HL Deb 05 December 1983 vol 445 c984WA
Lord Northfield

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many deer have been slaughtered in commercial slaughterhouses in England and Wales, and in Scotland, since 1st January 1981.

The Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Lord Belstead)

Deer are not normally slaughtered in commercial slaughterhouses in England and Wales. There have been limited trials in one slaughterhouse in Scotland in 1982 and 1983 in the course of which 229 deer have been slaughtered to date.