Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 75552

Bovine Tuberculosis: Vaccination

Tabled: 5 September 2025
Answered: 8 October 2025

Question

Edward Morello

Liberal Democrat — West Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing vaccination as part of the national bovine TB control strategy.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
An assessment of the potential merits of vaccination was made by a reconvened panel of independent experts, led by Professor Sir Charles Godfray. The panel’s updated report, published on 4 September 2025, considered the latest evidence on both cattle and ...
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