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Animal Welfare: Electronic Training Aids

Asked by James NaishLabourDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 14 January 2026UIN 104325

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has any plans to legislate to ban the sale, and not just ownership, of shock collars as part of the Government's Animal Welfare Strategy published 22nd December

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

As set out in the Animal Welfare Strategy, we will consult on whether to ban the use of electric shock collars later in this Parliament. We will carefully consider the scope of the consultation ahead of its publication.

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