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PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Hunting: Livestock (11 January 2018)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will make an assessment of the effect of the spread of disease by hunting hounds on livestock on farms.

Asked by:
Kerry McCarthy (Labour)

Answer

We have carried out assessments for some specific diseases. There is no evidence to suggest that hunting dogs play a significant role in the spread of disease on livestock farms. We do not therefore propose to carry out any further assessment.


Answered by:
George Eustice (Conservative)
16 January 2018

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