§ Mr. YeoTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when Ministers in(a) his Department, (b) the DETR, (c) the Scotland Office, (d) the Wales Office, (e) the Northern Ireland Office and (f) the Cabinet Office were first informed of the contamination of Advanta rapeseed with GM varieties. [126859]
§ Mr. Nick Brown[holding answer 19 June 2000]: MAFF Ministers were informed on 18 April. The co-ordination of Government policy in this area falls outside my ministerial responsibilities.
§ Mr. YeoTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the Government first informed(a) the Food Standards Agency, (b) English Nature, (c) the Scottish Executive, (d) the Welsh Assembly, (e) the Advisory Commission on Releases into the Environment and (f) the Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes that Advanta rapeseed had become contaminated with GM varieties. [126820]
§ Mr. Nick Brown[holding answer 19 June 2000]: The co-ordination of Government policy in this area is not part of my ministerial responsibility.