Elliot Anthony Morley (born 6 July1952) is a politician in the United Kingdom. He is LabourMember of Parliament for Scunthorpe, and is a junior minister. He served as Fisheries Minister from 1997 to 2003, and was seen as an unpopular figure by fishermen. He is now Minister for Environment and Agri-Environment. July 6 is the 187th day of the year (188th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 178 days remaining. ... 1952 - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or Democratic Socialist political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... Scunthorpe is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Reef. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is the United Kingdom government department responsible for environmental protection, food production and standards, agriculture, fisheries and rural communities. ...
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ePolitix - Elliot Morley (http://www.epolitix.com/EN/MPWebsites/Elliot+Morley) official site
ElliotMorley was the first minister to back WWF's One Million Sustainable Homes campaign and he's a strong believer that consumption and emissions reductions begin at home.
As chairman of the Green Ministers group, another of ElliotMorley's tasks is to build sustainability into the strategies of individual government departments and persuade them to improve their performance at all levels - economic, social and environmental.
ElliotMorley draws up a long list of further concerns, any of which could become general election issues - climate change, protection of our seas, reform of the Common Agricultural Policy, implementing a new environmentally-friendly agricultural programme, opening up the countryside and biodiversity protection, for example.
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