This bill requires the Secretary of State to consult the public and publish three years of dog bite fatality data before designating any dog breed as dangerous under the 1991 Act.
A Bill to provide that, before making any order to designate a type of dog for the purposes of section 1 or 2 of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991, the Secretary of State must carry out a public consultation and publish a comparative review of data showing the incidences of fatalities resulting from bites of dogs of that type in the last three years.
Status: In Progress
Current House: Commons
Stage: 1st reading
Sponsored by: Sir Christopher Chope
Introduced: 2024-10-21