<p>Establishing an Animal Abuse Register in Wales</p>

Part of 1. 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Rural Affairs – in the Senedd at 1:31 pm on 20 September 2017.

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Photo of Lesley Griffiths Lesley Griffiths Labour 1:31, 20 September 2017

No. The Member will be aware—. Obviously, I think you started getting this back on to the agenda with the short debate that you had, and I thought the establishment of such a register was very worthy of further attention. And then RSPCA Cymru produced a briefing document, and they made a case for it also, and they offered to lead on the establishment of a task and finish group. But, you’re quite right: it won’t just be the RSPCA. I have agreed the terms of reference for the group, around the outputs and the timeline. However, the membership hasn’t been agreed. But, you’re absolutely right: it will include other stakeholders and partners. And even on the membership of the group, I’m sure, outside of that membership, we will need to have discussions with other stakeholders and organisations as well.

The point you make around domestic abuse—absolutely. The Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Children and I have already had a meeting around this, and, as the work progresses over the next few months, we will continue to have discussions.