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Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if the Government advises the removal of flower heads from current winter and imminent spring trials as a precautionary measure. - Ref to 5 March 2001, 364 c56-7W.

Asked by

Tim Yeo (Conservative)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

23 April 2001

Reference

367 c26W; 153233

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if the voluntary agreement with the GM industry on the conduct of crop trials in the United Kingdom (a) covers trials licensed under a Part C consent and (b) allows the harvesting and storage of GM seed from trial sites before...

Asked by

Tim Yeo (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

20 December 2000

For answer on

21 March 2001

Answered on

21 March 2001

Mr. Yeo: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1) if the voluntary agreement with the GM industry on the conduct of crop trials in the United Kingdom (a) covers trials licensed under a Part C consent and (b) allows the harvesting and storage of GM seed from trial sites before the completion of the crop trials; [144371] (2) if fertile seed is being harvested from GM trial sites in the United Kingdom and stored. [144367] Mr. Meacher: [holding answer 8 January 2001]: I have been asked to reply. The Government and the industry body SCIMAC made a voluntary agreement in November 1999 on the conduct of the farm scale evaluations of certain GM crops. The agreement covers all GM crops including those with Part C consent under European directive 90/220. At present one of the crops involved in the evaluations, herbicide tolerant maize, has a Part C consent. The Part B consents permitting the oil seed rape, fodder beet and sugar beet to be grown in the farm scale evaluations require the crops to be destroyed on harvest. The maize in the evaluations, which has a Part C consent, is a forage variety which would be harvested for silage not seeds. The terms of the approval for herbicide use on the maize does not permit it to enter the food or feed chain and the crop is destroyed on harvest. The agreement does not permit any other field scale plantings of these crops without the approval of the Scientific Steering Committee who will take account of the relevance of the proposals to biodiversity. A number of Part B consents for small scale plantings of other GM crops are currently in force. Each specifies the fate of the crop at the end of the trial and some permit the saving of seed for further research or testing.

Date

21 March 2001

Reference

365 c259-60W; 144371;144367

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, when the Government was first informed of the length of official testing of Chardon LL in France. - (Holding answer 8 January 2001).

Asked by

Tim Yeo (Conservative)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

13 March 2001

Reference

364 c562-3W; 144374

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will advise the removal of flower heads from the winter and spring trials as a precautionary measure in line with the advice from Beverley Hughes in a Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions...

Asked by

Tim Yeo (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

15 February 2001

For answer on

5 March 2001

Answered on

5 March 2001

Mr. Yeo: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will advise the removal of flower heads from the winter and spring trials as a precautionary measure in line with the advice from the Under-Secretary of State, the hon. Member for Stretford and Urmston (Ms Hughes), in a Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions press release of 23 August 2000. [151539] Mr. Meacher: [holding answer 1 March 2001]: The News Release of 23 August 2000 set out the arrangements for the farm-scale evaluations of autumn oilseed rape. It recognised that the review of separation distances for GM crops published by MAFF earlier that month had highlighted that increased separation distances might be required for certain types of oilseed rape. As an interim measure the News Release announced a 100 m separation distances for varietal association oilseed rape pending full consideration of the NIAB report. If as a result the separation distances turned out to be greater than 100 m, consideration would be given to other risk reduction measures such as removal of flower heads from the rape plants to prevent pollen dispersal. MAFF announced the outcome of their review and the distances to be applied to future rounds of the farm-scale evaluations on 6 February 2001, Official Report, column 492W. As a result, the Government have asked the agriculture and farming industry body SCIMAC to incorporate two changes into their revised code of practice on GM crops. The first is to continue to apply the 100 m separation distance used at the autumn sown sites where varietal association oilseed rape was nearby and mentioned in the 23 August press release. The second is an increased distance of 80 m for maize crops. This is intended to ensure that contamination of neighbouring crops does not exceed 1 per cent. The MAFF announcement means that it is not necessary to remove the flower heads from the GM oilseed rape fields presently growing or planned for this spring where they are near conventional crops of varietal association oilseed rape. There are no maize or beet sites presently being grown. The new separation distance for maize crops will be implemented at all of the spring 2001 sites, when they are sown later in the year.

