Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Animal Sentience Committee has reviewed non-stun slaughter; and whether they consider that this practice conforms to their policies on animal welfare.

The Animal Sentience Committee has statutory powers to produce reports containing its views on whether, or to what extent, this Government has appropriately considered how its policy decisions might affect the welfare of sentient animals. The Committee has not considered Government policy decisions on non-stun slaughter.