Bovine TB: TB Advisory Group - Terms of reference
1. The TB Advisory Group will play a key role in tackling bovine TB by helping to obtain stakeholder buy-in to TB control policies, constructively challenging Government, and thereby working with Defra to develop more effective control measures. The TB Advisory Group will be asked to consider specific issues raised by Ministers and the CVO, but would also be expected to independently consider other issues it believes are of concern to the wider stakeholder community.2. The TB Advisory Group has been established to help deliver the aims of the Government strategic framework for the sustainable control of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) in Great Britain by:
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advising on development and implementation of bovine TB control policies in England providing in particular a practical perspective;
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working with interested organisations to take account of wider views in developing advice and also to help promote a shared understanding ;
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responding to requests for advice from Ministers and the CVO, and identifying and advising on issues of concern to interested organisations.
3. The Chair and members of the TB Advisory Group will serve in a personal capacity and will not represent any organisation with which they may be associated.
4. The TB Advisory Group will need to build links with a wide range of organisations, including the England Implementation Group (EIG) and the Wales TB Action Group.
5. The TB Advisory Group will need to take into account the remits of existing advisory and specialist groups established to advise Government on associated issues (such as the Independent Scientific Group (ISG) on Cattle TB, the Cattle Compensation Advisory Group and the bTB Husbandry Group) so as to avoid overlap and duplication of effort.
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1 December 2006