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Bill Esterson
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(14 years ago)
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Bill Esterson (Sefton Central) (Lab)
Does the Secretary of State accept the findings of the independent scientific group on bovine TB, in particular when it says:
“Scientific findings indicate that the rising incidence of disease can be reversed, and geographical spread contained, by the rigid application of cattle-based control measures alone”?
Mr Paice
The hon. Gentleman needs to recognise that that study ended several years ago. We now have more science, which has superseded those conclusions reached by the independent study group. I have laid out the new scientific evidence from ongoing studies in the consultation document, and that is the reason for the proposal that we have put forward.