Legislative Consent: Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill

Legislative Consent: Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill

The Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (the Bill) was introduced in the House of Commons on 25 May 2022.

 

The long title to the Bill notes that it is a Bill “to make provision about the release and marketing of, and risk assessments relating to, precision bred plants and animals, and the marketing of food and feed produced from such plants and animals; and for connected purposes.”

 

The Bill is subject to the legislative consent process under Standing Order 29. This is when the consent of the Welsh Parliament is sought by the UK Government to legislate on an issue which falls within the competence of the Senedd.

 

The Legislative Consent Motion for the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill was not agreed in Plenary on 17 January 2023.

Legislative Consent Memorandum – December 2022

 

The Welsh Government laid a Legislative Consent Memorandum (LCM) (PDF 153KB) on the Bill before the Senedd on 8 December 2022.

The Business Committee referred the LCM to the Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee and the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee, with a reporting deadline of 16 January 2023 (PDF 38.9 KB)


Letter from the Chair of the Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee to the Llywydd and Chair of the Business Committee – 12 January 2023 (PDF 87KB) (Work complete).


The Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee laid its report (163KB) on 16 January 2023.

Business type: Legislative Consent

First published: 08/12/2022

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