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Make it a legal requirement for dog owners to have insurance

Submitted by Claire Pegg on Tuesday 23rd December 2025

Published on Tuesday 3rd February 2026

Current status: Open

Open until: Monday 3rd August 2026

Current Signatures: 58
(count is updated approximately hourly)

Relevant Departments

Tagged with

Bills ~ Courts ~ dog attacks ~ Dogging ~ Forced ~ insurance ~ Liability ~ Owners ~ Prevent ~ Very High ~ Victim

Daily and Total Signatures by Date

Popularity

This petition has 58 signatures in total, with signatories from 44 constituencies. That makes it the 1,402nd most popular open petition, and the 27,475th most popular of all time.

Geography

This petition has a Diversity Rating of 18% (very low) and a Local Issue Rating of -6% (very low).

Signatures by Constituency

Signatures by Region

Signatures by Country

Notes on geography

Signatures by constituency and region don't necessarily add up to the total number of signatures. That's because the petitions system doesn't validate postcodes, and some people mistype them. And without a valid postcode, a signature cannot be allocated to any particular place.

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