HC Deb 18 March 1963 vol 674 c7W
41. Mr. Burden

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will introduce legislation to prohibit the export of animals destined for slaughter by the Moslem ritual involving the use of the knife without previous stunning.

Mr. Scott-Hopkins

No. Moslems are forbidden to eat meat from animals which have not been ritually slaughtered, and the practice is lawful in this country for those of the Moslem faith.