Badger Vaccines

I totally agree. Later in my speech, I will explain some of the technicalities behind what the ho...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for giving way. I spoke to him beforehand, Sir Alan, and asked his per...

There is a cost to the issue, as there is with anything of this nature, but as I will explain lat...

Does my hon. Friend recognise that one of the benefits of vaccination versus a cull is that vacci...

I agree totally. Vaccination increases herd immunity, while culling increases the spread of disea...

For the record, I am a member of the British Veterinary Association. May I ask the hon. Gentleman...

Despite a massive cull in southern Ireland, of 97,000 badgers, the rates of TB in the north, wher...

It is important that people understand what the vaccine does. The beast is trapped and tested: if...

I hear what the hon. Gentleman is saying and I understand his argument. In the culling at the mom...

On the points made by the previous two Members who intervened, the whole debate needs to be centr...

I totally agree with my hon. Friend.

On the potential for the Government’s policy to make the situation worse, that is likely to happe...

I would like to see similar programmes rolled out nationally.

I must make some progress. Th...

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I shall give way to the hon. Lady and then to my hon. Friend.

Will the hon. Gentleman join me in congratulating the Welsh Government on the work that they have...

That is a helpful intervention, and I shall do so at all opportunities given to me.

My hon. Friend has been incredibly generous with all the interventions, so I shall be brief. He m...

That is the spirit of the debate—how we proceed and eradicate a problem that has blighted our cou...

I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this important debate. Most people in the Chamber fully...

I am all for whichever means of administering a vaccine is found. Yes, its development will cost ...

I welcome this debate, which my hon. Friend the Member for Morecambe and Lunesdale (David Morris)...

The Minister says that bovine TB is spreading more, and that is exactly why people are saying tha...

It is generally accepted that, after the initial conclusions of the randomised badger culling tri...

Part of the trial is taking place in my constituency. My first ministerial meeting when I was ele...

I agree with my hon. Friend. I have painted a picture of how bleak the matter is. The disease is ...

Is my hon. Friend aware that the response to a recent freedom of information request on 22 Septem...

It seems that the word “drekly” is catching on in the House. I will deal with oral vaccination la...

I welcome the Minister to his new role. He has mentioned the words “toolkit” and “all the tools i...

We have made it clear that we would never use gassing as a means of controlling the badger popula...

Will the Minister give way?

I want to make some progress or I will not get to the points raised by my hon. Friend the Member ...

I would like to put it on the record that should what I am proposing come together, I would like ...

That has been noted, and we will take it on board—[Interruption.] I do not want all hon. Members ...

I welcome the Minister to his place on the Front Bench. Will he assure the Chamber that his Depar...

We are keen to learn lessons from around the country and around the world, so we are looking at t...

I welcome the Minister to his new role. With regards to the vaccine for cattle and cows, which he...

I do not want to get drawn too far into cattle vaccination, but the hon. Gentleman is right that ...

I put on the record my gratitude to DEFRA for the initial funding of the pilot, which is proceedi...

I know that, and I look forward to discussing the matter further when I meet the hon. Gentleman. ...