Badger Culling/Bovine TB

I am arguing here today that the UK Government must begin to protect beef and dairy farmers in En...

Is the hon. Gentleman aware that the one animal that is attacking the hedgehog is the badger and ...

I will stick to bovine TB. I predict that the recently announced plans to extend badger culling t...

Just for information, I point out that I had a herd of Chital deer and we had to put them all dow...

I absolutely agree and I thank the hon. Gentleman for that helpful point.

To make my point ...

I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on securing the debate. He has mentioned the skin test. How eff...

I will come to the skin test shortly, but I think that there are more appropriate alternatives to...

Part of the trial culls is taking place in my constituency of Tewkesbury. This may be anecdotal, ...

It must be anecdotal because it certainly does not appear to be borne out by the scientific evide...

I support further research into vaccination, but is the hon. Gentleman aware that there is a glob...

I am grateful to the hon. Lady for that information. However, it does not address the fundamental...

As of now, I am imposing a two-minute limit on speeches.

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I enjoyed listening to the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross (Dr Monaghan), b...

It is an honour to serve with you in the Chair, Mrs Main. I thank the hon. Member for Caithness, ...

Does my hon. Friend agree that culls without evaluation or monitoring are ineffective?

Yes, I completely agree, and I will come on to that in a while. The absurdity of such a process i...

Three years ago I had the honour of being the mayor of my home town of St Austell, and one evenin...

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for allowing me to intervene. Speaking as a farmer’s daughter...

I believe that there is a great deal of evidence from other nations that have eradicated TB, wher...

It is a pleasure to speak in this debate, Mrs Main. The hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and...

I congratulate the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross (Dr Monaghan) on securin...

Does my hon. Friend share my concern that the farmers are also casualties of the situation, as th...

I completely agree with my hon. Friend. What we are going to hear from the Minister is probably w...

I am not going to go over the pros and cons of the debate about culling; I want to be quite paroc...

I congratulate the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross (Dr Monaghan) on securin...

Order. The hon. Lady has a few seconds to conclude her remarks.

Yes, indeed. I will end with the point that my hon. Friend the Member for Penistone and Stocksbri...

Mrs Main, I draw attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests that state...

If the hon. Gentleman checks Hansard, I think he will find that I did make the point about the st...

I am intrigued that an hon. Member from Scotland has secured this debate, because I did not reali...

I met people from Natural England a few months ago and they very much gave me the impression that...

I invited the hon. Lady, when she was the shadow Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Minister, to...

The hon. Gentleman is kind to give way. Does he believe that free shooting is acceptable?

I believe that the best way to cull badgers is with traps. Unfortunately in Gloucestershire, prot...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairpersonship, Mrs Main. I thank my hon. Friend the Member...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Main. I thank the hon. Member for Caithnes...

May I add that recent research by the Department in Northern Ireland has shown that there is a po...

I thank the hon. Lady for making that intervention about how we manage the environmental impact o...

Will the hon. Lady give way?

I am afraid that the hon. Lady cannot give way because the Minister must be called and we need a ...

New measures need to be introduced on biosecurity and testing, and we have heard about the gamma ...

I ask the hon. Lady to bring her remarks to a close.

Of course. Farmers continue to pay the price for a lack of evidence-based policy making. The Gove...

I congratulate the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross (Dr Monaghan) on securin...

Will the Minister give way?

I will not give way.

This is an evidence-based policy. We cannot remove and eradicate TB wi...

This has been a lively debate, but I think everyone in the room agrees that we must do everything...