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HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Good afternoon everybody and thank you for taking the time to join us. I will start with Mario. I know that NIAB works with a range of partners across industry and academia.…30 Jun 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Would you say it is the design of how the work progresses more than anything? Professor Hartley: Indeed. That can happen as early as the funding agencies that fund the research…30 Jun 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Third sitting)Okay. I will leave it there.30 Jun 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Second sitting)Q Good afternoon, Dr Tinch. Can I ask how you anticipate the Bill helping in the area of aquatic species? How do you see it fitting in with the international regulatory…28 Jun 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Second sitting)Q One final question from me before I hand over: what would you not want to see in this Bill? Sam Brooke: As a whole, the BSPB is incredibly supportive of the Bill and what it is…28 Jun 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Second sitting)Q Having such a depth of commercial experience within your organisation, and looking—as you have said—from the SME through to the international plant breeder, what impact do you…28 Jun 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Second sitting)Q Just a quick question in conclusion: could you articulate whether, in your view, this will lead to more investment in R&D in this country, including philanthropically—you…28 Jun 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (First sitting)Q Good morning, Professor Henderson. Are you content that this Bill is based on the best available science? Would you like to explain the input you have had into the Bill?…28 Jun 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (First sitting)Thank you.28 Jun 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (First sitting)Q Welcome, professor, and thank you for coming this morning. One of the challenges is that people hear that this will be swifter, and that concerns them. However, does the…28 Jun 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (First sitting)Q What learnings have you taken from looking at countries that already have taken this technology forward? I am thinking in particular of Canada, Japan and Argentina—places where…28 Jun 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (First sitting)Q Have you identified any greater risks involved in precision bred organisms, when compared with traditional organisms? Professor Dunwell: No, not at all. It is something that…28 Jun 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (First sitting)Q Good morning, Professor May. I will start with a broad question. Why is it necessary to create a new regulatory framework for precision bred food and feed products, and how will…28 Jun 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (First sitting)I have other questions, but I would like this process to be collegiate, so perhaps we should go to others, because they may ask the same questions as I will.28 Jun 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Second sitting)This feels like “Britain’s Got Talent”. There we go; we have finished before 3.15 pm.28 Jun 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Second sitting)Q Lovely; thank you. Perhaps a question that you could think about is how gene editing, in your view and with your international experience, might help those developing countries.…28 Jun 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (First sitting)Q I hope the Committee will indulge me as I ask my final question. Is this a good time to be bringing this legislation forward, given that you have highlighted to the Committee…28 Jun 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (First sitting)I understand, Gideon, that you are on a visit. May I suggest, with the Committee’s indulgence, that we slot you in on Thursday, if people are agreeable and you have the time? Your…28 Jun 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you and welcome to Professor Lovell-Badge and Mr Coatti. I believe, Professor, that you are at the Crick for your day job. Professor Lovell-Badge: I am, yes.28 Jun 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (First sitting)Perhaps we can ask Professor Henderson to dial off and dial back. Let us see if we can retrieve him.28 Jun 2022