HC Deb 16 November 1989 vol 160 c445W
Dr. Thomas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prosecutions for badger baiting there were in 1988 and 1989.

Mr. John Patten

In 1988 under the Badgers Act 1973 there were 74 prosecutions in England and Wales. Data for 1989 are not yet available.