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date	14/10/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Genetically Modified Organisms: Labelling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department takes to ensure that the law on labelling foods that contain genetically modified products is complied with.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	48708
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2016 answer text <p>Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 on genetically modified food and feed requires that food derived from genetically modified (GM) sources must be labelled, regardless of the presence of detectable GM material in the final product or of the quantity of intentionally used GM ingredients.</p><p> </p><p>Businesses must take all reasonable precautions and exercise due diligence to ensure that the food they sell meets the requirements of the GM food and feed Regulation. The Food Standards Agency provides guidance on the Regulation on its website and local authorities are responsible for ensuring compliance with the labelling requirements set out in this Regulation.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 24/10/2016 16:33:04 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

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date	14/10/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Human Trafficking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, on how many occasions since the passage of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 have adult victims (a) applied for and (b) been granted the statutory defence for crimes they were compelled to commit while being enslaved or trafficked.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	48731
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2016 answer text <p>CPS do not have a central record of cases where the statutory defence has been applied, as it could arise in any category of offences.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 24/10/2016 13:31:35 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson