Badger Cull

I absolutely agree with my hon. Friend, because the last five years have clearly demonstrated the...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir David. I am surprised to be speaking so ea...

I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Derby North (Chris Williamson) on securing the debat...

When the hon. Gentleman mentions a cost of £200 a badger, is that a lifetime sum or an annual sum...

That is a good point, and I am glad the hon. Gentleman has raised it. When compared with the cost...

If it is £200 for a vaccination and that has to be done annually, it soon gets to £1,000. We shou...

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for pursuing me on that point, which he has rightly spotted. ...

I am interested in the point that the hon. Member for Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire (Si...

I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention, and I agree with his points.

I will conclude,...

It is a pleasure to respond to this debate, Sir David. I congratulate the hon. Member for Derby N...

How do we measure the vaccination in the edge areas as opposed to culling, which has already been...

That is a very good point and precisely why we have focused our vaccination efforts in the edge a...

I am interested in the Minister’s comments. Will he comment on why the weight of scientific evide...

I do not agree, for reasons I will come to.

There were claims that those trials in the ’70s...

I am grateful to the Minister for giving way again, but he did not really answer my question. The...

A number of scientists said that it was not logistically possible to sustain a cull over a large ...

If my recollection is correct, it is common for the figures to be released on the very last day o...

I cannot give any undertakings about when exactly that will take place but, typically, we do it i...

I am grateful to the Minister for giving way for what will perhaps be the final time. My conclusi...

All I can say is that I have explained why we think the badger cull is critical. I know that it i...

Will the Minister give way?

No, I have given way to the hon. Gentleman, and I have finished.

6.1 pm

I am disappointed that the Minister did not give way at the end. I think it is very unfair to cha...