Question follow-through · 41692
Responsible Dog Ownership Working Group
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will reconvene the Responsible Dog Ownership Working Group.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 26 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 31 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 7 Apr 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
26 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will reconvene the Responsible Dog Ownership Working Group.
31 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Apr 2025
Answer published
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 th...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Sustainable Farming Incentive: South Somerset
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Litter: Rural Areas
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Litter: Rural Areas
30 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the primary causes of litter in rural communities.
Deposit Return Schemes: Rural Areas
30 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of supporting the introduction of bottle deposit schemes in (a) Yeovil constituency and (b) other rural communities.
Litter: Public Health
30 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of litter on public health in rural communities.
Litter: Public Health
30 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he plans to take reduce the public health impact of litter in rural communities.
Litter: Education
30 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessments he has made of the potential merits of supporting greater education in schools on (a) littering and (b) reducing littering.
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7 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with large supermarkets on the potential impact of (a) food pricing and (b) supermarkets' buying practices on food producers.
Darwin Plus: Finance
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Darwin Plus: Finance
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Darwin Plus: Finance
2 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 23 June 2025 to Question 61101 on Darwin Plus: Finance, when he plans to announce the amount of future funding for Darwin Plus.