§ Joan RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will list the GM research funded by her Department which incorporates genetic systems designed to prevent seed germination. [138721]
§ Mr. Foulkes[holding answer 16 November 2000]: This Department is not funding research which incorporates genetic systems designed to prevent seed germination.
We have funded a study to examine the likely costs and benefits to the livelihoods of the poor in developing countries from the application of so-called "terminator genes" and similar technologies. The results of this work are being prepared for publication and will be disseminated widely.