Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 84666

Genetically Modified Organisms: UK Trade with EU

Tabled: 23 October 2025

Answered: 13 November 2025

Question

Mike Wood

Conservative — Kingswinford and South Staffordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the UK–EU reset agreement on the (a) use and (b) sale of precision-bred (i) plants and (ii) animals.

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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