Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor James Paice (Conservative), on Wednesday, 3 December 2008, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 43 members in total.

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BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS

That this House notes with concern that since 1997 bovine tuberculosis has cost the taxpayer well in excess of ??600 million and resulted in the slaughter of over 200,000 cattle; notes that it is likely a record total approaching 40,000 head will be slaughtered in 2008; 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

81 

Session

2008-09

Other sponsors

Peter Ainsworth

Peter Bottomley

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

Andrew George

Bill Wiggin

Subjects

Animals Diseases

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk