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The Secretary of State is absolutely right to emphasise the comprehensive eradication strategy, of which the removal of infection in the wildlife in a highly infected area is but a part, albeit a vital one. Will he continue to consider alternatives to free shooting, which has been shown to be...
The Secretary of State is absolutely right to emphasise the comprehensive eradication strategy, of which the removal of infection in the wildlife in a highly infected area is but a part, albeit a vital one. Will he continue to consider alternatives to free shooting, which has been shown to be...
This has been an extremely useful debate, not least because it has, I hope, reminded people that we are dealing with a disease with devastating consequences not just for animals, including cattle, and for wildlife, but for families and businesses across the country, and a disease that has an enormous...
This has been an extremely useful debate, not least because it has, I hope, reminded people that we are dealing with a disease with devastating consequences not just for animals, including cattle, and for wildlife, but for families and businesses across the country, and a disease that has an enormous...
First opposition day debate (part one). Main question negatived on division (250 to 299). Amendment agreed to on division (298 to 237). Main question, as amended, agreed to.
First opposition day debate (part one). Main question negatived on division (250 to 299). Amendment agreed to on division (298 to 237). Main question, as amended, agreed to.
It is about vaccines.
It is about vaccines.
That one.
That one.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much was spent on testing for bovine tuberculosis in (a) the UK and (b) Bassetlaw constituency in each of the last 10 years.
[154153]
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much was spent on testing for bovine tuberculosis in (a) the UK and (b) Bassetlaw constituency in each of the last 10 years.
[154153]
Financial data which allows the costs of bovine TB testing to be separately identified from other TB related spending for the last 10 years is not available.
However, data is available (as follows) for 2011-12 and 2012-13 but not in the form requested as data is only available regionally (ie Midlands), not available by individual county.
| £
million | ||
| 2011-12 | 2012-13 | |
| England | 44.12 | 45.53 |
| Of
which: | ||
| Midlands | 14.23 | 14.05 |
TB testing is defined as all skin tests and gamma interferon tests.
I would like to update the House on developments since the Secretary of State’s written ministerial statement on 26 March 2013, Official Report, column 90WS, on the latest results from the testing of beef products for the presence of horsemeat and on plans for reviewing lessons learned.
On 9 April, the...
I would like to update the House on developments since the Secretary of State’s written ministerial statement on 26 March 2013, Official Report, column 90WS, on the latest results from the testing of beef products for the presence of horsemeat and on plans for reviewing lessons learned.
On 9 April, the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 10 December 2012, Official Report, column 152W, on bovine tuberculosis, what judgements his Department makes on the movement of camelids when the keeper opts for the skin test rather than the voluntary blood...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 10 December 2012, Official Report, column 152W, on bovine tuberculosis, what judgements his Department makes on the movement of camelids when the keeper opts for the skin test rather than the voluntary blood...
Given the very limited sensitivity of the tuberculin skin test in camelids, a negative skin test result, particularly in animals originating in endemic bovine TB areas and/or from herds with a history of confirmed TB outbreaks will be treated with particular caution. This is why up until now DEFRA has made available on a voluntary basis supplementary blood testing. These blood tests have now been validated and peer reviewed and DEFRA is proposing for the future: (a) to make the use of antibody TB blood testing compulsory to lift movement restrictions from camelid herds affected by confirmed TB outbreaks; and (b) to continue to recommend to the alpaca and llama societies the adoption of private skin and blood (antibody) tests as the industry standard for camelids being moved between premises in Great Britain.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) if he will estimate the potential cost of testing cows for tuberculosis before culling them; and if he will make a statement;
[130779]
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) if he will estimate the potential cost of testing cows for tuberculosis before culling them; and if he will make a statement;
[130779]
In 2009-10 the TB cattle testing programme in England cost the Government around £30 million. Nearly all of the cattle slaughtered for TB control reasons have reacted positively to a fully validated diagnostic test. In some circumstances cattle identified as being at higher risk will be slaughtered with the owner's agreement.
(2) if his Department will consider developing a policy to ensure that healthy cows are not killed for being at risk of having tuberculosis.
[130780]
Mr Jim Cunningham:
(2) if his Department will consider developing a policy to ensure that healthy cows are not killed for being at risk of having tuberculosis.
