§ Mr. GillTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many meat animals are slaughtered for human consumption each year without first being rendered unconscious.[167001
§ Mr. MorleyThe Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) Regulations 1995 (SI 1995 No. 731) require that animals are stunned so that there is immediate loss of consciousness which lasts until death. This applies to the slaughter of all animals other than when, for reasons of religion, slaughter is carried out without prior stunning. Information is not held separately on the numbers of animals killed without prior stunning by the Jewish or Muslim methods.