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Badger Cull

Proceeding contribution from Simon Hart (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 13 March 2014. It occurred during Backbench debate on Badger Cull.

It will be with a heavy heart that I will not vote on this motion, if there is a Division. I really want to support the livestock industry and to demonstrate my commitment to eradicating this disease, but I am not prepared to vote on the basis of a partially leaked document—it was not even fully leaked—reported on the BBC news a couple of weeks ago.

I agree with and share the view of the hon. Member for Copeland (Mr Reed) that we should not seek to highlight an urban-rural divide, but it is disappointing that he referred to a number of alleged statistics from a report that none of us has had the benefit of seeing. How we can make a reasoned judgement on that, I do not know.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
577 c481 
Session
2013-14
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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