Whether it will make representations to the European Union that the precautionary principle should apply when considering applications to a…

Answered Asked by John Farquhar Munro LD Lodged 22 Apr 2002

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will make representations to the European Union that the precautionary principle should apply when considering applications to allow the deliberate release of GM materials into the environment.

The answer

Answered by Ross Finnie on 7 May 2002 · 15 days after it was lodged, on time

The precautionary principle is already fundamental to the European regulatory framework governing the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified organisms.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S1W-25264 by reference.