§ Mr. DrewTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which EU member states have a co-existence regime in place; and if she will make a statement. [188309]
§ Mr. MorleyThe Danish Government have adopted primary, or framework, legislation to set out their broad approach on rules for the co-existence of GM and non-GM crops. In Germany, framework legislation has been proposed but not yet adopted. In the UK, we have initiated our co-existence consultation process with a series of preliminary workshop meetings. The purpose of these is to gather information before we issue a written consultation package. Our aim is to have a coexistence regime in place before GM crops are grown commercially in the UK.