Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March 2018 to Question 130571, when he plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Edinburgh East of 2 February 2018 on the sale of electronic shock collars.

A response was sent on 22 March. Following detailed consideration of the issues around the use of electronic training collars, the Government has launched a full public consultation on the possibility of banning the use of electronic training collars for cats and dogs in England.