§ Baroness Galeasked Her Majesty's Government:
When the members of the Agriculture and Environment Biotechnology Commission will be announced. [HL2639]
§ Lord Falconer of ThorotonI am pleased to announce that the Agriculture and Environment Biotechnology Commission (AEBC) is being launched today with Professor Malcolm Grant, Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge, as chair.
The commission will provide the Government with independent strategic advice on biotechnology issues that have an impact on agriculture and the environment, including ethical and acceptability issues. It will report to the Minister for the Cabinet Office and to my colleagues in the devolved administrations. Its members have a breadth of backgrounds and skills ranging from experience of consumer and green issues to farming, science, ethics and industry. A complete list of the members and the commission's terms of reference have been placed in the Libraries of both Houses.