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HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Sixth sitting)Almost inevitably, I disagree. The measures are of considerable significance and public interest, so I will press the amendment to a vote. Question put , That the amendment be…05 Jul 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Sixth sitting)How interesting. Once again, it seems to me that the Minister’s explanation says a lot more than is in the Bill. The hon. Member for Edinburgh North and Leith raised a good point.…05 Jul 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Sixth sitting)Absolutely. I suspect that the answer will probably come later in secondary legislation, which will clarify the matter. That is the ongoing problem that we have, because it is…05 Jul 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Sixth sitting)I beg to move amendment 17, in Clause 18, page 13, line 16, leave out “negative” and insert “affirmative”05 Jul 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Sixth sitting)As I made clear on Second Reading, it is absolutely clear that consumers want information about what they are eating and where it has come from. Excellent research by the Food…05 Jul 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Sixth sitting)Once again, I hear the Minister’s point, and again, the additional information from the Food Standards Agency, which I suspect we will look at more closely as we proceed, is…05 Jul 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Sixth sitting)It is interesting to note that suddenly we have a wealth of detail, but it is not entirely clear how that fits with some of previous bodies we have discussed. Is the regulator…05 Jul 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Sixth sitting)I beg to move amendment 18, in clause 22, page 15, line 26, leave out “negative” and insert “affirmative”.05 Jul 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Sixth sitting)Amendment 18 is another that seeks to replace the negative procedure with the affirmative procedure. Much has been said about the advisory bodies in the Bill—that is the point we…05 Jul 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Fifth sitting)I beg to move amendment 29, clause 1, page 1, line 4, leave out “or a precision bred animal”. This amendment removes animals from the scope of the Bill.05 Jul 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Fifth sitting)Good morning to you, Mr Davies, and to everybody. I think this will be an interesting and, I hope, fruitful discussion. It is a fascinating subject, and it is a pleasure to serve…05 Jul 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Fifth sitting)As ever, my hon. Friend speaks good sense. She is absolutely right. There is huge interest and I think understanding among the public of the potential benefits and of the…05 Jul 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Fifth sitting)I thank the Minister for her constructive tone. I suspect that the arguments we will pursue over the next few days are already becoming clear. There is considerable agreement. No…05 Jul 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Fifth sitting)We now come to the heart of the Bill—I was about to say, the “meat of the Bill”, but whatever the genetically edited alternative to the meat of the Bill would be. This is the…05 Jul 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Fifth sitting)I beg to move amendment 1, clause 1, page 1, line 14, at end insert— “(2A) But for the purposes of this Act an organism is not ‘precision bred’ if any feature of its genome…05 Jul 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Fifth sitting)I am grateful for the intervention—enthusiasm is welcome. The hon. Lady gets to the nub of the point: it is very difficult to describe in law—which is what we as legislators are…05 Jul 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Fifth sitting)indicated assent.05 Jul 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Fifth sitting)I hope everyone is still with us, because this is not simple. Part of the problem is that we are learning more all the time. We are trying to set out a regulatory framework and…05 Jul 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Fifth sitting)I rather agree. The problem is that although we are spending time and effort to understand this, that does not always get translated into the wider world. We have seen before how…05 Jul 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Fifth sitting)I apologise to Members for detaining them, but I want to speak to the clause because it is a key part of the Bill. We are at this point establishing a new category of a precision…05 Jul 2022