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Animal Welfare: Electronic Training Aids

Asked by Neil CoyleLabourDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 27 May 2026UIN 1201

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when her Department will finish consulting on banning collars which harm animals, including e-collars.

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

As set out in the Animal Welfare Strategy, Defra will consult on whether to ban the use of electric shock collars later in this Parliament. Next steps on the consultation will be announced in due course.

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