VerbatimParliament, as it happens

Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control

Asked by Connor NaismithLabourDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 2 July 2025UIN 62797

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his Department's timetable is for ending the badger cull.

Answered by Daniel Zeichner

Work has begun on a comprehensive new bovine TB strategy to reduce disease rates and end the badger cull by the end of this Parliament.

Verbatim has judged this answer against the question that was actually asked — answered, partly answered, or evaded. Sign in to see the verdict →

Open this question in Verbatim →

Every written question, searchable

155,000 questions tabled since the election, with the answer each department gave — and the ones still unanswered, with the clock running. Free to search.

Search written questions →Read on Verbatim