Written question asked by Lord Patten (Conservative) on Wednesday, 18 May 2016, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 2 June 2016. It was answered by Lord Gardiner of Kimble (Conservative) on Wednesday, 25 May 2016 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
Bovine Tuberculosis: Exmoor
- Question
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To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the effect on bovine health in Exmoor of the National Trust's advice to their tenant farmers not to participate in badger culls.
- Answer
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Alongside strengthening cattle testing and movement controls and improving biosecurity on farm and when trading, licensed badger control in areas where bovine TB is rife, like Exmoor, is an essential part of the Government’s 25-year strategy to eradicate the disease in England.
Badger control licence applications from groups of local farmers and landowners are assessed against criteria that include the area of accessible land. Provided that enough land is accessible to achieve an effective badger population reduction across the wider area, Natural England can issue a licence. Thus, even if some local landowners do not participate, long term disease reduction benefits can still be realised across the wider area.
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- HL39
- Session
- 2016-17
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- Subjects
- Badgers Disease control Bovine tuberculosis Exmoor
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