Genetically Modified Organisms: Crops
Commons · Question 13590 · Tabled 11 Nov 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 15 Nov 2024
Question
Asked by Alicia Kearns
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to ensure that the British Society of Plant Breeders correctly applies the small producer exemption from royalty fees applied to grain crops with diverse genetic
Answer
Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 15 Nov 2024
The British Society of Plant Breeders (BSPB) is the representative body for the UK plant breeding industry. In the collection of royalty fees and farm saved seed payments, the BSPB are acting as independent agents of various breeders and are not contracte...