Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of banning the (a) sale and (b) breeding of American bully XL dogs.

Defra’s Responsible Dog Ownership taskforce group involving the police, local authorities and NGOs is currently considering how best to manage public safety risks relating to dogs. We currently have no plans to ban the sale or breeding of American bully XL dogs.