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The purpose of this Statement is to update Members on the actions I have taken and initiated since my last statement on the matter. I also wish to inform Members on future actions and plans.


The behaviour of those horse owners who seek to avoid their responsibilities through the practice of abandonment or fly grazing will not be tolerated anywhere in Wales. I expect all agencies and authorities involved to tackle such owners in a robust fashion and the Welsh Government will welcome action taken against owners who knowingly break the law or deliberately or negligently cause suffering to their animals. We will also support where appropriate any additional actions that authorities and agencies believe may be necessary to deal effectively with the problem.


Since my meeting  with Carmel Napier, Chief Constable of Gwent, who takes the lead on these matters for Chief Constables in Wales, I have been very pleased with the way in which the police have taken forward a number of initiatives to address the problem.


We will work alongside the police to organise a seminar early in the new year to  help  spread good practice, identify what further  action needs to be taken to prevent unauthorised fly grazing. My view is that we need a national policy and a single,  consistent approach  so that the problem is not simply displaced to other parts of the country. The police will also provide resources to assist local authorities in exercising their responsibilities and will also take a proactive role in enforcement.


I have now also met with Council Leaders from across South Wales where I reiterated the need for a co\-ordinated and robust approach to the problem. In the conversations that I have had with both the police and local authorities I have made it very clear what our expectations are from enforcement authorities and how we expect them to vigorously use all available legislation to respond to fly grazing and abandonment. I am satisfied that there is a clear commitment and a willingness from agencies and organisations to work together to deal with this problem.  


I shall be consulting on the legislation that is currently available and that which may be needed in future to deal with the problem of fly grazing. If the evidence points towards the need for legislative changes I will aim to introduce new legislation as soon as possible.  


There is a responsibility on landowners who find themselves victims of fly grazing to come forward and report incidents and any associated anti social behaviour to the authorities. To facilitate this, I am pleased that the police have responded positively by introducing a ‘Single Point of Contact’ via the 101 number within each police force area. The Welsh Government has also created an e\-mail address, equinepolicy@gov.wales to help and to enable members of the public to report either instances of fly grazing, abandonment or any other related issues.    


I met with the Cross Party Group on the Horse on 20 November and was grateful for the opportunity to listen to the concerns of those present. I was encouraged by their willingness to work  with local authorities and the police to provide training as well as working with individual horse owners within communities to  combat the problem of non compliance with  identification and welfare legislation. I share the disappointment of the members of the Cross Party Group on Defra’s decision to cease funding the National Equine Database, a decision which will certainly reduce the enforcement authorities’ ability to check and trace owners of horses in the future. I have written to the Defra Secretary of State to express my views on this decision and the arbitrary way in which it was taken.  


Within the UK, Wales is leading the way on finding a solution to the problem of fly grazing and my officials are sharing the work they are doing on this matter with Defra. There is still much work to be done and with winter beginning there is a fear that the incidence of fly grazing will increase. All agencies involved must be ready to react positively to protect the welfare of horses and ponies, to safeguard the property of landowners and the safety of the general public.


 


 


 


 







Translation:


 
Pwrpas y Datganiad hwn yw rhoi’r wybodaeth ddiweddaraf i’r Aelodau am y camau yr wyf wedi’u cymryd ac wedi’u hysgogi ers fy natganiad diwethaf ar y mater. Hoffwn hefyd roi gwybod i’r Aelodau am gamau a chynlluniau yn y dyfodol.


Ni fydd ymddygiad y perchnogion ceffylau sy’n ceisio osgoi eu cyfrifoldebau drwy droi cefn ar eu hanifeiliaid neu adael iddynt bori’n anghyfreithlon yn cael ei oddef gennym, unrhyw le yng Nghymru. Rwy’n disgwyl i bob asiantaeth ac awdurdod perthnasol ymdrin yn gadarn â pherchenogion o’r fath a bydd Llywodraeth Cymru yn cefnogi unrhyw gamau a gymerir yn erbyn perchnogion sy’n mynd ati’n fwriadol i dorri’r gyfraith neu achosi dioddefaint i’w hanifeiliaid, boed yn fwriadol neu drwy esgeulustod. Byddwn hefyd yn cefnogi unrhyw gamau ychwanegol y bydd yr awdurdodai ac asiantaethau’n penderfynu eu cymryd i ddelio â’r broblem yn effeithiol.


Ers fy nghyfarfod positif iawn gyda Carmel Napier, Prif Gwnstabl Gwent, sy’n arwain ar ran Prif Gwnstabliaid Cymru ar y materion hyn, rwyf wedi bod yn hapus iawn â’r modd y mae’r heddlu wedi rhoi nifer o gynlluniau ar waith er mwyn ceisio mynd i’r afael â’r broblem.


