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Bovine TB

Secondary information

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

537 c795-807 

Session

2010-12

Department

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

Proceeding contributions

Caroline Spelman | 537 c795-7 (Link to this contribution) Statement Today I am setting out the next stage in the bovine tuberculosis eradication programme for...

Caroline Spelman | 537 c799-800 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady asked a lot of questions so I will answer them as quickly as I can. First, I should po...

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Baroness McIntosh of Pickering | 537 c800 (Link to this contribution) Farmers and wildlife conservation groups will welcome the statement. The badger population must be c...

Mary Creagh | 537 c797-9 (Link to this contribution) We recognise that bovine TB is a devastating disease—that is why the Labour Government spent £50 mil...

Caroline Spelman | 537 c801 (Link to this contribution) The science determines the level of mortality that must be achieved for the controlled reduction to ...

Andrew George | 537 c801 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend is absolutely right to say that this is a devastating disease. We must hope tha...

Caroline Spelman | 537 c800 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is singularly well qualified with her experience in the European Parliament to know h...

Ben Bradshaw | 537 c801 (Link to this contribution) Will the Secretary of State be clear with the House about what level of mortality she expects shooti...

Caroline Spelman | 537 c801 (Link to this contribution) I hope that an hon. Member is not calling on the public to break the law; that would be very unwise....

Paul Flynn | 537 c801 (Link to this contribution) Should not the clarion call go out from this House today to all the right-thinking, compassionate pe...

Caroline Spelman | 537 c801 (Link to this contribution) I commiserate with my hon. Friend because his part of the country has been the most badly affected b...

Sarah Newton | 537 c801 (Link to this contribution) The compassionate people in my constituency will very much welcome the great thought, care, attentio...

Caroline Spelman | 537 c801 (Link to this contribution) As I have said, this is a difficult decision and it is not one that I have found easy to make. Havin...

Caroline Spelman | 537 c802 (Link to this contribution) I am sorry to say that the hon. Lady is misguided in thinking that there is a link between the inten...

James Gray | 537 c802 (Link to this contribution) Farmers across North Wiltshire, many of whom have been devastated by TB and have lost their herd som...

Caroline Spelman | 537 c802 (Link to this contribution) I have had very careful conversations with the Home Secretary and with the Association of Chief Poli...

Kerry McCarthy | 537 c802 (Link to this contribution) Let me follow on from the question of the hon. Member for Brighton, Pavilion (Caroline Lucas). There...

Paul Flynn | 537 c802 (Link to this contribution) But the alternative would upset the farmers.

Caroline Spelman | 537 c802 (Link to this contribution) I refer the hon. Lady to the statement that I made in July, setting out the other important elements...

Kerry McCarthy | 537 c802 (Link to this contribution) Exactly.

Caroline Spelman | 537 c804 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman makes an important point. I understand that this issue excites strong emotions, b...

Sarah Wollaston | 537 c802 (Link to this contribution) The year after Labour came to power, fewer than 600 cattle were slaughtered in Devon. This year, we ...

Sheila Gilmore | 537 c803 (Link to this contribution) No one is suggesting that bovine TB is not a problem. However, why does the Secretary of State belie...

Caroline Spelman | 537 c803 (Link to this contribution) Sadly, there is no satisfactory test for TB in camelids, which includes alpacas, and that is a sourc...

Dan Rogerson | 537 c803-4 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State has quite rightly set out the sad decision that has had to be taken on this i...

Caroline Spelman | 537 c803 (Link to this contribution) When a programme of badger control was part of the original randomised badger culling trial, the sci...

Ian Jnr Paisley | 537 c803 (Link to this contribution) I should declare that I am a member of the British Veterinary Association, which I know will welcome...

Caroline Spelman | 537 c803 (Link to this contribution) The whole House respects my hon. Friend's medical expertise, and she is right to point out that the ...

Sheryll Murray | 537 c803 (Link to this contribution) I know that farmers in South East Cornwall will welcome this news. Alpaca farmers will welcome it, t...

Caroline Spelman | 537 c803 (Link to this contribution) I assure the hon. Gentleman that we are in close contact with other devolved Ministers. We should of...

Caroline Spelman | 537 c804 (Link to this contribution) Yes, I can give that assurance to the hon. Gentleman. The Minister of State is in regular contact wi...

Hywel Williams | 537 c804 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State will know that the previous Welsh Government had intended a cull but the curr...

Thomas Docherty | 537 c805 (Link to this contribution) May I press the Secretary of State to say a little more about these trial areas of 150 sq km? Will a...

Caroline Spelman | 537 c805 (Link to this contribution) As I made clear, the two trials that will take place next year—probably at the start of the autumn—w...

John Glen | 537 c805 (Link to this contribution) The farmers of south Wiltshire and around Salisbury will warmly welcome today's announcements. Will ...

Caroline Spelman | 537 c805 (Link to this contribution) I really must nail this point about the science. The science shows that if the badger population is ...

Nicholas Dakin | 537 c804-5 (Link to this contribution) The wildlife trusts have said that the scientific evidence does not support the culling of badgers a...

Caroline Spelman | 537 c804 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a very important point. In New Zealand, the incidence of the disease in possums...

Speaker | 537 c804 (Link to this contribution) I am most grateful for the hon. Gentleman's gratitude, but I think he will intend me to redirect it ...

Neil Parish | 537 c804 (Link to this contribution) May I welcome the Secretary of State's statement, which is absolutely right for the farmers in my co...

Caroline Spelman | 537 c805 (Link to this contribution) What is required for the pilots is access to 70% of the land, in line with the evidence from the ran...

Caroline Spelman | 537 c805-6 (Link to this contribution) I commiserate with the hon. Gentleman on the loss of those cattle. The front page of the Farm Crisis...

Roger Williams | 537 c805 (Link to this contribution) I draw Members' attention to my entry in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Today—this ve...

Caroline Spelman | 537 c806 (Link to this contribution) I can give that assurance. Of course, we will share with devolved Ministers all the evidence and exp...

Glyn Davies | 537 c806 (Link to this contribution) The impact of bovine TB is as devastating to farmers, cattle and wildlife in Wales as it is in Engla...

Caroline Spelman | 537 c806 (Link to this contribution) I can give my hon. Friend that assurance. Very strict requirements have been set out, and tomorrow I...

Bob Blackman | 537 c806 (Link to this contribution) Will my right hon. Friend confirm that there will be a requirement, particularly in the pilots, for ...

Caroline Spelman | 537 c806 (Link to this contribution) Far from it: I think we can be reasonably confident that they will be subject to a legal challenge a...

Guto Bebb | 537 c806 (Link to this contribution) May I, too, congratulate my right hon. Friend on her statement, which I welcome? In view of our bitt...

Tessa Munt | 537 c806-7 (Link to this contribution) I am aware that more than 1,200 badgers have been vaccinated over the past 18 months in Gloucestersh...

George Eustice | 537 c807 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the Secretary of State's proportionate and measured approach to this very contentious issu...

Caroline Spelman | 537 c807 (Link to this contribution) It will take some time—many years—before we can finally assess the effectiveness of the vaccination ...

Caroline Lucas | 537 c801 (Link to this contribution) Rather than pursuing this cruel and counter-productive cull, what consideration did the Secretary of...

Caroline Spelman | 537 c807 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend, who is very knowledgeable, has hit on the problem that the vaccine is effective only...

Subjects

Agriculture Badgers Cattle Disease control Livestock Testing Vaccination Bovine tuberculosis

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