BADGER CULLS

Early day motion 1591, tabled 14 March 2011 by Paul Flynn (Labour). Signed by 109 members.

That this House notes the encouraging downward trend in bovine TB incidence in England and Wales; urges the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairsnot to put these improvements at risk by culling badgers; further urges the Secretary of State to follow the peer-reviewed advice of the Independent Scientific Group to concentrate on improving and rigidly enforcing cattle-based controls and testing procedures in order to bring the disease under control; and calls on the Secretary of State to take account of the opportunities now offered by successful badger vaccination trials and to prepare the way with Brussels for the earliest possible application and introduction of cattle vaccines that offer the only real long-term solution.

Signatures by party: Labour 88, Liberal Democrat 15, Conservative 3, DUP 1, Green 1, Social Democratic and Labour Party 1.