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531 c811-24

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2010-12

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Bovine Tuberculosis
Monday, 3 October 2011
Written questions
House of Commons

Bovine tuberculosis
Thursday, 8 September 2011
Written questions
House of Commons

Proceeding contributions

Caroline Spelman | 531 c824 (Link to this contribution) Yes, I can give that assurance, and the industry, too, will provide many examples of the human angle...

Rory Stewart | 531 c824 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the Secretary of State on the serious focus that she is showing on this issue. Howeve...

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Caroline Spelman | 531 c824 (Link to this contribution) This is a balanced package of measures for the control and eradication of TB in cattle, and at its f...

Glyn Davies | 531 c823-4 (Link to this contribution) For more than a decade, it has seemed obvious to many of us that an effective pilot badger culling s...

Caroline Spelman | 531 c823 (Link to this contribution) I cannot publish that advice for security reasons.

Sarah Newton | 531 c824 (Link to this contribution) I very much welcome the Secretary of State's statement today. She is clearly doing the right thing, ...

Caroline Spelman | 531 c824 (Link to this contribution) We have been following that closely, which is one of the reasons why we are proceeding with two pilo...

Caroline Spelman | 531 c822 (Link to this contribution) I cannot confirm the location of pilots yet because the industry has not made such proposals to me. ...

Chris Williamson | 531 c822 (Link to this contribution) I think that the Secretary of State has a curious way of showing her love for badgers and her desire...

Caroline Spelman | 531 c822 (Link to this contribution) Nature conservation includes the controlled reduction of species in nature. I am sure that the hon. ...

Neil Carmichael | 531 c822 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the Secretary of State's statement because it shines a spotlight on the fate of cattle and...

Caroline Spelman | 531 c821 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right about other parts of the world trying to eradicate TB in the cattle populati...

Lord Hanson of Flint | 531 c821 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State will know that in Wales a legal challenge in June stopped the badger cull, as...

Caroline Spelman | 531 c821 (Link to this contribution) One of the reasons we have taken our time to weigh up this decision carefully is that there is, as w...

Gary Streeter | 531 c822 (Link to this contribution) May I too congratulate my right hon. Friend on the courage she has shown in making this difficult de...

Mel Stride | 531 c821 (Link to this contribution) As I represent a constituency in the south-west, I wholeheartedly congratulate my right hon. Friend ...

Caroline Spelman | 531 c821 (Link to this contribution) I want to make it perfectly clear that the badger remains a protected species and that those caught ...

Nicholas Dakin | 531 c823 (Link to this contribution) Will the Secretary of State publish any advice she has received from the Association of Chief Police...

Sarah Wollaston | 531 c823 (Link to this contribution) Can the Secretary of State confirm that badgers infected with TB and with TB lesions in their kidney...

Caroline Spelman | 531 c823 (Link to this contribution) Of course, my hon. Friend has a professional background that helps her to understand epidemiology. H...

Jim Shannon | 531 c823 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the Secretary of State's statement. I represent the area in the Northern Ireland with the ...

Caroline Spelman | 531 c823 (Link to this contribution) Of course, and in the interests of the respect agenda in particular, we would be keen to work with t...

Lord Barwell | 531 c823 (Link to this contribution) I realise that many of my hon. Friends who represent farming communities feel strongly about this is...

Caroline Spelman | 531 c823 (Link to this contribution) I would be happy to do that. My hon. Friend's constituents might be reassured to know that nine of t...

Caroline Spelman | 531 c822 (Link to this contribution) I think that those assumptions were made before we published the detailed guidance today. I recommen...

Julie Hilling | 531 c822 (Link to this contribution) Does the Secretary of State agree with the assessment of her own expert wildlife crime unit that the...

Caroline Spelman | 531 c822 (Link to this contribution) There have been trials in my hon. Friend's constituency on the deployment of the injectable vaccine....

Karen Bradley | 531 c819 (Link to this contribution) Will the Secretary of State expand on the criteria that will be used for granting a culling licence,...

Caroline Spelman | 531 c819 (Link to this contribution) To be clear, I do not have a romanticised notion either. Like anyone who loves nature, I love the ba...

George Eustice | 531 c818 (Link to this contribution) The decision by the Secretary of State to grasp this contentious issue will be welcomed by farmers i...

Caroline Spelman | 531 c818 (Link to this contribution) That was an emotive intervention without a critical question. This is a science-led, evidence-based ...

Thomas Docherty | 531 c819 (Link to this contribution) Can the Secretary of State confirm whether those who carry out the cull will have their names publis...

