Government 'to back GM crops'

[Nottingham]

Government 'to back GM crops' Sep 21 2003

The Government plans to back EU rules which would give the green light to the commercial growing of genetically modified crops, according to reports.
A leaked exchange of ministerial letters demonstrated that ministers will support Brussels moves to ban GM-free zones and allow the "co-existence" of GM with conventional crops.

The correspondence, detailed in The Sunday Times, comes ahead of the publication next month of the long-awaited results of GM crop trials in Britain.
A September 5 letter from Environment Secretary Margaret Beckett to Cabinet colleagues indicated that she will support EU proposals at a meeting of EU agriculture ministers at the end of the month.

She wrote: "I am proposing that we broadly support the (European) Commission's guidelines as providing a reasonable basis to address the issue."
She attached a summary of the EU rules, which state that "no form of agriculture (conventional, organic, GM) should be excluded from the EU."

More...

A Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs spokesman declined to comment on the leaked correspondence

http://icberkshire.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/nationalnews/content_objectid=13431737_method=full_siteid=50102_headline=-Government%2D%2Dto%2Dback%2DGM%2Dcrops%2D-name_page.html


Tony is hurriedly getting important things done before he is on his way out!

Europe is having Genetic modified food shoved down their throats like us! :bounce:

[BattyDem]

1. Well ...

maybe genetically modified crops are a good thing. Think about it. If we all start glowing in the dark, we would save a lot of money on electricity and it would take a lot of stress off of that faulty power grid in the northeast. :eyes:

[Nottingham]

2. Did ya notice the News was Leaked!

:wow:

I feel Blair is hurrying up and doing Bush's bidding before he goes BYE BYE!

[BattyDem]

3. I wouldn't be a bit surprised

Bush has trained his poodle well! Damn ... not so long ago, I liked Tony Blair.

[Nottingham]

4. Ya Know I adored the man! But he soldout! Saddest moment!

When its all done he will have a CEO job in America working for Billions! :bounce:

[T_i_B]

6. Blair was pro-GM before Bush came along.

Blair has been claiming that nothing is wrong with GM foods for as long as it has been an issue. I'm just trying to remember how much Dirt Captive State by George Monbiot has on the issue as that well known anti "new" labour tome devotes a lot of space to Monsanto.

[NJCher]

5. man will this backfire

As an organic gardener, I follow this issue carefully on a number of gardening forums which, like most I'net forums, have members from all over the world. The UK is known for its gardeners and many are quite knowledgeable and very active politically on this issue.


Cher