[130780]
Mr Jim Cunningham:
In 2009-10 the TB cattle testing programme in England cost the Government around £30 million. Nearly all of the cattle slaughtered for TB control reasons have reacted positively to a fully validated diagnostic test. In some circumstances cattle identified as being at higher risk will be slaughtered with the owner's agreement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what estimate his Department has made of the potential cost of trapping and testing badgers for tuberculosis;
[130781]
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what estimate his Department has made of the potential cost of trapping and testing badgers for tuberculosis;
[130781]
The cost of cage-trapping and testing badgers for tuberculosis has not been estimated. However, the cost of cage-trapping and vaccinating badgers is estimated to be £2,250 per sq km per year. The cost of cage-trapping and shooting badgers is estimated to be £2,500 per sq km per year. These costs are set out in the impact assessment available online at:
http://archive.defra.gov.uk/foodfarm/farmanimal/diseases/atoz/tb/documents/bovine-tb-impact-assessment.pdf
Ideally, a culling strategy would be selective, i.e. culling only infected badgers, or badgers in a sett where bovine TB has been detected. However, this requires a diagnostic test that is sensitive enough to detect reliably a high proportion of infected animals. Any infected badgers that were not detected and therefore left behind, could pose an increase in disease risk through perturbation. There is no diagnostic test yet available that is both sufficiently sensitive and practical for use in the field. Therefore a policy of selective culling cannot currently be pursued.
DEFRA is continuing to fund research and development of diagnostic tests for TB in badgers, including tests for individual animals and those that could be used on a whole sett basis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate he has made of how many bovine tuberculosis tests have resulted in (a) false positives and (b) false negatives in each of the last three years.
[124042]
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate he has made of how many bovine tuberculosis tests have resulted in (a) false positives and (b) false negatives in each of the last three years.
[124042]
All TB reactors are regarded as infected and European and national legislation require all such animals to be slaughtered in order to eliminate risk of infection to other animals. There are no figures for false positive and false negative TB tests detected in each of the last three years. However, it is known that the TB skin test detects 80% of infected cattle giving a 20% false negative probability. When the skin test is applied to non-infected cattle, it has a specificity of 99.9% giving a 0.1% false positive probability.
I suspect that a letter I have received from Christine Glen, the head teacher at Wincanton primary school in my constituency, is typical of many. She uses words such as ““fiasco””, ““incompetent”” and ““slapdash””, and deplores the quality of the marking of scripts that she has received back. She makes...
I suspect that a letter I have received from Christine Glen, the head teacher at Wincanton primary school in my constituency, is typical of many. She uses words such as ““fiasco””, ““incompetent”” and ““slapdash””, and deplores the quality of the marking of scripts that she has received back. She makes...
The Minister nods, and I am grateful to him for doing so. Such respect was not immediately obvious when the Home Secretary gave his reflection of Johnny Cash at San Quentin when he visited Wormwood Scrubs. The main purport of his comments was to rubbish the probation service, which saddened...
The Minister nods, and I am grateful to him for doing so. Such respect was not immediately obvious when the Home Secretary gave his reflection of Johnny Cash at San Quentin when he visited Wormwood Scrubs. The main purport of his comments was to rubbish the probation service, which saddened...
The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right and I shall return to that issue in a moment, if I may. The idea that the voluntary sector as a whole is crying out for this Bill and believes that it is an unalloyed success in achieving its objectives is quite wrong. Many...
The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right and I shall return to that issue in a moment, if I may. The idea that the voluntary sector as a whole is crying out for this Bill and believes that it is an unalloyed success in achieving its objectives is quite wrong. Many...
If that is the Minister’s intention, he is going a very funny way about it. He conceded earlier that there might be a role for local communities through local authorities. However, he is saying that boards will be established made up of business people, and they will talk to other...
If that is the Minister’s intention, he is going a very funny way about it. He conceded earlier that there might be a role for local communities through local authorities. However, he is saying that boards will be established made up of business people, and they will talk to other...
The Minister is going to correct me—I hope.
The Minister is going to correct me—I hope.
I could not agree more with the hon. Gentleman. My worry is that this Government’s general movement is toward allowing the criminal justice system to retreat from local accountability. We had it with the proposals for regional police forces and for the court system. All the time, the leverage that...
I could not agree more with the hon. Gentleman. My worry is that this Government’s general movement is toward allowing the criminal justice system to retreat from local accountability. We had it with the proposals for regional police forces and for the court system. All the time, the leverage that...
As the hon. Gentleman referred to the subject, may I state that I have represented my party on home affairs for quite a few years? Before doing so, I was chairman of a police authority, and before that I was leader of Somerset county council, which had responsibility for the...
As the hon. Gentleman referred to the subject, may I state that I have represented my party on home affairs for quite a few years? Before doing so, I was chairman of a police authority, and before that I was leader of Somerset county council, which had responsibility for the...
It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Walthamstow (Mr. Gerrard), who will have our support if he presses amendment (a) to a vote. I agreed with almost every word that he said, but there were two things that I did not quite agree with. First, he said...
It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Walthamstow (Mr. Gerrard), who will have our support if he presses amendment (a) to a vote. I agreed with almost every word that he said, but there were two things that I did not quite agree with. First, he said...