Bluetongue Protection Zone

EDM number 2014 in 2007-08, proposed by Timothy Farron on 10/07/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Agriculture, Animal diseases, Animals, Countryside, Diseases and Farmers.

That this House expresses concern that as of the beginning of July, Cumbria and other counties in the north of England have not been placed in the bluetongue protection zone or received bluetongue vaccine; is particularly concerned about the effect that late administration of the vaccine may have on the ability of livestock farmers in Cumbria to move their animals to sale later in the summer, given that this would cause enormous hardship for farming communities; and calls on the Government to ensure that animals in Cumbria and other affected counties are vaccinated as a matter of urgency.

This motion has been signed by a total of 16 MPs.