§ Joan RuddockTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list those members of the Food Advisory Committee whose participation was limited in its consideration of the labelling of genetically modified maize products placed on the market by Agrevo (T25), Monsanto (Mon 810), Novartis (Bt 11) and Pioneer (MON 809), indicating the manner in which it was limited. [113354]
§ Joan RuddockTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will place in the Library a copy of the(a) scientific information which the Food Advisory Committee considered before coming to its view in respect of the labelling of genetically modified maize products placed on the market by Agrevo (T25), Monsanto (Mon 810), Novartis (Bt 11) and Pioneer (MON 809), and (b) correspondence in respect thereof passing between the Food Advisory Committee and the Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes. [113356]
§ Ms Quin[holding answer 6 March 2000]: (a) Summaries of the scientific information considered by the Food Advisory Committee are available in the Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes Annual Report for 1996, which is lodged in the Library of the House.
(b) I have arranged for these papers to be placed in the Library of the House.