Bovine TB

Nic Dakin Excerpts

Tuesday 19th July 2011 Commons Chamber

[Mrs Spelman]

Of course, my hon. Friend has a professional background that helps her to understand epidemiology. However, the important point is that it is beyond doubt that there is transmission between badgers and cattle. The fact that they share pastures and fields means that they can pass the disease between them in the way she has described. Even the Badger Trust would acknowledge that the disease is passing from badgers to cattle, as well as from cattle to cattle. Controlling the badger population in a particular area in the way I have described should indeed help.

[Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe) (Lab)]

Will the Secretary of State publish any advice she has received from the Association of Chief Police Officers on public order issues arising from this decision?

[Mrs Spelman]

I cannot publish that advice, for security reasons.