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Badger Cull

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

I will respond, Mr Deputy Speaker, because obviously the shadow Minister has an issue with the fact that we have received the report. We have indeed received it, and we are considering it. It was not our decision when the report was delivered to us; an independent expert panel decided that. It was not our decision to have this debate, nor did we get involved in the decision of the Backbench Business Committee to have the debate today, and nor is it the role of Labour Members to dictate when the Government should publish the report. Let me be very clear: we have always been clear that we will publish the report and then, when we have made a decision—we have not made any decisions yet—[Interruption.] No, I am not going to confirm that there will be a vote. I have discussed and debated this many times, and I am sure we will have many opportunities to do so again in the future.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
577 c522 
Session
2013-14
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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