Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 109676
Slaughterhouses: Animal Welfare
Tabled: 29 January 2026
Answered: 3 February 2026
Named DayQuestion
Adam Dance
Liberal Democrat — Yeovil
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she is taking steps to increase the proportion of livestock in the UK that are pre-stunned before slaughter.
Answer
Dame Angela EagleRegulations require 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 woul...
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