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TB in Cattle and Badgers

Proceeding contribution from Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat) in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 23 October 2019. It occurred during Debate on TB in Cattle and Badgers.

The hon. Lady is being very generous in giving way. She is right that this issue is massively important to farmers and farm businesses. Farmers care massively about the welfare of their livestock and, indeed, wildlife. Does she agree that the Government’s 25-year strategy, long though it is, is showing signs of having some impact and that we should not throw all the toys out of the pram and stop things as they stand? Does she also agree, though, that 25 years is a long time, and that if the Government do not continue basic payments through to the point when the new environmental land management scheme comes into effect, there may be no farmers left to protect by the end of the process?

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
666 c2WH 
Session
2019-19
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
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