I thought I had made myself fairly clear. We are waiting for the EU review of this technology to take place, then we will weigh it up carefully and decide whether to continue down that route ourselves. The trouble with farmers and the NFUS at the moment is that they are so desperate to find something in place of the trade they have lost as a result of Brexit that they have seized on this. I think that the precautionary principle should always apply with new technologies of this sort.
Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Deidre Brock
(Scottish National 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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