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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the current annual budget is for the Genetic Modification Inspectorate (GMI) and whether the Government has plans to increase Government funding for the GMI if there is an increas...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will make it its policy to introduce any further changes to the regulation of genetically modified organisms by way of primary legislation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he intends to respond to the letter from the hon. member for West Lancashire dated 1 February 2022, reference ZA58805 in relation to genetically modified organisms.
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 (...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to consult on forthcoming ACRE advice on qualifying higher plants in the Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2022 bef...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) role the Genetic Modification Inspectorate will play and (b) procedures it will follow in monitoring and reporting on environmental releases of qualifying higher plants under ...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his policy is on enabling gene editing in plant breeding.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the breeding of beagles at MBR Acres, Cambridgeshire, is subject to the requirements of the Animal (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986; and whether a harm-benefit analysis process retrospective a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to publish a technical definition or guidance on the genetic changes allowed under Regulation 2(2) (a) of the draft Statutory Instrument The Genetically Modified Organ...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to expand its existing tree nursery production scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Government's proposals to deregulate gene editing, announced on 29 September 2021, what criteria he plans to use to determine whether an organism produced by gene...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the publication of the annual statistics of scientific procedures on living animals in Great Britain for 2020, what harms were experienced by the 10 dogs who were genetically altered...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to ensure that the England Tree Strategy maximises the use of domestically grown British trees and minimise reliance on imports.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the (a) private forestry sector's current stocking density levels and (b) ability of private sector operators to fulfil public contracts without increasi...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government plans to ease restrictions on (a) allowing the growing of genetically modified crops and (b) the use of other genetic technologies in food and farming.