Minister to abolish GM scrutiny body

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Champion of consumer choice falls victim to rift

Paul Brown, environment correspondent
Wednesday December 29, 2004
The Guardian

The environment secretary, Margaret Beckett, is to scrap an advisory committee after it repeatedly placed obstacles in the way of government plans to introduce genetically modified crops.

The commission established by the government to monitor ethical and social issues linked to GM crops is to be disbanded after its members insisted that conventional and organic farmers should be protected from contamination by GM crops - and be compensated if safeguards fail.

With the results of the latest GM trials due in February, Mrs Beckett, already known to be hostile to the Agriculture and Environment Biotechnology Commission, is expected to announce its demise early next month, before it can cause further difficulties.

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http://politics.guardian.co.uk/green/story/0,9061,1380456,00.html

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