HC Deb 27 March 1990 vol 170 cc178-9W
67. Dr. Bray

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what representations he has made to the European Community Council of Science Ministers on the adoption by the European Community of British practices on the regulation of genetic engineering research and the release of genetically engineered organisms.

Mr. Jackson

My right hon. Friend has made no representations. The European Community Council of Environment Ministers has under consideration two directives on the contained use of genetically modified micro-organisms and the deliberate release of genetically modified organisms into the environment, both for research and development purposes and as products. Responsibility for these directives in the United Kingdom rests with my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment and my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Employment.