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Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - Minutes of Evidence[Back to Report]

Here you can browse the Minutes of Evidence which were ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 30 June 2004.


Oral evidence

Taken before the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, GM Planting Regime Sub-Committee

on Monday 17 May 2004

Members present

Mr David Drew, in the Chair


Patrick HallJoan Ruddock
Mr Michael JackAlan Simpson
Diana OrganPaddy Tipping




CONTENTS

Memorandum submitted by GeneWatch UK

Memorandum submitted by Greenpeace

Memorandum submitted by Soil Association

Examination of Witnesses

Dr Sue Mayer, Director, GeneWatch UK, Dr Doug Parr, Chief Scientist, Greenpeace, and Lord Melchett, Policy Director, Soil Association, examined.

Question Number

1-19

20-36

Memorandum submitted by National Farmers' Union

Examination of Witnesses

Mr Meurig Raymond, Vice-President, and Ms Elizabeth Hogben, Assistant Director of NFU Brussels Office, National Farmers' Union, examined.

Question Number

37-39

40-59

60-73

Supplementary memorandum submitted by National Farmers' Union

Memorandum submitted by the Agricultural Biotechnology Council (abc)

Memorandum submitted by Supply Chain Initiative on Modified Agricultural Crops (SCIMAC)

Examination of Witnesses

Dr Colin Merritt, Biotechnology Development Manager, Monsanto, Agricultural Biotechnology Council, Dr Julian Little, Public and Government Affairs, Bayer CropScience, Agricultural Biotechnology Council; Mr Bob Fiddaman, Chairman, and Mr Daniel Pearsall, Secretary, Supply Chain Initiative on Modified Agricultural Crops, examined.

Question Number

74-79

80-99

100-104

Supplementary memorandum submitted by the Agricultural Biotechnology Council (abc)

Supplementary memorandum submitted by Supply Chain Initiative on Modified Agricultural Crops (SCIMAC)


 
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