Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 81907
Electronic Training Aids: Regulation
Tabled: 14 October 2025
Answered: 21 October 2025
Question
James Cartlidge
Conservative — South Suffolk
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to ban the use of electric shock collars.
Answer
Dame Angela EagleThe Government is currently considering available evidence around the use of hand-controlled e-collars and their effects on the welfare of animals. We will be outlining more detail on next steps in due course.