Question follow-through · 54022
Genetically Modified Organisms: Plants and Livestock
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his Department's policy is on genetic editing to prevent diseases in (a) plants and (b) livestock.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 21 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 5 Jun 2025 · 15 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
21 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his Department's policy is on genetic editing to prevent diseases in (a) plants and (b) livestock.
2 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Jun 2025
Answer published
The secondary legislation necessary to implement the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act 2023 for plants in England has successfully passed through Parliament and was passed into law on 13 May 2025. Through this enabling regulatory framework, crop...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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