MPs who supported the slaughterhouse CCTV campaign

More than 170 MPs signed EDMs and were support of the campaign for mandatory CCTV.

Sir Peter Bottomley MP

Peter Bottomley MP

Sarah Champion MP

Rosie Cooper MP

Roger Godsiff MP

Statement

‘There can be no excuse for cruelty to animals. It is utterly unacceptable for animals to be mistreated in this way, particularly in a country where there is a public consensus around the importance of animal welfare. I therefore support Animal Aid’s campaign to install CCTV in all slaughterhouses, to ensure that this abuse does not continue and those who carry it out are brought to justice. Unfortunately, this is a by-product of the factory farming system, where animals are treated as commodities to be produced as cheaply as possible rather than as living creatures which should not be made to suffer. We need to re-think the way animals are treated to ensure that this kind of gratuitous cruelty stops now.’

Roger Godsiff MP