Dangerous Dogs

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 7:26 pm on 15 June 1989.

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Photo of John McAllion John McAllion , Dundee East 7:26, 15 June 1989

The Minister has argued throughout on the basis that there will be tests for the ownership of some dogs. Deciding whether the applicant meets the criteria is in itself a kind of test. Although the Minister has made that assumption throughout, he is now treating it as if it were a revolutionary idea that has just been thought up. The Minister is not suggesting that, because we have tests for cars, we need thousands of instructors in every city. The people who carry out the tests are small in number, but they seem to cope.