Ymlaen 

Helen Mary Jones 

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Adroddiad GRŴP 

SENEDD EWROPEAIDD 

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT 

GROUP REPORT 

Mae dwy agwedd i fy swydd. Fel ASE yn gweithio ar 

draws yr ‘etholaeth’ gyfan ac yn y senedd, ac fel Llywydd 

ASE EFA yn hyrwyddo polisïau’r Blaid, yn enwedig 

Annibyniaeth yn Ewrop. 

Mae’r flwyddyn ddiwethaf wedi cael ei goruchafu gan 

yr argyfwng economaidd. Cyhoeddais “Argyfwng Parth 

yr Ewro: Papur Safle Plaid Cymru”. Siaradais yn y ddadl 

seneddol arbennig yn beirniadu methiant mesurau llymder, 

gan amlygu twf diweithdra ymysg pobl ifanc yma, a 

chynnydd mewn colli gwaith, yn enwedig ymysg merched. 

Rwyf yn parhau gyda fy ngwaith hir-sefydlog ar Gronfeydd 

Strwythurol. Mae hwn wedi bod yn flwyddyn allweddol 

gan fod deddfwriaeth ar gyfer 2014-2020 yn cael ei 

gytuno. Rwy’n chwarae rhan lawn, yn seiliedig ar fy 

mhrofiad, yn hyrwyddo’r rhaglen hanfodol yma. 

Siaradais yn y digwyddiad trawsbleidiol yn y Cynulliad 

Cenedlaethol i hyrwyddo’r Dreth ar drafodion cyfnewid 

(‘Treth Robin Hood’) a phleidleisio o’i blaid yn y senedd 

lle cafodd ei gymeradwyo. Bydd yr incwm ychwanegol a 

gynhyrchir yn gadarnhaol i’n heconomi cenedlaethol. 

Hefyd o ran swyddi, rwy’n cymryd rhan flaenllaw yn 

ymgyrchu dros gaffael lleol o nwyddau a gwasanaethau. 

Rwy’n llefarydd Gr ŵp ar y Gyfarwyddiaeth newydd. 

Lansiais “Ymgyrch Prynu’n Lleol” yn y Sioe Frenhinol, gan 

alw ar 75% o gaffael cyhoeddus i gael ei darfu o fewn y 

wlad hon. 

Mae Cynlluniau Datblygu’n Lleol (CDL) yn parhau i fod yn 

ddadleuol yn genedlaethol. Rwy’n gweithio gyda nifer o 

grwpiau ymgyrchu, cynghorwyr ac aelodau pryderus am yr 

effeithiau ar eu cymunedau lleol a’r iaith Gymraeg. Rwy’n 

herio’r Prif Weinidog i gyfiawnhau’r amcanestyniadau 

poblogaeth enfawr a thargedau tai, ac ailraddio tir 

amaethyddol i gynnwys datblygiadau o’r fath. Comisiynais 

asesiad effaith iaith a chymuned ac rwyf wedi tynnu sylw’r 

Comisiynydd Iaith i’r risgiau cynhenid mewn CDL ar hyn o 

bryd. 

Rwyf wedi parhau i bwyso am adolygiad o’r ddeddfwriaeth 

Tagio Defaid yn Electroneg (TDE). Rwyf hefyd yn 

gweithio’n agos gyda’n hundebau ffermio a sefydliadau 

gwledig ar drafodaethau Polisi Amaeth Cyffredin (PAC) 

cyfredol. 

Rwy’n cefnogi cytundebau gorfodol rhwng ffermwyr 

a chynhyrchwyr llaeth ac rwy’n llefarydd Gr ŵp ar 

strategaeth lles anifeiliaid ar y pwyllgor amaethyddiaeth. 

Rwy’n aelod o’r gr ŵp ymgyrchu GMO. 

Ym mhob agwedd o fy ngwaith, rwy’n hyrwyddo’r genedl, 

anghenion y bobl ac egwyddorion ein Plaid. 

Jill Evans ASE 

There are two aspects to my role, as MEP working across 

in the whole ‘constituency’ and in parliament, and as 

President of the EFA MEPs promoting party policies, 

especially Independence in Europe. 

The past year has been dominated by the economic crisis. 

I published “The Eurozone Crisis: A Plaid Cymru Position 

Paper”. I spoke in the special parliamentary debate 

criticising the failure of austerity measures, highlighting 

growing youth unemployment here, and increasing job 

losses, especially amongst women. 

I continue my long-standing work on Structural Funds. 

This has been a key year as legislation for 2014-2020 is 

being agreed. I play a full part, based on long experience, 

promoting this essential programme. 

I spoke at the cross-party event in the National Assembly 

to promote the Financial Transaction Tax (‘Robin Hood 

Tax’) and voted for it in parliament where it was approved. 

The extra income generated will be positive for our 

national economy. 

Also on the jobs front, I’m heavily involved in campaigning 

for local procurement of goods and services. I’m a Group 

spokesperson on the new Directive. I launched a ‘Buy 

Local Campaign’ at the Royal Welsh Show, calling for 75% 

of public procurement to be sourced within this country. 

Local Development Plans (LDP) continue to be 

contentious nationally. I work with several campaign 

groups, councillors and members concerned about 

impacts on their local communities and the Welsh 

language. I am challenging the First Minister to justify the 

enormous population projections and housing targets, 

and the regrading of agricultural land to accommodate 

such developments. I commissioned a language and 

community impact assessment and have drawn the 

Language Commissioner’s attention to the risks inherent in 

current LDPs. 

I have continued to press for a review of the Electronic 

Sheep Tagging (EID) legislation. I am also working closely 

with the our farming unions and rural organisations on 

current Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) negotiations. 

I support mandatory contracts between farmers and dairy 

producers and am Group spokesperson on animal welfare 

strategy on the agriculture committee. I am a member of 

the GMO campaign group. 

In all my work, I promote the nation, the people’s needs 

and our party’s principles. 

Jill Evans meP 

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Adroddiad y 

PRIF WEITHREDWR 

CHIEF EXECUTIVE 

report 

Croeso i Aberhonddu ac i Gynhadledd Flynyddol Plaid 

Cymru 2012. Mae’n rhoi pleser mawr i mi fod yn rhan 

o’r ymdrechion i ddod a’r gynhadledd i’r dref farchnad 

hanesyddol hon ar odre Bannau Brycheiniog. Gobeithiaf 

y bydd hwn yn gyfle i greu perthynas gryfach rhwng Plaid 

Cymru a’r ardal yma o Dde Powys. 

Un o brif nodweddion fy mlwyddyn gyntaf fel Prif 

Weithredwr oedd i ddysgu o’r gorffennol er mwyn 

adeiladu ar gyfer y dyfodol. Efallai bod dadansoddiad 

gonest Dr Eurfyl ap Gwilym a’r tîm yn adroddiad Camu 

Mlaen sy’n esbonio pam,13 mlynedd ar ôl datganoli, yr 

ydym yn wrthblaid a ddim y blaid fwyaf yng Nghymru, 

wedi bod yn ddigon i’n difrifoli, ond roedd yn gatalydd 

arbennig hefyd ar gyfer ysgogi syniadau newydd a 

derbyn nad ydy ‘busnes fel yr arfer’ yn ddewis i ni. 

Bydd argymhellion yr adroddiad yn cymryd amser i’w 

gweithredu ac i ddwyn y ffrwyth etholiadol yr ydym yn 

dymuno gweld. Mae gwaith ar ran fwyaf yr argymhellion 

eisoes ar droed, ac er byddwn yn ddiamynedd gyda 

chyflymder y newid, yn enwedig yn dilyn canlyniad 

etholiad Llywodraeth Leol, mae’n rhaid i ni ei gael e’n 

iawn. 

Rhaid mai ein nod, yn strategol, yw i safleoli’r Blaid 

yn y fath fodd lle y gallwn ymgorffori’r dyfodol sydd ei 

angen ar Gymru, ac rwy’n falch o ddweud y bu nifer 

o ddatblygiadau pwysig yn hyn o beth. Mae’r Fforwm 

Polisi newydd eisoes yn cynhyrchu gwaith a fydd yn 

ffurfio rhan o’n rhaglen gadarnhaol yn y dyfodol ac rwy’n 

edrych ymlaen at glywed canlyniadau’r comisiynau polisi 

newydd hefyd. Mae ein trefniadaeth ar lawr gwlad yn 

cael ei hailwampio, ac mae ein hymdrechion i wella a 

moderneiddio ein hymgyrchu hyd yma wedi arwain at 

enillion pwysig mewn isetholiadau diweddar. 

Mae Academi’r Blaid yn cael ei ddatblygu gyda 

hyfforddiant yn cael ei drefnu i swyddogion etholaethol 

yn nes ymlaen eleni. Bydd hefyd hyfforddiant lefel uchel 

ar gyfer cyfathrebwyr allweddol y Blaid yn ystod yr 

wythnosau nesaf. 

Tra bod cyllid yn parhau i fod yn anodd, rydym wedi 

mwy na haneru dyledion a gafwyd yn ystod etholiadau 

diwethaf y Cynulliad a San Steffan, ac mae ein hincwm 

aelodaeth fisol wedi cynyddu o 16% ers yr adeg yma y 

llynedd. 

Rwy’n ddiolchgar iawn i bawb sydd wedi gweithio 

gyda staff T ŷ Gwynfor yn ystod y flwyddyn- mae eich 

cefnogaeth wedi bod yn aruthrol. 

Gobeithiaf y bydd y gynhadledd hon yn gyfraniad pwysig 

arall i ddatblygiad Plaid Cymru. 

Rhuanedd Richards 

4 

Welcome to Brecon and to Plaid Cymru’s Annual 

Conference 2012. It gives me enormous pleasure to 

have been a part of the effort to bring our conference to 

this historic market town in the foothills of the Brecon 

Beacons. I sincerely hope this will be an opportunity to 

forge a strengthened relationship between our party and 

this area of South Powys. 

A key feature of my first year as Chief Executive has been 

to examine the past in order to build for the future. Dr 

Eurfyl ap Gwilym and the team’s honest analysis in the 

Moving Forward report of why, 13 years after devolution, 

we are in opposition and not the biggest party, may have 

been sobering reading for many, but it was an important 

catalyst for motivating new thinking and accepting 

that ‘business as usual’ is not an option. The report’s 

recommendations will take time to implement and to bear 

the electoral fruit that we desire. Work on the majority 

of the recommendations is however underway, and 

whilst we shall be impatient with the speed of change, 

particularly following the Local Government election 

result, we must get it right. 

Our collective aim must be to position the party 

strategically in such a way that we can embody the future 

that Wales wants and I am delighted to say that there 

have been a number of important developments in this 

respect. The newly established Policy Forum is already 

generating work which will form a part of our positive 

programme for the future and I look forward to hearing 

the outcomes of the new policy commissions too. Our 

organisation at grass roots level is being overhauled, and 

our efforts to improve and modernise our campaigning 

have so far resulted in some important, recent byelection 

gains. 

The new Plaid Academy is being developed with 

training being planned for constituency officials later 

this year. There will also be high level training for our key 

communicators during the next few weeks. 

Whilst finances remain difficult, we have more than 

halved the debts incurred during the last Assembly and 

Westminster elections, and our monthly membership 

income has increased by 16%. 

I am very grateful to all those who have worked with the 

T ŷ Gwynfor staff throughout the year - your support has 

been tremendous. 

I hope this conference will be another important 

contribution to the progress of our party. 

Rhuanedd Richards

Adroddiad Gr ŵp Cynulliad 

Plaid Cymru 

Assembly Report 

Bu’n flwyddyn gyffrous ac arwyddocaol i’r grwp wrth i 

gyfnod Ieuan ddod i ben fel Arweinydd ac i ni groesawu 

Leanne yn ei le. Ni fu newidiadau sylweddol yng 

nghyfrifoldebau’r aelodau er mwyn sicrhau parhad a 

sefydlogrwydd. Gallwn ymfalchïo fel grwp ac fel Plaid bod 

ein gwaith yn Llywodraeth Cymru’n Un yn dwyn ffrwyth. 

Mae Comisiwn Silk yn dangos cynnydd addawol iawn a 

all weddnewid gwleidyddiaeth Cymru ac o ran y Gymraeg 

mae’r Strategaeth ar waith, a’r Comisiynydd wedi 

cyhoeddi cyfres o safonau heriol, diolch i’r Blaid. 

Ers dechrau tymor y pedwerydd Cynulliad mae’r grwp 

wedi blaenori cefnogi’r economi er mwyn gwarchod 

ein cymunedau a’n pobl ifanc rhag canlyniadau 

gwaetha’r wasgfa ariannol a’r dirwasgiad cyffredinol 

yng ngwledydd y Gorllewin. Bu’r grwp, dan arweiniad 

Ieuan ac Alun Ffred yn pwyso ar y Llywodraeth i ddod a 

rhaglen gyfalaf gynhwysfawr ymlaen i roi hyder i’r sector 

adeiladu a chreu cyfleon gwaith. Bu’r grwp hefyd yn 

annog y Llywodraeth i geisio ffyrdd amgen o godi arian er 

mwyn ychwanegu at y rhaglen gyfalaf a datblygu seilwaith 

ddiffygiol Cymru. Araf a di fflach oedd yr ymateb. Aeth 

blwyddyn heibio cyn i raglen gyfalaf ymddangos a does 

dim manylion am ymdrechion Llywodraeth Cymru i gael 

pwerau benthyg tebyg i’r rhai a gyhoeddwyd ar gyfer yr 

Alban a Gogledd Iwerddon. Slogan ddiystyr oedd addewid 

Llafur i ‘sefyll I fyny dros Gymru.’ 

Mae Elin Jones a Simon Thomas wedi herio’r Gweinidog 

Iechyd yn gyson ar raglen drawsnewid y Gwasanaeth 

Iechyd ac addewid Llafur i beidio israddio ysbytai 

cyffredinol. Profodd datganiadau diweddar y Byrddau 

Iechyd mai addewidion gwag oedd rhai’r Llywodraeth. 

Bu Llyr Huws Gruffydd ar flaen y gad yn beirniadu tro 

pedol Llafur ar raglen gwaredu’r diciau mewn da byw, a bu 

ef a Rhodri yn ymladd ar ran buddiannau’r cynhyrchwyr 

llaeth. A bu nifer o’n haelodau yn amddiffyn buddiannau 

pysgotwyr y glannau rhag cynllun y Llywodraeth i wahardd 

pysgota a gweithgareddau eraill oddi ar arfordir Cymru 

a threfnwyd lobi effeithiol gan Elin ar ran y pysgotwyr. O 

dan gadeiryddiaeth Dafydd Elis Thomas mae’r pwyllgor 

wedi cynhyrchu adroddiadau effeithiol ac arwyddocaol i 

hyrwyddo cynaliadwyedd yng Nghymru. 

Dim ond cipolwg sydd yma ar weithgarwch manwl 

a thrwyadl yr aelodau yn y Cynulliad a dim ond trwy 

gydweithio’n effeithiol gallwn brofi i bobl Cymru ein bod yn 

Blaid sy’n haeddu eu ffydd a’u cefnogaeth. 

Alun Ffred Jones - Cadeirydd 

It has proved to be an exciting and significant year as 

Ieuan’s term came to an end and Leanne took his place. 

There were no major changes in members’ responsibilities 

to ensure continuity and stability. 

As a group and as a party we should be proud that our 

work in the One Wales Government is bearing fruit. The 

Silk Commission is making encouraging progress which 

may lead to far ranging changes to Welsh politics. In terms 

of the Welsh language the Strategy is being implemented 

and the Commissioner has announced challenging 

Standards, thanks to Plaid’s efforts. 

Since the beginning of the fourth assembly the group 

has prioritised supporting the economy to protect our 

communities and young people from the ravages of 

the fiscal belt tightening and the general recession in 

the Western economies. Ieuan and Alun Ffred have 

consistently pressed the Government to bring forward 

a comprehensive capital programme to give confidence 

to the construction sector and create job and training 

opportunities. As a group we have also encouraged the 

Government to seek alternative funding mechanisms to 

supplement the capital programme and improve Wales’ 

poor infrastructure. The response has been slow and 

uninspiring. A year passed before an infrastructure plan 

was put forward and no details are forthcoming on the 

Welsh Government’s attempts to obtain borrowing powers 

similar to those in place for Scotland and Northern Ireland. 

