§ Mr. DismoreTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will review the immigration status of(a) Abu Qatada and (b) Yasser-al-Siri; and if he will make a statement. [8658]
§ Angela EagleIt is not Home Office policy to disclose details of a person's immigration status to a third party. Both these men are known to the authorities and statements made by them are being monitored to establish whether any offences are being committed.
Number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates courts and convicted at all courts for the given offence and by year, England and Wales 1997 1998 1999 Principal statute Offence description Proceeded against Convicted Proceeded against Convicted Proceeded against Convicted Dangerous Dogs Act 1991—Indictable offences Sec. 3(1) Owner or person in charge allowing dog to be dangerously out of control in a public place injuring any person 259 121 434 239 449 262 Sec. 3(3) Owner or person in charge allowing dog to enter a non-public place and injure any person 22 5 28 13 34 19 Dangerous Dogs Act 1991—Summary offences Sec. 1(2)a Breeding or breeding from a fighting dog 1 — 6 5 1 — Sec. 1(2)b Selling, exchanging, offering advertising or exposing for sale a fighting dog — — — — — — Sec. 1(2)c Giving or offering to give a fighting dog — — — — — — Sec. 1(2)d Allowing a fighting dog to be in a public place without muzzle or lead 12 8 7 2 11 6 Sec. 1(2)e Abandoning, or allowing to stray, a fighting dog 3 2 — — 2 1 Sec. 1(3) Possession without exemption of a Pit Bull Terrier, Japanese Tosa or other designated fighting dog 15 9 23 8 12 5 Sec. 3(1) Owner or person in charge allowing dog to be dangerously out of control in a public place, no injury being caused 175 88 248 125 254 126 Sec. 3(3) Owner or person in charge allowing dog to enter a non-public place causing reasonable apprehension of injury to a person 10 4 12 8 9 5 Total of above 497 237 758 400 772 424
§ Mr. DismoreTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to review the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991; and if he will make a statement. [8660]
§ Mr. MorleyI have been asked to reply.
Responsibility for dangerous dog legislation has now passed to me at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. We have no plans to review the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991.