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There have been a number of concerns over the close links between [[Bell Pottinger]] and influential Members of Parliament. Two reports in The Observer revealed that [[Peter Luff]] MP, in addition to being chairman of the [[House of Commons Agriculture Select Committee|Commons Agriculture Select Committee]], was also in the pay of Bell Pottinger. According to the Observer, he had not made this apparent to his fellow committee members even when they were working on a report on GM <ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,3880450,00.html Monsanto's lobby firm pays key MP]; [http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,3882389,00.html Resign call over MP's link with GM food firm].</ref>
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There have been a number of concerns over the close links between [[Bell Pottinger]] and influential Members of Parliament. Two reports in The Observer revealed that [[Peter Luff]] MP, in addition to being chairman of the [[House of Commons Agriculture Select Committee|Commons Agriculture Select Committee]], was also in the pay of Bell Pottinger. According to the Observer, he had not made this apparent to his fellow committee members even when they were working on a report on GM <ref> Antony Barnett, Public Affairs Editor
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[http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,3880450,00.html Monsanto's lobby firm pays key MP] Observer, Sunday July 4, 1999; [http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,3882389,00.html Resign call over MP's link with GM food firm].</ref>
  
 
==Affiliations==
 
==Affiliations==

Revision as of 12:26, 5 December 2007

There have been a number of concerns over the close links between Bell Pottinger and influential Members of Parliament. Two reports in The Observer revealed that Peter Luff MP, in addition to being chairman of the Commons Agriculture Select Committee, was also in the pay of Bell Pottinger. According to the Observer, he had not made this apparent to his fellow committee members even when they were working on a report on GM [1]

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  1. Antony Barnett, Public Affairs Editor Monsanto's lobby firm pays key MP Observer, Sunday July 4, 1999; Resign call over MP's link with GM food firm.