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Genetically Modified Organisms: Research

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Question for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

UIN 148302, tabled on 28 March 2022

Question

Dr Rupa Huq
Labour
Ealing Central and Acton
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he will take to prioritise bona fide research over other non-commercial releases of genetically modified organisms, exempted under 9A of the Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2022.

Answer

Jo Churchill
Conservative
Bury St Edmunds
Commons

Answered on

19 April 2022

All non-commercial releases of GM plants that could have occurred naturally or been produced through traditional breeding will have to be notified to the Secretary of State before they can be planted/sown. There will be no prioritisation for particular types of non-commercial releases.

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