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Article: A fresh face for the GM debate: Elliot Morley now handles the GM portfolio. Does this signal a change in government thinking? (Genetically Modified Foods).(Interview)
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- July 12, 2003
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Who would envy Elliot Morley? The no-nonsense DEFRA minister whose brief now includes genetically modified foods certainly has his work cut out. But, as he tells The Grocer in his first interview since taking over Michael Meacher's GM files, he is not fazed. In stark contrast to his predecessor--whose increasingly anti-GM stance arguably cost him his job--he remains to be convinced GM foods are bad for your health.
Dressed for the hot weather in a short-sleeved shirt, no tie, Morley strides through his large mahogany-furnished office and drops into a soft chintz sofa in the corner of the room.
Predictably for a politician, he is late for the interview. ...