Minister, a family in my own constituency have hosted a Ukrainian family, and all are settling in well, apart from one particular issue, which is that this family are struggling to be reunited with their pets. There's a serious issue here because the little girl involved has special needs and is very much in need of being with those pets. It really is a serious issue, because they're actually considering leaving Wales as a result. It really is a serious matter. But as I understand, the three cats in question are in quarantine in Lancashire, and are being moved somewhere else in England for quarantine, despite the fact that they've passed all their antibodies and appropriate tests. I can see Janet Finch-Saunders agreeing with me, and I know other families in Ukraine have also experienced the same issue as well.

As I understand it, the UK Government has relaxed rules for bringing in pets from Ukraine to support families fleeing that war zone, and it's paying for all the relevant checks that need to be undertaken as well, but there seems to be, for some reason, a different policy position in Wales than there is to England and Scotland. So, for this family, if they were hosted in England or Scotland, their pets would have now been reunited with them already. I think this particular story has hit the Welsh media this afternoon, and it's my understanding that a Welsh Government spokesperson has said this is to protect animal welfare in Wales. But there seems to be no logical reason why there should be a different approach taken in Wales than there is from England and Scotland.

After I've sat down, I will send you the specific details, Minister, but I'd be grateful if you could ask your officials to examine this, not only for this family, but for other families from Ukraine trying to establish themselves here in Wales, and wanting to be reunited with their pets.