Date

5 March 2001

Reference

151539; 364 c56-7W

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will outline the approval process for the inclusion of a genetically modified seed variety on the national seed list; and at what stage in this process Chardon LL is. - (Holding answer 21 November 2000).

Asked by

Tim Yeo (Conservative)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

16 November 2000

For answer on

28 November 2000

Answered on

28 November 2000

Mr. Yeo: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will outline the approval process for the inclusion of a genetically modified seed variety on the national seed list; and at what stage in this process Chardon LL is. [139639] Mr. Nick Brown: [holding answer 21 November 2000]: Applications for the addition of plant varieties to the National List are considered in accordance with the requirements of the Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) Regulations 1982 (as amended). For the main agricultural and vegetable species, a variety must be distinct, uniform and stable. Most agricultural varieties must also be of satisfactory value for cultivation and use in the UK. Where material derived from a plant variety is intended to be used as a food or food ingredient which falls within the scope of Regulation No. 258/97/EEC concerning novel foods and novel food ingredients, this must have been authorised under the novel food regulation. For a genetically modified plant variety Ministers also require that a marketing consent has been promulgated under Directive 90/220/EC on the deliberate release of genetically modified organisms into the environment. A proposal to add or refuse a variety for the National List is published in the Plant Varieties and Seeds Gazette. Any person affected may make written representations and/or ask to make oral representations before a person appointed by Ministers. A decision by Ministers is not taken until they have considered these representations. An appeal against any decision of the Ministers would be heard by the Plant Varieties and Seeds Tribunal. Chardon LL was proposed for addition to the National List in March 2000. A number of affected persons made written representations and/or asked to make oral representations. A Hearing began on 2 October and was adjourned on 15 November until further notice pending resolution of concerns about the DUS system used in France. Meanwhile, MAFF has sought the views of the European Commission on the legal status of the French authorities DUS testing procedures. Chardon LL will only be added to the UK National List if all the legal requirements have been made in full.

Legislation

Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) Regulations 1982

Date

28 November 2000

Reference

357 c574-5W; 139639

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what the public cost to date has been of the public inquiry into the inclusion of Chardon LL on the national seed list; and what estimate he has made of the final cost. - Includes figure. (Holding answer 21 November 2000).

Asked by

Tim Yeo (Conservative)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

28 November 2000

Reference

357 c575-6W; 139638

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what plans he has to limit the right to trigger public hearings into the inclusion of seed varieties on the nation seed list under the Seed Regulations 1982.

Asked by

Tim Yeo (Conservative)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

28 November 2000

Reference

357 c575W; 139628

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will make a statement on the inclusion of Chardon LL on the national seed list. - (Holding answer 21 November 2000).

Asked by

Tim Yeo (Conservative)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

28 November 2000

Reference

357 c575W; 139637

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what crop trials have been carried out exclusively in other countries to provide an adequate research basis for Government decisions on GM crop commercialisation; and, in particular, the inclusion of GM seed varieties on the national seed list. - (Holding answer...

Asked by

Tim Yeo (Conservative)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

28 November 2000

Reference

357 c563W; 139640

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will publish the location of each of the genetically-modified maize trials taking place in the United Kingdom. - Includes list and ref to www.environment.detr.gov.uk.

