§ 75. Mr. Challenasked the Minister of Food what steps he is taking in connection with the self-suppliers pig scheme to ensure that pigs kept by cottagers and other private individuals under this scheme are always slaughtered by humane methods; and whether he proposes to take any additional steps to prevent unnecessary cruelty.
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§ Mr. StracheyA good proportion of self-suppliers' pigs are slaughtered at Ministry of Food slaughterhouses or bacon factories where humane slaughter is the rule. Self-suppliers who kill their pigs elsewhere, are, of course, subject to the Common Law as to cruelty to animals.