asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the recommendations of the Departmental working party on dogs and indicate what progress has been made in implementing each recommendation.

The recommendations of the interdepartmental working party on dogs are set out in its report, published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office in 1976.In my reply to the debate on the motion for the Adjournment on 14 November—[Vol. 973, cc. 1463–74.]—I made it clear that the Government must consider the working party's proposals in the context of the current constraints on public sector expenditure and manpower.Consultations and considerations of action on the working party's proposals have been proceeding separately in Northern Ireland, where special considerations apply.