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Seven schools have so far been awarded bursaries by the Food Standards Agency to take part in the Durham University schools' debating competition this weekend (22-23 March).
The bursaries come from a fund the Agency has provided to enable up to ten schools from disadvantaged areas to take part in the competition, which the FSA is also sponsoring.
The seven schools are:
Firrhill High School, Edinburgh
Lampton School, Hounslow, Middlesex
Mulberry School for Girls, London
Prudhoe Community High School, Northumberland
St Joseph's RC Voluntary Aided Comprehensive School, Tyne and Wear
St Ursula's Convent Girls Secondary School, London
Wheatley Park School, Oxford
Nearly 200 students from 42 schools across the UK plus a team from Canada are entered for the competition.
As sponsor, the FSA has set the motion for the final of the competition – one of only two motions that teams can research and prepare in advance. The motion: 'This house would eat GM foods' will be debated by the four teams reaching the final of the competition, and then will be open to all competition entrants to discuss in a 'floor' debate, followed by a vote.
Food Standards Agency Board members Richard Ayre and Robert Rees will be attending the final of the competition to listen to arguments for and against the consumption of genetically modified foods, which they will report back to the rest of the FSA Board. This report will form part of discussions by the Board about consumer acceptability of GM foods among young people and low-income consumers. They will also present prizes to the winning team and best debaters of the competition.
Further information on the Durham Union Society that organises the competition can be found on the (External) Durham Union Society website .
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