Meetings
P-04-583 Ban all Growing and Selling of all GM seeds / Foods and Animal / Fish Feed in Wales
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Meeting: 10/03/2015 - Petitions Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 2)
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Supporting documents:
- Cover sheet, item 2
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- 28.01.2015 Correspondence - Deputy Minister for Farming and Food to the Chair, item 2
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- 23.02.2015 Correspondence - Deputy Minister for Health to the Chair, item 2
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- 04.03.2015 Correspondence - Petitioner to the Committee, item 2
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Minutes:
The
Committee considered correspondence on the petition and agreed to close the petition
in light of the Minister making it clear that the Welsh Government cannot
legally ban GM crops in Wales.
Meeting: 11/11/2014 - Petitions Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 3)
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Supporting documents:
- Cover sheet, item 3
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- 24.10.2014 Correspondence - Deputy Minister for Farming and Food to the Chair, item 3
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- 30.10.2014 Correspondence - Petitioner to the clerking team, item 3
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Minutes:
The
Committee considered correspondence on the petition and agreed to:
·
ask
the Deputy Minister to respond to the petitioner’s comments and also to clarify
the apparent contradiction between the WG policy to maintain a “restrictive and
precautionary approach to GM crop cultivation” and the FSA’s view “that there
is no reason to suppose that GM feed presents any more risk to farmed livestock
then conventional feed; and
·
contact
the Clerk of the E&S Committee regarding the work they have previously
undertaken on the issue, with a view to sharing it with the petitioner.
Meeting: 23/09/2014 - Petitions Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 2)
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Supporting documents:
Minutes:
The
Committee considered the petition for the first time and agreed to write to the
Minister for Natural Resources seeking his views on the petition.