§ 34. Sir John Mellorasked the Minister of Agriculture whether he will prevent pest officers from ordering the indiscriminate destruction of badgers since these animals generally do more good than harm?
§ Mr. T. WilliamsI appreciate that badgers only occasionally cause damage to agricultural crops and are on balance beneficial to agriculture. My right hon. Friend will take steps to bring to the notice of the pests officers of county war agricultural executive committees the uh-desirability of the indiscriminate destruction of badgers.