Question follow-through · 8979
Dangerous Dogs: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of implementing the measure banning children being left alone with section 1 dogs before November 2026.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 10 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 15 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 19 Jun 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of implementing the measure banning children being left alone with section 1 dogs before November 2026.
15 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 Jun 2026
Answer published
From 1 November 2026, it will be an offence to leave a child under the age of 12 in close proximity with a banned breed dog, in a home or garden without adult supervision. This measure is intended to strengthen safeguards for children, where evidence indi...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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