Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 74619

Crops: Genetically Modified Organisms

Tabled: 3 September 2025
Answered: 15 September 2025

Question

Edward Morello

Liberal Democrat — West Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to take steps to amend the regulation of genome-edited crops.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
The Government has been undertaking a programme of regulatory reform for precision breeding. The Precision Breeding Act 2023 sets out a more proportionate and science-based regulatory framework for precision breeding that encourages innovation and enables...
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