Labour’s slogan to ‘Stand up for Wales’ was meaningless. 

Elin Jones and Simon Thomas have consistently 

challenged the Health Minister on the transformation 

programme in the health sector and Labour’s election 

promise not to downgrade District Hospitals. Recent 

announcements by the Health Boards prove how 

misleading these promises were. 

Llyr Huws Gruffydd led the charge in condemning 

Labour’s u-turn on the programme to get rid of TB in 

cattle and both he and Rhodri have been very active in 

protecting milk producers in their battle with processors. 

A number of members have been active in defending 

inshore fishermen from the Government’s proposals to set 

up Highly Protected Marine Conservation zones and Elin 

arranged an extremely effective lobby on their behalf in 

the Assembly. Under Dafydd Elis Thomas the Environment 

Committee has produced effective and significant reports 

to promote sustainability in Wales. 

This is only a snapshot of the detailed and rigorous work 

of our members in the Assembly but by working together 

effectively we can prove to the people of Wales that we 

are a party which deserves their faith and support. 

Alun Ffred Jones - Chair 

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ADRODDIAD GRWP 

SAN STEFFAN 

WESTMINSTER 

GROUP report 

Mae Plaid Cymru eto wedi dangos ei gryn ddylanwad yn 

Senedd y DG dros y flwyddyn diwethaf. 

Plaid Cymru have again punched well above their weight 

in the UK Parliament in the last year. 

• Arweiniodd ymchwiliad Elfyn Llwyd i’r gyfraith stelcian 

at Lywodraeth y DG yn cynnwys ei argymhellion yn 

y Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 a dderbyniodd 

Gydsyniad Brenhinol fis Ebrill 2012. Derbyniodd yr 

ymchwiliad ganmoliaeth helaeth a chryn sylw yn y 

wasg. 

• Roedd Araith ddiweddar y Frenhines yn cynnwys 

polisiau hirsefydlog Plaid Cymru megis cyflwyniad 

Ombwdsman Groseri a diwygio’r sector bancio. 

Bydd ASau Plaid Cymru yn brwydro i sicrhau fod y 

Mesurau hyn yn darparu tryloywder a phwerau digonol i 

reolyddion fedru cwblhau eu tasgau. 

• Mae beirniadaeth Plaid Cymru o bolisi economaidd y 

DG a weithredir gan Lafur a’r Toriaid wedi profi’n gywir 

fel y dengys ystadegau swyddogol sy’n nodi fod y DG 

bellach mewn dirwasgiad dwbwl. 

• Galwodd Plaid Cymru am Barnett consequential o 

£1.9bn i Gymru ar y buddsoddiad £33bn ar gyfer 

rheilffordd HS2 yn Lloegr. 

• Mae Dafydd Wigley wedi siarad yn rheolaidd am y 

problemau gyda’r Deddf Diwygio Lles, gan gynnwys yr 

effaith ar yr anabl a newidiadau i reolau tai, a siaradodd 

yn nadl hollbwysig ble y trechwyd y Con-Dems mewn 

tair pleidlais 

• Cyflwynodd Hywel Williams y ddadl ar y cyd rhwng 

Plaid Cymru a’r SNP ar bensiynau’r sector gyhoeddus, 

yn dilyn cefnogaeth gadarn y blaid i’r streic N30 

• Agorodd 2012 yn San Steffan gyda dadl dan arweiniad 

Plaid Cymru yn erbyn cynlluniau’r llywodraeth i 

gyflwyno tal rhanbarthol yn y sector gyhoeddus. 

• Mae’r Blaid wedi parhau i wneud y ddadl dros 

ddatganoli pwerau pellach i Gymru trwy’r Comisiwn Silk 

yn bennaf. 

• Cynhaliodd Jonathan Edwards ddadl ar ddatganoli 

pwerau ynni i Gymru, a phleidleisodd Llafur yn erbyn 

Yn y sesiwn nesaf, bydd Plaid Cymru yn parhau i geisio 

dadleuon pellach ar faterion Cymreig yn Senedd y DG, a 

pharhau i gynyrchioli diddordebau Cymreig yna. 

• Elfyn Llwyd’s inquiry into stalking led to the UK 

government including his recommendations in the 

Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 which received 

Royal Assent in April 2012. The inquiry was widely 

praised and received significant press coverage. 

• The recent Queen’s Speech included long standing 

Plaid Cymru policies including the introduction of a 

Groceries Ombudsman and reform of the banking 

sector. Plaid MPs will fight to ensure that these 

policies are not watered down. 

• Plaid’s criticism of the UK’s austerity economic policy 

carried out by the Conservatives and Labour has 

been proved correct by official statistics showing that 

the UK had entered a ‘double dip’ recession. 

• Plaid Cymru have called for a Barnett consequential 

on the £33bn investment on High Speed 2 rail in 

England, worth £1.9bn to Wales. 

• Dafydd Wigley has spoken out frequently about the 

problems with the Welfare Reform Bill, including the 

impact upon disabled people and changes in housing 

rules, and spoke in crucial debates where the Con- 

Dems were defeated in three votes. 

• Hywel Williams led the joint Plaid Cymru/SNP debate 

on public sector pensions, following the party’s 

strong support for the N30 strike. 

• Plaid Cymru opened 2012 by hosting a debate 

against Con-Dem government proposals on regional 

pay. 

• Plaid Cymru have continued to make the argument 

for devolving powers to Wales, particularly through 

the Silk Commission. 

• Jonathan Edwards hosted a debate on devolving 

energy powers to Wales, where Labour voted against. 

In the coming session, Plaid Cymru will seek further 

debates on Welsh affairs in the UK Parliament and will 

continue to stand up for Welsh interests 

Elfyn Llwyd AS 

Elfyn Llwyd MP 

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ADRODDIAD Y 

TRYSORYDD 

TREASURER’s 

report 

Mae’n bleser gen i adrodd fod Datganiadau Ariannol 

Blynyddol Plaid Cymru ar gyfer y flwyddyn 2011 wedi 

eu cyflwyno i’r Comisiwn Etholiadol a gellir eu darllen ar 

wefan y Comisiwn: www.electoralcommission.org.uk. 

Tra bod sail asedau’r Blaid yn dal yn weddol gryf, dengys 

y cyfrifon hyn rai o’r heriau ariannol mawr sy’n wynebu 

Plaid Cymru. 

Yn y tymor byr, rhaid i gyfrifon y Blaid ddychwelyd i 

fod yn wastad er mwyn adeiladu “cist ymgyrch” cyn 

Etholiadau Cynulliad Cenedlaethol 2016. Mae angen 

buddsoddi o’r newydd yn ein sustemau ymgyrchu 

a chyfathrebu gan gymryd mantais lawn o botensial 

technoleg newydd - ond mae angen adnoddau er mwyn 

gwneud hynny. 

Rhaid i ni hefyd ystyried strwythur ariannol y Blaid ar 

lefel leol. Rhaid i ni fod mewn sefyllfa i ddeall pam fod 

Etholaethau gydag aelodaeth debyg mor wahanol eu 

perfformiad ariannol. Mae rhai yn cyfrannu’n hael at y 

blaid yn genedlaethol ac yn gallu ymgyrchu’n effeithiol 

trwy gydol y flwyddyn. Nid oes gan eraill, mewn meysydd 

lle’r ydym yn etholiadol gryf, y gallu ariannol i ymladd 

ymgyrchoedd etholiadol effeithiol. Rwy’n awyddus iawn 

i dderbyn ymateb gan etholaethau a changhennau ar sut 

mae’r drefn newydd o drosglwyddo arian i etholaethau yn 

hytrach na changhennau yn gweithio. 

Mae’n dda gennyf ddweud fod y penderfyniadau ariannol 

anodd a gymerwyd yn ail hanner 2011 wedi dechrau 

dwyn ffrwyth. Rwy’n hynod ddiolchgar i Geraint Day am 

ei gyfraniad wth lywio’r broses anodd hynny, ac mae’r 

penderfyniadau a wnaed, wedi gosod sail i’r disgyblaeth 

newydd sydd i’w gweld yn ngweithrediadau’r Swyddfa 

Genedlaethol ers penodi Rhuanedd Richards. Mae 

disgyblaeth ariannol yn her i ni gyd - yn enwedig i’r sawl 

ohonom sy’n ymladd etholiadau; ond rwy’n siwr y bydd 

y cyfeillion sy’n ymladd yr etholiadau Ewropeaidd a San 

Steffan nesaf yn deall fod yn rhaid i etholiadau 2016 fod 

yn flaenoriaeth. 

Yr wyf yn arbennig o ddyledus i aelodau Pwyllgor Cyllid 

ac Adnoddau’r Blaid, sydd yn parhau i chwarae rhan 

lawn a gweithgar yn rheoli cyllid y Blaid o fis i fis. Carwn 

nodi fy niolchgarwch i aelodau’r Pwyllgor: Richard Grigg, 

Janet Davies, Glyn Erasmus, Peter Fenner, Chris Franks, 

Mererid Jones ac Ian Titherington. 

I am pleased to report that Plaid Cymru’s Annual 

Financial Statements for the year 2011 have been 

presented to the Electoral Commission which can be 

viewed on the Commission’s website: 

www.electoralcommission.org.uk. 

While the Party retains a relatively strong asset base, 

these accounts demonstrate some of the major financial 

challenges facing Plaid Cymru. 

In the short term, the Party’s accounts must return to 

balance so that an appropriate “campaign chest” can 

be rebuilt in advance of the 2016 National Assembly 

Elections. We need new investment in our campaigning 

and communication systems, taking full advantage of the 

potential of new technology- but we need resources to 

do so. 

We must also consider the financial structure of the Party 

at a local level. We must be in a position to understand 

why Constituencies with similar memberships have such 

widely varying financial performance. Others, in areas 

of electoral strength, do not have the financial capacity 

to fight effective election campaigns. I am very keen 

to receive feedback from constituencies and branches 

on how the new system of transferring money to 

constituencies rather than branches works. 

I am pleased to say that the difficult financial decisions 

made in the second half of 2011 have started to 

take effect. I am extremely grateful for Geraint Day’s 

contribution in shaping the difficult process, and the 

decisions made, have provided a basis for the new 

discipline that can be seen in the National Office’s work 

since the appointment of Rhuanedd Richards. Financial 

discipline is a challenge for us all- especially for those 

of us that fight elections; however I’m sure our friends 

fighting the next European and Westminster elections 

understand that the 2016 elections must be a priority. 

I am especially grateful to members of the Finance and 

Resources Committee, which continues to play a full 

and active part in managing the finances of the Party 

from month to month. I wish to note my gratitude to the 

members of the Committee: Richard Grigg, Janet Davies, 

Glyn Erasmus, Peter Fenner, Chris Franks, Mererid Jones 

and Ian Titherington. 

Dafydd Trystan Davies 

Trysorydd Cenedlaethol 

Dafydd Trystan Davies 

National Treasurer 

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Cofnodion 

Cynhadledd Flynyddol 2011 

Minutes 

2011 Annual Conference 

• Datganoli Strwythur y Blaid – cytunwyd i drafod ym 

mhellach fel rhan o’r broses adnewyddu 

• Yr Enw Plaid Cymru - cytunwyd i drafod ym mhellach 

fel rhan o’r broses adnewyddu 

• Yr Economi – pasiwyd gyda gwelliant 1 a pharagraph 

olaf gwelliant 2 

• Nwy Siâl - pasiwyd 

• Yr Hawl i Sefyll - cytunwyd i drafod ym mhellach fel 

rhan o’r broses adnewyddu 

• Darlledu yng Nghymru – pasiwyd heb welliant 

• Cyllido Cymru – pasiwyd 

• Trin Gwastraff a Llosgi Gwastraff – gadawyd ar y 

bwrdd i’w drafod ym mhellach 

• Arian Polisi Cydlyniant Ewropeaidd – pasiwyd 

• Gofal Cymdeithasol – pasiwyd heb welliant 

• Cynllun Cymhorthdal Cyfrif Refeniw Tai – pasiwyd 

• Cyllido Ôl-Raddedigion – pasiwyd 

• Libia – pasiwyd 

• Tai Fforddiadwy – pasiwyd heb welliant 1 ond 

cytunwyd ar arall-eiriad fer 

• Swdan a De Swdan – pasiwyd 

• Tuag at Fwy o Ryddid Gwybodaeth, Tryloywder ac 

Atebolrwydd – pasiwyd 

• Cydnabyddiaeth o Wladwriaeth Palesteina yn y 

Cenhedloedd Unedig (Cynnig Brys 1) – pasiwyd 

• Cydraddoldeb Mewn Priodas a Phartneriaeth Sifil – 

pasiwyd 

• Rheolau ar gyfer Ethol Swyddogion Cenedlaethol - 

pasiwyd 

• Defnydd yr Iaith Gymraeg – pasiwyd 

• Clymblaid – pasiwyd gyda’r gwelliant 

• Tâl Aelodaeth – tynnwyd yn ôl 

• Canlyniadau’r Etholiad – pasiwyd gyda’r gwelliant 

• Stelcian – pasiwyd 

• Ynni Niwclear ac Ynni Adnewyddadwy – pasiwyd gyda 

gwelliannau 1,2,3 a 4 

• Tai, Cynllunio Lleol a Llywodraeth Cymru – pasiwyd 

• Diwygio Dedfrydu – tynnwyd yn ôl 

• Polisi Amaethyddol Cyffredin – pasiwyd 

• Annibyniaeth i Gymru yn Ewrop – pasiwyd 

• Y Sefyllfa Economaid (Cynnig Brys 2) – pasiwyd 

• Remploy (Cynnig Brys 3) – pasiwyd 

• Gofalwyr – pasiwyd 

• Comisiynwyr Heddlu Etholedig (Cynnig Brys 4) - 

pasiwyd 

• Diogelwch Bwyd – pasiwyd 

• Cefnogi Myfyrwyr Cymreig – pasiwyd gyda gwelliant 

1 a 2 

• Devolving the Party Structure (Internal) – agreed to 

consider further as part of the renewal process 

• The Name Plaid Cymru (Internal) - agreed to consider 

further as part of the renewal process 

• The Economy – passed with amendment 1 and the 

final paragraph of amendment 2 

• Shale Gas – passed 

• The Right to Stand – agreed to consider further as part 

of the renewal process 

• Broadcasting in Wales – passed without amendment 

• Funding Wales – passed 

• Waste Treatment and Waste Incineration – left on the 

table to consider further 

• European Cohesion Funding – passed 

• Social Care – passed without amendment 

• Housing Revenue Account Subsidy Scheme – passed 

• Postgraduate Funding – passed 

• Libya – passed 

• Affordable Housing – passed without amendment 1 

but a slight re-wording was agreed 

• Sudan and South Sudan – passed 

• Towards Greater Freedom of Information, 

Transparency and Accountability 

• Recognition of the State of Palestine at the United 

Nations (Emergency Motion 1) – passed 

• Equality in Marriage and Civil Partnership – passed 

• Rules for the Election of National Officers - passed 

• Use of the Welsh Language – passed 

• Coalition – passed with amendment 

• Membership Fee – motion withdrawn 

• Election Results – passed with amendment 

• Stalking – passed 

• Ynni Niwclear ac Ynni Adnewyddadwy – passed with 

amendments 1,2,3 and 4 

• Housing, LDPs and the Welsh Government – passed 

• Sentencing Reform – motion withdrawn 

• Common Agricultural Policy – passed 

• Independence for Wales in Europe – passed 

• The Economic Situation (Emergency Motion 2) - 

passed 

• Remploy (Emergency Motion 3) – passed 

• Carers – passed 

• Elected Police Commissioner (Emergency Motion 4) – 

passed 

• Food Security – passed 

• Supporting Welsh Students – passed with 

amendments 1 and 2 

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AMSERLEN Y GYNHADLEDD 

CONFERENCE TIMETABLE 

DYDD GWENER 

FRIDAY 

09:25 Cofnodion Cynhadledd 2011 

Croeso – Simon Thomas AC 

09:30 

Canolbarth a Gorllewin Cymru’ 

09:40 Cynigion (Sesiwn 1) 

Cymwysterau 

Yr Economi Hydrogen 

Comisiwn Gwariant Cyhoeddus 

Sesiwn Trafod 1 

10:30 

Diweithdra ymhlith yr Ifanc. 

