Question follow-through · 74619

Crops: Genetically Modified Organisms

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to take steps to amend the regulation of genome-edited crops.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
3 Sept 2025
Target answer date
8 Sept 2025
Answer
15 Sept 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 3 Sept 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to take steps to amend the regulation of genome-edited crops.

  2. 8 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 15 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    The Government has been undertaking a programme of regulatory reform for precision breeding. The Precision Breeding Act 2023 sets out a more proportionate and science-based regulatory framework for precision breeding that encourages innovation and enables...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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