Animal Welfare (Non-stun Slaughter)

I am sure that my hon. Friend speaks for the vast majority of his constituents. Indeed, a recent ...

I commend my hon. Friend on his speech. Would it be helpful if people had a better idea of what t...

My hon. Friend makes an extremely good point and reflects one of the main concerns in the e-petit...

The point about labelling is fine; but does my hon. Friend agree that it should extend also to ot...

There is of course a danger that if meat products are labelled in such detail, people will be put...

Does the hon. Gentleman agree that as well as strengthening the law, in consultation with the rel...

Yes; one of the advantages of speaking first in a debate such as this is the many helpful interve...

I wanted to pick up on my hon. Friend’s suggestion of a four-bar label. After he listed stunned a...

My right hon. Friend knows far more about this subject than I do, not least because he was a dist...

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I will be happy to give way to all hon. Members, but I want to finish this point. If someone of J...

I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on his very good approach to this issue. To reiterate, the poin...

The hon. Gentleman is absolutely correct. The wording of the e-petition refers to stunning versus...

Muslim constituents in Wycombe will want to buy halal meat and they should be able to do that. On...

My hon. Friend has demonstrated once again how he frequently speaks up in a most thoughtful way i...

Does the hon. Gentleman agree that nothing can justify cruelty to animals, and that that has litt...

That is the view of the British Veterinary Association, the RSPCA and the other distinguished ani...

My hon. Friend is being very generous. Does he agree that this is not just about animal welfare? ...

I was pleased to support my hon. Friend’s ten-minute rule Bill, because I am a strong supporter o...

Is my hon. Friend aware that a great deal more research has been done on this matter recently, an...

That is an extremely good point, and the House will want to ensure that our domestic legislation ...

Unlike most colleagues, my constituents are more likely to be beef producers than halal or shechi...

My hon. Friend makes a very good point. As he represents a farming constituency, he will apprecia...

My hon. Friend referred originally to the question of pain and suffering for the animal. Is he aw...

My hon. Friend makes an extremely good point. I have a great deal of respect for the shechita pos...

I place on the record my complete support for what my hon. Friend is attempting to do. Perhaps he...

That is right, but to the great British public, the two are closely aligned. A lot of people woul...

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Order. A glance around the Chamber will demonstrate that quite a large number of hon. Members wan...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Gray, and to speak after the hon. Member fo...

Before the hon. Lady concludes her remarks, will she deal with the point about labelling? Surely ...

I am grateful for that intervention. The next part of my remarks is about precisely that: labelli...

Many of the points that my hon. Friend is making will be welcomed by the large number of my const...

My right hon. Friend is absolutely right. That is why it is so important that we reach the positi...

We are talking about the clash of two principles, one being animal welfare and the other being pe...

The hon. Gentleman and I are entering the debate from different starting points. I do not accept ...

I suspect that if we asked hon. Members of this House, I would not be seen as someone who was par...

I am genuinely interested in the right hon. Gentleman’s speech, and I bow to his far superior kno...

I genuinely do not know. I cannot vouch for the accuracy of that statistic. All I would say is th...

I thank the right hon. Gentleman for his well-informed and impressive speech. Does he see no role...

I am certainly not against labelling. As I said a few minutes ago, I have recommended and indeed ...

The right hon. Gentleman will forgive me for saying that if that was his last speech—we all hope ...

I congratulate my right hon. Friend the Member for South East Cambridgeshire (Sir James Paice) on...

I totally agree with my hon. Friend that people’s freedom to practise religion, and to eat meat p...

My hon. Friend, as ever, makes an extremely good point that reiterates what I was saying about mo...

The hon. Gentleman and I—a Jew and a Muslim—travelled to some of the most deprived communities in...

The hon. Gentleman is correct. Of course, certain things come out of ignorance, and ignorance bre...

I welcome you to the Chair, Mr Gray, and I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Kettering (...

I entirely agree with the hon. Lady that better inspection and enforcement of standards is the wa...

The Minister will have heard what the hon. Lady said, and I think that her questions back up my a...

I apologise for my late arrival, Mr Havard—I was chairing the Select Committee on Transport—and I...

I have a large number of constituents who are concerned about animal welfare. I also have a large...

Order. I remind Members that interventions are meant to be short, concise and cogent.

I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Ilford South (Mike Gapes) for his intervention. He makes an...

I welcome you to the Chair, Mr Havard. I am grateful for the opportunity to participate in this i...

Surely the point that the right hon. Gentleman raises is about labelling, rather than the nature ...

Not entirely. If more non-stunned slaughter is being carried out in this country than is required...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Havard, and to follow the hon. Members for ...

If all shechita slaughtered meat is eaten by Jews, is my hon. Friend saying that they are eating ...

I take my right hon. Friend’s point about all parts of the animal—I do not know whether they are ...

They are sold into the rest of the supply.

My right hon. Friend may say that, but he has not come forward with any evidence to convince me. ...

Will my hon. Friend give way?

Well, I must give way to the Minister.

I have discussed this issue with Shechita UK, and everyone acknowledges that the hind quarters ar...

I apologise to the former Minister, my right hon. Friend the Member for South East Cambridgeshire...

My local Muslim community is concerned about this debate. Many do not feel that it is really abou...

The hon. Lady’s intervention illustrates that some of the concerns of people in different communi...

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Four Members wish to speak and I want to start the Front-Bench wind-ups by 6.55, leaving them a g...

Thank you, Mr Havard, and it is a great pleasure to take part in the debate, which I thank my hon...

I have listened with great interest to the contributions to the debate, in particular the contrib...

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Order. To give hon. Members a little advice before we continue, when we vote it will be on a moti...

The debate has quite rightly focused on animal welfare. I have to say that those who believe in m...

The hon. Gentleman is making a powerful point. I will add my voice to his. Constituents in Ilford...

The hon. Gentleman is right. Religious communities feel that they are under threat and that they ...

I now intend to let Mr Blackman speak. We will then have the two Front-Bench spokesmen. I will gi...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Havard. The debate has demonstrated the pow...

This has been an excellent debate. I congratulate the hon. Member for Kettering (Mr Hollobone) on...

I congratulate all the members of the public who signed the petition and for getting it past the ...

The Bowood episode clearly shows that the regulations might not be being followed to the letter, ...

The food business operator—the operator of the abattoir—is legally required to ensure that those ...

Why are such a high proportion of sheep and goats being killed by the non-stun method? The figure...

I am not sure. I will have to check those particular figures. We know, for instance, that around ...

I am always gripped by discussions about the European Commission, but will the Minister comment o...

I know that the hon. Lady made that point previously. I do not think that there has been anything...

Does the Minister see any scope for progress on post-cut stunning, which would be a real step for...

Yes, and I am going to come to that, but my hon. Friend the Member for Thirsk and Malton mentione...

It is a huge pleasure to serve under your chairmanship for the conclusion of the debate, Mr Havar...