§ Mr. Tony McWalter (Hemel Hempstead)It is my pleasure to submit to the House a petition from 7,059 residents of west Hertfordshire. The petition states:
The Petition of residents of West Hertfordshire
Declares that the testing of genetically modified crops in farm-scale trials at Wood Farm, Piccotts End, Hemel Hempstead:
—has not been approved in any local consultation
—will have irreversible effects on the local ecology
—poses potential threats to husbandry and human health.
The Petitioners (7059) therefore request that the House of Commons urges the Minister of State for the Environment to halt these trials and ensure the destruction and safe disposal of these crops.
To lie upon the Table.