Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 85623
Bovine Tuberculosis: Vaccination
Tabled: 27 October 2025
Answered: 4 November 2025
Named DayQuestion
Robin Swann
Ulster Unionist Party — South Antrim
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the cattle vaccine against bovine tuberculosis undergoing Phase 3 trials by the Animal and Plant Health Agency will be available in Northern Ireland.
Answer
Dame Angela EagleThe field trials and the cattle vaccine will not be available in Northern Ireland. Defra and the Animal and Plant Health Agency are only seeking marketing authorisation in Great Britain at this stage.