Statement on Bovine TB
15 December 2011 (updated on 15 December 2011)
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Caroline Spelman, made a statement in the House of Commons on Wednesday 14 December on Bovine TB.
Bovine TB
The Secretary of State set out the next stage in the bovine tuberculosis eradication programme for England. Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rual Affairs, Mary Creagh, responded to the statement on behalf of the Opposition.
Watch and read the statement and the views expressed by MPs on Parliament TV and in Commons Hansard. Also find current parliamentary material on animals in the Topics and News sections.
- Parliament TV: Statement on Bovine TB
- Commons Hansard: Statement on Bovine TB
- Topics: Animal diseases
- Parliamentary news: Animals
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