3 Conclusion
41. The decision of Bayer CropScience not to press
ahead with the commercial cultivation of GM maize has given the
Government time to consider many of the issues of co-existence
and liability in more detail. It has announced that it will launch
consultations on a range of matters. We recommend that the
Government begin the process of consultation soon, so that final
details of a co-existence and liability regime for GM crop cultivation
can be settled. To do so, the consultation exercise must focus
on threshold levels and on the details of economic and environmental
liability. In conducting the consultation, we urge the Government
to keep in mind the recommendations made in this report. We will
examine closely the way in which the consultation is conducted,
specifically in relation to the way issues of damage and liability
are addressed.
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