Question follow-through · 12924
Genetically Modified Organisms: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has plans to maintain the UK's independent regulatory framework for precision bred organisms.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 24 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 29 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 1 Jul 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
24 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has plans to maintain the UK's independent regulatory framework for precision bred organisms.
29 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
1 Jul 2026
Answer published
This Government introduced the Precision Breeding Regulations to encourage development of drought and disease-resistant crops thereby boosting productivity for British farmers, and Defra remain committed to implementing the Precision Breeding Act. These R...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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