HC Deb 09 April 2001 vol 366 cc425-6W
Mr. Charles Kennedy

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) what safety tests genetically modified crops being grown on UK farm scale trials have been subjected to in order to establish their safety for (a) human consumption and (b) use as animal fodder; if he will provide details of these tests, including studies of toxicity; and if she will make a statement; [156770]

(2) what monitoring of herbicide use is included in the on-going genetically modified farm scale trials; if such monitoring includes studies of (a) run off, (b) leaching, (c) groundwater, (d) the effect on the marine environment and (e) the impact on weeds and wild plants adjacent to the trial crop; and if she will make a statement. [156767]

Mrs. Liddell

In Scotland, these matters are devolved.