Ian Gibson

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Ian Gibson is a British Labour politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Norwich North from 1997 to 2009. On 5 June 2009, he resigned from the House of Commons after he was barred from standing as a Labour candidate by the Labour Party for the next general election in the wake of criticism over his expenses claims.[1]

Gibson is a former Dean of Biology at the University of East Anglia (1991-97).[2] He is an enthusiastic defender of GM crops.[3]

Resources

Claire Robinson, "Collusion and Corruption in GM Policy", Science in Society, Autumn 2004

Parliamentary jobs

From his profile on The Guardian website:[4]

  • Chair, House of Commons Select Committee for Science and Technology (Nov 2001 - May 2005)
  • Chairman of the science and technology committee (Jan 2001 - May 2005)
  • Chair, Parliamentary and Scientific Committee (Jan 1999 - Jul 2002)

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Notes

  1. MP quitting to force by-election, BBC News, 5 Jun 2009, accessed 4 Mar 2010
  2. Ian Gibson: Electoral history and profile, The Guardian, undated profile, accessed 4 Mar 2010
  3. Claire Robinson, "Collusion and Corruption in GM Policy", Science in Society, Autumn 2004, accessed 4 Mar 2010
  4. Ian Gibson: Electoral history and profile, The Guardian, undated profile, accessed 4 Mar 2010