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 EagleThe 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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