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Badger Cull

Proceeding contribution from Owen Paterson (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 5 June 2013. It occurred during Opposition day on Badger Cull.

I do not think that the hon. Gentleman quite listened to what I said. If he makes comparisons with the countries I have mentioned, he will see that where there are strict cattle controls, movement controls and biosecurity, and countries bear down on the disease, the disease is reduced. The experience of the Republic of Ireland is spectacular and we should be humble enough to learn from it.

Let us consider other European countries. Badger culling is undertaken in France; there have been reports in just the past week or so of problems in the Ardennes, with infected badgers being culled. Deer and wild boar are culled in the Baltic countries, Germany, Poland and Spain. So we cannot ignore the lessons from such countries, which are so clearly presented to us.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
563 c1533 
Session
2013-14
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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