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

Early day motion 1029, tabled 28 January 2016 by Paul Monaghan (Scottish National Party). Signed by 11 members.

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.

Signatures by party: Labour 5, Scottish National Party 4, Green 1, Social Democratic and Labour Party 1.