PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Dogs: Electronic Training Aids (3 March 2020)

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government plans to bring forward legislative proposals to ban the use of (a) remote controlled hand-held and (b) bark-activated electronic training collars for dogs.

Asked by:
Sir Mark Tami (Labour)

The Government is committed to banning the use of hand-held remote controlled electronic dog collars and will lay the necessary legislation for such a ban as soon as Parliamentary time allows. The ban will not include dog bark induced collars or collars that work in connection with perimeter fencing.

Answered by:
Victoria Prentis (Conservative)
9 March 2020