§ Mr. LevittTo ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what steps the Government are taking to create international agreements to regulate the production of genetically modified crops in developing countries. [138811]
§ Mr. MullinI have been asked to reply.
The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity, adopted last January, provides a comprehensive international legal framework enabling developing countries to regulate the safe transfer, handling and use of such crops. The Government support early implementation of the Protocol and will work with other countries to achieve this.