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Bovine Tuberculosis: Testing

Commons · Question 10268 · Tabled 16 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 22 Jun 2026

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Asked by Sarah Dyke

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of (a) the potential merits of creating a distinct classification of responder, separate from reactor, for non-reactor cattle that test positive

Answer

Answered by Stephen Morgan, 22 Jun 2026

The recently published recommended Bovine TB Control Strategy for England (https://tbhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/2026-Recommended-Bovine-TB-Strategy.pdf) proposes facilitating wider access to privately funded ancillary bovine TB testing to suppor...