Asked by: Rupa Huq (Labour - Ealing Central and Acton)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of conducting a review of (a) Breed-Specific Legislation and (b) the Dangerous Dogs Act by the end of 2022.
Answered by Victoria Prentis - Attorney General
The primary purpose of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 is public protection. The Government must balance the views of those who want to repeal or amend the breed specific legislation relating to the Pit Bull terrier, Dogo Argentino, Fila Brasileiro and the Japanese Tosa with that responsibility.
The Government considers that a lifting of the restrictions on these types of dogs would more likely result in an increase in dog attacks, rather than contributing to any reduction in such incidents. This position is supported by the police.
In December 2021, Defra published research in collaboration with Middlesex University investigating measures to reduce dog attacks and promote responsible dog ownership across all breeds of dog.
Defra have subsequently set up a Responsible Dog Ownership project in collaboration with the police, local authority representatives and animal welfare stakeholders to consider the recommendations set out in the Middlesex University Report in detail and provide advice to the Government as to how these could be taken forward.
We expect the work of the work of the Responsible Dog Ownership project to be concluded in early 2023, at which point the Government will consider the advice.
Mentions:
1: Christina Rees (IND - Neath) The Government should therefore immediately repeal breed specific legislation.”Four breeds are banned - Speech Link
2: None breed-specific legislation. - Speech Link
3: Christina Rees (IND - Neath) breed-specific legislation. - Speech Link
4: Christina Rees (IND - Neath) breed-specific legislation. - Speech Link
5: Christina Rees (IND - Neath) breed-specific legislation. - Speech Link
6: Wayne David (LAB - Caerphilly) breed-specific legislation. - Speech Link
7: Jo Churchill (CON - Bury St Edmunds) breed-specific legislation. - Speech Link
8: Justin Madders (LAB - Ellesmere Port and Neston) breed-specific legislation. - Speech Link
9: Ruth Jones (LAB - Newport West) breed-specific legislation. - Speech Link
10: Christina Rees (IND - Neath) breed-specific legislation. - Speech Link
11: Dave Doogan (SNP - Angus) breed-specific legislation. - Speech Link
12: Jo Churchill (CON - Bury St Edmunds) We are not willing to repeal the breed-specific provisions contained in the Dangerous Dogs Act without - Speech Link
Found: experience also a dramatic increase of dog owning residents, and increasingly they are of a larger breed
Report Dec. 13 2022
Inquiry: Land Use in EnglandFound: around which stakeholders can cohere, lack of a clear, overarching land use strategy, issues with legislation
Formal Minutes Sep. 02 2022
Committee: Petitions CommitteeFound: vehicles by 2030 https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/560505 104 Introduce a law making it illegal to breed
Repeal Breed Specific Legislation
- Final Signatures: 116,252
The Government should repeal breed specific provisions in dangerous dogs legislation. We believe these provisions are a flawed approach to public safety and an ethical failing with regards to animal welfare.
Debate: This petition was debated in Westminster Hall on 6th June 2022
The Government responsed to this petition on 13th January 2022 (View Full Response)Found: We are not satisfied with the response to previous petitions making requests relating to breed specific
Jun. 23 2022
Source Page: The Genetic Technologies (Precision Breeding Techniques) Bill: RPC OpinionFound: The Bill will repeal the need for consent and risk assessment for q ualifying PBOs and replace
Mentions:
1: Lord Lansley (CON - Life peer) will be to repeal that when the time comes. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Noakes (CON - Life peer) will be improved by adding a lot of extra things to it.My favourite kind of Bills are the ones which repeal - Speech Link
3: Lord Best (CB - Life peer) non-profit registered providers of housing—housing associations, in common parlance—also covers the new breed - Speech Link
4: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (GRN - Life peer) We all know how stretched local government is, so I have a specific question for the Minister. - Speech Link
Found: The Bill will repeal the need for consent and risk assessment for q ualifying PBOs and replace
Found: The Bill will repeal the need for consent and risk assessment for q ualifying PBOs and replace