Below are links to posts on L&RUK relating to issues discussed in the Westminster Hall debate on 9 June 2025, infra.

2025

Non-stun slaughter of animals debate. On 9 June 2025, there was a debate in Westminster Hall on an e-petition about the slaughter of animals without pre-stunning, for which the House of Commons Library had prepared the debate pack Debate on an e-petition on non-stun slaughter of animals, (6 June 2025). The pack contains information on: the Petition; legislation on animal slaughter; assimilated EU law; regulations in England; religious slaughter; labelling – consultation on labelling for animal welfare; statistics – exports (latest Food Standards Agency (2024) slaughter sector survey; European Court of Human rights ruling; stakeholder views; Parliamentary Questions; news items and links, (15 June 2025).

2024

Ritual slaughter again: Executief van de Moslims van België. The Court said that it was not for it to decide whether or not stunning prior to slaughter was in conformity with the dietary precepts of Muslim and Jewish believers [85 & 86]. It was apparent from the parliamentary debates leading to the adoption of the two decrees that the absence of pre-stunning was an aspect of the religious ritual that attained a certain level of cogency, seriousness, cohesion and importance, at least for certain Jews and Muslims, and there had therefore been an interference with the applicants’ freedom of religion [87 & 88]. Continue reading →