Hasn’t the Government already agreed to the commercial cultivation of GM crops?
In our GM policy statement we gave our specific view on three GM crops grown in the Farm-Scale Evaluation trials. We confirmed that we would not agree to commercial approval for the GM beet and spring oilseed rape involved, because the scientific evidence suggested that the herbicide use associated with these crops – although not the GM plants themselves – could have an adverse effect on the environment. However we agreed in principle to the commercial cultivation of the GM maize grown in the trials, subject to certain conditions. In the event, Bayer CropScience subsequently announced that they would not in fact market this particular GM maize variety.
