HC Deb 22 June 1999 vol 333 c330W
Joan Ruddock

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) what advice he has received concerning the farming of genetically modified fish in Scotland; [87260]

(2) which organisations he has consulted in connection with the licensing of farming of genetically modified fish in Scotland. [87261]

Mr. Macdonald

None. No applications for consent to release GM fish into the environment have been made under the Environmental Protection Act 1990 and the Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) Regulations 1992 (as amended). Unless there is a consent to release, any work with GM fish would have to be undertaken in contained premises which had been notified under the Genetically Modified Organisms (Contained Use) Regulations 1992 (as amended).