Slaughterhouses
Commons · Question 11609 · Tabled 22 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 26 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by Andrew Rosindell
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a statutory ban on non-stun animal slaughter.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Morgan, 26 Jun 2026
Legislation requires that all animals must be stunned before slaughter to make them unconscious and insensible to pain. The only exception to this is when animals are slaughtered in accordance with religious rites, for the food of Muslims and Jews. The go...