Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to publish the revised bovine tuberculosis strategy; and whether she plans to expand the use of private testing to support the management of infection within affected herds.

On 10 June 2026, a co‑designed bovine TB control strategy for England, developed and recommended by the Steering Group of the Bovine TB Partnership, was published. It is now available on the government-industry TB Hub website. The Government will now consider proposals carefully, intending to move swiftly from recommendations to delivery through a series of rolling three‑ to five‑year delivery plans.

The strategy proposes greater access to privately funded ancillary bovine TB testing alongside statutory testing to support earlier detection of infected cattle and disease management.