Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 80634
Bovine Tuberculosis: Surrey Heath
Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025
Question
Dr Al Pinkerton
Liberal Democrat — Surrey Heath
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the badger cull in reducing bovine tuberculosis transmission in Surrey Heath constituency.
Answer
Dame Angela EagleNo assessment has been made of the effectiveness of the badger cull in reducing bovine tuberculosis transmission in Surrey Heath constituency given that badger culling has not taken place within the county of Surrey.