Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 62123

Plants: Regulation

Tabled: 23 June 2025
Answered: 16 July 2025

Question

Sarah Bool

ConservativeSouth Northamptonshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he is taking steps to reduce regulation on the plant breeding sector.

Answer

Daniel Zeichner
Precision breeding offers huge potential to transform the plant breeding sector in England. By reducing the regulatory requirements on the use of these plant breeding technologies, it will enable innovative products to be commercialised in years inste...

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