A reduction of between 60% and 70% sounds pretty good when compared with the 12% to 16% reduction that a cull would yield. The problems the Minister identifies are largely bureaucratic. Surely the Government could take a more robust approach with the European Union and just get on with it.
Badger Cull
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 25 October 2012.
It occurred during Backbench debate
and
e-petition debate on Badger Cull.
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