HC Deb 24 January 1949 vol 460 c85W
Mr. Stokes

asked the Minister of Food what proportion of meat killed in this country is killed by the kosher system; and what steps he has taken to assure himself that no cruelty attaches to this method.

Mr. Strachey

The number of animals slaughtered by the Jewish method is not separately recorded but is about 2 per cent. of the total. There is some difference of opinion among experts about the degree of suffering caused by this method as compared with that caused by the use of the humane killer.