Maff: Meetings With Consumer And Environmental Groups

Viscount Hanworth
asked Her Majesty's Government:With which consumer and environmental pressure groups the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Ministers or officials have held meetings since June 1998, indicating in how many of these meetings genetically-modified organisms or biotechnology were discussed. [HL3582]

Lord Donoughue
MAFF Ministers and/or officials have had more than 360 meetings with the consumer/environmental/pressure groups listed below since June 1998. Genetically Modified Organisms/biotechnology were discussed during approximately 40 of these meetings. Game Conservancy TrustScottish National HeritageWorld Wildlife FundOrganic Farms & GrowersOrganic Food FederationMarine Conservation SocietyParnham TrustNational Food AllianceWildlife & Wetlands TrustHumane Slaughter AssociationHorror Out Of FarmingJoint National Conservation CouncilWorcestershire Wildlife TrustSoil AssociationRoyal Society for the Protection of BirdsNational TrustBritish Deer SocietyWildlife TrustWoodland TrustButterfly Conservation TrustLinking Environment And FarmingSAFE AllianceBritish Trust for OrnithologyCouncil for the Protection of Rural EnglandClimate Action NetworkPlant LifeNational Conservation CouncilEnglish NatureConsumers' AssociationNational Federation of Conservation GroupsCroydon Conservation GroupConsumers in Europe GroupWomen's InstitutesConsultative Farm of WhalingSalmon & Trout AssociationCampaign for Protection of ShechitaNational Housewives AssociationFriends of the EarthAnaphylaxis CampaignLatex Allergy Support GroupWelsh Consumers CouncilBritish Trust for OrnithologyRoyal Society for Prevention of Cruelty to AnimalsUK Arctic Conservation ForumLondon Conservation Working GroupFree RadicalsConsumers InternationalPesticides TrustTownswomen's GuildCornish Guild of SmallholdersSmall Farms AssociationDevon Smallholders AssociationNorth Cornwall SmallholdersFamily Farmers AssociationCouncil for the Protection of Rural EnglandRamblers AssociationDevon Wildlife TrustCompassion in World FarmingGaia FoundationWildlife & Countryside LinkScottish Consumers CouncilNational Federation of Badgers GroupSherwood Forest TrustEnglish HeritageWildlife TrustCotswold & Gloucestershire Farm Attraction GroupWiltshire Rural ForumWiltshire Woodland ForumGreat Western Community ForestDorset Rural ForumThe Rare Breeds Survival TrustGreenpeaceGreen AllianceGene WatchWomen's Environmental Network & Genetics ForumWorld Society for the Protection of AnimalsInternational Federation for Animal Welfare.