Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered at on 29 October 2024.
Danny Chambers
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Mental Health)
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.
Daniel Zeichner
The Minister of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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.
Yes2 people think so
No1 person thinks not
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