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Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:10 pm on 14 July 2011.

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Photo of Neil Parish Neil Parish Conservative, Tiverton and Honiton 12:10, 14 July 2011

When does the Leader of the House expect my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to make a statement on tuberculosis? Twenty-five thousand cattle a year are being slaughtered, and it costs £100 million of taxpayers’ money, and yet that pall of disease out there in the wildlife is not being tackled. A statement from the Secretary of State is urgent.