The Secretary of State keeps using this language about precision breeding, but he will know that that is neither a specific technology nor a scientific principle. It relies on the creation of a hypothetical class of GMOs that could have occurred naturally. He will know that there is opposition to that definition from everyone from the environmental non-governmental organisations right through to the Nuffield Council on Bioethics and to the Roslin Institute. Given that level of disagreement about the very principles of how he is framing this Bill, will he take it away and look at it again?
Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Caroline Lucas
(Green Party)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 15 June 2022.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill.
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