Attached below is a letter from Robert Buckland QC MP, Lord Chancellor & Secretary of State for Justice, George Eustice MP, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and Priti Patel MP, Secretary of State for the Home Department, outlining a new plan for a Pet Theft taskforce to investigate the reported rise in pet theft since the beginning of lockdown. 

The new taskforce has been set up to gather evidence to understand the factors that may be contributing to any rise in thefts and to recommend any necessary measures to tackle the problem.

You can read the letter in full below.