11:15 Siaradwr Gwadd SNP 


Effeithlonrwydd Ynni Mewn Tai 

Cronfeydd Strwythurol 

Safonau Addysg 

09:25 Minutes of 2011 Conference 

Welcome – Simon Thomas AM 

09:30 

Mid and West Wales 

09:40 Motions (Session 1) 

Qualifications 

The Hydrogen Economy 

Public Expenditure Commission 

Discussion Session 1 

10:30 

Youth unemployment 

11:15 SNP Guest Speaker 


Energy Efficiency in Housing 

Structural Funds 

Educational Standards 

12:15 Cinio a Chyfarfodydd Ymylol 

12:15 Lunch and Fringe Meetings 


Isadeiledd Trafnidiaeth Gymreig 

Ail Gartrefi a Thai Newydd 

Budd Daliadau Treth Cyngor 

Sesiwn Trafod 2 

13:50 Cymdogaeth Gref, Dyfodol Cynaliadwy: Yr Her i 

Gymunedau Cymru. Noddir gan Oxfam Cymru. 

Leanne Wood AC, Arweinydd Plaid Cymru - 

14:30 

Araith 


Diweithdra Ieuenctid 

Dyfodol Afghanistan 

Cynnig Brys 1 

15:45 Luke Nicholas, De Caerdydd a Phenarth – Araith 

16:00 Adroddiadau ac Etholiadau Mewnol (aelodau’n unig) 

16:30 Cyfarfodydd Ymylol 


Welsh Transport Infrastructure 

Second Homes and New Housing 

Council Tax Benefits 

Discussion Session 2 

Strong Neighbourhood, Sustainable Future: The 

13:50 

Challenge for Welsh Communities. Sponsored by 

Oxfam Cymru. 

Leanne Wood AM, Plaid Cymru Leader - 

14:30 

Speech 


Youth Unemployment 

The Future of Afghanistan 

Emergency Motion 1 

15:45 Luke Nicholas, Cardiff South and Penarth – Speech 

16:00 Internal Reports and Elections (members only) 

16:30 Fringe Meetings 

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DYDD SADWRN 

SATURDAY 


Comisiynydd Elusennau i Gymru 

Dyfodol Prifysgol Cymru 

Datganoli Darlledu 

Ynni Adnewyddadwy Cymunedol 

Cefnogaeth i Fyfyrwyr Addysg Uwch 

10:30 Yn cyflwyno...Y Lleisiau Newydd 

(Cynghorwyr Newydd Plaid Cymru) 


Argyfwng Parth yr Ewro 

Datblygu’r Economi 

Cyfranogaeth Wleidyddol Pobl Ifanc 

Cynnig Brys 2 

11:30 Sesiwn Trafod 3 

Dyfodol Addysg Uwch yng Nghymru 


Charity Commissioner for Wales 

The Future of the University of Wales 

Devolution of Broadcasting 

Community Renewable Energy 

Higher Education Student Support 

10:30 Introducing...The New Voices 

(New Plaid Cymru Councillors) 


The Eurozone Crisis 

Developing the Economy 

Young People’s Political Participation 


11:30 Discussion Session 3 

The Future of Higher Education in Wales 



13:30 Elfyn Llwyd AS, Arweinydd San Steffan – 

Araith 


Comisiwn Economaidd: Datgloi P ŵer Prynnu 

Cymru. Noddir gan Ffederasiwn Meistr 

Adeiladwyr 


Ail-drefnu Sefydliadau Addysg Uwch 

Amddiffyn Ysbytai Cyffredinol Dosbarth 

Gweithlu’r Gwasanaeth Iechyd Gwladol 

Cynnig Brys 3 


Mae Undeb newydd yn bosib. Noddir gan Positif 

16:00 Gwobr Cyfraniad Arbennig 

16:15 Jill Evans ASE, Llywydd Plaid Cymru – 

Araith Gloi 


13:30 Elfyn Llwyd MP, Westminster Leader – 

Speech 


Economy Commission: Unlocking Welsh 

Purchase Power. Sponsored by Federation of 

Master Builders 


Reforming Higher Education Institutions 

Protection of District General Hospitals 

Workforce in the NHS 



A new Union is possible. Sponsored by Positif 

16:00 Outstanding Contribution Award 

16:15 Jill Evans MEP, Plaid Cymru President – 

Closing Speech 


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DYDD GWENER 

09:25 Cofnodion Cynhadledd Flynyddol 2011 

09:30 Croeso - Simon Thomas AC Canolbarth a Gorllewin Cymru 


Cymwysterau 

(Gr ŵp y Cynulliad Cenedlaethol) 

1. Cred y Gynhadledd taw amcan system cymwysterau Cymru ddylai fod i fesuro sgiliau sylfaenol a gallu disgyblion i 

gymhwyso gwybodaeth. 

2. Croesawa’r Gynhadledd arolygiad Llywodraeth Cymru o gymwysterau. 

Geilw’r Gynhadledd ar Lywodraeth Cymru: 

1. I ddefnyddio’r broses hwn i safoni arholiadau a’r system gymwysterau yng Nghymru i sicrhau ei fod yn fesuriad dilys 

o gyrhaeddiad disgyblion mewn sgiliau sylfaenol. 

2. I ailystyried y ffordd y mae’r farchnad gymwysterau yn cael ei rheoli. 

Yr Economi Hydrogen 

(Etholaeth Aberafan) 

Penderfyna’r Gynhadledd i greu’r economi hydrogen yng Nghymru ar frys, a defnyddio nwyon t ŷ gwydr eraill megis 

methan, o amrywiaeth o ffynonellau e.e. nwy Tirlenwi ayyb, i ddefnyddio p ŵer y Gell Tanwydd (dyfeisiwyd gan Gymro o 

Abertawe, tua 200 mlynedd yn ôl) Syr William Robert Groves QC. 

Argymhella’r Gynhadledd bod holl cynhyrchiant adnewyddadwy sbâr a’u crëir gan wynt, môr, hydro, treulwyr anaerobig 

neu bio-adweithwyr tirlenwi (safleoedd), yn ogystal â chynnyrch llwyth o danwydd ffosil a niwclear i’w storio yn 

ddefnyddiol (mewn tanciau storio hydrogen) ar gyfer defnydd pan fo angen. 

Argymhella’r gynhadledd y defnydd o gelloedd tanwydd wedi eu tanio gan Hydrogen neu fethan ar gyfer cerbydau fflyd 

cyhoeddus. Hefyd, anoga’r gynhadledd i greu rhwydwaith dosbarthu tanwydd ar draws Cymru, yn ôl gweledigaeth 

astudiaeth Prifysgol Morgannwg. 

Croesawa’r Gynhadledd buddsoddiad seilwaith Tata sydd yn cipio Hydrogen o’r broses creu dur ac sydd yn annog 

gwerthiant y nwyon dros ben i gerbydau cyhoeddus, neu i helpu gyda gostwng costau ynni o greu dur. 

Cred a chefnoga’r Gynhadledd symudiad sylweddol tuag at gynhyrchu hydrogen i fwydo trafnidiaeth gerbydol, ac i 

gymryd Cymru allan o’r ddibyniaeth ar OLEW fel cyfrwng tanwydd trafnidiaeth a chynhesu. 

Gwelliant 1 Gr ŵp y Cynulliad Cenedlaethol 

Dileu’r ail baragraff yn y cynnig. 

Cyfnewid y paragraff olaf gyda: 

Cred a chefnoga’r Gynhadledd symudiad sylweddol tuag at gynhyrchu hydrogen i fwydo cerbydau trwm megis loriau a 

defnydd trydan i fwydo cerbydau ysgafnach megis ceir ac felly cymryd Cymru allan o’r ddibyniaeth ar OLEW fel cyfrwng 

trafnidiaeth neu gynhesu. 

Comisiwn Gwariant Cyhoeddus 

(Cangen Wrecsam) 

Noda’r gynhadledd nad oes corff annibynnol yn bodoli i ddyfarnu pan fydd anghytundeb ar sut mae rhannu gwariant 

rhwng y pedwar gwlad ym Mhrydain yn ôl fformiwla Barnett yn digwydd. Fe geir trafodaethau ond, yn y diwedd, y 

Trysorlys yn Llundain sydd â’r gair olaf. Yn aml, ni cheir penderfyniad teg i bawb yngl ŷn â pha wariant a ystyrir yn 

‘wariant DG’. Mae gwariant ar y Gemau Olympaidd yn enghraifft amlwg. 

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FRIDAY 

09:25 Minutes of 2011 Annual Conference 

09:30 Welcome - Simon Thomas AM Mid and West Wales 


Qualifications 

(National Assembly Group) 

1. Conference believes that the aim of the qualifications system in Wales should be to measure the basic skills and 

ability of pupils to qualify information. 

2. Conference welcomes the Welsh Government’s qualifications review. 

Conference calls on the Welsh Government: 

1. To use this process to standardise examinations and the qualification system in Wales to ensure that they genuinely 

measure levels of attainment in basic skills. 

2. To reconsider the way in which the qualifications market is managed. 

The Hydrogen Economy 

(Aberafan Constituency) 

Conference resolves to create the Hydrogen economy in Wales with all haste, and the utilization of other green house 

gases like methane, from a variety of sources e.g. Landfill gas, etc, to utilize the power of the Fuel Cell invented by Sir 

William Robert Groves QC from Swansea, some 200 years ago. 

Conference recommends that all renewable spare capacity created by wind, sea, solar, hydro, and anaerobic digesters 

or landfill bio-reactors (sites), as well as base load production from fossil and nuclear fuels to be usefully stored, (through 

hydrogen storage tanks) for use when needed. 

Conference recommends the use of Hydrogen and or methane powered fuel cells in municipal fleet vehicles. Also, 

Conference encourages the creation of a distribution fuel network throughout Wales, as envisaged by the University of 

Glamorgan study. 

Conference welcomes the Tata infrastructure investment that captures Hydrogen from the steel making process and 

encourages the surplus sale of these gasses to municipal vehicles, or to assist with the reduction of internal energy 

costs of steel making. 

Conference believes and supports a massive shift to hydrogen production to feed vehicular transport, and take Wales 

out of the dependence on OIL as a transport or heating fuel medium. 

Amendment 1 (National Assembly Group) 

Delete the second paragraph in the motion. 

Replace the final paragraph with: 

“Conference believes and supports a massive shift to hydrogen production to fuel heavy vehicles such as lorries and 

the use of electricity to fuel lighter vehicles such as cars and take Wales out of the dependence on OIL as a transport or 

heating fuel medium”. 

Public Expenditure Commission 

(Wrexham Branch) 

Conference notes that there is no independent body that can make judgements on sharing expenditure between the 

four countries in Britain according to the Barnett Formula when disputes arise. Discussions take place, but, in the end, 

the Treasury in London has the final say. Often, decisions are made which are not fair to all parties regarding expenditure 

which is considered ‘U.K. spend’. Expenditure on the Olympic Games is an obvious example. 

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Cred y Gynhadledd y dylid sefydlu corff annibynnol, dros dro, a all ddyfarnu yn y gwaith o rannu gwariant yn deg pan 

fydd anghytundeb. Mae Comisiwn Grantiau Cymanwlad Awstralia yn enghraifft o’r math hwn o gorff cyhoeddus. 

10:30 Sesiwn Trafod 1 - Diweithdra ymhlith yr Ifanc 

11:15 Siaradwr Gwadd SNP 


Effeithlonrwydd Ynni Mewn Tai 


Noda’r Gynhadledd: 

1. Canfyddiad Cyfeillion y Ddaear bod er mwyn cyrraedd y targed o dorri allyriadau Cymru o 40% erbyn 2020, mae 

angen ail wampio 400,000 o dai, neu draean o’r stoc sy’n bodoli, yn y ddeg mlynedd nesaf i lefel sy’n torri eu 

hallyriadau carbon o dros 60%. 

2. Adroddiad Blynyddol Rhaglen Lywodraethu Llywodraeth Cymru sy’n amcan y bydd 1500 o dai yn elwa o’r ail ran o’i 

gynllun arbed ynni, Arbed. 

Geilw’r Gynhadledd ar Lywodraeth Cymru i ehangu ei gynlluniau i arbed ynni mewn tai er mwyn torri allyriadau, creu 

swyddi a dod i’r afael a thlodi tanwydd. 

Gwelliant 1 (Cangen Merthyr a Rhymni) 

Mewnosod y canlynol wedi’r paragraff olaf: 

Geilw’r Gynhadledd ymhellach ar Lywodraeth Cymru i gychwyn Rhaglen Genedlaethol i osod paneli haul, ffurfiau eraill o 

ynni adnewyddadwy megis tyrbeini gwynt micro, insiwleiddio waliau dwbl ac atig/to digonol ym mhob t ŷ a safle busnes 

(adeiladau cyfredol a newydd) yng Nghymru. 

Geilw’r Gynhadledd hefyd am fuddsoddiad i sicrhau bod pob golau stryd efo panel haul ar eu pen er mwyn dal pelydrau 

uchel fioled yn ystod golau dydd a’u defnyddio gyda’r nos er mwyn troi’r goleuadau ymlaen. 

Cronfeydd Strwythurol 

(Gr ŵp Seneddol Ewropeaidd) 


1. Mae’r cylch gwariant presennol o raglen Cronfeydd Strwythurol yn dod i ben yn 2013. Bydd y cylch nesaf yn 

cychwyn yn 2014 a diweddu yn 2020. 

2. Mae ffigyrau CMC diweddaraf yn awgrymu bydd Gorllewin Cymru a’r Cymoedd yn gymwys i rownd arall o 

Gydgyfeirio cyllideb (70.1% o gyfartaledd UE). 

3. Bydd Dwyrain Cymru fwy na thebyg yn gymwys i gyllideb dan Gystadleurwydd Rhanbarthol ac amcan Cyflogaeth 

(102.7% o UE27 CMC) 

Gofidia’r Gynhadledd: 

1. Hyd yn oed ar ôl 2 rownd o Gronfeydd Strwythurol, mae Cymru yn gymharol fwy tlawd na gweddill Ewrop. 

Noda’r Gynhadledd ymhellach: 

1. Bod Comisiwn Ewropeaidd eisiau pob buddsoddiad Cronfa Strwythurol y dyfodol i ganolbwyntio ar dargedau Ewrop 

2020: ‘Mwy o swyddi a bywyd gwell- drwy dwf economaidd Clyfar, Cynaliadwy a Chynhwysol’. Mae’r targedau hyn 

yn cynnwys: 

• 75% o boblogaeth yr UE oedran 20-64 mewn cyflogaeth 

• Cyrraedd targedau Ewrop 2020 ar newid yn yr hinsawdd/ynni 

• 20 miliwn yn llai o bobl i fod mewn risg o dlodi 

2. Bod cynnig y Comisiwn Ewropeaidd yn cynnwys cyflwyniad ‘Cytundebau Partneriaeth’. Bydd y “Cytundebau 

Partneriaeth” yn gosod anghenion datblygiad penodol yr Aelod Wladwriaeth a faint o’r gyllideb fydd yn cael ei 

ddefnyddio i dargedu’r rhain. 

3. Cyflwyniad i reolau macro-economaidd. Mae hyn i sicrhau nad yw Aelod Wladwriaeth yn cael “diffygion gormodol”. 

Lle mae Aelod Wladwriaeth yn methu cyrraedd targedau macro economaidd a gytunwyd bydd gan y Comisiwn 

Ewropeaidd y p ŵer i ddiwygio Cytundeb Partneriaeth Aelod Wladwriaeth neu i atal neu hyd yn oed ganslo cyllideb. 

4. Mae’r cynigion newydd yn nodi neilltuo 5% o’r dyraniadau Cronfeydd Strwythurol i gefnogi camau gweithredu 

integredig ar gyfer datblygiadau trefol cynaliadwy. Mae’r Comisiwn Ewropeaidd wedi nodi mai mater i Aelod 

Wladwriaeth benderfynu beth yw “trefol”. 

