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HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Third sitting)Q Dr Campbell, may I ask you about the potential future risks, the extent to which we know or do not know the impact on animals, and how we might monitor or check that in the…30 Jun 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Third sitting)Q Could you say a little more about that final point—the potential benefits that you would see coming from something like that authority? Dr Campbell: I am sure you heard in the…30 Jun 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Third sitting)Q Thank you. Dr Mills, I have already said that I have been very influenced in my thinking by your larger reports and the evidence to the Committee. Very briefly, what are the key…30 Jun 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Third sitting)Q Finally, do you see anything in the Bill as it is currently drafted that allows that to happen? Dr Campbell: No. As I understand the Bill, at the moment there is within the…30 Jun 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Second sitting)Q You made a powerful case for the development of SMEs, although you are publicly funded, and for allowing that space to develop for the public good—but it is a very Cambridge-y…28 Jun 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Second sitting)Q Let me press you on that slightly. In terms of some of the animal welfare issues, it is pretty clear that some of the things that could be done could be designed to make animals…28 Jun 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Second sitting)Q Good afternoon and welcome. I will follow on from some of the previous questions and ask a similar question, really. In the end, it seems that one of the big challenges here is…28 Jun 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Second sitting)Which begs the question of why you had to register. However, I think we could probably go round in circles on this. Chair, I am quite happy for us to move on to other questioners.28 Jun 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Second sitting)Q That is a really important point. I may be wrong, but I do not see anything in the Bill enabling that. Professor Lovell-Badge: Nor do I. Alessandro Coatti: Under clause 11, when…28 Jun 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Second sitting)Q There seems to be a slight inconsistency to me, though. Dr Harrison : That is why I was saying that, at the time of planting, people can choose. The supply chain fits around…28 Jun 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Second sitting)Q Good afternoon and a warm welcome to you. May I say how much I enjoyed visiting your splendid new offices a few months ago to meet your new director? My questions are about…28 Jun 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (First sitting)Q Good morning and welcome. You may have heard some of the previous discussion around labelling. Indeed, it is something the Food Standards Agency has looked into. Could you tell…28 Jun 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Second sitting)Q Good afternoon and welcome. I am glad that you raised the impact assessment because there is a lot of interesting stuff there. Some of it is a touch surprising, which we will…28 Jun 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Second sitting)Q To be clear, this follows on from the notion that these could have occurred naturally. They should be treated in that way, rather than being put in a special category. William…28 Jun 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (First sitting)Q I think we will probably be coming back to that as we discuss the Bill line by line. Finally, what is your definition of the difference between what you have just described and…28 Jun 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (First sitting)Q It starts to answer it, yes. I have the technical guidance from ACRE in front of me, which I will pursue with a subsequent witness. Most of us have understood that the Bill has…28 Jun 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Second sitting)Q How would you achieve that public interest test? Joanna Lewis: I would really recommend that you look to Norway’s gene technology Act. I have not gone through it line by line,…28 Jun 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you, that’s helpful. May I turn to the two professors? On innovation in general, in essence, the argument is that innovation will happen because obstacles are being…28 Jun 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Second sitting)Q To follow up, I was thinking more of it the other way round. If there was a time lag or a different view was taken in Europe, would you have to have two different production…28 Jun 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (First sitting)Q It is beginning to sound to me like the difference will come down to whether it is intentional or unintentional. Professor Henderson: It is to do with intentionality, but it is…28 Jun 2022