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P-05-915 Call for better enforcement of puppy farms in Wales

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Meeting: 13/09/2021 - Petitions Committee (Item 3)

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The Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (Wales) Regulations 2021

 

The Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (Wales) Regulations 2021 – Explanatory Memorandum

 

The Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (Wales) Regulations 2021, Plenary 23 March 2021

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Minutes:

The Committee considered the correspondence received and noted that the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (Wales) Regulations 2021 had been passed by the Senedd in March 2021. The Committee therefore congratulated campaigners, and agreed to close the petition.

Meeting: 16/03/2021 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

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This petition was considered alongside petitions P-05-856 Ban the sale of puppies by pet shops and all commercial 3rd party dealers in Wales and P-05-939 Immediate embargo on new dog breeding licences, licence renewals and planning applications until regulations are fit for purpose and enforceable.

         

The Committee noted the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (Wales) Regulations 2021 that have been proposed for agreement by the Senedd on 23 March, and agreed to pass the petitions for further consideration by its successor committee in the next Senedd term.

 

Meeting: 26/01/2021 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

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This petition was considered alongside petitions P-05-856 Ban the sale of puppies by pet shops and all commercial 3rd party dealers in Wales and P-05-939 Immediate embargo on new dog breeding licences, licence renewals and planning applications until regulations are fit for purpose and enforceable.

 

The Committee considered the statements issued by the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs and agreed to seek clarification as to when such legislation to ban third party sales of puppies and kittens would be introduced.

 

Nb. Following the meeting the Minister published The Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (Wales) Regulations 2021 on 27 January 2021.

Meeting: 07/01/2020 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

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The Committee considered the petition alongside P-05-856 Ban the sale of puppies by pet shops and all commercial 3rd party dealers in Wales (Lucy’s Law) and agreed to await a further announcement by the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs of actions to be taken following the review of dog breeding regulations, before considering whether to take any further actions on the petitions.

 

Meeting: 19/11/2019 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 2)

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Given the similarity of the issues, raised the Committee agreed to group the petition with P-05-856 Ban the sale of puppies by pet shops and all commercial 3rd party dealers in Wales and consider them together in future, including once a response is received to the Committee’s recent letter to the Minister for Environment requesting a timescale for the completion of the ‘urgent and immediate’ review of the dog breeding regulations.

 

 

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