Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 83854

Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act 2023

Tabled: 21 October 2025

Answered: 29 October 2025

Question

Dr Neil Hudson

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the proposed UK/EU sanitary and phytosanitary agreement on the implementation of the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle

We remain committed to moving forward with the Precision Breeding Act. The EU has accepted there will need to be a number of areas where we need to retain our own rules. The details of these are now subject to negotiation, but we have been clear about the...

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