 Its majority favored the changes and found support in the Department of Agriculture and the parliamentary agriculture committee.Those who opposed a ban spoke of religious tolerance, and also claimed that schechita was no more inhumane than other slaughter methods.C J Hambro was one of those most appalled by the discussion, claiming that "where animal rights are protected to an exaggerated extent, it usually is done with the help of human sacrifice"

In May 2010, Minister of Agriculture David Carter issued a ban on kosher slaughter, rejecting the recommendations of his advisors.