Golden Rice

Earl of Selborne Excerpts
Thursday 17th October 2013

(11 years, 10 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord De Mauley Portrait Lord De Mauley
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My Lords, of course the noble Countess makes a really important point. However, we have to say that developing countries are capable, and are proceeding and doing a lot of work themselves to feed their populations. We are talking specifically about how we can help them in the area of genetically modified food, which will increase the vitamin A that is so necessary, in particular to reduce blindness.

Earl of Selborne Portrait The Earl of Selborne (Con)
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Does my noble friend accept that the exciting new technologies owe much to research in this country, and does he therefore accept that funding research here is a very effective way for us to tackle the urgent issue of food security around the globe?

Lord De Mauley Portrait Lord De Mauley
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Yes, my Lords.