article_snippet: Controversy surrounds legal exemptions for religious purposes such as Muslim halal and Jewish shechita - which Prime Minister David Cameron vowed to uphold in a speech last year to Parliament.
article_snippet: We must differentiate between religious and non-stun slaughter.
article_snippet: In a speech last year, Prime Minister David Cameron vowed to uphold legal exemptions to animal slaughter rules for religious purposes such as Muslim halal and Jewish shechita .
article_snippet: A spokeswoman said: 'There are strict rules that govern the slaughter of animals in England which include additional conditions for religious slaughter and these remain unchanged. '
article_snippet: The Government has no intention of banning religious slaughter. '
article_snippet: The Government would prefer animals to be stunned before slaughter, but we respect the rights of Jewish and Muslim communities to eat meat in accordance with the rights of Jewish and Muslim communities beliefs. '
highlights_snippet: Controversy surrounds legal exemptions for religious purposes such as Muslim halal and Jewish shechita .