Fairtrade Coffee Challenge

EDM number 1739 in 1997-98, proposed by Angela E Smith on 05/11/1998.

That this House congratulates the Fairtrade Foundation for its work in protecting the basic rights of overseas workers who are producing goods for sale in the United Kingdom; welcomes the Co-operative Bank's Fairtrade Coffee Challenge which ensures that all their employees have the chance to drink Fairtrade marked coffee; further welcomes the decision by many leading British companies to take up this challenge; urges United Kingdom vending companies and contract catering companies to offer Fairtrade marked coffees as part of their range; calls on leading food multinationals to include independently verified Fairtrade products in their range; congratulates the House of Commons Catering Committee's decision to supply Fairtrade coffee; and supports the work of the Secretary of State for International Development in promoting the issue of fair trade.

This motion has been signed by a total of 52 MPs.