Question follow-through · 22850
Dogs: Electronic Training Aids
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to ban the (a) sale and (b) use of shock collars for dogs.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 8 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 13 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 14 Jan 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
8 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to ban the (a) sale and (b) use of shock collars for dogs.
13 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Jan 2025
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...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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