Oak Processionary Moth Debate
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Baroness Walmsley
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Oak Processionary Moth
Baroness Walmsley Excerpts(13 years, 6 months ago)
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Lord Henley
My Lords, of course I am aware of the outbreak in Pangbourne, which took place in 2010. It is too early to say whether we have eradicated the oak processionary moth because we cannot really talk about eradication until we have seen two years without any eggs or larvae around. We will report back in 2012 with the good news on that, if we have it. I shall repeat again what I said before: there are no problems with budgetary constraints in terms of fighting this problem.
Lord Walpole
My Lords, I doubt if the Minister knows the answer, but I would like to know what we are actually looking out for.