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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to ban the use of shock collars.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled: 29 Oct 2024
Target answer date: 31 Oct 2024
Answer: 4 Nov 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

29 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to ban the use of shock collars.
31 Oct 2024
Target answer date
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4 Nov 2024
Answer published
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...

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