Today (15 May 2023) I met with Rt Hon Mark Spencer MP, the Minister of State for Food, Farming, and Fisheries, to discuss the spread of Bovine Tuberculosis which has a devastating personal impact on livestock owners and their families.
I welcome the research currently being undertaken by the government into developing a credible vaccine but, in the meantime, I believe that the culling of badgers should be stepped up to halt the spread of a disease which is capable of destroying the livelihoods of many of my constituents who are livestock owners.