PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control (13 March 2023)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to issue further licenses for badger culling.
Asked by:
Helen Morgan (Liberal Democrat)
Asked by:
Helen Morgan (Liberal Democrat)
Answer
We are transitioning away from intensive badger culling towards widescale badger vaccination. 2022 was the last year that new Intensive Cull areas were licensed. Supplementary Badger Culling (SBC) is limited to a maximum of two years and the issuing of SBC licences for previously licensed areas or areas licensed for Badger Disease Control after 2020 is prohibited.
However, culling would remain an option where epidemiological assessment indicates that it is needed.
Answered by:
Sir Mark Spencer (Conservative)
16 March 2023
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