To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord Darzi of Denham on 17 December (WA 42–43), whether the Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes has responded to the request for advice from the Food Standards Agency in relation to the safety of genetically modified crops; and, if so, with what results. [HL2031]

The committee considered the scientific reports referred to in the previous Written Answer at its meeting on 20 February 2009 and advised that, although some differences were reported between laboratory animals given diets that contained a genetically modified (GM) crop variety and those given a non-GM variety, no conclusions can be drawn from these reports about the safety of GM crops. The minutes of the meeting will be published in due course on the committee's website at www.acnfp. gov.uk.