{"value":{"id":1639612,"askingMemberId":4630,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2023-05-23T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2023-05-25T00:00:00","uin":"186417","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress she has made on tackling the matter of dogs attacking livestock.","answeringBodyId":13,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4055,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2023-05-30T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>Guidance is available to educate owners about handling their dogs responsibly in the vicinity of livestock, in order to prevent the occurrence of attacks or chasing. The <a href=\"https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fthe-countryside-code%2Fthe-countryside-code-advice-for-countryside-visitors&data=05%7C01%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7C5192f6ab0a344527f8cb08db5d0eb354%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638206089949030943%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=U1A%2FQAgX8ZHdwlIsygq5oH2MdGFs2UqCCrkwCJmDVR4%3D&reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\">Countryside Code</a> highlights that it is best practice to keep dogs on a lead around livestock.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Livestock: Dogs","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1639612","method":"GET"}]}