HC Deb 27 April 2004 vol 420 cc859-60W
Mr. Paterson

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether her Department carries out routine monitoring of feral cats to ascertain the incidence of TB in this population. [158009]

Mr. Bradshaw

There is no routine monitoring by Defra of feral cats to ascertain the incidence of TB in this population.

Mr. Paterson

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the cost was of establishing the experimental badger research facility in Weybridge; and what the status of the unit is. [159118]

Mr. Bradshaw

The cost of establishing the badger facility was about £350,000. The facility contains a colony of animals, known to be uninfected with bovine TB, living in their natural environment.