Plants and Seeds

HC Deb 03 February 1965 vol 705 cc286-7W

Mr. Gresham Cooke

asked the Minis. ter of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what schemes he has under consideration for establishing a copyright in plants and seeds under the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act, 1964.

Mr. John Mackie

In conjunction with my colleagues, the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Secretary of State for the Home Department, I shall shortly be laying before Parliament, under the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964, schemes for the grant of plant breeders' rights in new varieties of wheat, barley, oats, potatoes and roses. Consideration is being given to the technical and other problems involved in making schemes for a number of other groups of plants.