§ Ms AthertonTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her answer of 11 March 2002,Official Report, column 786W, on badger culling, what preliminary findings have emerged from badger culling triplets B, C and F. [69242]
§ Mr. MorleyThe Independent Scientific Group for Cattle TB (ISG) advise that it is too early for an analysis of results. It is a basic rule for scientific trials that results are not published prematurely. It has however been possible to complete a preliminary analysis of the risk factors associated with cattle TB, and this is set out in the ISG's Third Report, available in the House Library.
A summary of the completed work for each triplet is shown on DEFRA's website at www.defra.gov.uk/ animalh/tb/point5/p5prog.