Environment Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered at on 22 February 2007.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
(1) when he expects copies of the individual responses to the consultation on proposals for managing the co-existence of GM and non-GM crops in England to be publicly available;
(2) how many responses his Department received during the consultation on proposals for managing the co-existence of GM and non-GM crops in England from (a) members of the public, (b) non-government organisations, (c) farming organisations, (d) farmers, (e) local authorities, (f) food companies, (g) biotechnology companies and their representatives, (h) the organic industry and (i) research institutions;
(3) when his Department expects to make a summary of the responses to the consultation on proposals for managing the co-existence of GM and non-GM crops in England available on the Department's website.
holding answer
We are still analysing and categorising the responses to the coexistence consultation. Approximately 11,200 responses were received in total (counting each signature on a petition as an individual response). A provisional breakdown indicates that approximately 11,000 responses were received from members of the public, five from farming organisations, 18 from local authorities, five from biotechnology companies and their representative body, eight from organic groups (not including companies), three from research providers and 161 from other organisations, including non-governmental organisations and companies.
We intend to publish a summary of the responses on the DEFRA website within the next few months. At that stage copies of the individual responses will be made available publicly via the DEFRA library, except where they are of a standard or pro-forma type, in which case one example will be made available along with confirmation of the total number of that type received.
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