Question follow-through · 13354
Dangerous Dogs
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to publish guidance on withdrawing a Certificate of Exemption for XL Bully dogs.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 8 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 12 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 15 Nov 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
8 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to publish guidance on withdrawing a Certificate of Exemption for XL Bully dogs.
12 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Nov 2024
Answer published
Where an owner has applied for a certificate of exemption and no longer thinks that their dog is an XL Bully, it will be possible to ask Defra to withdraw the certificate. Defra will provide more information about this process soon.
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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