Debate contribution: Electric and Prong Collars: Ban

Debate contribution by Dr Steve Aiken OBE on 17 June 2024.

MLA: Dr Steve Aiken OBE
Party at the time: Ulster Unionist Party
Date: 17 June 2024
Type: Debate contribution
Business: Oral Answers to Questions
Heading: Electric and Prong Collars: Ban
Assembly identifier: Official Report component 4496566

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First, I apologise for not being in my seat when my question to the Minister of Justice was called. Secondly, as a person who looks after a dog — I am not a dog owner; I look after a dog, but it is very much my wife's dog — how do we define "unnecessary suffering" and how can this legislation be enforced? Without the definition and definitive act of banning the use of shock collars as soon as possible, how can we get away from the confusion in the law? Most people are confused about what the law is and how it will be applied.

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This follow-up belongs to: Oral question AQO 599/22-27.

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