Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor George Galloway (Respect Party), on Wednesday, 12 September 2012, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 29 members in total.

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BADGER CULL

That this House opposes the mass cull of badgers; urges the Environment Minister to follow the lead of the Welsh Assembly by implementing a vaccination programme with increased levels of testing and improved bio-security as a more effective way to tackle bovine tuberculosis long-term; notes that vaccination is the more sustainable and humane solution which has already been shown to significantly reduce the potential transmission of tuberculosis and that the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs' own advisory body, Natural England, has said that it has little confidence in the cull delivering the predicted long-term benefits; and further urges the Minister to halt the imminent cull which could make the situation worse and lead to the badger population in some areas being entirely wiped out.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

509 

Session

2012-13

Other sponsors

Ian Davidson

Mike Hancock

John Hemming

John Leech

Linda Riordan

Subjects

Animals Diseases

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk