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Non-Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Natural England

Sep. 07 2020

Source Page: 2020 badger control licences published
Document: response to the Godfray Review (PDF)

Found: As of 2019, 57 % of the HRA is now subject to a licensed cull of badgers.

Closed Petition closed 6th November 2020

Stop culling immediately and start widespread vaccination of badgers now - Final Signatures: 35,272

Public opinion opposes culling. It is time to cease badger culling in favour of vaccination. With applications for 18 new cull zones this year, and costs rising, this is not a 'phase out' of the failed badger cull policy. In 2019 there were 46 cull zones aiming to kill 64,000 badgers.

The Government responsed to this petition on 14th July 2020 (View Full Response)
The current intensive badger culling policy will be phased out in the next few years, to be gradually replaced by government-supported badger vaccination and surveillance.
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Found: It is crucial that DEFRA enforce cattle movement controls and begin effective testing.

Departmental Publication (Policy and Engagement)
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mar. 05 2020

Source Page: A strategy for achieving Bovine Tuberculosis Free Status for England: 2018 review
Document: A strategy for achieving Bovine Tuberculosis Free Status for England: 2018 review (PDF)

Found: Experience from the Randomised Badger Culling Trial suggests that the benefits of widespread culling

Departmental Publication (Policy and Engagement)
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mar. 05 2020

Source Page: A strategy for achieving Bovine Tuberculosis Free Status for England: 2018 review - government response
Document: A strategy for achieving Bovine Tuberculosis Free Status for England: 2018 review - government response (PDF)

Found: As of 2019, 57 % of the HRA is now subject to a licensed cull of badgers.

Commons Chamber
Debate on the Address - Mon 14 Oct 2019
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Sarah Newton (CON - Truro and Falmouth) Because there is now widespread concern and support for action, and because we have what it takes to - Speech Link
2: Cheryl Gillan (CON - Chesham and Amersham) cost, the poor governance and the disastrous management of the project.First, and immediately, I ask - Speech Link
3: Cheryl Gillan (CON - Chesham and Amersham) Now we hear that HS2 might stop at Old Oak Common. - Speech Link
4: Bill Wiggin (CON - North Herefordshire) The culling has been proven to work. The peer group review and the science add up. - Speech Link

Parliamentary Research
Badger Culling in England - SN06837
Apr. 12 2018

Found: Badger Culling in England

Westminster Hall
Badger Culling - Mon 27 Mar 2017
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Paul Flynn (LAB - Newport West) The problem could be widespread. - Speech Link
2: Paul Monaghan (SNP - Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross) TB is rampant, 86% of badgers are clear of it.The Government must stop allowing farmers to believe that - Speech Link
3: Baroness Hayman of Ullock (LAB - Life peer) That is something no one wants to see.It is clear that we need urgent investment in a widespread vaccination - Speech Link
4: George Eustice (CON - Camborne and Redruth) in rolling out the trapping and vaccination of badgers in the edge area. - Speech Link

Parliamentary Research
E-petition 165672 relating to badger culling - CDP-2017-0075
Mar. 22 2017

Found: E-petition 165672 relating to badger culling

Select Committee
Rt Hon. Elizabeth Truss, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Bronwyn Hill, Permanent Secretary, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Peter Unwin, Director General, Policy Delivery Group, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Oral Evidence Nov. 26 2014

Inquiry: Defra performance in 2013-14
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (Department: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Found: Elizabeth Truss, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Bronwyn Hill, Permanent

Commons Chamber
Badger Cull - Thu 13 Mar 2014
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Anne Main (CON - St Albans) , to stop this inhumane slaughter of badgers. - Speech Link
2: Huw Irranca-Davies (LAB - Ogmore) immediately and put it in the Library? - Speech Link
3: Roger Williams (LDEM - Brecon and Radnorshire) , and now there is vaccination. - Speech Link
4: Huw Irranca-Davies (LAB - Ogmore) garner widespread stakeholder and public support? - Speech Link
5: Huw Irranca-Davies (LAB - Ogmore) Let us learn the lessons from these two failed and costly culls, stop them now and look at the alternative - Speech Link