5. Mae’r cynigion newydd yn pwysleisio pan mae’r gyllideb yn cael ei wasgaru’n eang, mae arian yn cael ei wastraffu. 

Felly bydd angen i’r gyllideb gael ei ganolbwyntio ar fentrau blaenllaw a phrosiectau mwy. 

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Conference believes an independent body should be established, on a temporary basis, which can make judgements 

about fair distribution when disagreements arise regarding expenditure. The Australian Commonwealth Grants 

Commission is an example of this kind of public body. 

10:30 Discussion Session 1 - Youth unemployment 

11:15 SNP Guest Speaker 


Energy Efficiency in Housing 


Conference Notes: 

1. Friends of the Earth’s finding that in order to meet the target of cutting Wales’ emissions by 40% by 2020, 400,000 

houses, or a third of the current stock, must be refurbished in the next ten years to a level that cuts their carbon 

emissions by over 60%. 

2. The Welsh Government’s Programme for Government Annual Report which forecasts that approximately 1500 homes 

are expected to benefit from the second stage of its energy efficiency scheme, Arbed. 

Conference calls upon the Welsh Government to upscale its home energy efficiency schemes in order to cut emissions, 

create jobs and combat fuel poverty. 

Amendment 1 (Merthyr and Rhymney Branch) 

Insert after the last paragraph the following: 

Conference further calls upon the Welsh Government to initiate a National Programme of installing solar panels, other 

renewable forms of energy such as micro wind turbines, sufficient wall cavity and loft/roof insulation in every house and 

business premises (existing and new-build properties) in Wales. 

Conference also calls for investment in every street lamp having solar panels on top to capture the ultraviolet rays in 

daylight and activating them during the night to turn on the lights 

StruCTural Funds 

(European Parliamentary Group) 

Conference notes: 

1. The current cycle of Structural Funds programmes will come to an end in 2013. The new cycle will begin in 2014 and 

will end in 2020. 

2. Latest GDP figures suggest that West Wales and the Valleys will be eligible for another round of Convergence funding 

(70.1% of EU average). 

3. East Wales will probably qualify for funding under the Regional Competitiveness and Employment objective (102.7% 

of EU27 GDP). 

Conference regrets: 

1. That even after 2 two rounds of Structural Funds, Wales is relatively poor compared to the rest of Europe. 

Conference further notes: 

1. That the European Commission wants all future Structural Fund investments to be focused on the Europe 2020 goals: 

‘More Jobs and Better Lives – through Smart, Sustainable and Inclusive economic growth’. These goals include: 

• 75% of the EU population aged 20-64 in employment 

• Europe 2020 targets on climate change/energy to be met 

• 20 million fewer people to be at risk of poverty 

2. That the European Commission’s proposals include the introduction of ‘Partnership Agreements’. These Partnership 

Agreements will set out the Member State’s specific development needs and how each of the funds will be used to 

address these. 

3. The introduction of macro-economic conditionalities. This is to ensure that Member States don’t run up “excessive 

deficits”. Where Member States fail to meet agreed macroeconomic targets the European Commission will have the 

power to amend Member States’ Partnership Contract or to suspend and even cancel funds. 

4. The new proposals specify a ring-fencing of 5% of structural fund allocations to support integrated actions for 

sustainable urban development. The European Commission has stated that it is up to Member States to qualify what 

constitutes “urban”. 

5. The new proposals emphasise that when funds are widely dispersed, money ends up being wasted. So funds will 

need to be focused more on flagship initiatives and bigger projects. 

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Cydnabyddir y Gynhadledd: 

1. Bod Pwyllgor Mentrau a Busnesau Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru wedi galw am “bennod benodol i Gymru” o fewn 

Contract Partneriaeth y DG. 

Geilw’r Gynhadledd: 

1. Am ymchwiliad annibynnol er mwyn mynd i’r afael â methiant ailadroddus gyda biliynau o bunnoedd o gyllideb 

Ewropeaidd. 

2. I Lywodraeth Cymru ymwneud yn llawn gyda sefydlu Cytundebau Partneriaeth er mwyn sicrhau nad yw Llywodraeth 

y DG yn gosod blaenoriaethau gwariant Cymru ar gyfer y cyfnod nesaf. 

3. I Lywodraeth Cymru ddefnyddio’r arian i adfywio cymunedau a chefnogi mentrau. Dylid gosod y ffocws ar 

ddatblygiad gwyrdd a buddsoddiad er mwyn creu swyddi i droi ein heconomi o amgylch. 

4. Am gael gwared â rheolau macro-economaidd a allai beryglu cyllid Cymru. 

Safonau Addysg 


Mae’r Gynhadledd: 

1. Yn mynegi pryder yngl ŷn â chanfyddiad Estyn bod llai na 40% o ddisgyblion sy’n gymwys i gael prydau ysgol am 

ddim yn llwyddo i gael 5 neu mwy o TGAU o’r graddau A* i C i gymharu hefo tua 70% o ddisgyblion sydd ddim yn 

gymwys i gael prydau ysgol am ddim. 

2. Yn nodi cyflwyniad Llywodraeth Cymru o’r system fandio ar gyfer ysgolion uwchradd yng Nghymru a’i fwriad i 

gyflwyno system fandio mewn ysgolion cynradd yng Nghymru. 

3. Yn credu nad yw bandio’n rhoi darlun cyflawn o berfformiad ysgol a dylid cyfyngu ei ddefnydd i sicrhau bod unrhyw 

ysgol yn cael y cymorth angenrheidiol sydd ei angen arni i wella’r meysydd hynny a gaiff eu mesur gan y system 

fandio. 

4. Yn galw ar Lywodraeth Cymru i ddefnyddio ysgolion fel asedau i’r gymuned i redeg dosbarthiadau dysgu trwy gydol 

oes er mwyn gwella sgiliau’r gymuned. 



Isadeiledd Trafnidiaeth Gymreig 

(Gr ŵp y Cynulliad Cenedlaethol / Gr ŵp San Steffan) 


1. Na fydd unrhyw gledrau rheilffordd dan berchnogaeth gyhoeddus yng Nghymru yn cael eu trydaneiddio cyn 2017. 

2. Bod y brif reilffordd rhwng Llundain a Glasgow wedi ei thrydaneiddio ym 1974. 

3. Bod 40% o reilffyrdd Prydain wedi eu trydaneiddio. 

4. Bod Cymru, er gwaethaf penderfyniadau ar drydaneiddio trac ar Brif Lein Great Western a Lein y Cymoedd, ymhell y 

tu ôl i nifer o wledydd Ewrop a gweddill y DG yn nhermau trydaneiddio. 

5. Bod Llywodraeth y DG yn bwriadu gwario mwy na £30bn ar High Speed 2 (HS2) a chysylltu Llundain gyda 

Birmingham, Manceinion a Leeds gydag effaith gadarnhaol fach iawn ar Gymru a’r posibilrwydd o ganlyniadau 

negyddol difrifol i’r economi Gymreig mewn rhai ardaloedd. 

6. Bod cynseiliau wedi ei sefydlu drwy’r Gemau Olympaidd a Crossrail, lle mae prosiectau gwariant sydd heb eu 

datganoli yn cynhyrchu arian canlyniadol i Gymru yn dilyn trafodaethau rhwng Llywodraethau Cymru a’r DG. 

7. Y byddai arian canlyniadol Barnett HS2 i Gymru yn £1.9bn. 

Ail-gadarnha’r Gynhadledd: 

1. Bod rhwydwaith trafnidiaeth fodern yn angenrheidiol i hyfywedd economaidd a chymdeithasol Cymru. 

2. Y dylai polisi trafnidiaeth Gymreig gael ei bennu gan Lywodraeth Cymru. 


1. Ar Lywodraeth y DG i gydnabod fod HS2 yn gynllun ddylai greu arian canlyniadol Barnett i Gymru. 

2. Ar Lywodraeth Cymru i ddadlau’r achos yn llawn gyda Llywodraeth DG dros sicrhau ein cyfran deg o fuddsoddiad 

mewn rheilffyrdd yng Nghymru o ganlyniad i’r ffaith bod Cymru gydag anfantais economaidd o ganlyniad i 

ddatblygiad HS2 yn Lloegr. 

3. Ar Lywodraeth Cymru i ddefnyddio’r arian hwn yn ddoeth i fuddsoddi mewn isadeiledd trafnidiaeth Gymreig i 

ddatblygu rhwydweithiau trafnidiaeth gyhoeddus o safon ledled Cymru i wella ein cysylltiadau cymdeithasol a’n 

heconomi, gyda’r buddsoddiad isadeiledd hwn yn creu swyddi yn y sector adeiladu a chynorthwyo strategaeth 

economaidd hirdymor ar gyfer Cymru gyfan. 

4. Ar Lywodraeth Cymru i gychwyn astudiaeth dichonoldeb fel y cam cychwynnol tuag at wireddu trydaneiddio prif 

reilffordd Gogledd Cymru. 

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Conference recognises: 

1. That the Enterprise and Business Committee of the National Assembly for Wales has called for a “specific Welsh 

chapter” within the UK’s Partnership Contract. 

Conference calls: 

1. For an independent inquiry in order to address our repeated failure with billions of pounds of European funding. 

2. For the Welsh Government to have full involvement in establishing the Partnership Contract to ensure the UK 

Government does not set Wales’s spending priorities for the next programming period. 

3. For the Welsh Government to use the funds in order to regenerate communities and support enterprises. Focus 

should be put on green development and investment in order to create jobs to turn our economy around. 

4. For the scrapping of macroeconomic conditionalities which could endanger Wales’ funding. 

Educational Standards 


Conference 

1. Expresses concern regarding Estyn’s finding that less than 40% of pupils eligible for free school meals achieve 5 or 

more GCSEs at A* to C compared with around 70% of non-FSM pupils. 

2. Notes the Welsh Government’s introduction of banding for secondary schools in Wales and its intention to introduce 

banding for primary schools in Wales. 

3. Believes that banding does not provide a complete view of a school’s performance and its use should be limited to 

securing the necessary support for any school to improve in those areas measured by banding. 

4. Calls upon the Welsh Government to use schools as community assets to hold lifelong learning classes to improve 

communities’ skills. 

12:15 Lunch And Fringe Meetings 


Welsh Transport Infrastructure 

(National Assembly Group / Westminster Group) 


1. That no publicly owned rail track in Wales will be electrified before 2017. 

2. That the main railway line between London and Glasgow was electrified in 1974. 

3. That 40% of UK rail lines are electrified. 

4. That, irrespective of decisions on electrifying track on the Great Western Main Line and the Valleys Lines, Wales is 

well behind many countries in Europe and the rest of the UK in terms of electrification. 

5. That the UK Government are proposing to spend more than £30bn on High Speed 2 (HS2) linking London with 

Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds with minimal positive impact upon Wales and possibly serious negative 

consequences for the economy of some parts of Wales. 

6. That precedents have been established by the Olympic Games and Crossrail, where non-devolved spending 

projects eventually generated funding consequentials for Wales following negotiations between the Welsh and UK 

Government. 

7. That the Barnett consequential for HS2 for Wales would be £1.9bn. 

Conference reaffirms: 

1. That a modern, advanced transport network is vital to the economic and social viability of Wales. 

2. That Welsh transport policy should be determined by the Welsh Government. 


1. On the UK Government to recognise that HS2 is a scheme which should generate a Barnett consequential for Wales. 

2. On the Welsh Government to fully make the case for a fair share of rail investment for Wales, as a result of Wales 

being economically disadvantaged by the development of HS2 in England. 

3. On the Welsh Government to use this money prudently to invest in Welsh transport infrastructure to develop 

quality public transport networks throughout all parts of Wales to improve our economy and social links, with this 

infrastructure investment creating jobs in the construction sector and assisting a long-term all-Wales economic 

strategy. 

4. On the Welsh Government to begin developing a feasibility study for the eventual electrification of the North Wales 

Main Line. 

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Ail Gartrefi a Thai Newydd 

(Canghennau Casnewydd, Etholaeth Gorllewin Caerfyrddin a De Penfro) 


1. Y disgyniad mewn poblogaeth o fewn parc cenedlaethol Sir Benfro. Mae data diweddaraf StatsCymru yn datgan 

gall y boblogaeth ddisgyn i isafswm o 19,600 erbyn 2031, gostyngiad o 12% i gymharu â chynnydd o 11% ar hyd 

Cymru yn ystod yr un cyfnod. Mae ystadegau diweddar hefyd yn dangos bod 40% o dai o fewn waliau tref Dinbych 

y Pysgod yn ail gartrefi, sydd fel arfer yn wag yn ystod misoedd y gaeaf. 

Mae’r Gynhadledd yn pryderu: 

1. Ynghyd â’r cynnydd mewn oedran y boblogaeth o fewn y parc, y diffyg cyfleoedd i bobl ifanc i brynu tai. Hefyd, 

mae poblogaeth Sir Benfro dan 16 mlwydd oed am ostwng o 3,600 yn 2006 i 2,600 yn 2031, yn ôl rhagamcanion, 

gostyngiad o bron i draean (29.1%), mae hyn yn cyd-daro â chynnydd mewn pobl dros 65 mlwydd oed. 

Noda’r gynhadledd ymhellach: 

1. Diffygion awdurdodau unedol a lleol CDLl a CDU mewn perthynas â darpariaeth tai newydd, yn enwedig tai 

fforddiadwy, a bod datblygiadau tai newydd ddim yn ateb anghenion Cymru na’r gymuned leol. Ymhellach nid yw 

cymunedau lleol a busnesau Cymreig yn elwa wrth i dai newydd gael eu hadeiladu a’u gwerthu. 

Gresyna’r Gynhadledd: 

1. Methiant datblygwyr a chynghorau i ddefnyddio busnesau lleol a mentrau Cymreig wrth adeiladu a gwerthu tai 

newydd. 


1. Ar y Cynulliad Cenedlaethol i ddeddfu os oes angen fel bod pob cyngor a datblygwr yn sicrhau bod busnesau 

Cymreig yn elwa o gartrefi CDLl a CDU newydd cymaint â phosib 

2. Am gaffael lleol cynaliadwy ar gyfer llafur a deunyddiau i’w pwyso a mesur yn ffafriol yn y broses tendro, ac ar 

Lywodraeth Cymru i addysgu awdurdodau caffael mewn dehongli deddfwriaeth caffael i sicrhau’r budd mwyaf posib 

i fusnesau Cymreig. 

3. Ar Blaid Cymru i wrthwynebu hyrwyddiad datblygiadau tai newydd CDLl a CDU i’r cyhoedd tu hwnt i Gymru yn unig, 

ac i annog Llywodraeth Cymru i ddeddfu os oes angen i sicrhau bod tai sydd yn cael eu hadeiladu yng Nghymru yn 

cael eu hyrwyddo yng Nghymru. 

4. I gyflwyno caniatâd cynllunio arbennig er mwyn troi eiddo o brif gartref i ail-gartref. Cred y Gynhadledd y dylai 

awdurdodau cynllunio lleol gael grym i benderfynu’r lefel priodol o ail-gartrefi mewn ardal benodol, ac i benderfynu 

pan fo’r dirlawn bwynt ail-gartrefi wedi ei gyrraedd. 

Budd Daliadau Treth Cyngor 



1. Bod Llywodraeth glymblaid y DG wedi gweithredu i dorri budd daliadau treth cyngor fel rhan o’i agenda diwygio lles. 

Noder: 

1. O Ebrill 1af 2013 bydd budd daliadau treth cyngor yn cael eu datganoli i Gymru, yr Alban ac awdurdodau lleol Lloegr 

yn dilyn toriad cyllideb o 10%. 

2. Bwriad Llywodraeth yr Alban i wneud fyny’r toriad 10% er mwyn ceisio amddiffyn y bobl fwyaf bregus mewn 

cymdeithas. 


1. Bod Llywodraeth Llafur Cymru wedi gwrthod gwneud fyny’r toriad gyllideb o 10% o’u hadnoddau eu hunain. 

2. Bod Llywodraeth Llafur Cymru wedi nodi’n ysgrifenedig yn barod y byddent yn pasio’r toriadau hyn ymlaen i 

awdurdodau lleol. 

