Genetically Modified crops
Appendix 3
Fact-finding meetings
The Working Party wishes to thank the following individuals and their organisations for providing helpful information and insight into the subject of GM crops:
The British Society of Plant Breeders Ltd (BSPB), Dr Penny Maplestone, Technical Liaison Manager
Department For international Development (DFID), Mr Andrew Bennett, Director, Natural Research Division
English Nature, Dr Brian Johnson
European Commission DG III, Mr Gwenole Cozigou
European Commission DG IV, Ms Dorothee Andre-Schoboboda
European Commission DG XII, Mr Etienne Magnien
European Commission DG XII, Mrs Laurence Cordier
European Commission DG XXIV, Ms Patricia Brunko
European Commission DGI, Mr Ramiro Cibrian
European Commission SG, Mr Lars Mitek-Pedersen
Institute of Virology & Environmental Microbiology, Dr Ian Cooper
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF), Dr John Bell, Joint Food Safety and Standards Group
MAFF, Mr Nick Tomlinson, Joint Food Safety and Standards Group
Monsanto Europe SA, Agricultural Sector, Dr Stephen Waters, Regulatory Affairs Manager
Monsanto plc, Agricultural Sector, Dr Colin Merritt, Technical Manager
National Farmers’ Union, Dr Vernon Barber, Food Science Adviser
National Farmers’ Union, Mr Archie Montgomery ,Chairman of Biotechnology Working Group, NFU representative to SCIMAC, Council member
National Farmers’ Union, Mr Bob Fiddaman, Member of Biotechnology Working Group, NFU representative to SCIMAC, Council member
National Institute of Agricultural Botany, Mr John MacLeod, Director
Pioneer, Mr Tim Stockton, Director of Government Affairs: Europe
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), Dr Mark Avery, Head of Conservation
Supply Chain Initiative on Modified Agricultural Crops (SCIMAC), Mr Daniel Pearsall, Secretary
The Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, Professor Alan Gray
University of Cambridge, Department of Biochemistry, Dr David Ellar and
Dr Paul Davis
Yale University, Professor Robert Evenson, Centre for Economic Growth
Zeneca Plant Sciences, Dr David Lawrence, Head of Crop Research