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Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act 2023

Question for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

UIN HL3914, tabled on 8 January 2025

To ask His Majesty's Government when they intend to lay the secondary legislation required to implement the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act 2023, following their announcement to do so in September 2024.

Answered on

14 January 2025

This is a devolved matter, and the information provided therefore relates to England only.

The Secretary of State has recently announced that the secondary legislation necessary to implement the Precision Breeding Act for plants in England will be laid by the end of March.

Defra is also considering the animal welfare framework outlined in the Precision Breeding Act.