3. Bod Llafur wedi ymollwng a’u hymrwymiad cyn yr etholiad i “sefyll fyny i doriadau’r Torïaid”. 

4. Bod Llafur wedi gwrth-ddweud yn uniongyrchol ymrwymiad eu Rhaglen o Lywodraeth i leihau tlodi yng Nghymru. 

Felly, geilw’r Gynhadledd: 

1. Ar Lywodraeth Cymru i wneud fyny’r toriad cyllideb o 10% yng Nghymru am o leiaf blwyddyn, er mwyn rhoi i’r 

Llywodraeth, Cynulliad Cenedlaethol ac awdurdodau lleol le i anadlu am flwyddyn arall i ddatblygu system budd 

daliadau treth cyngor cynaliadwy a theg i Gymru. 

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Second Homes and New Housing 

(Newport Branches / Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire Constituency) 


1. The current decline in population within the Pembrokeshire national park. Recent data from statistics Wales states 

that the population could drop to a low of 19,600 by 2031, a decline of 12% compared to an all-Wales rise of 11% 

over the same period. Recent statistics also show that 40% of houses within Tenby’s town walls are second homes, 

which are usually left empty during the winter months. 

Conference is concerned: 

1. That with the increasing age of the population within the park and the lack of opportunities for young people to 

purchase houses. And that Pembrokeshire’s population aged under 16 is projected to decrease throughout the 

projection period from 3,600 in 2006 to 2,600 in 2031, a decrease of almost a third (29.1%), this coincides with an 

increase in the over-65’s. 


1. The inadequacy of unitary and local authority LDP and UDPs in regard to new housing provision, particularly 

affordable housing, and that new housing developments often fail to address the needs of both Wales and the 

local community. Furthermore local community and Welsh businesses often see little benefit as new houses are 

constructed and sold. 

Conference condemns: 

1. Developers’ and councils’ failure to utilise local business and Welsh enterprise when constructing and selling new 

homes. 


1. For The Welsh Assembly to legislate if necessary so that all councils and developers are ensuring that Welsh 

business benefits from new LDP and UDP housing as much as possible. 

2. For sustainable local procurement of both labour and materials to be weighted favourably in the tendering process, 

and for the Welsh government to educate procurement authorities in the sympathetic interpretation of procurement 

legislation to ensure maximum benefit for Welsh business. 

3. For Plaid Cymru to oppose the exclusive promotion of new LDP and UDP housing developments to the public 

outside of Wales, and to urge the Welsh government to legislate if necessary to ensure houses built in Wales are 

promoted in Wales. 

4. For special planning permission to be introduced in order to convert a property from a main home to a second home. 

Conference believes that local planning authorities should have the power to determine the suitable level of second 

homes in a particular area, and determine when saturation point for second homes as been reached. 

Council Tax Benefits 

National Assembly Group 


1. That the UK coalition Government has implemented cuts to council tax benefit as part of its welfare reform agenda. 

And notes: 

1. That as of April 1st 2013 council tax benefits will be devolved to Wales, Scotland and to English local authorities 

following a 10% budget cut. 

2. That the Scottish Government has already signalled its intention to make up the 10% budget cut in order to 

safeguard the most vulnerable people in society. 

Conference deplores: 

1. That the Labour Welsh Government has refused to make up the 10% budget cut from their own resources. 

2. That the Labour Welsh Government has already stated in writing that it will pass these cuts on to local authorities. 

3. That Labour has abandoned its pre-election commitment to “stand up against the Tory cuts”. 

4. That Labour has directly contradicted its Programme of Government commitment to reduce poverty in Wales. 

Conference therefore: 

1. Calls on the Welsh Government to make up the 10% budget cut in Wales for at least a period of one year, in order 

to give the Government, National Assembly and local authorities a further year’s breathing space to develop a 

sustainable and fair Welsh council tax benefit system. 

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13:50 Sesiwn Trafod 2 - Cymdogaeth Gref, Dyfodol Cynaliadwy: Yr Her i Gymunedau Cymru. Noddir 

gan Oxfam Cymru. 

14:30 Leanne Wood AC, Arweinydd Plaid Cymru – Araith 


Diweithdra Ieuenctid 

(Plaid Cymru Ifanc) 

Noda’r Gynhadledd bod: 

1. Diweithdra ymysg pobl ifainc yng Nghymru sydd rhwng 16 a 24 mlwydd oed, ar gael, ac yn chwilio am waith, ar hyn 

o bryd ar lefel o 23.4%, sef tua 50,110 o bobl yn ôl ystadegau diweddaraf y Swyddfa Ystadegau Gwladol; 

2. Y ganran o bobl ifainc yng Nghymru sydd heb waith yng Nghymru’n uwch na’r ganran Brydeinig o 21.9%; 

3. Llywodraeth Lafur Cymru a’i chynllun ‘Twf Cymru’ yn debygol o gefnogi ond 4,000 o bobl y flwyddyn, gyda phob un 

ohonynt yn derbyn dim mwy na 6 mis o gefnogaeth, heb unrhyw esboniad o gefnogaeth wedi hynny. 

Y mae’r Gynhadledd yn nodi ymhellach: 

1. Bod 19 o’r 22 awdurdod lleol yng Nghymru yn ‘hotspots’ diweithdra ieuenctid, fel a cydnabyddir gan y Comisiwn ar 

Ddiweithdra Ieuenctid; 

2. Y datgelodd adroddiad y Comisiwn y cyhoeddwyd fis Chwefror 2012 byddai diweithdra ieuenctid yn costio £4.8 

biliwn i’r Trysorlys, ac yn costio rhyw £10.7 biliwn i’r economi ehangach oherwydd allbwn a gollwyd, ac y bydd 

effeithiau hir dymor diweithdra ieuenctid yn “ychwanegu costau pellach i’r dyfodol o £2.9 biliwn a £6.3 biliwn y 

flwyddyn i’r economi mewn cynnyrch coll”. Meddai hefyd mai’r “cost bresennol i’r Trysorlys, hyd yn oed wrth edrych 

dim ond degawd i’r dyfodol, tua £28 biliwn”. 

Cred y Gynhadledd, felly: 

1. Bod taclo diweithdra ieuenctid yn hollol allweddol er mwyn sicrhau adferiad hir dymor Cymru o’r hinsawdd 

economaidd bresennol; 

2. Bod rhaid cael buddsoddiad nid llymder ariannol er mwyn sicrhau gwir adferiad cynaliadwy. 

Cydnabyddir y Gynhadledd: 

1. Bod cynghorau Plaid Cymru wedi cefnogi pobl ifainc, yn enwedig yng Nghaerffili ac yng Ngwynedd, trwy fuddsoddi 

mewn cynlluniau hyfforddi newydd ar gyfer pobl ifainc, a chefnogi’r rheini sy’n sefydlu’u busnesau eu hunain, yn 

ychwanegol at gefnogi busnesau bychain a chanolig eu maint gyda benthyciadau. 

Penderfyna’r Gynhadledd i alw ar Lywodraeth Cymru i: 

1. Roi diweddariad ar frys ar eu trafodaethau ynghylch sicrhau’r hawl i ddefnyddio’r pwerau benthyg a etifeddodd pan 

ddiddymwyd Awdurdod Datblygu Cymru; 

2. Fwrw ymlaen gyda thrafodaethau er mwyn sicrhau cytundeb y Trysorlys i lansio peiriant buddsoddi Adeiladu dros 

Gymru; 

3. Ymrwymo i adolygu ac ehangu’r cynllun benthyg ar gyfer awdurdodau lleol gyda’r bwriad o’i ddyblu i £350 miliwn; 

4. Greu cynllun tebyg er mwyn defnyddio pwerau benthyg Cymdeithasau Tai er mwyn cynhyrchu tua £150 miliwn, 

felly o bosibl yn ariannu cynllun buddsoddi o £1 biliwn er mwyn cefnogi’r economi yng Nghymru am y blynyddoedd 

nesaf, ac i ddiogelu a chreu swyddi newydd; 

5. Frwydro o blaid datganoli pwerau ynghylch chwilio am waith, gan gynnwys JobCentre Plus, er mwyn datblygu 

datrysiad Cymreig i broblemau cyflogaeth; 

6. Greu cynllun i gefnogi 30,000 o brentisiaethau, ac i ehangu’r cynllun ‘Recriwtiaid Newydd’ y byddai’n darparu 

cymhorthdal cyflog i gyflogwyr sy’n cynnig prentisiaethau ychwanegol; 

7. Ddatblygu cynllun hyfforddi-wrth-weithio modern a gwerthfawr er mwyn cynyddu cyflogadwyedd pobl ifainc ac i’w 

paratoi ar gyfer gwaith, fel y cynllun a grëwyd gan Blaid Cymru mewn rheolaeth yng Nghaerffili; 

8. Gefnogi busnesau bychain a chanolig eu maint gyda ‘Chronfeydd Benthyciadau Lleol’, fel yng Ngwynedd dan 

reolaeth Plaid Cymru. 

Dyfodol Afghanistan 



1. Gwrthwynebiad Plaid Cymru i oresgyniad Afghanistan; 

2. Bod mwy na degawd wedi mynd heibio ers yr oresgyniad; 

3. Bod lluoedd arfog y DG yn ddisgwyliedig i aros yn Afghanistan tan ddiwedd 2012; 

4. Y bydd Ffrainc yn tynnu ei lluoedd yn ôl erbyn diwedd 2012, a bod gwledydd eraill eisoes wedi gwneud. 

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13:50 Discussion Session 2 - Strong Neighbourhood, Sustainable Future: The Challenge for Welsh 

Communities. Sponsored by Oxfam Cymru 

14:30 Leanne Wood AM, Plaid Cymru Leader – Speech 


Youth Unemployment 

(Plaid Cymru Youth) 

Conference notes that: 

1. According to the latest statistics from the Office for National Statistics, youth unemployment in Wales stands at 

23.4% – some 50,110 people between the ages of 16 and 24 who are not employed but are available and looking for 

work; 

2. The percentage of young people in Wales who are currently unemployed is higher than the UK figure of 21.9%; 

3. The Labour Welsh Government’s ‘Growth Wales’ project will support a maximum of 4,000 people a year, each being 

supported for only 6 months, without explanation of further support after this period; 

Conference further notes that: 

1. 19 out of 22 local authorities in Wales are youth unemployment hotspots, as identified by the Commission on Youth 

Unemployment ; 

2. The Commission report published in February 2012 stated that youth unemployment would cost the exchequer £4.8 

billion and cost the economy £10.7 billion in lost output, and that the more long term effects of youth unemployment 

at its current levels will ‘ratchet up further future costs of £2.9 billion and £6.3 billion p.a. for the economy in lost 

output’. It also stated that ‘the net present value of the cost to the Treasury, even looking only a decade ahead, is 

approximately £28 billion’. 

Conference therefore believes that: 

1. Tackling youth unemployment is key to ensuring Wales’s long-term recovery from the current economic downturn; 

2. In order to secure real, sustainable recovery, we must see investment not austerity; 

Conference recognises: 

1. That Plaid Cymru councils have supported young people, particularly in Caerphilly and Gwynedd by investing in new 

training schemes for young people and supporting those setting up their own companies and social enterprises, in 

addition to supporting small and medium size businesses with loans. 

Conference resolves to call on the Welsh Government to: 

1. Provide an urgent update on talks about unlocking borrowing powers inherited from the abolition of the WDA; 

2. Pursue the Treasury’s agreement to launch a Build for Wales investment vehicle; 

3. Commit to revise and expand the local authority borrowing scheme and aim to double it to £350 million; 

4. Create a similar programme for tapping into Housing Association borrowing powers to generate around £150million, 

thereby potentially financing a £1 billion investment programme to support the Welsh economy for the next few 

years, safeguarding and creating new jobs; 

5. Make the case for devolving powers over job-search provision including JobCentrePlus in order to develop a Welsh 

solution to employment issues; 

6. Create a scheme to support 30,000 apprenticeships, and extend the Young Recruits programme which would 

provide a wage subsidy to employers taking on additional apprentices; 

7. Develop a modern, high value in-work training programme to increase the employability of young people to prepare 

them for work like the scheme created in Caerphilly under Plaid Cymru’s leadership; 

8. Support small and medium enterprises with ‘local loans funds’, as in Gwynedd under Plaid Cymru’s leadership. 

The Future of Afghanistan 

(European Parliamentary Group) 


1. Plaid Cymru’s opposition to the invasion of Afghanistan; 

2. More than a decade has now passed since that invasion; 

3. UK forces are set to remain in Afghanistan until the end of 2014; 

4. France will withdraw its forces by the end of 2013, other countries have already done so. 

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Noda’r Gynhadledd ymhellach: 

1. Y cynnydd yn y fasnach gyffuriau, heroin yn enwedig, sydd yn gyfwerth â hanner economi Afghanistan ac sydd yn 

cynorthwyo gwrthryfel y Taliban; 

2. Wedi deg mlynedd o ymyrraeth lluoedd arfog estron nad ydi’r llywodraeth ganolog mewn rheolaeth tu allan i’r 

brifddinas a’r dinasoedd mawr; 

3. Adroddiadau o drafodaethau cychwynnol rhwng y CU a chynrychiolwyr y Taliban, a’r posibiliad o drafodaethau 

rhwng y Taliban a llywodraeth Kabul; 

4. Amodau byw erchyll nifer o bobl Afghanistan, yn enwedig mewn ardaloedd gwledig ble mae hyd at 4 allan o bob 5 

yn danfaethedig, dim ond 1% yn mwynhau defnydd glanweithdra a dim ond 20% yn mwynhau dŵr glân. 


1. Methiant Llywodraethau olynol y DG i ddatblygu strategaeth tynnu yn ôl, graddol, iawn; 

2. Methiant Llywodraethau olynol y DG i ddarparu yn iawn ar gyfer milwyr sydd yn dod yn ôl, yn enwedig milwyr sydd 

wedi eu hanafu a’u teuluoedd; 

3. Colled bywyd o gannoedd o filwyr y DG a miloedd o sifiliaid Afghan yn Afghanistan; 

4. Y methiant i wella safonau bywyd nifer o bobl Afghanistan, yn enwedig mewn ardaloedd gwledig, er gwaetha’r 

gwariant o filiynau mewn arian cymorth. 

Geilw’r Gynhadledd ar Lywodraeth y DG i: 

1. Gweithredu strategaeth raddol i dynnu yn ôl lluoedd arfog y DG yn gynnar; 

2. Gweithio gyda’r gymuned ryngwladol i ddarparu cymorth dyngarol a datblygu ar gyfer Afghanistan; 

3. Adolygu effeithiolrwydd cymorth datblygu i Afghanistan, a rhoi ffocws cryfach ar helpu’r tlawd wledig. 

4. Annog deialog rhwng carfanau’r gwrthdaro a’u cynrychiolwyr mewn ymdrech i sicrhau heddwch a diogelwch. 

Cynnig Brys 1 

15:45 Luke Nicholas, De Caerdydd a Phenarth – Araith 

16:00 Adroddiadau ac Etholiadau Mewnol 


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1. The surge in the drugs trade, particularly heroin, which makes up half the Afghan economy and aids the Taliban 

insurgency; 

2. After ten years of foreign military intervention the central government has little control outside the capital and major 

cities; 

3. Reports of exploratory talks between UN and Taliban representatives, and the prospect of talks between the Taliban 

and the Kabul government; 

4. The dire living conditions of many Afghans, particularly in rural areas where up to four fifths are undernourished, only 

1% have access to sanitation and only 20% to clean water. 


1. Successive UK governments’ failure to develop a proper, phased withdrawal strategy; 

2. Successive UK governments’ failure to properly provide for returning troops, particularly injured veterans and their 

families; 

3. The loss of life in Afghanistan of hundreds of UK service personnel and thousands of Afghan civilians; 

4. The failure to improve the living standards of many Afghans, particularly in rural areas, in spite of billions in aid. 

Conference calls upon the UK government to: 

1. Implement a phased strategy for the early withdrawal of UK armed forces; 

2. Work with the international community to provide ongoing humanitarian and development aid for Afghanistan; 

3. Review the effectiveness of development aid to Afghanistan, and place a stronger focus on helping the rural poor; 

4. Encourage dialogue between parties to the conflict and their representatives in an effort to build peace and security. 


