§ Baroness Wilkinsasked Her Majesty's Government:
What progress has been made by the European Commission on legislative provisions concerning the adventitious presence of GM seeds in seed of conventional plant varieties. [HL351]
§ The Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Baroness Hayman):The Commission has recently published a working paper on the presence of GM seeds in seeds of conventional varieties. The draft proposals include provisions on GM threshold levels, previous cropping requirements, isolation distances and labelling. Copies of the working paper have been placed in the Library of the House.
We will he consulting widely on these proposals.