Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential for the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act 2023 and the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Regulations 2025 (SI 2025/581) to be revoked or reduced in scope during the phytosanitary alignment negotiations with the EU.

This Government introduced the Precision Breeding Regulations to realise the benefits of precision breeding, and the department remain committed to implementing the Precision Breeding Act 2023. These Regulations are subject to ongoing negotiations between the UK and the EU as part of the SPS agreement. The EU has accepted there will need to be some areas where we retain our own rules.