Question follow-through · 75552
Bovine Tuberculosis: Vaccination
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.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 5 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 9 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 8 Oct 2025 · 33 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
5 Sept 2025
Question tabled
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.
9 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Oct 2025
Answer published
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 ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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