Byddwn yn cydweithio â’r heddlu er mwyn trefnu seminar ar ddechrau’r flwyddyn newydd a fydd yn lledaenu arfer da, yn pennu’r camau pellach  sydd angen eu cymryd er mwyn atal pori anghyfreithlon anawdurdodedig.  Yn fy marn i, mae angen polisi genedlaethol a un dull cyson er mwyn sicrhau nad yw’r broblem yn cael ei throsglwyddo i rannau eraill o’r wlad. Bydd yr heddlu hefyd yn darparu adnoddau a fydd yn cynorthwyo awdurdodau lleol i arfer eu cyfrifoldebau a bydd yn mynd ati mewn modd blaengar i orfodi’r rheolau.  


Rwyf hefyd bellach wedi cyfarfod ag Arweinwyr Cynghorau ar draws y De ac wedi ail\-bwysleisio’r angen am ddull cydgysylltiedig a chadarn ar gyfer datrys y broblem. Rwyf wedi pwysleisio wrth yr heddlu ac wrth awdurdodau lleol yr hyn y byddwn yn disgwyl i awdurdodau gorfodi ei gyflawni a sut y byddwn yn disgwyl iddynt ddefnyddio mewn modd pendant yr holl ddeddfwriaeth sydd ar gael er mwyn ymateb i bori anghyfreithlon.


Rwy’n fodlon bod ymrwymiad clir a pharodrwydd ar ran asiantaethau a sefydliadau i gydweithio i ddelio â’r broblem hon.


Byddaf yn ymgynghori ynghylch y ddeddfwriaeth sydd ar gael nawr ac y gallai fod ei hangen yn y dyfodol i ddelio â phroblem pori anghyfreithlon. Os yw’r dystiolaeth yn cyfeirio at yr angen am newidiadau deddfwriaethol byddaf yn anelu i gyflwyno deddfwriaeth newydd cyn gynted ag y bo modd.  


Mae cyfrifoldeb ar dirfeddianwyr sy’n dioddef pori anghyfreithlon i gamu ymlaen a thynnu sylw’r awdurdodau at achosion ac unrhyw ymddygiad gwrthgymdeithasol. Rwy’n falch iawn bod yr Heddlu wedi ymateb yn gadarnhaol drwy gyflwyno ‘Pwynt Cyswllt Unigol’ drwy’r rhif 101 o fewn pob ardal heddlu, i hwyluso hyn. Mae Llywodraeth Cymru hefyd wedi creu cyfeiriad e\-bost, equinepolicy@llyw.cymru a fydd yn helpu ac yn galluogi aelodau o’r cyhoedd i adrodd ynghylch achosion o bori anghyfreithlon, troi cefn ar anifeiliaid neu unrhyw faterion eraill cysylltiedig.      


Cefais gyfarfod gyda’r Grŵp Trawsbleidiol ar y Ceffyl ar 20 Tachwedd. Roedd hyn yn gyfle gwerthfawr i mi wrando ar bryderon y rhai a oedd yn bresennol. Cefais fy nghalonogi’n fawr iawn gan eu barodrwydd i weithio mewn partneriaeth gydag awdurdodau lleol a’r heddlu i ddarparu sgiliau hyfforddi allweddol, yn ogystal â gweithio gyda pherchenogion ceffylau unigol o fewn cymunedau i ddarparu addysg i herio’r broblem o ddiffyg cydymffurfiaeth o ran deddfwriaeth lles ac adnabod. Rwy’n rhannu siom aelodau’r Grŵp Trawsbleidiol am benderfyniad Defra i beidio ariannu’r Cronfa Ddata Ceffylau Genedlaethol bellach, penderfyniad a fydd yn sicr yn amharu ar allu’r awdurdodau gorfodi i gadarnhau a dod o hyd i berchnogion ceffylau yn y dyfodol. Rwyf wedi ysgrifennu at Ysgrifennydd Gwladol Defra er mwyn mynegi fy marn ynghylch y penderfyniad hwn a’r modd mympwyol y cafodd ei wneud.


Mae Cymru’n arwain o fewn y DU wrth geisio dod o hyd i atebion i’r broblem o bori anghyfreithlon, ac mae fy swyddogion yn rhannu’r gwaith sy’n cael ei wneud ar y mater hwn gyda’u cydweithwyr yn Defra. Mae llawer o waith i’w wneud o hyd, ac ar ddechrau’r gaeaf mae pryder y bydd nifer yr enghreifftiau o bori anghyfreithlon yn cynyddu. Rhaid i bob asiantaeth berthnasol fod yn barod i ymateb yn gadarnhaol ac yn gadarn i amddiffyn lles ceffylau a merlod, i ddiogelu eiddo tirfeddianwyr a diogelwch y cyhoedd yn gyffredinol.