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Parliamentary Research
E-petition debate: breed specific legislation - CDP-2021-0111
Jun. 30 2021

Found: dog attacks . 2.2 Previous debate In 2018, a n e-petition calling for Staffordshire Bull Terriers

Select Committee
Formal Minutes 2017-19: List of closed petitions

Formal Minutes Apr. 01 2021

Committee: Petitions Committee

Found: Dangerous Dogs Act to define a dangerous dog based on characteristics. 403 Closed on 2 April (46

Lords Chamber
Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill
Report: 2nd sitting (Hansard - continued) - Mon 05 Oct 2020
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Dubs (LAB - Life peer) the most dangerous bit of water in the world. - Speech Link
2: None dangerous channel crossings. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Lister of Burtersett (LAB - Life peer) to raise with the Home Secretary our calls to raise awareness of citizenship; and, of course, the level - Speech Link
4: Baroness Altmann (CON - Life peer) that it would seem almost impossible to reject it. - Speech Link
5: None of the Bill, would not add to that report. - Speech Link

Closed Petition closed 22nd December 2018

Reject calls to add Staffordshire Bull Terriers to the Dangerous Dogs Act - Final Signatures: 186,226

PETA, an organisation that is meant to be dedicated to protecting animals, has proposed to the UK government that it should add Staffordshire Bull Terriers to the dangerous dogs act, effectively banning them outright. Breed Specific Legislation is not the solution to the problem of dog attacks.

Debate: This petition was debated in Westminster Hall on 16th July 2018

The Government responsed to this petition on 5th July 2018 (View Full Response)
The Government has no intention of prohibiting the keeping of Staffordshire Bull Terriers.
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Found: Many people in the UK today have the pleasure of owning a Staffordshire Bull Terrier.

Westminster Hall
Dog Control and Welfare - Thu 13 Jun 2013
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (CON - Life peer) for Government on what improvements could be made to the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 and other legislation - Speech Link
2: Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (CON - Life peer) I am talking about not just the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 but the Dogs (Protection of Livestock) Act 1953 - Speech Link
3: Julie Hilling (LAB - Bolton West) I am not castigating all the bull breeds—I am not castigating Staffordshire bull terriers or anything - Speech Link
4: Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (CON - Life peer) the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991. - Speech Link
5: David Heath (LDEM - Somerton and Frome) the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991. - Speech Link
6: Huw Irranca-Davies (LAB - Ogmore) the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991. - Speech Link
7: Huw Irranca-Davies (LAB - Ogmore) What do they add to it? - Speech Link