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Debating Competition

(21 March 2003)

Nearly 200 students from 42 schools across the UK and one from Canada will be debating the motion "This House Would Eat GM Foods" at the Durham University Debating Competition during the weekend of 22 & 23 March.

The Food Standards Agency is sponsoring the competition as part of its activities to assess young people's views on the acceptability of GM food and how this relates to consumer advice. The motion will be debated by the four teams reaching the final and then be open to all competition entrants to discuss in a "floor" debate, followed by a vote.