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Electronic Training Aids: Regulation

Asked by James CartlidgeConservativeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 21 October 2025UIN 81907

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to ban the use of electric shock collars.

Answered by 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.

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