PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
(10 June 2026)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to eradicate the spread of tuberculosis among wildlife and livestock.
Asked by:
Helen Morgan (Liberal Democrat)
Asked by:
Helen Morgan (Liberal Democrat)
Answer
On 10 June 2026, a co‑designed bovine TB control strategy for England, developed and recommended by the Steering Group of the Bovine TB Partnership, was published: https://tbhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/2026-Recommended-Bovine-TB-Strategy.pdf.
The strategy sets out several recommendations to help achieve bovine TB freedom by 2038, which the Government will now consider carefully, intending to move swiftly from recommendations to delivery through a series of rolling three‑ to five‑year delivery plans.
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