Dangerous Dogs
Commons · Question 75416 · Tabled 5 Sep 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 19 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Andrew Snowden
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance his Department provide to (a) local authorities and (b) the police on the reassessment of exempted dogs where owners believe the dogs were wrongly classified as XL Bully
Answer
Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 19 Sep 2025
We are currently working to develop a withdrawal scheme so that owners who no longer believe that their dog is an XL Bully can apply to have their certificate of exemption for their dog withdrawn. Information about this process will be available soon.