Responding to the report CPA has issued the below press release. As you can see we have welcomed the key findings of the report, particularly the need for UK leadership in doubling global food production over the next 40 years. However, we have called on the EFRA Committee to carry out a follow up enquiry into the negative impact of EU Regulations in stifling technological innovation in agriculture.
We have focused on the concerns raised by the Government Chief Scientist (Professor John Beddington) on the impact of the hazard based cut of measures in the EC Pesticide Authorisation Regulation during the committee oral evidence sessions, to support the case for this further enquiry.