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HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) BillI hope the Minister will forgive me—I have been a complete pest to him this afternoon and will probably continue to be one—but it is nothing to do with the scientific community.…12 Dec 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) BillSeeing as my name has been mentioned, perhaps I ought to speak. I thought we were still on the two previous amendments. The difficulty I have with this is that Amendment 21 is…12 Dec 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) BillThat was a very complicated statement. I think the noble Lord, Lord Krebs, had a bit of difficulty with it, and so did I, so I shall read it with great interest in Hansard .…12 Dec 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) BillI am very grateful to the Minister for his consideration of what I think are difficult areas in this Bill, which I think remain—we have not solved the problem yet. One of the…12 Dec 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) BillMy Lords, when this Bill was considered by the various powers that be in the House, including the Constitution Committee and the committee on the Bill itself, there was widespread…12 Dec 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) BillI have been looking very carefully at the literature on gene editing for this debate, to remind myself. Although the Minister praises British research—of course we like to promote…12 Dec 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) BillMy Lords, Amendment 9 is in my name. I will be very brief about that, but I agree that we should be extremely cautious generally about animals at this stage. There is a lot of…12 Dec 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) BillI am grateful to the noble Baroness for giving way. Does she not agree with me that we have been somewhat dismissive in this debate of the use of vaccines? Surely one of the ways…12 Dec 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) BillWould the noble Lord be kind enough to answer one question? Does he not consider the possibility that the genetic modification of a herd of animals might make them more likely to…12 Dec 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) BillI wonder if we could “strictly” stop dancing just for a moment and come back to the question of the noble Lord, Lord Krebs. I have to declare an interest in the register: I have a…12 Dec 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) BillThen why not restrict the Bill to agriculture and horticulture? There are, of course, mechanical engineering reasons for wanting some plants or indeed animals for non-food…12 Dec 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) BillOn a point of information, the noble Baroness was a great deal luckier with the Clerks than I was, as I tried the same tactic and was told quite firmly that I could not do that.12 Dec 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) BillI never thought I would be a member of the Green Party, but I clearly am this evening. I must agree with the noble Baroness, because we have to understand that gene editing is a…12 Dec 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) BillI would love to hear from the Minister say “finally” again in just a second. One of the issues I would like him briefly to address—probably in a note, not now—would be how to…12 Dec 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill12 Dec 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) BillDoes the Minister see this extending to non-food crops?12 Dec 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) BillI apologise for interrupting at this late stage of the debate, which has been really thoughtful and helpful. The Minister might want to consider the difference between DNA that is…21 Nov 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) BillWell, it was a real pleasure to hear the Minister open this interesting debate, and we are very grateful for the way he has done it. This is a Bill whose importance we should not…21 Nov 2022HANSARDGrowth Plan 2022My Lords—25 Oct 2022HANSARDGrowth Plan 2022My Lords, the Government say they want to protect families. Is the noble Lord fully aware of the epigenetic effects of a poor diet on literally thousands of children in hunger…25 Oct 2022