Meetings

P-05-816 Say 'NO' to pheasant shooting on Welsh public land

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Meeting: 15/01/2019 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

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The Considered correspondence from the Minister for Energy, Planning and Rural Affairs and agreed to close the petition, in light of the NRW Board’s decision not to offer any extension to the leases for pheasant shooting rights once they expire in March 2019, following the Welsh Government’s intervention.  In doing so, the Committee wished to congratulate the petitioners on the success of their campaign.


Meeting: 05/06/2018 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 2)

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The Committee considered the petition for the first time and agreed to:

·         write to:

o   Natural Resources Wales to seek their views on the issues raised by the petition and the detailed comments made by the petitioners, and request an update on the process of analysing consultation responses and the likely timescales for reaching a decision about future policy on this issue;

o   The Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Planning and Rural Affairs to ask for a response to the concerns received about the sufficiency and monitoring of the Code of Practice for the Welfare of Gamebirds; and to

·         consider requesting time for a debate on this issue once responses to these questions have been received.