§ Mr. Jim CunninghamTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which regions of the UK are involved in GM field trials; and how many sites for GM field trials there are in the UK. [125956]
§ Mr. MorleyThe following table shows the location, by county or region, of the 38 field trials of GM crops that are currently in progress in the UK. This number includes 18 sites which are part of the remaining farm scale evaluation trials, and 15 sites where statutory trials152W of seeds for UK National List purposes are taking place. Numbers in brackets indicate that there is more than one trial site in a particular county.
Field trials of GM crops currently in progress Farm scale evaluation sites National seeds list trial sites. Other GM crop research sites Aberdeenshire Aberdeenshire Cambridgeshire Cheshire Cambridgeshire (2) Hertfordshire (2) Dorset Herefordshire Norfolk (2) Durham Herefordshire East Riding of Yorkshire (4) Lincolnshire Fife Norfolk (4) Hertfordshire North Yorkshire (2) Kent Nottinghamshire Lincolnshire (2) Oxfordshire Norfolk Worcestershire Oxfordshire Shropshire Tyne and Wear Warwickshire