Caroline Spelman | 531 c818 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right to point that out. The life cycle of the badger is approximately four years ...

Dan Rogerson | 531 c819 (Link to this contribution) In the last Parliament, as a member of the Select Committee, I welcomed the report that we published...

Caroline Spelman | 531 c819 (Link to this contribution) The locations will be made public, but the identities of those contracted to undertake the operation...

Jim Fitzpatrick | 531 c819 (Link to this contribution) There are some Opposition Members who do not have a romantic view of badgers, but nor do we want to ...

Caroline Spelman | 531 c819 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a very good point and I thank him and the Select Committee on which he served, ...

Caroline Lucas | 531 c821 (Link to this contribution) Is the message that the Secretary of State is sending out today not highly likely to be seen as a gr...

Caroline Spelman | 531 c820 (Link to this contribution) As I have made clear, if we do nothing the bill for the taxpayer will mount to £1 billion over the n...

Simon Hart | 531 c820 (Link to this contribution) I warmly commend the Secretary of State for having the bravery to tackle this dreadful disease, whic...

Caroline Spelman | 531 c820 (Link to this contribution) I can give the hon. Gentleman an assurance on that point. Not only are we putting resources behind t...

Albert Owen | 531 c820 (Link to this contribution) I agree with the Secretary of State that the status quo is not an option, but I am concerned that th...

Caroline Spelman | 531 c821 (Link to this contribution) Perhaps more than anyone in the Chamber, I understand how difficult this decision is to make—because...

Sheryll Murray | 531 c820 (Link to this contribution) May I urge the Secretary of State to ignore the advice from the Labour party, which failed to act de...

Caroline Spelman | 531 c820 (Link to this contribution) It is clear that we have taken our time on this decision because it is important that we make the ri...

Kerry McCarthy | 531 c820 (Link to this contribution) It has been obvious to those of us who attend Environment, Food and Rural Affairs questions that the...

Caroline Spelman | 531 c820 (Link to this contribution) I commend to my hon. Friend a good read of the draft guidance that we are issuing to Natural England...

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering | 531 c816 (Link to this contribution) I commend the Department for bringing forward this extremely difficult decision. May I go back to 19...

Caroline Spelman | 531 c816-7 (Link to this contribution) I do not accept that it is a sad day for conservationists, of whom I regard myself as one. I think t...

Angela C Smith | 531 c816 (Link to this contribution) This is a sad day for conservation and animal welfare in the UK, especially given that in 2007 the i...

Caroline Spelman | 531 c811-3 (Link to this contribution) Statement Today I am publishing the Government's bovine tuberculosis eradication programme for Engla...

Caroline Spelman | 531 c814-6 (Link to this contribution) This is a very serious matter and I do not think it lends itself to political point scoring. I am gl...

Mary Creagh | 531 c813-4 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Secretary of State for advance sight of her statement. The Opposition know that bovine ...

Paul Flynn | 531 c818 (Link to this contribution) Is not this big society, badger-slaughter spree a combination of bad science and animal cruelty by t...

Caroline Spelman | 531 c818 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend. The figure of 37,000 cattle related to England and Wales and this programme ...

Neil Parish | 531 c818 (Link to this contribution) The number of cattle slaughtered in those years has meant huge heartache for farmers, nowhere more s...

Speaker | 531 c818 (Link to this contribution) Order. We are not meant to mention Members' names. I am sure that the hon. Gentleman is coming to th...

Neil Parish | 531 c818 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Secretary of State and the Minister for all their work in looking at all sides of this a...

Speaker | 531 c818 (Link to this contribution) Order. May I just say before I bring any more Members in that there is a lot of pressure on time, so...

Caroline Spelman | 531 c818 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman makes the very important point that the 25,000 cattle slaughtered just in the pas...

Ian Jnr Paisley | 531 c817 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the Minister on fulfilling an election pledge, and indeed a coalition pledge, in her ...

Tessa Munt | 531 c817 (Link to this contribution) The right hon. Lady will be aware that this is a matter of immense importance to my constituency, wh...

Caroline Spelman | 531 c816 (Link to this contribution) I am publishing today the draft guidance to Natural England, which contains detailed information for...

Caroline Spelman | 531 c817 (Link to this contribution) I commiserate with the hon. Lady on the fact that her part of the world is so badly affected. That i...

Subjects

Compensation

Agriculture

Badgers

Cattle

Disease control

Testing

Vaccination

Bovine tuberculosis

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