§ Mr. BakerTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will publish the agreement which he has negotiated for the management of the farm-scale trials of genetically modified crops in 1999. [85924]
§ Mr. Meacher[holding answer 8 June 1999]All crops in the farm-scale evaluations are being grown in compliance with the conditions of the consents issued under Part B or Part C of Directive 90/220/EEC and, in addition, in accordance with the SCIMAC (Supply Chain Initiative on Modified Agricultural Crops) guidelines. The SCIMAC code of practice together with the associated guidelines for growing newly developed herbicide tolerant crops was published by SCIMAC on 21 May 1999 and a copy has been placed in the Library.