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Responsible Dog Ownership Working Group

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Question for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

UIN 41692, tabled on 26 March 2025

Question

Adam Dance
Liberal Democrat
Yeovil
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will reconvene the Responsible Dog Ownership Working Group.

Answer

Daniel Zeichner
Labour
Cambridge
Commons

Answered on

7 April 2025

Defra is continuing to work with the police, local authorities and animal welfare groups to explore measures to reduce dog attacks and promote responsible dog ownership across all breeds of dog. We are currently considering the best way to take forward the Responsible Dog Ownership Taskforce.

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