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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 4 December 2023 to Question 3959 on Dangerous Dogs, which organisations were part of the expert group convened by Defra to define the XL Bully breed type.

The organisations represented on the group included the police, local authorities, devolved administrations, and the Animal Welfare Committee, which advises the Government on animal welfare issues.