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HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Fourth sitting)Q But if your organic product has an organic trademark, in terms of the badging—there are rules about importing and exporting organic produce—that could potentially harm their…30 Jun 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Fourth sitting)Q But you are saying that it might be quite difficult to actually assess whether it had affected the product in that way. Dr Edenborough: It ought to be relatively easy to prove…30 Jun 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Fourth sitting)Q If you have a field of organic crops that could be contaminated, you would not necessarily know the extent to which the produce had been contaminated. The certification is based…30 Jun 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Fourth sitting)Q It might be quite difficult to quantify the extent to which— Dr Edenborough: It is all worked on probabilities. You would not test every grain of rice; you would test a few…30 Jun 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Fourth sitting)Q I was reading earlier this week about how in Japan they have been using CRISPR to change Japanese sea bream. I think the technicality is that you end up with bream that have 20%…30 Jun 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Second sitting)Q Is one of the concerns when it comes to the hormones of an animal—I am talking about animals that are being killed for meat; I know that this came up in the discussion about…28 Jun 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Second sitting)Q The Government have been criticised for not having a net zero strategy for agriculture but you would say that there is a clear direction coming to you that it should be there.…28 Jun 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Second sitting)Q I was more asking whether stress—you were talking about being able to increase yields, and about cows being put under stress—would affect the animal’s meat in the same way that—…28 Jun 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (First sitting)Q Would gene editing give us the ability to grow things in this country that we currently cannot? I am thinking particularly of the situation as we adapt to climate change. Is it…28 Jun 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Second sitting)Q When it comes to the new subsidy regime—public money for public goods—is that something that could be quantifiable? If a farmer switched to a gene edited product—this is getting…28 Jun 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Second sitting)Q You have said that you are funded by the Government for some of your work. To what extent is that related to potentially boosting economic growth by making these crops more…28 Jun 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Second sitting)Q Going back to what was being said about animals, particularly what Joanna was saying, I want to try to unpick this. It has been mooted that one of the benefits of the Bill is…28 Jun 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Second sitting)Q I suppose I am asking whether it is traceable. Could a product be badged as “This is better for the soil”, and therefore ticks the box when it comes to environmental land…28 Jun 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (First sitting)Q Continuing on the animal front, we know that some animals, such as pets, including some of the brachycephalic dogs, are bred to have traits that are not desirable from a health…28 Jun 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (First sitting)Q Is the UK is geared up for research into that side of things? We do not put an awful lot of money into food research and research on crops. I do not want to put words into your…28 Jun 2022HANSARDDraft Mental Health BillClause 31 states that transfers from prison to hospital should take place within 28 days of a referral notice, “unless there are exceptional circumstances”, and makes it very…27 Jun 2022HANSARDFood Strategy5. What discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the implementation of the Government food strategy published in June 2022.23 Jun 2022HANSARDFood StrategyI thank the Minister for that response. Henry Dimbleby’s national food strategy was an “excellent plan to help people escape the ‘junk food cycle’”. That is what the former…23 Jun 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsT6. On Tuesday, at Foreign Office questions, the House paid tribute to the activists Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira, who were killed while working on the book “How to Save the…23 Jun 2022HANSARDBrazil: Violence against Journalists and Activists8. What recent assessment she has made of trends in the level of violence against journalists, environmental campaigners and indigenous activists in Brazil.21 Jun 2022