Between 1998 and 2010, the number of herd breakdowns tripled from 1,226 to 3,334, and the number of cattle slaughtered rose sixfold, from 4,102 to 24,000. Given what I am hearing from the Labour Front-Bench team today, can our farmers, who are suffering so terribly from this disease, expect more of the same?
Badger Cull
Proceeding contribution from
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 13 March 2014.
It occurred during Backbench debate on Badger Cull.
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