Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor James Paice (Conservative), on Tuesday, 6 November 2007, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 67 members in total.

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BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS

That this House notes with concern that since 1997 bovine tuberculosis has cost the taxpayer ??500 million and resulted in the slaughter of over 160,000 cattle; deplores the lack of a comprehensive strategy to tackle the disease; believes that a package of measures is required which addresses both cattle-to-cattle transmission and the reservoir of infection in wildlife; urges the urgent trialling of vaccines and the polymerase chain reaction test to identify live vectors of the disease; and calls on the Government to take the practical measures necessary to reduce the toll of bovine TB on wildlife, cattle and the British farming industry.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

10 

Session

2007-08

Other sponsors

Peter Ainsworth

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

Lord Barker of Battle

Bill Wiggin

Lord Benyon

Subjects

Animals Diseases Wildlife

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk