Question follow-through · 111391
Genetically Modified Organisms: Crops
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that the implementation of a common UK–EU SPS agreement is compatible with the operation of the Precision Breeding Act.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 5 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 9 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 10 Feb 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
5 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that the implementation of a common UK–EU SPS agreement is compatible with the operation of the Precision Breeding Act.
9 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 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.
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Genetically Modified Organisms: Crops
21 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to secure assurances from the European Union on a permanent carve-out for products authorised under the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act 2023 in any new Sa
Genetically Modified Organisms: Crops
21 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether a carve-out for precision bred organisms from dynamic alignment under the proposed UK-EU SPS agreement has been agreed with the EU.