Genetically Modified Crops

– Scottish Parliament written question – answered at on 27 June 2002.

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Photo of Duncan Hamilton Duncan Hamilton Scottish National Party

Question S1W-26744

To ask the Scottish Executive how many test sites of genetically modified crops there are and where each such site is situated.

Photo of Ross Finnie Ross Finnie Liberal Democrat

Detailed information about releases into the environment of GM crops is placed on a public register, a copy of which is held by the Scottish Executive. Site information is also routinely placed on the Internet on the Executive’s GM website.

There are 11 sites, including farm scale evaluations, where GM crops are currently being grown in Scotland. The release sites are in Aberdeenshire, Ross-shire, Fife, and Tayside.

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