Yr Arglwydd Ganghellor a'r Ysgrifennydd Gwladol dros Gyfiawnder
Cyfrifoldebau
Cyfrifoldebau
Mae’r Ysgrifennydd Gwladol dros Gyfiawnder yn goruchwylio holl fusnes y Weinyddiaeth Gyfiawnder. Mae ei gyfrifoldebau penodol yn cynnwys:
- Goruchwylio’r holl bortffolios a strategaeth y Weinyddiaeth Gyfiawnder
- Adnoddau’r adran
- Swyddogaethau’r Arglwydd Ganghellor
- Busnes rhyngwlaol a’r ymadawiad â’r Undeb Ewropeaidd
- Polisi barnwrol yn cynnwys tâl, pensiynau ac amrywiaeth
- Y Gwasanaethau Corfforaethol
Mae’n derbyn cyflog fel Arglwydd Ganghellor ac nid yw’n derbyn tâl fel Ysgrifennydd Gwladol dros Gyfiawnder.
Deiliad presennol y rôl
The Rt Hon David Lammy MP
David Lammy was appointed Lord Chancellor, Secretary of State for Justice and Deputy Prime Minister on 5 September 2025. He was previously Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs between 5 July 2024 and 5 September 2025. David was first elected as Labour MP for Tottenham at the age of 27 in June 2000.
David studied law at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) Law School and Harvard Law School. He was admitted to the Bar of England and Wales in 1995.
David was appointed the Shadow Foreign Secretary in November 2021. He was previously the Shadow Secretary of State for Justice and the Shadow Lord Chancellor.
David served as a minister in the Labour government from 2001 to 2010 and was made a Privy Councillor in 2008. He was in several departments, including the Department of Health and the Department for Constitutional Affairs. He was Culture Minister at the Department of Culture, Media and Sport and Higher Education and Intellectual Property Minister at the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills.
In 2016 to 2017, David led an independent review into treatment and outcomes of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) people in the criminal justice system. He is the author of ‘Out of the ashes: Britain after the riots’ on the causes of the London 2011 riots, and ‘Tribes: how our need to belong can make or break society’ (2020).
David is on the Advisory Board for the European Council on Foreign Relations and is President of the British and Foreign School Society. He is also a Professor in Practice at London School of Economics and the School of Oriental and African Studies.
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The Rt Hon Chris Grayling
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The Rt Hon Kenneth Clarke KC
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