PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Slaughterhouses: Animal Welfare (23 November 2017)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if the Government will ban non-stun animal slaughter.
Asked by:
Kerry McCarthy (Labour)
Asked by:
Kerry McCarthy (Labour)
Answer
We are clear that animals must be stunned before slaughter unless they are being slaughtered for religious purposes. The law enables people of Jewish or Muslim faith to eat meat killed in accordance with their religious beliefs. There are strict rules to provide the maximum possible protection to animals subject to religious slaughter.
Answered by:
George Eustice (Conservative)
4 December 2017
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