§ Joan RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will place in the Library a copy of the voluntary agreement on the commercial growing of genetically modified crops between his Department and SCIMAC, which he announced on 5 November. [99543]
§ Mr. MeacherYes. The details of the voluntary agreement on the commercial growing of genetically modified crops between my Department and SCIMAC are publicly available and a copy will be placed in the Library.
36Wgender, or household type, is not collected. The following table summarises information provided by authorities in Merseyside since 1993:
§ Joan RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list research contracts controlled by his Department for work associated with the genetically modified crop farm-scale trials. [99536]
§ Mr. MeacherThe Department currently has three contracts in place covering farm scale trials of genetically modified crops and farmland wildlife, worth £3.3 million. The contracts are as follows:
Contract Lead contractor Start date Completion date Winter oilseed rape Institute of Arable Crops Research 9 April 1999 31 December 2003 Spring oilseed rape Scottish Crop Research Institute 9 April 1999 31 December 2002 Maize NERC Institute of Terrestrial Ecology 9 April 1999 31 December 2002