Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 22850

Dogs: Electronic Training Aids

Tabled: 8 January 2025
Answered: 14 January 2025

Question

Dr Allison Gardner

LabourStoke-on-Trent South

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to ban the (a) sale and (b) use of shock collars for dogs.

Answer

Daniel Zeichner
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...

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