§ Joan RuddockTo ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office when she expects to announce the new chair of the Agriculture and Environment Biotechnology Commission; and what role this body will fulfil with regard to the GM farm scale trials. [120717]
§ Marjorie MowlamAppointments to the AEBC will be made shortly.
The Commission will have a wide-ranging remit to provide Government with independent strategic advice on developments in biotechnology and their implications for both agriculture and the environment.