§ Alan SimpsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will list the release consents that contain the GM oilseed rape transformation events Ms8 and Rf3 for each of the years from 1990 to 1999 in(a) England, (b) Wales and (c) Scotland. [90617]
§ Mr. MeacherThe consents under which the GM oilseed rape transformation events Ms8 and Rf3 had permission for release in field trials for each of the 553W years from 1990 to 1999 are given in the table PGS became AgrEvo in 1999 and is now known as Bayer CropScience.
All the listed consents apply to England, Scotland and Wales but most of the releases took place in England. Some of the consents give permission for a programme of releases covering more than one year and in these cases the years in which sowing the GM oilseed rape was permitted are given.
Year Date of consent Years between 1990–99 in which releases permitted Reference and consent holder 1995 22 March 1995 1995 95/R15/7 PGS 22 March 1995 1995 95/R15/8 PGS 9 August 1995 1995 95/R15/14 PGS 1996 27 March 1996 1996 96/R15/16 PGS 21 August 1996 1996 96/R15/17 PGS 1997 18 March 1997 1997, 1998 1999 97/R15/18 PGS 3 April 1997 1997 97/R15/19 PGS 1 August 1997 1997 97/R15/20 PGS 1 August 1997 1997 97/R15/21 PGS 4 September 1997 1997 97/R15/22 PGS 1998 19 March 1998 1998 97/R15/23 PGS 10 July 1998 1998, 1999 98/R15/24 PGS 20 August 1998 1998, 1999 198/R20/2 NIAB 1999 22 March 1999 1999 98/R19/18 AgrEvo 1National Institute of Agricultural Botany