Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 65356

Plants: Disease Control

Tabled: 7 July 2025
Answered: 15 July 2025

Question

Ian Byrne

LabourLiverpool West Derby

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 8 May 2025 to Question 49250 on Plants: Disease Control, what assessment he has made of the the potential impact of the UPOV 1991 convention on small holder a

Answer

Daniel Zeichner
Signatories to the 1991 UPOV convention are part of a global plant variety protection system. UPOV’s mission is to encourage the development of new plant varieties for the benefit of society. The assurance that intellectual property will be respected enc...

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