Welfare of Puppies and Dogs

Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:27 pm on 13 February 2018.

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Photo of Carwyn Jones Carwyn Jones Labour 2:27, 13 February 2018

I think there are two issues here: firstly, to examine whether there's a need for further legislation, and, secondly, to ensure that enforcement is what we would want it and expect it to be. I know that local authorities in Wales have recently undertaken a data-capture survey on licensed dog-breeding premises in Wales, and that exercise has served as an opportunity to assess the standards currently applied to dog breeders in Wales, to identify and investigate examples of poor compliance, best practice, and also to improve intelligence to better inform enforcement intervention by local authorities. So, the enforcement, of course, is hugely important in terms of the current law.