Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 121013

Dangerous Dogs: Registration

Tabled: 16 March 2026
Answered: 19 March 2026
Named Day

Question

Adam Dance

Liberal DemocratYeovil

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the scheme for Withdrawal of Certificates of Exemption for Dogs Wrongly Registered as XL Bullies will be (a) finalised and (b) implemented.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
The Government is continuing to develop a withdrawal scheme so that owners who no longer believe that their dog is an XL Bully type can apply to have their certificate of exemption withdrawn.The Government does not have a definitive timeline for when this...

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