Badger Culling
Debate between Geoffrey Clifton-Brown and Baroness Hayman of Ullock(7 years, 8 months ago)
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Sue Hayman
Well, I consider it to be extraordinary, and I think that many colleagues do, as well.
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
The policing costs for the cull areas would be zero if it were not for the effects of the protesters; therefore we cannot compare one figure with another. As my hon. Friend the Member for Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire (Simon Hart) just said, and as I said in my speech, when the annual cost of vaccination is extended over five years the actual cost is not £660 per badger but £3,000.
Sue Hayman
I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. It only goes to show that we really need proper evidence. However we look at it, it is much more expensive, per badger, to cull.