PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Electronic Training Aids (19 July 2018)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential effect of a ban on electronic collars in containment systems on the number of domestic cats killed on the road.

Asked by:
Sir John Hayes (Conservative)

Answer

Defra recently consulted on a proposal to ban the use of electronic training collars on dogs and cats and invited respondees to provide evidence on potential impacts as a result of such a ban. Defra is currently analysing the responses to the consultation.


Answered by:
George Eustice (Conservative)
24 July 2018

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