Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Cynog Dafis (Plaid Cymru), on Tuesday, 10 December 1996, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 46 members in total.

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GENETIC ENGINEERING

That this House welcomes the production of the recent document, Spilling The Genes, in which the non-profit organisation, The Genetics Forum, questions the need, safety and benefits of genetically engineered foods; notes that along with other organisations such as SAFE, The Genetics Forum is committed to the socially responsible and democratic use of genetic engineering; notes further that Spilling the Genes warns of the potentially harmful and possibly irreversible damage to human health and the environment through reckless tampering with the genetic code, and that the food industry should not be allowed to use the general public as guinea-pigs for testing the safety of products whose risks are uncertain and whose benefits are unproven; and calls upon the Government to protect its citizens and their environment from the speculative testing and irresponsible marketing of foods which do not yet have the public's confidence.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

337 

Session

1996-97

Subjects

Genetic engineering Genetics Food

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk