Abattoirs: Non-stun Slaughter - Question

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 3:06 pm on 7 February 2018.

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Photo of Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts Chair, Citizenship and Civic Engagement Committee, Chair, Citizenship and Civic Engagement Committee 3:06, 7 February 2018

My Lords, of course we must wholeheartedly and unreservedly respect freedom of religious belief, but there are among us those who would prefer not to eat meat that has been slaughtered using a mechanism that we believe causes unnecessary suffering. Will the Government now grasp this nettle and arrange for a labelling mechanism so that those of us who do not believe in following this practice have the freedom of our own belief?