Badgers

Debate between Lord De Mauley and Lord Dixon-Smith
Tuesday 11th December 2012

(12 years, 2 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord De Mauley Portrait Lord De Mauley
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My Lords, I have referred to costs already. I can only repeat that the cost of not bearing down on TB in cattle through, among other things, controlling the badger population is currently about £90 million a year and is increasing.

Lord Dixon-Smith Portrait Lord Dixon-Smith
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My Lords, I am a farmer but not a cattle man—

Draft National Policy Statement for Waste Water

Debate between Lord De Mauley and Lord Dixon-Smith
Tuesday 5th April 2011

(13 years, 10 months ago)

Grand Committee
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Lord Dixon-Smith Portrait Lord Dixon-Smith
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My Lords, if I could follow my noble friend with a slightly different question to the—

Lord De Mauley Portrait Lord De Mauley
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My Lords, I am sorry to interrupt. Perhaps noble Lords are not aware that there is a speakers list. Having said that, I am sure that if the Grand Committee—