Slaughter Without Prestunning

EDM number 104 in 2003-04, proposed by Colin Challen on 26/11/2003.

That this House notes that the Farm Animal Welfare Council has recently called for the repeal of the exemption from stunning prior to slaughter for animals killed by Moslem halal and Jewish shechita methods; further notes the Council's conclusion that the act of throat cutting at slaughter would result in very significant pain and distress in the period before insensibility supervenes; further notes that scientific evidence shows that sheep become insensible within five to seven seconds of the incision, adult cattle may take between 22 and over 40 seconds and calves may take up to two minutes to become insensible; deplores all racism and religious intolerance but believes that the profound suffering caused to many millions of animals every year by slaughter without prestunning is an urgent animal welfare problem; further notes that over 90 per cent. of animals killed for halal meats are now prestunned; further notes that slaughter without prestunning has been banned in Norway, Sweden and New Zealand; and calls on the Government to work actively and constructively in co-operation with the Muslim and Jewish communities to bring about an end to religious slaughter in the UK.

This motion has been signed by a total of 86 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Colin Challen	26/11/2003	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Proposed
Paul Truswell	26/11/2003	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	26/11/2003	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Harold Best	26/11/2003	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Norman Baker	26/11/2003	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Huw Edwards	26/11/2003	Monmouth	Labour	Signed
John MacDougall	26/11/2003	Central Fife	Labour	Signed
John Randall	26/11/2003	Uxbridge	Conservative	Signed
Alan Meale	27/11/2003	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	27/11/2003	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Holmes	27/11/2003	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Adrian Sanders	27/11/2003	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Russell	27/11/2003	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Syd Rapson	01/12/2003	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	01/12/2003	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Robert Walter	02/12/2003	North Dorset	Conservative	Signed
Eric Martlew	02/12/2003	Carlisle	Labour	Signed
David Kidney	02/12/2003	Stafford	Labour	Signed
Robert Key	02/12/2003	Salisbury	Conservative	Signed
Jim Sheridan	02/12/2003	West Renfrewshire	Labour	Signed
Jenny Tonge	03/12/2003	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Berry	03/12/2003	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	03/12/2003	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Drew	03/12/2003	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Martin Caton	03/12/2003	Gower	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	03/12/2003	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward O'Hara	03/12/2003	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Gerry Steinberg	04/12/2003	Durham, City of	Labour	Signed
Helen Clark	04/12/2003	Peterborough	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	04/12/2003	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	04/12/2003	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Eric Illsley	04/12/2003	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
David Heyes	04/12/2003	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	08/12/2003	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Sue Doughty	08/12/2003	Guildford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Chidgey	08/12/2003	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Jones	08/12/2003	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	08/12/2003	Dover	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	09/12/2003	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	09/12/2003	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Tony Banks	09/12/2003	West Ham	Labour	Signed
Vera Baird	10/12/2003	Redcar	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	10/12/2003	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	10/12/2003	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Barbara Follett	10/12/2003	Stevenage	Labour	Signed
Jim Dowd	11/12/2003	Lewisham West	Labour	Signed
Julia Drown	11/12/2003	South Swindon	Labour	Signed
Win Griffiths	11/12/2003	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Evan Harris	15/12/2003	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	15/12/2003	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Jonathan R Shaw	15/12/2003	Chatham & Aylesford	Labour	Signed
Phil Sawford	15/12/2003	Kettering	Labour	Signed
David Atkinson	16/12/2003	Bournemouth East	Conservative	Signed
Jeff Ennis	17/12/2003	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
Tony Clarke	18/12/2003	Northampton South	Labour	Signed
Geraldine Smith	05/01/2004	Morecambe & Lunesdale	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	05/01/2004	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Dari Taylor	05/01/2004	Stockton South	Labour	Signed
Anthony D Wright	05/01/2004	Great Yarmouth	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	06/01/2004	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Ian Davidson	08/01/2004	Glasgow, Pollok	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Ann Clwyd	08/01/2004	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
Norman Lamb	08/01/2004	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Joyce Quin	08/01/2004	Gateshead East & Washington West	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	12/01/2004	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Mates	12/01/2004	East Hampshire	Conservative	Signed
Denzil Davies	13/01/2004	Llanelli	Labour	Signed
David Hamilton	20/01/2004	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Alice Mahon	21/01/2004	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Matthew Green	26/01/2004	Ludlow	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	28/01/2004	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Helen Jackson	05/02/2004	Sheffield, Hillsborough	Labour	Signed
Annabelle Ewing	10/02/2004	Perth	Scottish National Party	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	26/02/2004	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian White	10/03/2004	North East Milton Keynes	Labour	Signed
Tony McWalter	15/03/2004	Hemel Hempstead	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Stephen Pound	23/03/2004	Ealing North	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Savidge	31/03/2004	Aberdeen North	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	31/03/2004	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Connarty	01/04/2004	Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Martyn Jones	30/04/2004	Clwyd South	Labour	Signed
Henry Bellingham	10/05/2004	North West Norfolk	Conservative	Signed
David Heath	13/05/2004	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Julie Morgan	18/05/2004	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Gary Streeter	26/05/2004	South West Devon	Conservative	Signed
Russell Brown	18/06/2004	Dumfries	Labour	Signed

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