ISLANDERS who want new animal welfare legislation brought in more quickly are being encouraged to lobby deputies to support an amendment designed to give politicians more power to prioritise laws.

Promoting Animal Welfare (PAW) held a public meeting at St Margaret’s Lodge last night to ask for people’s ideas about how to put pressure on the authorities to bring in the new law.

Animal rights campaigners are frustrated that new legislation, agreed by the States seven years ago, has still not been enacted. Some deputies have said that there is very little they can do to speed up its implementation because it is now with the law officers and not in the hands of politicians.

Deputies Mike Hadley (pictured) and Rhoderick Matthews outlined their amendment to the States Strategic Plan, which they said would give politicians a bigger say in which legislation was prioritised. The amendment has been sent to the Bailiff and they hope it will be discussed in September’s States meeting.

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