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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing a licensing or regulatory scheme for trainers to use electric dog collars in specific settings.

A regulatory scheme would fail to offer adequate protection for cats and dogs, given the scope of these devices to cause harm. Additionally, implementing such a scheme would create a significant burden on any body charged with overseeing the use of such devices and ensuring compliance.