The Select Committee on Animal Welfare – Petition for Redress will be holding an oral evidence on the afternoon of Monday 2nd March 2015 at 2.30 pm in Legislative Council Chamber. Evidence will be taken from Mr Stuart Jaques, Chief Veterinary Officer for the Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture (DEFA) and Miss Janice Skinner, Legislation Media and Research Officer for DEFA.
The Committee was set up on 19th November 2014 by Tynwald in response to a Petition for Redress presented by Ms Roseleen Harrison at St John’s on July 7th, 2014 requesting that Tynwald consider the introduction of animal welfare legislation in the Isle of Man comparable to that contained in the UK Animal Welfare Act 2006.
The Select Committee’s Members are Mrs Kate Beecroft MHK (chair), Mrs Brenda Cannell MHK and Mr David Cretney MHK.
The evidence will be taken in public; members of the public are welcome to attend.
