PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Dogs: Electronic Training Aids (23 October 2024)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to ban the (a) sale and (b) use of electric shock collars for dogs.

Asked by:
Dr Danny Chambers (Liberal Democrat)

Answer

The Government will introduce the most ambitious programme for animal welfare in a generation and will bring forward plans in due course. Ministers will be considering available evidence around the use of hand-controlled e-collars and their effects on the welfare of animals.


Answered by:
Daniel Zeichner (Labour)
29 October 2024

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