Question follow-through · 64896
Dangerous Dogs
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the enforcement of orders requiring dogs to be muzzled in public.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 3 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 10 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 10 Jul 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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Recorded timeline
3 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the enforcement of orders requiring dogs to be muzzled in public.
10 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Jul 2025
Answer published
Defra is working with the police, local authorities and animal welfare groups to encourage responsible dog ownership, to ensure dog control issues are addressed before they escalate and to make sure the full force of the law is applied. As part of this wo...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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