Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the resources that will be required to implement the proposed ban on American Bully XLs; and whether her Department plans to take steps to help support (a) animal welfare charities, (b) local authorities and (c) the police when the proposed ban comes into effect.

We are working with animal welfare charities, local authority representatives and the police to identify the resources that will be required to implement the ban on American XL Bully breed type dogs. We will continue to work closely as the ban comes into effect