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Control Of Dangerous Dogs (No.2)

EDM number 71 in 1993-94, proposed by Graham Allen on 24/11/1993.

That this House notes with regret the latest killing of a child by a dog; calls for an immediate response from the Home Secretary; believes that the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 is totally inadequate and needs an urgent and immediate review; recognises that a comprehensive but balanced approach is necessary, and that this should include consideration for a more widely drawn Dogs Act, designed to educate and encourage responsibility among all dog owners, particularly among the minority of inconsiderate owners, and consolidating all dog-related legislation, a national registration scheme, including third party insurance, for all dogs rather than one which is ineffective and covers just a few breeds to enable all dog owners to be traced and the breed of a dog to be more accurately and easily defined, to fund a national dog warden scheme and, where necessary, to enable neutering of dogs, working with and listening to responsible dog owners, the RSPCA and others in a Dog Advisory Committee, freeing magistrates to use their discretion on the full range of controls and penalties against irresponsible and anti-social dog owners and taking action on strays and uncontrolled dogs which cause problems of fouling public places, traffic accidents, and neutering, to avoid having 350,000 dogs destroyed each year, all of which would be tackled by effective registration and education; and believes that further consideration should be given to the breeding and sale of dangerous dogs and examining whether the ownership of such dogs should be limited to those who genuinely need them.

This motion has been signed by a total of 45 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Graham Allen24/11/1993Nottingham NorthProposed
William McKelvey25/11/1993Kilmarnock & LoudounSigned
Gerry Steinberg25/11/1993Durham, City ofSigned
Norman Godman25/11/1993Greenock and Port GlasgowSigned
Jim Dowd25/11/1993Lewisham WestSigned
Ian Davidson25/11/1993Glasgow, GovanSigned
Tom Cox25/11/1993TootingSigned
Eric Clarke25/11/1993MidlothianSigned
Chris Mullin25/11/1993Sunderland SouthSigned
Elliot Morley25/11/1993Glanford and ScunthorpeSigned
Bill Michie25/11/1993Sheffield, HeeleySigned
Alan Meale25/11/1993MansfieldSigned
John McAllion25/11/1993Dundee EastSigned
Alice Mahon25/11/1993HalifaxSigned
Liz Lynne25/11/1993RochdaleSigned
Eddie Loyden25/11/1993Liverpool, GarstonSigned
Ken Livingstone25/11/1993Brent EastSigned
Nigel Jones25/11/1993CheltenhamSigned
Lynne Jones25/11/1993Birmingham, Selly OakSigned
Glenda Jackson25/11/1993Hampstead & HighgateSigned
Ernie Ross25/11/1993Dundee WestSigned
Colin Pickthall25/11/1993West LancashireSigned
Keith Hill29/11/1993StreathamSigned
Michael Connarty29/11/1993Falkirk EastSigned
Mike Hall30/11/1993Warrington SouthSigned
Jack Thompson30/11/1993WansbeckSigned
Peter Pike01/12/1993BurnleySigned
Eric Illsley01/12/1993Barnsley CentralSigned
Edward O'Hara01/12/1993Knowsley SouthSigned
Michael Clapham01/12/1993Barnsley West & PenistoneSigned
John Battle02/12/1993Leeds WestSigned
Dennis Turner02/12/1993Wolverhampton South EastSigned
John Gunnell08/12/1993Leeds South and MorleySigned
Roland Boyes08/12/1993Houghton and WashingtonSigned
Ian McCartney08/12/1993MakerfieldSigned
Stephen Byers09/12/1993WallsendSigned
Jean Corston09/12/1993Bristol EastSigned
Joan Ruddock16/12/1993Lewisham, DeptfordSigned
Andrew Miller16/12/1993Ellesmere Port & NestonSigned
Mike Gapes17/12/1993Ilford SouthSigned
Rachel Squire28/01/1994Dunfermline WestSigned
Dale Campbell-Savours03/02/1994WorkingtonSigned
Tommy Graham03/02/1994Renfrew West and InverclydeSigned
Roy Beggs11/02/1994East AntrimSigned
Kim Howells23/02/1994PontypriddSigned

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