United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 23993
Meat: Ritual Slaughter
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14 January 2025
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3 February 2025 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to commission a study into the potential impact of Halal meat on animal welfare.
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14 January 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to commission a study into the potential impact of Halal meat on animal welfare.
Source: Commons
3 February 2025
Answer
Legislation requires that animals must be stunned prior to slaughter so that they are unconscious and insensible to pain. The only exception to the requirement to stun is where animals are slaughtered in accordance with religious rites. The Government wou...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-01-14/23993
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1755434
- uk · wq-1755434 · source updated 3 February 2025