Question reference: S2W-31528
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 30 January 2007
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Current status: Answered by Sarah Boyack on 12 February 2007
Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how often, and on what dates, an Executive official has been a member of the UK delegation to any EU working groups on genetically modified crops and foods.
Answer
The Scottish Executive does nothold records of specific official attendance at EU working groups in which geneticallymodified crops and food are discussed. The most recent example where an Executiveofficial attended an EU meeting was COEX-NET (the network group on coexistence ofgenetically modified crops with conventional and organic agriculture) in Brussels on 19 December 2006.