§ Mr. ChopeTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when he expects to publish the conclusions of the review of the United Kingdom framework for overseeing developments in biotechnology. [74144]
§ Dr. Jack Cunningham[holding answer 2 March 1999]: I am replying because of my responsibility for Co-ordinating Government Policy on biotechnology and genetic modification.
772WOn 17 December 1998, Official Report, columns 644–45, I announced a review of the framework for overseeing developments in biotechnology and genetic modification.
Ministers will consider this review, in parallel with the emerging conclusion of the Government's public consultation on developments in the biosciences, and expect to make a formal announcement on the outcome in Spring 1999.