Policing costs are a significant contributory factor to the overall cost of the badger cull, but we live in a democracy and people have a right to monitor the badger cull and protest against it. We do not live in a dictatorship and those costs have to be factored in.
Badger Cull
Proceeding contribution from
Chris Williamson
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 13 March 2014.
It occurred during Backbench debate on Badger Cull.
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2013-14
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