Written question asked by Jackie Lawrence (Labour) on Wednesday, 17 March 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 26 March 2004. It was answered by Elliot Morley (Labour) on Friday, 26 March 2004 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will ensure that, if Chardon LL is placed on the National Seeds Register, it will only be grown in the UK in the future with a herbicide regime exactly the same as that employed in the farm-scale evaluation programme.

Answer: Mrs. Lawrence: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will ensure that, if Chardon LL is placed on the National Seeds Register, it will only be grown in the UK in the future with a herbicide regime exactly the same as that employed in the farm-scale evaluation programme. [162924] Mr. Morley: On 9 March 2004 officials wrote to the French Competent Authority, which issued the relevant consent on behalf of all EU Member States, seeking amendments to the consent for Bayer T25 GM maize (Chardon LL) to limit herbicide use with the crop in line with ACRE'S advice on the FSE results.

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