15:45 Luke Nicholas, Cardiff South and Penarth – Speech 

16:00 Internal Reports and Elections 


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DYDD SADWRN 


Comisiynydd Elusennau i Gymru 

(Cangen Ynysybwl, Coed y Cwm & Glyncoch) 

Mynegir y Gynhadledd ei phryderon ynghylch AWEMA yr Elusen Cymorth Lleiafrifoedd Ethnig sydd bellach wedi 

dirwyn i ben. Cred y Gynhadledd bod angen llawer mwy o dryloywder o ystyried y ffaith bod swyddogion yn AWEMA 

yn gefnogwyr proffil uchel o Lywodraeth Cymru ac ymddengys na fu unrhyw wiriadau a balansau yn monitro eu 

gweithgareddau gan arwain at golled enfawr mewn arian cyhoeddus. Cred y Gynhadledd y dylid apwyntio Comisiynydd 

Elusennau i Gymru. Mae Comisiwn Elusen Cymru a Lloegr wedi gweld nifer o elusennau yng Nghymru yn methu. 

Condemnia’r Gynhadledd ddiffyg tryloywder ynghylch sut mae elusennau yng Nghymru yn cael eu monitro ac archwilio 

o Lerpwl. 

Dyfodol Prifysgol Cymru 

(Cangen Caernarfon) 


1. Ei thristwch am y trafferthion mawr Prifysgol Cymru sydd wedi dwyn anfri ar holl brifysgolion Cymru ac a arweiniodd 

at y penderfyniad rhyfeddol gan Gyngor y Brifysgol ar 21 Hydref 2011 i ddiddymu’r Brifysgol ond ar y llaw arall yn ei 

chyplysu gyda Phrifysgol Y Drindod Dewi Sant. 

2. Nad oes unrhyw ymchwiliad annibynnol wedi ei gynnal i ddarganfod beth oedd y rhesymau am y gwendidau yn 

rheolaeth fewnol y Brifysgol arweiniodd i’r llanastr a hefyd yng ngoruchwyliaeth gwan Cyngor y Brifysgol i’r modd 

roedd y Brifysgol yn cyflawni ei gwaith. 


1. Ar Lywodraeth Cymru i sefydlu ymchwiliad annibynnol i’r hyn a ddigwyddodd ym Mhrifysgol Cymru gyda’r bwriad o 

ddysgu gwersi er mwyn sicrhau nad yw sefyllfa fel hyn yn digwydd eto yn ein prifysgolion. 

2. Ar i Aelodau Cynulliad Plaid Cymru i wrthod unrhyw fesur a fyddai’n uno Prifysgol Cymru gyda Phrifysgol Y Drindod 

Dewi Sant ac yn hytrach i bwyso ar Lywodraeth Cymru i gydweithio gydag eraill i sefydlu ymddiriedolaeth newydd 

annibynnol i gymryd cyfrifoldeb am holl asedau presennol Prifysgol Cymru er mwyn eu defnyddio i sicrhau dyfodol 

Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru, Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru, y Ganolfan Uwchefrydiau Cymreig a Cheltaidd, a Gregynog ac i 

hybu ymchwil perthnasol. 

Datganoli Darlledu 



1. I bwyso ar lywodraeth y DG i ddatganoli cyfrifoldebau dros ddarlledu i Gynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru, i alluogi BBC 

Cymru i weinyddu ei gyllideb ei hun, ond gyda rheolyddion a chyfrifoldebau eraill i gyd-fynd gyda’n deddfwriaeth 

genedlaethol, i sicrhau bod BBC Cymru yn rhoi Cymru’n gyntaf, ac yn adlewyrchu ein diwylliant, ein pryderon a 

gobeithion, ni ddylid cael ei amharu gan faterion cyllideb a benderfynwyd yn Llundain. 

2. I nodi gyda phryder y sefyllfa ariannu tymor hir ar gyfer S4/C tu hwnt i 2016, ac i gymryd cyfrifoldeb am ddod o hyd 

i ateb sy’n sicrhau hyfywedd y sianel i’r dyfodol, gan gynnwys sefydlu pwyllgor cyswllt tryloyw rhwng y sianel a’r 

Cynulliad Cenedlaethol, ac i ddarparu cefnogaeth lle mae angen er mwyn caniatáu iddo adeiladu o fod yn sianel i 

hwb ar gyfer yr iaith, gan ddarparu gwasanaeth ar-lein ac i’r cwricwlwm. 

3. I nodi gyda phryder toriadau parhaus i’r BBC yng Nghymru a’i effaith posibl ar adrodd ar fywyd Cymru, yn enwedig 

i’w uned wleidyddol, ac i fynegi barn i’r BBC er mwyn sicrhau bod ei ddarllediad yn adlewyrchu a chaffael ein setliad 

datganoledig. 

4. Cymryd camau i ddarparu’r amgylchfyd busnes mwyaf priodol er mwyn i sefydliadau newyddion brodorol cael ei 

greu a ffynnu, wrth fanteisio ar y cyfleoedd a gynigir gan y cyfryngau digidol, i sylweddoli bod cyfryngau print yn 

wynebu dyfodol hynod niweidiol, ac i sicrhau nad yw sgiliau newyddiadurwyr yn cael eu colli os yw eu sefydliadau 

gwaith yn methu gweithredu, i bwyso am gynhwysiant digidol er mwyn sicrhau nad yw neb yng Nghymru yn cael eu 

gwahardd rhag defnyddio’r rhyngrwyd oherwydd lleoliad neu’r anallu i dalu amdano. 

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SATURDAY 


Charity Commissioner for Wales 

(Ynysybwl, Coed y Cwm & Glyncoch Branch) 

Conference expresses its concerns regarding AWEMA, the Ethnic Minority Support Charity which has now been 

wound up. Conference believes there needs to be far more transparency given the fact that the officers at AWEMA 

were high profile supporters of the Welsh Government party and there appear to have been no checks and balances in 

monitoring their activities, resulting in a massive loss of public money. Conference believes a Charity Commissioner for 

Wales should be appointed. The Charity Commission for England & Wales has seen a number of charities fail in Wales. 

Conference condemns a lack of transparency regarding how charities in Wales have been monitored and audited from 

Liverpool. 

The future of the University of Wales 

(Caernarfon Branch) 


1. Its sadness at the enormous problems at the University of Wales which have brought shame on the whole university 

sector in Wales and which led to the remarkable decision by the University Council on 21 October 2011 to dissolve 

the University whilst at the same time to unite with the University of Wales Trinity Saint David. 

2. That no independent enquiry has been conducted to identify the weaknesses in the internal management of the 

University which led to the disaster and also into the ineffective manner in which the University Council regulated the 

way in which the University conducted itself.. 


1. On the Welsh Government to establish an independent inquiry into what happened at the University of Wales with 

the objective of learning lessons in order to ensure that this type of situation will not happen again in any of our 

universities. 

2. Upon Plaid Cymru Assembly Members to reject any measure that would unite the University of Wales with Trinity 

Saint David University but to press the Welsh Government to work with others to establish a new independent trust 

to take responsibility for all the current assets of the University of Wales in order that they be used to ensure the 

future of the University of Wales Press, the University of Wales Dictionary, the Centre for Advanced Celtic Studies 

and Gregynog and to promote relevant research. 

Devolution of Broadcasting 



1. To press the UK Government to devolve responsibilities for broadcasting to the National Assembly for Wales, to 

allow BBC Wales to administer its own budget, but with regulatory and other overview responsibilities to rest with 

our national legislature, to ensure that BBC Wales puts the interest of Wales first, and in reflecting our culture, our 

concerns and our aspirations, it is not distracted by funding issues decided in London. 

2. To note with concern the long-term funding position for S4/C beyond 2016, and to take responsibility for finding a 

solution that ensures the viability of the channel in perpetuity, including the establishment of a transparent liaison 

committee between the channel and the National Assembly, and to provide support where required in allowing it to 

grow from a channel into a hub for the language, providing services online and to the curriculum. 

3. To note with concern ongoing cuts to the BBC in Wales and its potential impact on reporting on Welsh life, 

particularly to its political unit, and to make representations to the BBC to ensure that its coverage reflects and 

scrutinises our devolved settlement. 

4. To take steps to provide the right business environments in which indigenous news organisations can be created 

and prosper while taking advantage of the opportunities offered by digital media, to recognise that print media faces 

an extremely adverse future, and to ensure that journalists’ skills are not lost if the organisations they work for cease 

to operate, to press for digital inclusion so that no one in Wales is excluded from accessing the internet because of 

location or inability to pay for it. 

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Gwelliant 1 (Cangen Dyffryn Ogwen) 

Ychwaneger ar ôl paragraff 4 

“5. I bwyso ar Lywodraeth y DG i ddatganoli i Gynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru holl bwerau a chyfrifoldebau Ofcom sy’n 

berthnasol i Gymru. Byddai hyn yn cynnwys yr hawl i godi ffi ar gwmnïau telegyfathrebu am ddefnyddio tonfeddi radio ar 

draws Cymru, arian y gellid ei ddefnyddio i sybsideiddio’r diwydiannau darlledu a phapurau newydd”. 

Ynni Adnewyddadwy Cymunedol 

(Gr ŵp y Cynulliad Cenedlaethol / Cangen Wrecsam) 


1. Bod angen datblygu adnoddau ynni adnewyddadwy sy’n gydnaws ag anghenion cymunedol Cymru. 

2. Bwriad Llywodraeth Cymru i ryddhau Papur Gwyn ar Gynllunio yn 2013. 

Nodwn ymhellach fod gan brosiectau p ŵer dŵr bach y gallu, yn ôl arolwg yn 2010 a’i hyrwyddwyd gan Lywodraeth 

Cymru, i gyfrannu hyd at 63,000Kw o ynni adnewyddadwy yng Nghymru. 


1. I ddefnyddio’r cyfle hwn i symleiddio’r broses cynllunio ar gyfer prosiectau ynni adnewyddadwy cymunedol ac i roi 

blaenoriaeth i brosiectau o’r fath o fewn y system gynllunio. 

2. I gefnogi cynlluniau p ŵer dŵr bach dan reolaeth y gymuned leol ac i greu cronfa benodol er mwyn ariannu cynlluniau 

peilot. 


Ychwanegu ar ddiwedd pwynt 1 dan Geilw’r gynhadledd: 

“Y dylid datganoli’r prosiectau yma i gymunedau unigol, i’w rhedeg gan bobl leol a’u cytuno gan pobl sy’n byw yn y 

gymuned”. 

Ychwanegu ym mhwynt 2 dan geilw’r Gynhadledd ar ôl “dŵr bach”; “a phob math arall o ynni adnewyddadwy megis 

paneli haul, biomas, tyrbinau gwynt micro, ayyb”. 

Gwelliant 2 (Etholaeth Sir Fynwy) 

Ychwanegu pwynt 2 newydd dan noda’r Gynhadledd: 

2. Bod perchnogaeth cymunedol yn ddull bwysig mewn cyflawni hyn ac am feithrin derbyniaeth a brwdfrydedd dros 

ynni adnewyddadwy. 

Ychwanegu pwynt 2 newydd dan Geilw’r Gynhadledd ar Lywodraeth Cymru: 

2. I gefnogi cynlluniau ynni adnewyddadwy dan berchnogaeth y gymuned, e.e. hydro, haul, biomas, drwy ddarparu 

cefnogaeth (gan gynnwys cyllido) camau datblygu cynlluniau o’r fath. 

Cefnogaeth i Fyfyrwyr Addysg Uwch 

(Cangen Morgan Jones) 

Noda’r Gynhadledd bod myfyrwyr sydd wedi llwyddo i dderbyn gradd mewn pwnc o’u dewis nhw, ddim yn gallu o 

dan reolau presennol Llywodraeth Cymru ynghylch cyllido myfyrwyr Prifysgolion, dderbyn unrhyw gyllideb bellach gan 

Lywodraeth Cymru os ydynt yn dymuno parhau i astudio ar gyfer PhD. Noda’r Gynhadledd ymhellach bod cyllideb ar 

gael ar gyfer myfyrwyr sy’n dymuno parhau i astudio tuag at gymhwyster dysgu PGCE, ond nid ar gyfer myfyrwyr sy’n 

dymuno darlithio mewn Addysg Uwch, neu arbenigo mewn maes ymchwil sy’n ofynnol mewn PhD. 

Cred y Gynhadledd bod y polisi hwn yn nadu datblygiad nifer o unigolion addysgedig yng Nghymru a fydd yn ei dro yn 

niweidio rhagolygon Cymru yn economi’r 21ain ganrif. 

Geilw’r Gynhadledd felly ar Lywodraeth Cymru i gyflwyno rheoliadau sy’n caniatáu mynediad i bob myfyriwr at gyllideb i 

barhau gydag addysg tu hwnt lefel gradd. 

Gwelliant 1 (Pwyllgor Gwaith Cenedlaethol) 

Ailosod y cymal olaf gyda: 

Geilw’r Gynhadledd ar Lywodraeth Cymru i sicrhau datganoli cyfran deg o gyllid y byrddau Ymchwil Prydeinig i Gymru 

(5%) er mwyn gwobrwyo cynlluniau ymchwil myfyrwyr cymwysedig yn ôl cyfraniad posib eu hymchwil i ragoriaeth 

ysgolheictod ac i’r economi Cymreig. 

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Amendment 1 (Dyffryn Ogwen Branch) 

Insert after paragraph 4 

“5. To press the UK Government to devolve to the National Assembly for Wales all the powers and responsibilities of 

Ofcom that relate to Wales. This would include the right to charge telecommunications companies a fee for using radio 

frequencies across Wales, money which could be used to subsidise the broadcasting and newspaper industries”. 

Community Renewable Energy 

(Plaid Cymru National Assembly Group / Wrexham Branch) 


1. The need to develop renewable energy resources that are compatible with the needs of Welsh communities. 

2. The Welsh Government’s intention to release a White Paper on planning in 2013. 

We further note that micro hydropower schemes can, according to a Welsh Government-sponsored report in 2010, 

contribute up to 63,000Kw of renewable energy in Wales. 


1. To use this opportunity to simplify the planning process for community renewable energy projects and to accord 

such projects priority within the planning system. 

2. To support community controlled micro hydropower projects and to create a specific fund to finance pilot schemes. 


Add at the end of point 1 under Conference calls: 

“That these projects should be devolved to individual communities, run by local people and agreed by people living in 

those communities” 

Insert in point 2 under Conference calls, after “hydropower projects”; “and all other renewable forms of energy such as 

solar panels, biomass, micro wind turbines, etc”. 

Amendment 2 (Monmouthshire Constituency) 

Add new point 2 under Conference notes: 

2. That community ownership is an important mechanism for accomplishing this and for fostering acceptance of and 

enthusiasm for renewable energy. 

Add new point 2 under Conference calls on the Welsh Government: 

2. To support community-owned renewable energy schemes, e.g. small-hydro, solar, biomass, through providing help 

(including funding) to the development stages of such schemes. 

Higher Education Student Support 

(Morgan Jones Branch) 

Conference notes that students who have successfully obtained a degree in their subject of choice, cannot under the 

current WG rules of funding for University students, obtain any further WG funding if they wish to continue to study for a 

PhD. Conference further notes that funding is available for students who wish to continue to study for a PGCE teaching 

qualification, but not for a student who wishes to lecture in Higher education, or specialise in a research field for which a 

PhD is a requirement. 

Conference believes that this policy hinders the development of a pool of highly educated personnel in Wales that will in 

turn harm the prospects of Wales in the 21st century economy. 

Conference therefore calls on the WG to introduce regulations that will enable all students to access funding to further 

their studies beyond degree level. 

Amendment 1 (National Executive Committee) 

Replace the final clause with: 

Conference calls on the Welsh Government to ensure the devolution of a proportion of British Research Council funding 

(to be decided by head of population). This would be allocated to qualified Welsh students according to the potential 

contribution of their research to excellence in scholarship and to the Welsh economy. 

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10:30 Yn cyflwyno...Y Lleisiau Newydd (Cynghorwyr Newydd Plaid Cymru) 


Argyfwng Parth yr Ewro 


Noda’r gynhadledd: 

1. Bod yr Argyfwng Ariannol a’r Argyfwng Dyled Sofran yn Ewrop wedi bron ac arwain at ddymchweliad economaidd 

nifer o aelod wladwriaethau’r Undeb Ewropeaidd, yn enwedig o fewn parth yr Ewro. 

