Equine Slaughterhouses (CCTV) — [Mrs Anne Main in the Chair]

Part of the debate – in Westminster Hall at 3:05 pm on 29 November 2016.

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Photo of James Gray James Gray Conservative, North Wiltshire 3:05, 29 November 2016

That is possible, of course, but it is hard to work out the cause and effect. In the case of horses, I suspect that it is probably because, depending on the statistics we use, only 4,000 or 5,000 are slaughtered each year in up to five abattoirs—there are none in Wales or Scotland. In other words, something in the order of 1,000 horses are slaughtered per equine abattoir spread over 50 weeks. A very small number of horses are being killed in licensed abattoirs today, and therefore there is no presumption that any of them is carrying out anything other than the highest possible standards of slaughter.