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Deidre Brock

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Speaker’s Statement
Thursday 25th July 2019

(4 years, 8 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Yes, absolutely. There are a number of new technologies that we can use, not least the opportunities that gene editing may offer to produce healthier, more productive crops in our fields.

Deidre Brock Portrait Deidre Brock (Edinburgh North and Leith) (SNP)
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I welcome the new Secretary of State to her place. Changes to the Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (England) Regulations 2018, in line with changes to EU rules for ovine age identification, would go a long way to help ensure access to safe and healthy food and would help our farmers, but I am repeatedly being fobbed off with an excuse that a consultation will be coming soon. When will we see it?

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