HL Deb 29 July 1999 vol 604 c222WA
Lord Kennet

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will request the World Trade Organisation (a) to review the use made by its panels of claims originating in the United States regarding the safety of biotechnologically-modified crops and animals, and (b), if necessary, to review any fines or other penalties imposed by the WTO as a result of the judgments of these panels. [HL3877]

Lord Donoughue

There have been no World Trade Organisation panel cases involving biotechnologically-modified crops and animals.