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Genetically Modified Organisms: Crops

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to ensure that the British Society of Plant Breeders correctly applies the small producer exemption from royalty fees applied to grain crops with diverse genetic

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
11 Nov 2024
Target answer date
14 Nov 2024
Answer
15 Nov 2024 · 4 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 11 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to ensure that the British Society of Plant Breeders correctly applies the small producer exemption from royalty fees applied to grain crops with diverse genetic

  2. 14 Nov 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 15 Nov 2024

    Answer published

    The British Society of Plant Breeders (BSPB) is the representative body for the UK plant breeding industry. In the collection of royalty fees and farm saved seed payments, the BSPB are acting as independent agents of various breeders and are not contracte...

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