Pwyllgor ar Ysmygu mewn Mannau Cyhoeddus

Llythyr Ymgynghori

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23 Gorffennaf 2004

Annwyl Gyfaill,

Ymgynghoriad cyhoeddus ar ysmygu mewn mannau cyhoeddus

Mae Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru wedi sefydlu Pwyllgor ychwanegol, y Pwyllgor ar Ysmygu mewn Mannau Cyhoeddus, gan ddefnyddio ei bwerau o dan Reol Sefydlog 8.1. Dyma gylch gorchwyl y Pwyllgor:

ystyried tystiolaeth gyfredol ar faterion perthnasol, gan gynnwys y peryglon i iechyd o fwg tybaco yn yr amgylchedd a'r effaith ar yr economi o gyfyngu ar ysmygu mewn mannau cyhoeddus;
adolygu'r datblygiadau yn y DU ac Iwerddon sy'n ymwneud â chyflwyno cyfyngiadau ar ysmygu mewn mannau cyhoeddus (gan gynnwys y trafodaethau ar Fesurau Aelod Preifat y Farwnes Finlay a'r Arglwydd Faulkner); ymateb i ymgynghoriad llywodraeth y DU ar ddatganoli pwerau i awdurdodau lleol i gyflwyno gwaharddiad ar ysmygu yn y gwaith ac mewn mannau cyhoeddus; canlyniad ymgynghoriad Llywodraeth yr Alban ar ysmygu mewn mannau cyhoeddus; a'r profiad o roi'r gwaharddiad ar ysmygu yn y gweithle ar waith yn Iwerddon);
ystyried y profiadau mewn gwledydd eraill lle mae gwaharddiad wedi'i gyflwyno; a
rhoi adroddiad ar ei gasgliadau i'r Cynulliad erbyn 25 Mai 2005.

Rwy'n ysgrifennu i'ch gwahodd i roi tystiolaeth i'r Pwyllgor ar y materion canlynol:

Y peryglon i iechyd o fwg tybaco yn yr amgylchedd.
Yr effaith ar yr economi o gyfyngu ar ysmygu mewn mannau cyhoeddus.
Effaith gwaharddiad o ran lleihau nifer y bobl sy'n ysmygu, hy a fyddai'n annog pobl i roi'r gorau i ysmygu neu i beidio â dechrau.
Effeithiolrwydd ffaniau echdynnu ac offer awyru arall i gael gwared â mwg tybaco o'r amgylchedd.
Dadleuon hawliau dynol mewn perthynas ag ysmygwyr a phobl nad ydynt yn ysmygu.
Gorfodi.

Os ydych yn dymuno cyflwyno tystiolaeth, gallwch ei hanfon drwy e-bost neu ar ddisg os oes modd. Fel arall, anfonwch gopi caled at Claire Morris, Dirprwy Glerc y Pwyllgor ar Ysmygu mewn Mannau Cyhoeddus, Gwasanaeth Seneddol Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru, Bae Caerdydd, CF99 1NA. Y cyfeiriad e-bost yw Committee.Smoking@wales.gsi.gov.uk. Rhowch y teitl "Ymgynghoriad Cyhoeddus" i'r e-bost.

Dylai eich sylwadau ein cyrraedd erbyn y dyddiad cau, sef dydd Gwener 29 Hydref 2004. Bydd pob cyflwyniad yn cael ei gydnabod.

Wrth lunio eich sylw, cadwch y canlynol mewn cof:

dylai'r dystiolaeth fod yn ffeithiol, nid yn anecdotaidd;
dylai eich ymateb fod mor gryno â phosibl;
byddai o gymorth pe baech yn
defnyddio'r rhifau uchod i nodi'r materion yr ydych yn ymateb iddynt;
nodi p'un a ydych yn ymateb ar ran sefydliad neu fel unigolyn;
nodi p'un a fyddech yn barod i roi tystiolaeth lafar i'r Pwyllgor.

Mae'r Cynulliad Cenedlaethol yn cyhoeddi ymatebion i ymgynghoriadau cyhoeddus ac mae'n bosibl hefyd y cânt eu trafod mewn cyfarfodydd pwyllgor cyhoeddus. Os nad ydych am i'ch ymateb neu eich enw gael ei gyhoeddi, mae'n bwysig eich bod yn nodi hyn ar ddiwedd eich sylw.

Os oes gennych unrhyw gwestiynau, cysylltwch â mi ar 029 2089 8149 neu Claire Morris (ffôn 029 2089 8148).

Jane Westklake
Clerc y Pwyllgor

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