questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Bovine TB Control Strategy for England, published on 10 June 2026, what weight her Department attaches to rates of cattle-to-cattle transmission compared to badger-to-cattle transmission of bovine TB when assessing the proportionality of lethal control of badgers; and what proportion of projected bovine TB control expenditure is allocated to (a) cattle-based and (b) wildlife-based measures over the next five years.
answerText: The Government is currently considering the proposals set out in the recommended Bovine TB Control Strategy. As such, in the context of the recommendation to develop a framework to inform decisions about lethal badger control, no such assessment has yet b...
heading: Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control