2. Mae’r ymateb i’r argyfyngau hyn wedi bod yn ymgais i ymgloddio economeg neo-ryddfrydol i’r Undeb Ewropeaidd, 

yn enwedig drwy’r Cytundeb Cyllidol. 

3. Canlyniad y caledi oedd cynnydd dramatig mewn diweithdra a digartrefedd. Cafodd pobl ifanc a menywod eu 

heffeithio’n arbennig o wael gan hyn, gan gynnwys yng Nghymru. 

Cred y Gynhadledd: 

1. Taw camau hapfasnachol y sector bancio a ddadreoleiddiwyd oedd prif achos yr argyfyngau economaidd sy’n 

wynebu Cymru ac Ewrop nawr. 

2. Nid dinasyddion cyffredin a’r bobl fwyaf bregus yn ein cymdeithas ddylai dalu am gamgymeriadau’r elit ariannol. 

3. Bydd toriadau gwario cyhoeddus pellach yng Nghymru yn arwain at dlodi pellach. Mae hyn yn annerbyniol o ystyried 

bod gan Gorllewin Cymru a’r Cymoedd Gynnyrch Mewnwladol Crynswth (GDP) sy’n llai na 75% o gyfartaledd yr 

Undeb Ewropeaidd, sy’n golygu bod yr ardal yn cymhwyso i dderbyn uchafswm y lefel o gymorth gan yr Undeb 

Ewropeaidd, ac mae Cymru eisoes yn dioddef o’r GDP isaf yn y Deyrnas Gyfunol. 

4. Roedd anghydbwyseddau mawrion mewn cyfoeth yn yr Undeb Ewropeaidd yn achos pellach o’r argyfwng presennol 

a rhaid mynd i’r afael â hwn. 

Penderfyna’r Gynhadledd: 

1. I beidio ag ymgloddio caledi i mewn i’r Undeb Ewropeaidd. Rhaid symud y pwyslais tuag at greu swyddi, sbarduno 

twf a’r gyriant tuag at economi gynaliadwy, carbon-isel. 

2. I greu banc gwirioneddol canolog ar gyfer Ewrop lle daw’r Banc Canolog Ewropeaidd (ECB) yn fenthyciwr ar 

gyfer dyled lywodraethol pan fetho popeth arall, hyd at drothwy sefydlog, a lledaenu ei nodau polisi i gynnwys 

sefydlogrwydd ariannol a thwf economaidd hirdymor. 

3. I ddeddfu er mwyn cael Cronfa cydlyniad wedi’i atgyfnerthu bydd yn mynd i’r afael ag anghydbwyseddau niweidiol 

datblygiad a thwf yn yr Undeb Ewropeaidd, gyda chynnydd yn y defnydd a wneir o’r Banc Buddsoddi Ewropeaidd fel 

ffordd o fuddsoddi a datblygu. 

4. I greu Treth Trafodion Ariannol fel bydd y sawl a achosodd yr argyfwng drwy eu trafodion hapfasnachol, a oedd yn 

aml niweidiol, yn dechrau talu treth ar y trafodion hapfasnachol hynny. Rydym hefyd yn galw am reoleiddio cywir 

o’r sector ariannol ar gyfer rheoleiddio cywir o’r sector ariannol, fel yr amlinellwyd yn yr Adroddiad ar Fancio gan 

Gomisiwn Annibynnol Vickers. 

5. Bod yn rhaid i fwy o ddemocrateiddio o’r Undeb Ewropeaidd ddigwydd. Mae’r Undeb Ewropeaidd yn cymryd 

penderfyniadau economaidd anodd iawn nawr sydd yn cael gwir effaith ar ddinasyddion Ewrop a thu hwnt. 

Dylid gweld fod gan y penderfyniadau hyn gyfreithlondeb democrataidd a rhaid iddyn nhw gael eu gwneud gyda 

chynhwysiad llawn y Senedd Ewropeaidd a etholwyd yn uniongyrchol. 

6. O ystyried yr argyfwng presennol, dylid gohirio unrhyw benderfyniad ar ymuno â’r Ewro hyd ddiwedd y ddegawd, 

wrth gadw i fodloni meini prawf y Blaid ar gyfer cael mynediad i Barth yr Ewro ar ôl y cyfnod hwnnw. Mae hyn yn 

golygu cadw Sterling fel arian cyfred Cymru ar gyfer y dyfodol rhagweladwy. 

Gwelliant 1 (Cangen Llundain) 

Amnewid pwynt 6 dan Penderfyna’r Gynhadledd gyda: 

“O ystyried argyfwng presennol Parth yr Ewro fe fydd Plaid Cymru yn parhau i fonitro datblygiadau yn newidiadau i 

delerau ac amodau aelodaeth Parth yr Ewro ac yn adolygu meini prawf y Blaid ar gyfer mynediad i Barth yr Ewro wedi i’r 

fframwaith gyfreithiol newydd ar gyfer Parth yr Ewro cael eu sefydlu”. 

Gwelliant 2 (Etholaeth Pontypridd) 

Penderfyna’r Gynhadledd pwynt 6: 

Dileu “hyd ddiwedd y ddegawd” a’i amnewid am ‘tan bod y sefyllfa wedi ei tybio’n fanteisiol i Gymru’. 

Gwelliant 3 (Cangen y Barri) 

Dileu Paragraff 2 dan Penderfyna’r Gynhadledd 

Gwelliant 4 (Gr ŵp San Steffan) 

Dan Penderfyna’r Gynhadledd dileu “fel yr amlinellwyd yn yr Adroddiad ar Fancio gan Gomisiwn Annibynnol Vickers” 

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10:30 Introducing...The New Voices (New Plaid Cymru Councillors) 


The Eurozone Crisis 

(European Parliamentary Group 


1. The Financial Crisis and the Sovereign Debt Crisis in Europe have led to the near economic collapse of many 

member states of the European Union, particularly within the Eurozone. 

2. The reaction to these crises has been an attempt to entrench neo-liberal economics into the EU, especially through 

the Fiscal Pact. 

3. The outcome of austerity has been a dramatic rise in unemployment and homelessness. The young and women have 

been particularly badly affected by this, including in Wales. 

Conference believes: 

1. It was the speculative actions of a de-regulated banking sector that was the primary cause of the economic crises 

that Wales and Europe now face. 

2. Ordinary citizens and the most vulnerable in society should not be the ones who pay for the mistakes of the financial 

elite. 

3. Further public spending cuts in Wales will lead to further poverty. This is unacceptable given that West Wales and the 

Valleys already have a GDP below 75% of the EU average, meaning the area qualifies for the maximum level of EU 

aid, and Wales as a whole already suffers from the lowest GDP in the UK. 

4. Major imbalances in wealth in the EU were a further cause of the current crises and must be tackled. 

Conference resolves: 

1. Not to entrench austerity into the EU. The emphasis must shift to creating jobs, stimulating growth and the drive 

towards a low-carbon, sustainable economy. 

2. To create a truly central bank for Europe where the European Central Bank (ECB) becomes the lender of last resort 

for government debt, up to a fixed threshold, and widens its policy goals to include financial stability and long-term 

economic growth. 

3. To enact a strengthened Cohesion Fund that will tackle the pernicious imbalances of development and growth in the 

EU, with increased use of the European Investment Bank as a means of investment and development. 

4. To bring about a Financial Transaction Tax so that those who caused the crises through their speculative, and often 

damaging, transactions begin to pay tax on those speculative transactions. We also call for proper regulation of the 

financial sector, as laid out in the Vickers Independent Commission on Banking Report. 

5. That greater democratisation of the EU must take place. The EU is now taking very difficult economic decisions that 

have a very real impact on citizens in Europe and further afield. These decisions must be seen to have democratic 

legitimacy and must be made with the full inclusion of the directly elected European Parliament. 

6. Given the current crises to defer any decision on joining the Euro until the end of the decade, whilst maintaining the 

Party’s criteria for Eurozone entry after such time. This means retaining Sterling as the currency for Wales for the 

foreseeable future. 

Amendment 1 (London Branch) 

Replace point 6 under Conference resolves with: 

“Given the current crisis in the Eurozone Plaid Cymru will continue to monitor developments in changes to the terms 

and conditions for membership of the Eurozone and review the Party’s criteria for Eurozone entry after the new legal 

framework of the Eurozone has been established.” 

Amendment 2 (Pontypridd Constituency) 

Conference resolves Point 6: 

Delete ‘until the end of the decade’ replace with ‘until the situation is deemed beneficial for Wales’ 

Amendment 3 (Barry Branch) 

Delete Paragraph 2 under Conference Resolves 

Amendment 4 (Westminster Group) 

Under Conference resolves delete ‘ as laid out in the Vickers Independent Commission on Banking Report’ 

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Gwelliant 5 (Cangen y Barri) 

Cyfnewid Paragraff 6 dan Penderfyna’r Gynhadledd gyda: 

Bod Comisiwn Economaidd Plaid Cymru yn ymchwilio’r opsiynau arian ar gyfer (a) y Deyrnas Gyfunol gyfredol a 

(b) Cymru annibynnol ac i adrodd mewn pryd er mwyn mabwysiadu polisi wedi ei seilio ar dystiolaeth cyn etholiadau 

Ewropeaidd 2014. 

Datblygu’r Economi 


Noda’r gynhadledd: 

1. Y twf yn niweithdra yng Nghymru ers etholiadau Mai 2011. 

2. Bod diweithdra wedi cyrraedd y nifer fwyaf ar record rhwng Gorffennaf a Medi 2011. 

3. Bod twf aruthrol yn niweithdra menywod ers Mai 2011. 

4. Bod CMC pob rhan o Gymru wedi disgyn eto o gymharu â’r EU27, fod Gorllewin Cymru a’r Cymoedd yn 68.4% o’r 

cyfartaledd Ewropeaidd a Dwyrain Cymru’n 99.3%. 

5. Bod GVA Cymru yn is na 75% o gyfartaledd y DG ac wedi cwympo’n gyson ers 1995 pan fu’n 84%. 

6. Bod economi Cymru yn ogystal â gweddill y DG wedi cwympo i enciliad arall eleni; un sy’n debygol o fod yn hirach 

na’r diwethaf. 

7. Taw GDP neu GVA yw’r mesuriadau gorau a’r mesuriadau a dderbynnir fwyaf eang ar gyfer mesur cyflwr yr economi 

nad yw Llywodraeth Cymru yn mesur GDP na GVA. 

Gresyna’r gynhadledd: 

1. Y diffyg adnoddau ychwanegol y mae Llywodraeth Cymru wedi cynnig i’r portffolio Busnes, Menter, Technoleg a 

Gwyddoniaeth yn ei chyllideb. 

2. Methiant llywodraethau San Steffan a Chymru i gynnig ysgogiad i hybu twf yn yr economi. 

Geilw’r gynhadledd: 

1. Ar lywodraeth San Steffan i gyhoeddi cynllun o wariant ar brosiectau cyfalaf er mwyn hybu twf yn yr economi. 

2. Ar Lywodraeth Cymru i sicrhau ffynonellau amgen o arian er mwyn cynnig pecyn o wariant cyfalaf i hybu twf yn yr 

economi. 

3. Ar Lywodraeth Cymru i neilltuo mwy o arian i gyllideb y portffolio Busnes, Menter, Technoleg a Gwyddoniaeth i 

sicrhau fod rhaglenni i gynorthwyo busnesau, swyddi ac unigolion yn ddigonol yn y cyfnod economaidd yma. 

4. Ar Lywodraeth Cymru i fesur ac i gyhoeddi GDP a GVA Cymru fesul chwarter. 

5. Ar Lywodraeth Cymru i osod targedau ar gyfer GDP a GVA ar gyfer economi Cymru. 

Cyfranogaeth Wleidyddol Pobl Ifanc 

(Etholaeth Preseli Penfro) 

Ail-gadarnha’r Gynhadledd ei fod yn bolisi Blaid Cymru i gefnogi lleihau’r oedran cymhwysedd pleidleisio a dal 

swyddogaeth wleidyddol ar bob lefel o gynrychiolaeth (lleol, cenedlaethol ac Ewropeaidd). 

Cred y Gynhadledd y dylai’r bobl ifanc yn enwedig fwynhau’r hawl i gymryd rhan mewn penderfyniadau yngl ŷn â dyfodol 

eu cenedl. 

Geilw’r Gynhadledd felly am i bobl ifanc 16 mlwydd oed a h ŷn i fod yn gymwys i bleidleisio mewn unrhyw refferendwm 

yngl ŷn ag annibyniaeth i Gymru. 

Geilw’r Gynhadledd ar Lywodraeth Cymru ac ar gr ŵp Plaid Cymru yn y Cynulliad Cenedlaethol i ymchwilio’r posibiliad o 

ganiatáu pobl ifanc i gymryd rhan mewn etholiadau lleol yng Nghymru. 

Hefyd, ail-gadarnha’r Gynhadledd cefnogaeth Plaid Cymru i’r ymgyrch Pleidleisio yn 16, a geilw’r gynhadledd ar bob 

aelod o gr ŵp Plaid Cymru yn y Cynulliad Cenedlaethol i ymuno â’r ymgyrch. 

Geilw’r gynhadledd hefyd ar Lywodraeth Cymru, gr ŵp Plaid Cymru yn y Cynulliad Cenedlaethol, a Chynghorwyr Plaid 

Cymru, i sicrhau bod strwythurau cenedlaethol a lleol ar gyfer cyfranogaeth plant a phobl ifanc, er enghraifft fforymau a 

chynulliadau ieuenctid, yn cael eu hamddiffyn yn erbyn toriadau a lle’n bosib eu hehangu a’u datblygu. 

Gwelliant 1 (Etholaeth Dwyfor Meirionnydd) 

Dileer y trydydd paragraff “Geilw’r Gynhadledd felly am i bobl ifanc 16 mlwydd oed a h ŷn fod yn gymwys i bleidleisio 

mewn unrhyw refferendwm yngl ŷn ag annibyniaeth i Gymru”. 

Cynnig Brys 2 

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Amendment 5 (Barry Branch) 

Replace Paragraph 6 under Conference Resolves with: 

That Plaid Cymru’s Economic Commission shall investigate the currency options for (a) the present United Kingdom and 

(b) an independent Wales and report in time for an evidence-based policy to be adopted prior to the 2014 European 

elections. 

Developing the Economy 



1. The growth in unemployment in Wales since the May 2011 elections. 

2. That unemployment reached the highest number on record between July and September 2011. 

3. The alarming growth in female unemployment since May 2011. 

4. That recent figures show that GDP fell again in all parts of Wales compared to the EU27 average with West Wales & 

the Valleys dropping to 68.4% of the average and East Wales to 99.3%. 

5. That Welsh GVA is less than 75% of the UK average and has fallen steadily since 1995 when it was 84%. 

6. That the Welsh economy as well as the rest of the UK has dropped into recession again this year, likely to last longer 

than the last. 

7. That GDP and GVA are the best and most widely accepted economic indicators that the Welsh Government does not 

measure GDP or GVA in Wales. 

Conference deplores: 

1. The lack of additional resources allocated by the Welsh Government to the Business, Enterprise and Technology 

portfolio in its budget. 

2. The failure of governments in Westminster and Wales to offer an adequate stimulus to the economy. 

Conference calls on; 

1. The UK government to introduce a capital investment package to stimulate economic growth. 

2. The Welsh Government to secure alternative sources of funding to offer a package of capital spending to boost 

economic growth. 

3. The Welsh Government to allocate additional resources to the Business, Enterprise, Technology and Science 

portfolio to ensure that programs to assist businesses, individuals and jobs in this economic period are sufficient. 

4. On the Welsh Government to calculate and publish quarterly GDP and GVA for Wales. 

5. On the Welsh Government to set targets for GDP and GVA of the Welsh economy. 

Young People’s Political Participation 

(Preseli Pembrokeshire Constituency) 

Conference reaffirms that it is Plaid Cymru policy to support a reduction in the age of voting and eligibility for political 

office, at all levels of representation (local, national and European). 

