Environment Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered at on 21 January 2013.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether new guidance to help courts deal more effectively with seized dogs as announced in April 2012 has been issued.
The guidance to the courts referred to in the DEFRA consultation of April 2012 on ways to tackle irresponsible dog ownership relates to the Sentencing Council's guidance on dangerous dogs cases. This guidance was updated and increased its recommended upper limits for such offences. The new guidance came into effect on
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