GM Crops (Hansard, 29 January 2002)

HC Deb 29 January 2002 vol 379 c245W 245W

§ Mr. Alan Simpson
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when the Government will issue a public consultation on the future of GM crops in this country. [28251]

§ Mr. Morley
In response to their "Crops on Trial" report, we have asked the Agriculture and Environment Biotechnology Commission (AEBC) to provide further advice by the end of April on how and when to promote an effective public debate on the possible commercialisation of the crops in the Farm Scale Evaluations. The full Government response to the AEBC report is available at www.defra.gov.uk.