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HANSARD Sir David Amess Summer AdjournmentI note my hon. Friend’s comments. We then heard from my hon. Friend the Member for Moray, whom I congratulate on his refereeing skills. He gave a shout-out to Steve Clarke and…20 Jul 2023HANSARD Sir David Amess Summer AdjournmentI am sorry but I have so little time and I will not give way. I should mention the hon. Member for Gateshead (Ian Mearns) and all the work he does as Chair of the Backbench…20 Jul 2023HANSARD Sir David Amess Summer AdjournmentIt is a pleasure to sum up this important debate, which is one of the few occasions when Members from across the House can raise any issue they wish. First, I wish to follow…20 Jul 2023HANSARD Draft REACH (Amendment) Regulations 2023We will never know!16 May 2023HANSARDTributes to Her Late Majesty the QueenThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for your indulgence in allowing the Whips to speak and pay tribute. I rise to give thanks for the wonderful, long life of Her Majesty, our Queen…10 Sept 2022HANSARDNew Pylons: East AngliaMy hon. Friend is making a very powerful case. If I understand him correctly, he said that in the consultation the value and worth of communities and environment was a strong…19 Jul 2022HANSARDNew Pylons: East AngliaIt is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Broadland (Jerome Mayhew). I extend my sympathies to my hon. Friend the Member for Harwich and North Essex (Sir Bernard…19 Jul 2022HANSARDAccess to GPsI welcome my right hon. Friend to his place. I offer a solution. Will he commit himself to sorting out the transfer of electronic prescriptions between hospital consultants and…19 Jul 2022HANSARDNew Pylons: East AngliaThe nub of it is that we have not been given these options. The Minister spoke about environmental impact and the other considerations that were taken into account, but as the MP…19 Jul 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe east has offshore wind and nuclear to give the nation. London wants its power. Why should Bury St Edmunds, and the broader Suffolk, Norfolk and Essex, have 50-metre pylons…12 Jul 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Fifth sitting)It has to go through the regulatory framework to be defined as precision bred, to ensure that any of those precise changes are changes that could have occurred in nature, because…05 Jul 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Fifth sitting)Yes. The hon. Gentleman has said that he will not push amendment 2 to a vote. The amendment focuses on the definition of modern biotechnology. The techniques to which he refers…05 Jul 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Fifth sitting)During the evidence sessions, we heard from Professor Halford and Professor John Napier, who is developing camelina crops that are high in healthy oils. In both examples that they…05 Jul 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Fifth sitting)Amendment 1 would exclude from the definition of a precision bred organism any organism that has contained transgenic material during any step of its development. I thank the hon.…05 Jul 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Fifth sitting)The approach we have taken to regulating genetically modified organisms has not kept pace with scientific progress. The hon. Gentleman referenced the UN’s Cartagena protocol on…05 Jul 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Fifth sitting)Clause 2 defines “plant” and “animal” for the purposes of the Bill. The definitions in subsections (1) and (2) cover multicellular plants and animals; they do not cover…05 Jul 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Fifth sitting)Please bear with me as I go through my copious notes. Will the hon. Gentleman repeat what part of the clause he was referring to?05 Jul 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Fifth sitting)Yes.05 Jul 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Fifth sitting)The gamete contains only half of the genetic code required to reproduce a whole organism. A whole functioning plant or animal cannot be generated from a gamete and is therefore…05 Jul 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Fifth sitting)I am very grateful for the question. As he and I both know, I have learned an awful lot about all these particular things going over all the details. If there is anything further,…05 Jul 2022