GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS AND RESISTANCE TO HERBICIDES

Early day motion 376, tabled 8 January 2004 by Michael Weir (Scottish National Party). Signed by 33 members.

That this House is concerned at the results of research carried out by Dr Charles Benbrook on figures provided by the United States Department of Agriculture which demonstrates that far from requiring fewer herbicides some genetically modified crops require even greater amounts in later years; and believes that this demonstrates that genetically modified crops should not be licenced for use in the UK until such time as long-term trials have been carried out to demonstrate they pose no threat to the environment and that the current one year trials do not give sufficient information to base a decision on the future of such crops.

Signatures by party: Labour 18, Liberal Democrat 7, Plaid Cymru 4, Scottish National Party 3, Labour/Co-operative 1.