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Badger Cull

Proceeding contribution from Sarah Wollaston (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 25 October 2012. It occurred during Backbench debate and e-petition debate on Badger Cull.

No, I am going to carry on, if I may.

The point is, yes, let us see investment, but we want to see an oral bait vaccine. I want to leave a question in the air: is there something obscene about the amount of money we are going to spend on trapping and vaccinating every single wild badger in this country, year on year, when there are other things that that money could be spent on? I want to see an oral bait vaccine and an improved test, but we have to be honest and tackle a dangerous zoonosis. We have to be honest about the need for further scientific pilots and I am afraid that we have to do it now, because farmers in my constituency are suffering. Theses are the people who feed the nation—they put food on our plates and care for our countryside.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
551 c1159 
Session
2012-13
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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