Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister – in the House of Commons at 12:35 pm on 14 December 2011.
What is required for the pilots is access to 70% of the land, in line with the evidence from the randomised badger culling trial. We need access to 70% of the land. There is no element of compulsion on all landowners in the area, but 70% is needed as part of the limited liability company that a group of farmers would set up.