7. 6. Statement: Bovine TB

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:57 pm on 20 June 2017.

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Photo of Lesley Griffiths Lesley Griffiths Labour 5:57, 20 June 2017

In response to the first question, I think I’ve answered that, but, if any farmer believes they’ve got cattle worth more than £5,000, I would suggest that they look at insurance. However, it’s something that we will continue to monitor, the new cap on the compensation.

The bespoke actions plans in relation to the chronic herd breakdowns, we have started to pull those together. So, we’ve got about 10 per cent of herds in chronic herd breakdown, so that’s between 50 and 60—certainly at the last quarterly figures I saw. I think we’ve already been out to about 40 farms, starting to draw those action plans together. I think we’ve got 10 action plans done. So, where, as I say, we have the evidence to show that there is the link between badgers, wildlife, and the disease, we will start that—as soon as the action plan has been drawn up with the farmer and with the farmer’s private vet, we will start those bespoke actions plans, and that will be part of the process.