HC Deb 09 December 1998 vol 322 c240W
Mr. Waterson

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what assessment he has made of the degree of certainty about the link between the incidence of tuberculosis in cattle and the presence locally of badgers; and if he will make a statement. [62909]

Mr. Rooker

The Krebs report concluded that the sum of evidence strongly supports the view that in Britain badgers are a significant source of TB infection in cattle.