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Tuberculosis: Disease Control

Asked by Helen MorganLiberal DemocratDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 19 June 2026UIN 8753

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to eradicate the spread of tuberculosis among wildlife and livestock.

Answered by Stephen Morgan

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: https://tbhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/2026-Recommended-Bovine-TB-Strategy.pdf.

The strategy sets out several recommendations to help achieve bovine TB freedom by 2038, which the Government will now consider carefully, intending to move swiftly from recommendations to delivery through a series of rolling three‑ to five‑year delivery plans.

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