§ Mr. Alan SimpsonTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to her answer of 25 April 2001,Official Report, column 300W, on genetically modified fish, if she will identify the two environmental impact assessments referred to in her answer, indicating where the reports are available. [159864]
§ Clare ShortResults of the first study are described in "Transgenic fish: an evaluation of benefits and risks" published inFish and Fisheries. Results of the second study are described in "Growth and nutritional trials on transgenic Nile tilapia containing an exogenous fish growth hormone gene". This paper has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Fish Biology.
§ Mr. Alan SimpsonTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development what contractual relationship exists between her Majesty's Government and fish geneticists at the University of Wales; and what returns her Department has had to date from the profit-sharing agreement. [160059]
§ Clare ShortThe University of Wales was contracted to manage my Departments fish genetics research programme until 31 March 2001 when the contract ended. From 1 April 2001, the programme has merged with the aquaculture research programme managed by the University of Stirling.
Fishgen Ltd., a company established by the University of Wales to market the products of fisheries research, uses a proportion of its profits to supplement funding from my Department for fisheries research of benefit to the needs of poor people in developing countries.
§ Mr. Alan SimpsonTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to her answer of 10 April 2001,Official Report, column 547W, if she will list Departmental staff involved at the Hanoi conference in November 2000 other United Kingdom participants who attended and those assisted to do so by Her Majesty's Government's funding; and where the conference report and papers are available. [160058]
§ Clare ShortI shall send my hon. Friend a summary note of the meeting and a list of participants. A report of the proceedings is in preparation.