External consultation

Public consultation

In April 1998, the Working Party held a public consultation as part of its work. 118 responses were received from a variety of organisations and individuals, including:

  • academics and academic organisations

  • agricultural and industrial organisations

  • environmental organisations

  • organisations concerned with food and consumers

  • health organisations

  • governmental or regulatory bodies

Consultation paper

You can still download the consultation paper.

Fact finding meetings

The Working Party held a number of fact-finding meetings with individuals and organisations as part of its research, including:

  • The British Society of Plant Breeders Ltd

  • Department For International Development

  • English Nature

  • European Commission

  • Institute of Virology & Environmental Microbiology

  • Institute of Terrestrial Ecology

  • Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

  • Monsanto Europe SA

  • National Farmers’ Union

  • National Institute of Agricultural Botany

  • The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds

  • Sainsbury’s

  • The Science Museum

  • Supply Chain Initiative on Modified Agricultural Crops

  • University of Cambridge, Department of Biochemistry, Dr David Ellar and Dr Paul Davis

  • The Wellcome Trust

  • Yale University, Professor Robert Evenson, Centre for Economic Growth

  • Zeneca Plant Sciences