To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when Ministers first received the report of the Independent Scientific Group on cattle tuberculosis. (144580)

DEFRA Ministers, together with a range of stakeholders, received the final report of the Independent Scientific Group (ISG) on 15 June 2007. On 23 May, under cover of a letter from the chairman of the ISG, Ministers received an incomplete draft of the report.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when he next plans to meet representatives of the Independent Scientific Group on bovine tuberculosis to discuss its recent report. (144888)

There are no current plans for DEFRA Ministers to meet representatives of the Independent Scientific Group on Cattle TB (ISG) to discuss its recent report. The work of the ISG has come to an end.

The Government are committed to establishing a new bovine TB science advisory body to provide independent expert advice to inform policy decisions on bovine TB issues.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether he plans to ask Professor Godfray to carry out an evaluation of the recent Independent Scientific Group report on bovine tuberculosis. (144889)

There are no plans to ask Professor Godfray to carry out such a review.