§ Viscount Allenby of Megiddoasked Her Majesty's Government:
- (a) whether they intend to test camelids (commonly known as alpacas and llamas) in the United Kingdom for tuberculosis;
- (b) if so, and if any subsequent tests prove positive, whether compensation will be paid for animals that are destroyed, and what scale of compensation is envisaged; and
- (c) whether any proposed action will be in harmony with relevant European Union legislation. [HL1287]
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Lord Whitty)We currently test camelids on an ad hoc basis to help to resolve confirmed TB incidents. Such testing is voluntary and there is no provision to compensate owners for the loss of reactor animals.
There are no plans to introduce compulsory routine TB testing for camelids.