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 Eagle
The 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.