Conference believes that in particular, young people should be entitled to take part in decisions about the future of their 

nation. 

Conference therefore calls for young people aged 16 and over to be included in any referendum on independence for 

Wales. 

Conference calls on the Government of Wales and the Plaid group in the National Assembly to explore the possibility of 

allowing young people to take part in local elections in Wales. 

Conference also reaffirms Plaid’s support for the Votes at 16 campaign, and calls on all members of the Plaid group in 

the National Assembly to join the campaign. 

Conference also calls on the Government of Wales, the Plaid group in the National Assembly, and Plaid councillors, 

to ensure that national and local structures for children and young people’s participation, such as youth forums and 

assemblies, are defended against cutbacks and where possible extended and developed. 

Amendment 1 (Dwyfor Meirionnydd Constituency) 

Delete the third paragraph “Conference therefore calls for young people aged 16 and over to be included in any 

referendum on independence for Wales. 


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11:30 Sesiwn Trafod 3 - Dyfodol Addysg Uwch yng Nghymru 


13:30 Elfyn Llwyd AS, Arweinydd San Steffan – Araith 

13:45 

Sesiwn Trafod 4 - Comisiwn Economaidd: Datgloi Pwer Prynnu Cymru. Noddir gan Ffederasiwn 

Meistr Adeiladwyr 


Ail-drefnu Sefydliadau Addysg Uwch 


Geilw’r Gynhadledd ar Lywodraeth Cymru 

1. I ad-drefnu polisi Addysg Uwch i gryfhau safonau addysgu a gwella canlyniadau graddedigion; 

2. I sefydlu Sefydliadau Addysg Uwch Cymru fel canolfannau rhagoriaeth ar gyfer ôl-raddedigion ac ymchwil; a 

3. I roi blaenoriaeth i gydweithio gwirfoddol ac i beidio â gorfodi Sefydliadau Addysg Uwch i uno oni bai am fethiant 

sefydliad. 

Gwelliant 1(Pwyllgor Gwaith Cenedlaethol) 

Dileu cymal 3, a gosod yn ei le: 

3. Er mwyn cryfhau safonau addysg a datblygu ymhellach rhagoriaeth ymchwil yng Nghymru, i flaenori cydweithio 

rhwng sefydliadau gan gydnabod cyfrifoldeb y sefydliadau i ymateb yn gadarnhaol a chyfrifoldeb y llywodraeth i 

weithio’n adeiladol gyda’r sector. 

Amddiffyn Ysbytai Cyffredinol Dosbarth 



1. Cynlluniau presennol Llywodraeth Cymru i israddio gwasanaethau o rhai Ysbytai Cyffredinol Dosbarth yng Nghymru. 

2. Astudiaeth Prifysgol Sheffield ar bellter a marwolaeth yn 2007 a ddarganfu bod pob 10km ychwanegol o bellter llinell 

syth o ysbytai yn cynyddu marwolaeth o 1%, a bod astudiaethau eraill wedi cadarnhau’r cysylltiad rhwng amser 

mae’n cymryd i dderbyn triniaeth a chanlyniadau gwaeth. 

3. Bydd cael gwared ar wasanaethau damwain ac achos brys a gwasanaethau argyfwng eraill o Ysbytai Cyffredinol 

Dosbarth yn cynyddu perygl i gleifion. 

4. Mai cyfiawnhad Llywodraeth Cymru dros gael gwared â’r gwasanaethau hyn yw’r anhawster honedig o recriwtio 

staff. Noda’r gynhadledd bod y cyfiawnhad hwn yn ei hun yn dditment o record y Blaid Lafur o reoli’r GIG dros y 15 

mlynedd diwethaf. 

Geilw’r Gynhadledd ar lywodraeth Cymru: 

1. I ail-sefydlu’r GIG yng Nghymru i ddarparu gwasanaeth iechyd modern y 21ain ganrif sy’n cyrraedd anghenion pobl 

Cymru, heb anffafriaeth yn erbyn cleifion mewn ardaloedd gwledig. 

2. I gefnogi’r rhwydwaith o Ysbytai Cyffredinol Dosbarth sy’n darparu triniaeth brys ledled Cymru bydd yn sicrhau bod 

pob person yng Nghymru o fewn cyrraedd gwasanaethau damwain ac achos brys a gwasanaethau argyfwng eraill. 

3. I sicrhau lle mae tystiolaeth glinigol yn dangos yr angen am driniaeth ganolog i ganolfan arbenigol, nad yw cleifion yn 

dioddef yn ariannol, a bod trefniadau trafnidiaeth a throsglwyddiad da mewn lle. 

4. I sicrhau fod y gwasanaeth iechyd yn defnyddio TGCh (telefeddygaeth), GYCD, Ysbytai Cymunedol, nyrsys 

arbenigedd, a diagnostig symudol a chanolfannau triniaeth i sicrhau bod triniaeth yn cael ei ddarparu mor agos â 

phosib at gartrefi cleifion a theithio yn cael ei leihau. 


Mewnosod cyn paragraff 1 y canlynol: 

Gresyna’r Gynhadledd polisïau llymder Llywodraeth Glymblaid Llundain a’r effaith mae’n cael ar wasanaethau Cymreig 

fel y GIG. Geilw’r gynhadledd ar Lywodraeth Cymru i gyfaddef eu gwir gynlluniau ar gyfer y GIG, dweud wrth staff y GIG 

am ddiogelwch eu swyddi a sefyllfa gwasanaethau ysbytai yng Nghymru. 

Gwelliant 2 (Etholaeth Pontypridd) 

Ychwanegu: Pwynt 5 dan noda’r gynhadledd 

Noda’r Gynhadledd 

5. Fe ddaeth adroddiad 2010 y Pwyllgor Iechyd, Lles a Llywodraeth Leol ar Gofal Newydd Enedigol yng Nghymru i’r 

casgliad bod babis oedd angen gofal arbennig a’u teuluoedd yn derbyn gofal o ansawdd uchel ond oeddent yn poeni 

am y diffyg mewn staff arbenigol ynghyd â phroblemau mewn recriwtio nyrsys a doctoriaid gofal newydd enedigol. 

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11:30 Discussion Session 3 - The Future of Higher Education in Wales 


13:30 Elfyn Llwyd MP, Westminster Leader – Speech 

13:45 

Discussion Session 4 - Economy Commission: Unlocking Welsh Purchase Power. Sponsored by 

Federation of Master Builders 


Reforming Higher Education Institutions 


Conference Calls on the Welsh Government: 

1. To realign Higher Education policy to strengthen teaching standards and improve graduate outcomes; 

2. Establish Welsh Higher Education Institutions as centres for post graduate and research excellence; and 

3. To prioritise voluntary collaboration and not to impose any mergers between Higher Education Institutions except in 

the case of failure. 


Delete clause 3, and replace with: 

3. In order to improve standards and strengthen research in Wales, to prioritise collaboration amongst institutions 

recognising the responsibility of institutions to respond positively to such an initiative and the responsibility of the 

Government to work constructively with the sector. 

Protection of District General Hospitals 



1. The current plans of the Welsh Government to downgrade services from some District General Hospitals in Wales. 

2. The University of Sheffield study into distance and mortality in 2007 that found that each additional 10km of straight line 

distance from hospital increased mortality by 1%, and that other studies have confirmed the link between time taken to 

receive treatment and poorer outcomes 

3. That the removal of A+E and other emergency services from District General Hospitals will increase the risk to patients. 

4. That one of the justifications used by the Welsh Government for the removal of these services is the alleged difficulty of 

recruiting staff. Conference notes that this justification is in itself an indictment of the Labour Party’s record of managing 

the NHS over the past 15 years. 

Conference calls on the Welsh government: 

1. To rebuild the NHS in Wales to provide a modern 21st century health service that meets the needs of all people in 

Wales, without discrimination against patients in rural areas. 

2. To support the network of District General Hospitals providing emergency treatment throughout Wales that ensures 

that every person in Wales is within reach of A+E services and other emergency services. 

3. To ensure that where clinical evidence conclusively demonstrates the need for centralising treatment into a specialist 

centre, that patients do not suffer financially, and that good transport and transfer arrangements are in place. 

4. To ensure that the health service fully utilises ICT (telemedicine), DGHS, Community hospitals, specialist nurses, and 

mobile diagnostic and treatment centres to ensure that treatment is provided as close to patients’ homes as possible 

and travelling is minimised. 


Insert before paragraph 1 the following: 

Conference condemns the austerity policies of the London Coalition Government and the effect that it is having on 

Welsh services such as the NHS. Conference calls upon the Welsh Government to come clean on its real plans for the 

Welsh NHS, fully inform NHS staff of their job security and the position of hospital services in Wales. 

Amendment 2 (Pontypridd Constituency) 

Add: Point 5 in conference notes 

Conferences notes 

5. The Health, Wellbeing and Local Government Committee report on Neonatal Care in Wales 2010, which 

concluded special care babies and their families did receive high quality care but were concerned about a lack of 

specialist staff along with problems in recruiting neonatal doctors and nurses. 

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Ychwanegu Pwynt 5 yn: 


5. I sicrhau argaeledd gwasanaethau newydd enedigol ar draws y genedl Gymreig. 

Gweithlu’r Gwasanaeth Iechyd Gwladol 



1. Methiant parhaol Llywodraeth Cymru i sicrhau bod y GIG yng Nghymru wedi ei staffio’n briodol. 

2. Bod y methiant i recriwtio doctoriaid yn cael ei ddefnyddio fel cyfiawnhad dros gau gwasanaethau mewn rhai 

ardaloedd o Gymru. 

3. Bod nyrsys (yn enwedig) yn gweld eu swydd ddisgrifiadau a chyflogau’n lleihau drwy “isfandio”. 

4. Bod myfyrwyr ifanc o Gymru yn cael trafferth i hyfforddi i fod yn feddygon a nyrsys oherwydd diffyg cymhwyster 

dysgu, a bod hyn yn cyfrannu tuag at “draen dawn”. 

5. Penderfyniad Llywodraeth Cymru i ddileu’r fwrsariaeth nyrsio yn 2011. 

Cred y Gynhadledd: 

1. Bydd cael gwared â’r fwrsariaeth nyrsio yn lleihau’r cyflenwad o nyrsys ac yn cyfyngu ar gyfleoedd i ddilyn gyrfa 

mewn nyrsio i bobl ar incwm isel. 

Geilw’r Gynhadledd ar Lywodraeth Cymru i fuddsoddi yng ngwasanaeth iechyd Cymru drwy: 

1. Sefydlu cyfleusterau ar gyfer hyfforddi doctoriaid a gweithwyr iechyd eraill yn Abertawe a Bangor. 

2. Darparu cyllid i bobl ifanc o Gymru o gefndiroedd difreintiedig i astudio a hyfforddi i fod yn feddygon yng Nghymru 

dan yr amod eu bod nhw’n gwasanaethu am nifer cytunedig o flynyddoedd yn y GIG Gymreig. 

3. Cynyddu’r gyfran o ymchwil iechyd sy’n dod i Gymru. 

4. Buddsoddi mewn hyfforddiant ac “uwchsgilio” staff cyfredol er mwyn gwella ansawdd gofal. 

5. Gweithredu cynllun gweithlu hirdymor a recriwtio’r meddygon ac ymgynghorwyr sydd eu hangen i ddarparu GIG ar 

gyfer y 21ain ganrif yng Nghymru. 


Ychwanegu ar ôl pwynt 5 yn ‘Noda’r Gynhadledd’: 

6. Cyhoeddi “Mwy na Geirie”, strategaeth iaith gyntaf GIG Cymru sydd yn anelu at greu gweithlu iechyd a gofal 

dwyieithog. 

O fewn ‘Cred y Gynhadledd” dileu: “ a bydd yn lleihau’r cyflenwad o nyrsys i’r proffesiwn” 

O fewn “Geilw’r Gynhadledd”: 

Pwynt 1: ailosod “sefydlu” gyda “chefnogi a datblygu” 

Pwynt 2: ailosod “doctoriaid” gyda “gweithwyr iechyd” 


O dan Bwynt 2, ychwanegu Pwynt 3: 

3. Tra nad oes lleoedd digonol i bobl ifanc cymwysedig astudio i fod yn weithwyr iechyd yng Nghymru, i ddarparu 

cyllid iddynt astudio mewn mannau. Byddai’r cynllun yn cael ei gynnig dan yr amod bod y myfyrwyr a gyllidwyd yn 

gwasanaethu am nifer cytunedig o flynyddoedd yn y GIG Gymreig. 

Ail-rifo’r pwyntiau dilynol. 

O dan bwynt 4 (newydd) ar ôl “Cymru” ychwanegu:” yn rhannol trwy ddadlau dros ddatganoli cyfran o gyllid y 

Cynghorau Ymchwil Prydeinig i Gymru sydd yn cyfateb â chyfran y boblogaeth (5% ar hyn o bryd).” 

O dan bwynt 6 (newydd) ychwanegu: 

7. Cefnogi nod “Mwy na Geirie” o gynllunio gweithlu iechyd dwyieithog drwy sicrhau bod hyfforddiant cyfrwng 

Cymraeg ar gael ar draws y Gwyddorau Iechyd a chefnogi cynlluniau dysgu Cymraeg i oedolion ar gyfer gweithwyr 

iechyd ledled Cymru. 

Cynnig Brys 3 

15:15 Sesiwn Trafod 5 - Mae Undeb newydd yn bosib. Noddir gan Positif 

16:00 Gwobr Cyfraniad Arbennig 

16:15 Jill Evans ASE, Llywydd Plaid Cymru – Araith Gloi 

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Add Point 5 in: 

Conference calls on the Welsh government: 

5. To ensure the availability of neo-natal services across the Welsh nation. 

Workforce in the NHS 


Conference notes : 

1. The continued and on-going failure of the Welsh Government to ensure that the NHS in Wales is appropriately staffed. 

2. That this failure to recruit doctors is subsequently being used as justification for the removal of services in some parts 

of Wales 

3. That nurses (in particular) are having their job descriptions and salaries reduced through ‘downbanding’. 

4. That young Welsh students have difficulty in training to become doctors and nurses due to a lack of teaching 

capacity, and this contributes towards ‘brain drain’. 

5. The Welsh Government’s decision to abolish the nursing bursary in 2011. 

Conference believes: 

1. Scrapping the nursing bursary will reduce the supply of nurses into the profession and restrict nursing as a career 

option for people on low incomes. 

Conference calls for The Welsh Government to invest in the health service of Wales by: 

1. Establishing facilities in Swansea and Bangor for the training of doctors and other health professionals 

2. Providing finance for young people from Wales from low income backgrounds to study and train to become doctors 

in Wales in exchange for them guaranteeing an agreed number of years service in the Welsh NHS 

3. Increasing the share of medical research that comes to Wales 

4. Investing in the training and ‘upskilling’ of existing staff in order to improve the quality of care 

5. Undertaking long term work force planning and recruiting the doctors and consultants necessary to provide a 21st 

century NHS throughout Wales. 


Following point 5 in Conference notes, add: 

6. The publication of “More than Words” the first language strategy in NHS Wales which aims to create a bilingual 

workforce in health and social care. 

In Conference Believes delete: “and will reduce the supply of nurses into the profession” 

In Conference Calls: 

Point 1: replace “establishing” with “supporting and developing” 

Point 2: replace “doctors” with “health professionals” 


Under Point 2 add Point 3: 

3. While sufficient places do not exist for qualified young people to train to become health professionals in Wales, 

financial support for them to study in institutions outside Wales should be provided subject to students pledging an 

agreed number of years service to the Welsh NHS. 

Re-number points thereafter 

Under point 4 (new) after “Wales” add; , partly through arguing to devolve a proportion of UK Research Council Funding 

to Wales that corresponds to the Welsh population (currently 5%). 

Under (new) point 6 add: 

7. Support the aim of “More than Words” with regard to planning a bilingual workforce by ensuring Welsh medium 

teaching across the Health Sciences and planning and supporting Welsh language courses for health workers across 

Wales. 


15:15 Discussion Session 5 - A new Union is possible. Sponsored by Positif 

16:00 Outstanding Contribution Award 

16:15 Jill Evans MEP, Plaid Cymru President – Closing Speech 

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