Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered at on 28 March 2023.
Daniel Kawczynski
Conservative, Shrewsbury and Atcham
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to reform the Badger Protection Act 1992 so that sets are tested for the presence of bovine tuberculosis to confirm the absence of infection.
Mark Spencer
The Minister of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
There are no current plans to amend the Protection of Badgers Act, or to test badger setts for bovine TB.
Yes2 people think so
No3 people think not
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