Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act 2023
(asked on 22nd April 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask His Majesty's Government what data they used to estimate the potential commercial benefits of implementing the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act 2023.
Answered by
Baroness Hayman of Ullock
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
This question was answered on 12th May 2025
Defra economists, with oversight by the Chief Economist, compiled the Department’s De Minimis Assessment of the impacts of The Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Regulations 2025. The assessment was based on published independent market research and academic studies, and reports by economic institutions.
This is a devolved matter, and the information provided therefore relates to England only.