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Written Question
Bovine Tuberculosis
Thursday 12th June 2014

Asked by: Glyn Davies (Conservative - Montgomeryshire)

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of progress in other countries on tackling bovine TB in cattle and wildlife.

Answered by George Eustice

The success of the bovine TB eradication policies pursued in countries such as Australia, New Zealand, the United States, the Republic of Ireland and France demonstrates the need to bear down on the disease effectively in both cattle and in wildlife.

There is no single solution.

Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 15 Jan 2014
Farmland Bird Populations

"I thank my right hon. Friend for raising this subject, which has been of huge interest to me all my life. Does he accept that one of the great dangers is the monocultures that are creeping into parts of our country, particularly maize? Huge areas are used to grow maize …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 09 Jan 2014
Rural Communities

"This hugely important debate is of great interest. I often speak in debates in the House, but if I raise an issue about rural areas or rural policy, it is usually tangential or an add-on to another debate. A debate wholly about rural affairs is, therefore, hugely welcome and I …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 09 Jan 2014
Rural Communities

"The hon. Member for Ceredigion (Mr Williams) is here and is nodding in agreement, and I am sure that my opponent in the forthcoming election will be of the same view. We know the massive impact it will have and it is exactly the same for north Shropshire.

One important …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 11 Dec 2013
Badger Cull

"This is a very difficult, complex, sensitive and not straightforward issue, but despite all that, I have always been in favour of a targeted pilot cull; I just need to explain why. Perhaps it will be helpful if I describe a bit of the context from which I come. Before …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 11 Dec 2013
Badger Cull

"I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention, principally because it gives me another minute. I actually welcome the fact that there is a different process involving vaccination taking place in Wales, because a number of people are saying that it would be much preferable to move to a system …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 21 Nov 2013
Oral Answers to Questions

"5. How many cattle have been slaughtered as a result of bovine TB in 2013 to date...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 21 Nov 2013
Oral Answers to Questions

"Does my right hon. Friend agree that any political party or animal welfare group that accepts the massive cost in the wholesale slaughter of cattle, silent suffering among wildlife and huge disruption and worry to the farming community, is acting without care or responsibility by not combating this terrible disease?..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 26 Jun 2013
Beef Cattle and Sheep (Carbon Footprint)

"I thank my hon. Friend for allowing me to intervene, and I do so only to ask him to agree that that issue is particularly relevant to Wales. There is almost no cereal growing in Wales that is worth talking about; in Wales, farming is almost wholly livestock farming. Livestock …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 05 Jun 2013
Badger Cull

"I thank my hon. Friend and neighbour for allowing me to intervene. Does he share my disappointment that the Government in Wales are not going ahead with the cull that the Labour Government decided to carry out between 2007 and 2011? That cull would have taken place in Wales if …..."
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