Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 109822

Genetically Modified Organisms: Crops

Tabled: 30 January 2026

Answered: 6 February 2026

Question

John Lamont

Conservative — Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that future SPS alignment with the EU does not reintroduce regulatory barriers for precision-bred crops already permitted under the Precis

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle

Defra remains committed to implementing the Precision Breeding Act and enabling the safe development of innovative genetic technologies. Under the UK-EU Common Understanding, it is recognised that there will be areas where the UK will retain its own rules...

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