Domestic Violence Offender Register

Part of 2. Questions to the Leader of the House – in the Senedd at 2:33 pm on 24 January 2018.

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Photo of Bethan Sayed Bethan Sayed Plaid Cymru 2:33, 24 January 2018

I was just wondering, you mentioned you were meeting with the Cabinet Secretary, but what other Ministers you are engaging with. I'm wondering specifically on detecting early intervention, and signals of behaviour in somebody who would abuse an animal, for example. I've raised this before with the environment Cabinet Secretary, because there is research to show that, if they abuse an animal, they can then go on to abuse adults and humans in future. So, will you be giving evidence to the task and finish group that the Cabinet Secretary has put forward via the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals to try and work with that sector on alleviating the problems that they are finding with abused animals, which could then subsequently help people such as the police and organisations that help women and others who are suffering from domestic abuse to really get to grips with stopping these events happening, before it gets to a very serious attack or a serious incident of domestic abuse?