Question follow-through · 109822
Genetically Modified Organisms: Crops
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that future SPS alignment with the EU does not reintroduce regulatory barriers for precision-bred crops already permitted under the Precis
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 30 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 3 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 6 Feb 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
30 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that future SPS alignment with the EU does not reintroduce regulatory barriers for precision-bred crops already permitted under the Precis
3 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 Feb 2026
Answer published
Defra remains committed to implementing the Precision Breeding Act and enabling the safe development of innovative genetic technologies. Under the UK-EU Common Understanding, it is recognised that there will be areas where the UK will retain its own rules...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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10 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the extent to which chicken products from China are used to fulfil public procurement contracts in the UK.