HC Deb 29 October 1990 vol 178 c348W
Mr. Hardy

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many individuals have been convicted of involvement in dog fighting during the last five years; how many of these have been given custodial sentences and of the number convicted how many have been sentenced in respect of repeated offences.

Mr. John Patten

Information collected centrally does not distinguish offences relating to dog fights from other offences under the Protection of Animals Act 1911.