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THE HYPOTHESISED RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS AND MELES MELES (EUROPEAN BADGER)

EDM (Early Day Motion) 1029: tabled on 28 January 2016

Tabled in the 2015-16 session.

This motion has been signed by 11 Members. It has not yet had any amendments submitted.

As this motion is using historical data, we may not have the record of the original ordering, in which case signatories are listed alphabetically.

Motion text

That this House notes the Government has to date authorised £25,000,000 expenditure on the culling of badgers in England and Wales; further notes that this equates to expenditure of approximately £7,000 per European Badger killed; recognises that the hypothesised relationship between bovine tuberculosis and Meles meles, European Badger, is as yet unproven; and considers that a policy of culling represents questionable value for money, offers little benefit to farmers, and is both inefficient and unsustainable at the current level of expenditure.