Improve the Welfare of Companion Animals

Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:36 pm on 10 July 2018.

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Photo of Andrew RT Davies Andrew RT Davies Conservative 1:36, 10 July 2018

I do feel privileged today to be sitting next to the rescuer of the hedgehog fancier club here, Darren Millar. Anyone who's followed his Twitter feed would see the rescue mission he launched last week. But I would ask you, First Minister—. The Welsh Government commission many services in the public sector, obviously—bus services and the regulation of taxis. It is important that when people with companion dogs, in particular, seek to use those services, there is an understanding among the operators what their obligations are, and they are not turned away from use of those services. How confident are you that the regulations, and in particular the services you commission, do have the safeguards in place so that people who do need guide dogs, and other companion animals, are able to access those public services?