Asked by

Tim Yeo (Conservative)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

27 June 2000

For answer on

28 November 2000

Answered on

28 November 2000

Mr. Yeo: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will publish the location of each of the genetically modified maize trials taking place in the United Kingdom. [128363] Mr. Nick Brown: All the genetically modified (GM) maize under trial in the UK has a Part C marketing consent under EU Directive 90/220. This means it has undergone a detailed safety assessment and been approved for commercial release across the EU. The Directive does not require the disclosure of GM plantings with Part C approval, but the locations of Farm Scale Evaluation (FSE) trials of GM maize are available on the DETR website www.environment.detr.gov.uk, and the locations of National List trials of GM maize have been made available at civil parish level as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Variety/county Parish Sheridan Oxfordshire Stoke Talmage Somerset Brockley Yorkshire Bramham cum Oglethorpe Cambridgeshire Histon Shropshire Ercall Magna _________________________________________________________________________________________________. The locations of other trails of GM maize do not need to be notified to the Government. However, we understand that only four such trails have been undertaken this year, and that these have been very small in scale, mainly co-located with other publicised trials, and subject to the same guidelines for GM cropping as in the FSE trials, including the application of separation distances between the GM plants and equivalent non-GM plants. The industry has agreed there will be no commercial growing of GM crops until the FSE trials has been completed and evaluated.

Date

28 November 2000

Reference

357 c562W; 128363

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, if he will summarise the conclusions of the official testing of Chardon LL in France and explain how these provided the British Government with the reassurances required to proceed with the inclusion of the variety on the national seed list. -...

Asked by

Tim Yeo (Conservative)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

28 November 2000

Reference

357 c574W; 139629

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his Answer of 8th June, Official Report, column 357W, on what occasions in the last 12 months the Government has received information on GM seed contamination incidents from EU member states; and what information was received. - (Holding answer...

Asked by

Tim Yeo (Conservative)

Answering body

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

14 June 2000

For answer on

7 July 2000

Answered on

7 July 2000

Mr. Yeo: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his answer of 8 June 2000, Official Report, column 357W, on what occasions in the last 12 months the Government have received information on GM seed contamination incidents from EU member states; and what information was received. [126818] Mr. Nick Brown: [holding answer 19 June 2000]: At the meeting of EU and EEA/EFTA seed certification agencies, on 2-5 May this year, Greece reported an incident involving the suspected adventitious presence of GM seed in conventional cotton seed. Information on the recent discovery of GM rapeseed in conventional rapeseed has been shared between the affected member states. Following reports in the French press last week that the French authorities has discovered low levels of GM presence in conventional maize seed imported into France, we contacted the French authorities, who confirmed on 30 June that they had indeed found some GM seed in conventional maize seed, which has been sown in South West France. Further information now indicates that they have found three different modifications in a number of varieties of forage maize imported into France by the company Golden Harvest. The French authorities have not yet confirmed which varieties of maize seed are involved, but have confirmed that sweetcorn varieties are not affected by their current investigations. We are seeking further information from them on the varieties concerned. However, as the varieties concerned are cultivated in Southern France, it is possible that they would be unsuitable for cultivation in UK conditions. The GMs found in maize samples by the French authorities are BT 176 and BT 11, and one further, as yet unidentified, modification. BT 176 is insect resistant and has Part C consent within the EU under Directive 90/220 for import, food and feed use, and for cultivation. BT 11 is insect resistant and has Part C consent for import and use in animal feed. Pending further information from the French authorities, my Department, the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, and the Food Standards Agency are considering what the implications would be should further investigations indicate that affected seed might have been sown in the UK.

Date

7 July 2000

Reference

126818; 353 c351W;353 c349W

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to the statement on 18th May, Official Report, 300 c475, when the seed purity checks were put in place; how many consignments of GM seeds have been checked to date; to what degree of purity the...

Asked by

Tim Yeo (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

3 July 2000

Reference

126855; 353 c82W

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what statements have been made by the Government about the minimum number of genetically-modified crop trials required to fulfil the objectives of the current crop trial programme. - Includes figures. (Holding answer 22 May 2000).

Asked by

Tim Yeo (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

9 June 2000

Reference

122996; 351 c419-20W

House

House of Commons

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