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Genetically Modified Organisms: Regulation

Asked by Harriet CrossConservativeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 6 March 2025UIN 34736

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to bring forward secondary legislation to permit gene editing by the end of March 2025.

Answered by Daniel Zeichner

On 25 February 2025, the secondary legislation needed to implement the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act 2023 for plants was laid in Parliament. If passed, the legislation will come into force in Autumn 2025.

This is a devolved matter, and the legislation is England only.

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