| Heading: |
Assistance Animals |
| Question ID: |
1819274 |
| UIN: |
64889 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-07-03 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5095 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Kirith Entwistle
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| Asking Member handle: |
kirith_ae
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@kirith_ae
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of protections in place to prevent service dogs from attacks by other dogs. |
| Is named day: |
true |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-07-10 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4382 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Daniel Zeichner
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| Answering Member handle: |
danielzeichner
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@danielzeichner
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| Answer text: |
It is an offence under section 3 of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 to allow a dog to attack an assistance dog. The maximum penalty for such an offence is three years imprisonment or an unlimited fine, or both. Defra is working with the police, local authorit... |
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| Answering body ID: |
13 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| Tweeted: |
true |