Part of 1. 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Rural Affairs – in the Senedd at 1:39 pm on 28 June 2017.
Thank you very much, Llywydd. Cabinet Secretary, the Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee has published a report today on using snares in Wales. Many of the recommendations you will respond to in due time, of course, but I think there is one recommendation that you could respond to today. Recommendation 7 states that the use of snares that don’t comply with your own Government’s code on land owned by the Welsh Government should be prohibited. I think this is a simple and positive step that you could take now, to show leadership and to promote only the use of snares that comply with your own code for efficiency and the welfare of wild animals. Will you confirm today that you’re willing to do that?