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I am making this statement to provide an update on the Welsh Government’s ongoing policies in relation to dog welfare. I also wish to thank the Chair of the Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee for their thorough draft report on the draft Regulations.


I asked for the draft Animal Welfare (Identification of Dogs) (Wales) Regulations 2014, as laid on 24th June 2014, to be withdrawn.  The decision to do this was not made lightly, but I wanted to be satisfied that they were entirely fit for purpose.  I have charged my officials with revisiting the draft Identification of Dogs Regulations, and to continue working closely with their counterparts in Defra, engaging with database stakeholders in particular.  


Due to this ongoing work, the previously stated date of 1 March 2015, by which all dogs in Wales should be microchipped, is unlikely to be achieved.  I will ensure the additional work required to consider the concerns raised by the Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee is undertaken and I hope to introduce the draft Identification of Dogs Regulations as soon as possible to maintain the momentum we have built up in Wales in relation to moving towards the goal of having all dogs in Wales microchipped.


Of course members of the public and breeding establishments should, as best practice, continue to have their puppies and dogs microchipped to ensure traceability of their animals.  I wish to thank the third sector stakeholders for their support, in particular the Dogs Trust, for the programme of free microchipping they have been undertaking across Wales.  


In relation to the Animal Welfare (Breeding of Dogs) (Wales) Regulations 2014, which were also laid on the 24th June 2014, my immediate plans are to meet with key stakeholders to ensure the Regulations are fit for purpose. The draft Breeding of Dogs Regulations will be withdrawn and re\-laid before the National Assembly for Wales as soon as possible.  These Regulations will not make provision in relation to the microchipping of puppies born at the breeding establishments covered by the Breeding of Dogs Regulations as this issue will be picked up in the redrafted Identification of Dogs Regulations.  


I appreciate that this may not be wholly welcome news, but I wish to assure you that these two important pieces of legislation will be taken forward in Wales as swiftly as possible. I will emphasise that it is important we get these Regulations right.


I will issue a further Written Statement on the status of these Regulations as work progresses.


 


 


 


 







Translation:


 
Rwy'n gwneud y datganiad hwn i gyflwyno'r newyddion diweddaraf ar bolisïau parhaus Llywodraeth Cymru mewn perthynas â lles cŵn.  Rwyf hefyd yn dymuno diolch i Gadeirydd  y Pwyllgor Materion Cyfansoddiadol a Deddfwriaethol am eu hadroddiad drafft trylwyr ar y Rheoliadau drafft.  

Gofynnais i'r Rheoliadau drafft Lles Anifeiliaid (Adnabod Cŵn) (Cymru) 2014, fel a gyflwynwyd ar 24 Mehefin 2014, gael eu tynnu yn ôl.  Bu llawer o ystyried cyn penderfynu ar hyn, ond roeddwn am fod yn fodlon eu bod yn hollol addas at y pwrpas.  Rwyf wedi rhoi'r cyfrifoldeb o edrych eto ar y Rheoliadau Adnabod Cŵn drafft i'm swyddogion, ac i barhau i gydweithio'n agos â'u cydweithwyr yn Defra, gan gysylltu â rhanddeiliaid y gronfa ddata yn benodol.    

Oherwydd y gwaith parhaus hwn, mae'n anhebygol y bydd yn bosib cadw at y dyddiad o 1 Mawrth 2015, y dyddiad gwreiddiol ar gyfer gosod microsglodyn ym mhob ci yng Nghymru.   Byddaf yn sicrhau y bydd y gwaith ychwanegol sydd ei angen i ystyried y pryderon a godwyd gan y Pwyllgor Materion Cyfansoddiadol a Deddfwriaethol yn cael ei wneud ac rwy'n gobeithio cyflwyno'r Rheoliadau Adnabod Cŵn drafft cyn gynted â phosib, i gynnal y momentwm yng Nghymru i symud ymlaen tuag at y nod o sicrhau bod microsglodyn ym mhob ci yng Nghymru.  

Wrth gwrs dylai aelodau'r cyhoedd a sefydliadau magu, fel arfer gorau, barhau i osod microsglodion yn eu cŵn a'u cŵn bach, i sicrhau bod modd iddynt olrhain eu hanifeiliaid.  Rwyf am ddiolch i randdeiliaid y trydydd sector am eu cymorth, yn enwedig i'r Dogs Trust, am y rhaglen o osod microsglodion am ddim sydd wedi ei chynnal ledled Cymru.    

O ran Rheoliadau Lles Anifeiliaid (Magu Cŵn) (Cymru) 2014, a gyflwynwyd hefyd ar y 24ain Mehefin 2014, yr hyn yr wyf yn fwriadu ei wneud nesaf yw cyfarfod â phrif randdeiliaid i sicrhau bod y Rheoliadau yn addas at y diben.  Bydd y Rheoliadau Magu Cŵn drafft yn cael eu tynnu yn ôl a'u cyflwyno  eto gerbron Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru cyn gynted â phosib.  Ni fydd y Rheoliadau hyn yn darparu ar gyfer gosod microsglodion mewn cŵn bach mewn sefydliadau magu, sy'n cael ei gynnwys yn y Rheoliadau Magu Cŵn, gan y byddwn yn delio â'r mater hwn yn y Rheoliadau Adnabod Cŵn wedi ei ail\-ddrafftio.  

Rwy'n sylweddoli na fydd hyn yn newyddion fydd yn cael ei groesawu, ond rwyf am eich sicrhau bod y ddau ddarn pwysig yma o ddeddfwriaeth yn cael eu datblygu yng Nghymru cyn gynted â phosib.  Rwyf am bwysleisio ei fod yn bwysig inni gael y Rheoliadau hyn yn iawn.  

Byddaf yn cyhoeddi Datganiad Ysgrifenedig pellach ar statws y Rheoliadau hyn wrth i'r gwaith fynd yn ei flaen.