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Dangerous Dogs: Regulation

Commons · Question 76530 · Tabled 10 Sep 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 23 Sep 2025

Question

Asked by Gregory Stafford

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to prohibit cane corso dogs under the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991.

Answer

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 23 Sep 2025

The Government currently have no plans to add these breed types to Section 1 of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991. Owners of any breed of dog which is dangerously out of control are breaking the law. We will continue to encourage responsible dog ownership acros...