Orders of the Day — Slaughterhouses Bill [Lords] – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 24 Ionawr 1974.
Mr Joseph Kinsey
, Birmingham, Perry Barr
I have been trying desperately to catch your eye, Mr. Mallalieu. I wish to speak briefly about the slaughtering——
Mr Joseph Kinsey
, Birmingham, Perry Barr
Yes. Schedule I relates to the licensing of Shochetim, and the regulations for securing humane conditions of slaughtering are dealt with in Clause 38.
I want merely to ask my right hon. and learned Friend to look into the Shochetim killing of both animals and poultry with a view to seeing whether in future legislation he can come back to the House with more humane methods of slaughtering——
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