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Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Bovine TB (27 Mar 2014)

Owen Paterson: We published our draft strategy for achieving officially bovine tuberculosis-free status for England in July 2013 for consultation. The final version, which we will publish shortly, will outline our comprehensive plan for tackling the scourge of bovine TB in England.

Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Bovine TB (27 Mar 2014)

Owen Paterson: I received the panel’s report only recently. I am considering it, and I will come back to the House in due course, when it has been fully considered.

Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Bovine TB (27 Mar 2014)

Owen Paterson: My hon. Friend mentions other badger culls. The most obvious nearby country that has had one is the Republic of Ireland, where the number of cases went down from 44,903 in 1999 to only 15,612 last year. There are clear lessons to be learned from other countries—my hon. Friend is absolutely right—but the circumstances here are not entirely the same. That is why our strategy encompasses a...

Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Bovine TB (27 Mar 2014)

Owen Paterson: I was Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, so the hon. Gentleman knows that I respect the protocols of devolution. We have regular discussions at ministerial and official level on matters agricultural. He is absolutely right, however, to raise the contrast between what has happened in Northern Ireland, where diseased badgers have not been removed, and the dramatic reduction in southern...

Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Bovine TB (27 Mar 2014)

Owen Paterson: I raised the issue with Commissioner Borg on my first day back, a week last Monday. We are pressing on with the development of a cattle vaccine but, sadly, it will take some years: we have to develop a vaccine that is valid and works; we have to develop a DIVA test to differentiate between vaccinated cattle and diseased cattle; and we then have to get a legal process. I am afraid that that is...

Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Bovine TB (27 Mar 2014)

Owen Paterson: I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his kind comments. I do not recollect storming out of anywhere. We have been punctilious in keeping Parliament informed through regular statements, and the issue comes up regularly at questions. The last vote, with a majority of 61, very clearly endorsed our strategy, which is very wide and encompasses other actions. [Interruption.] The last vote on a...

Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Bovine TB (27 Mar 2014)

Owen Paterson: My hon. Friend is absolutely right to say that it would be a huge change if we could use PCR to analyse diseased badgers on the spot. That would change the whole debate and would be an enormous help in disease reduction. We have been working closely with the university of Warwick and are bringing in other agencies to see whether we can accelerate that work. Sadly, PCR is not yet reliable...


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