Banana Trade

EDM number 251 in 1998-99, proposed by Gordon Marsden on 27/01/1999.

That this House recognises the crucial contribution made to the economies of the Windward Caribbean Islands by the production of bananas, recognised under the Lome Convention; deplores the attempts by American multinational banana producers to squeeze out the small scale Caribbean independent farmers who produce sweeter and superior bananas from the European market by pressuring the World Trade Organisation to that effect; is indignant at the heavy-handed tactics from the US Government threatening sanctions against British and other EU small businesses in support of this; applauds the British and French governments for resisting these pressures to date; and urges the British Government to continue its robust stance in defending the livelihoods of small scale banana producers in the Caribbean and Africa.

This motion has been signed by a total of 95 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Gordon Marsden	27/01/1999	Blackpool South	Labour	Proposed
Audrey Wise	27/01/1999	Preston	Labour	Signed
Dave Watts	27/01/1999	St Helens North	Labour	Signed
Stephen Twigg	27/01/1999	Enfield, Southgate	Labour	Signed
Derek Twigg	27/01/1999	Halton	Labour	Signed
Dari Taylor	27/01/1999	Stockton South	Labour	Signed
Barry Gardiner	27/01/1999	Brent North	Labour	Signed
Barbara Follett	27/01/1999	Stevenage	Labour	Signed
Maria Eagle	27/01/1999	Liverpool, Garston	Labour	Signed
Hilton Dawson	27/01/1999	Lancaster & Wyre	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	27/01/1999	Easington	Labour	Signed
Chris Ruane	27/01/1999	Vale of Clwyd	Labour	Signed
Helen Jones	27/01/1999	Warrington North	Labour	Signed
Martin Linton	27/01/1999	Battersea	Labour	Signed
Austin Mitchell	27/01/1999	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	27/01/1999	Gower	Labour	Signed
Ann Clwyd	27/01/1999	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
John Cryer	27/01/1999	Hornchurch	Labour	Signed
John Austin	28/01/1999	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Gwyneth Dunwoody	28/01/1999	Crewe & Nantwich	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	28/01/1999	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Bill Michie	28/01/1999	Sheffield, Heeley	Labour	Signed
Ashok Kumar	28/01/1999	Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland	Labour	Signed
Piara S Khabra	28/01/1999	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
Martin Smyth	28/01/1999	Belfast South	UUP	Signed
Dennis Skinner	28/01/1999	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	28/01/1999	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Michael Foster	28/01/1999	Worcester	Labour	Signed
Harry Barnes	01/02/1999	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Norman Godman	01/02/1999	Greenock & Inverclyde	Labour	Signed
Robin Corbett	01/02/1999	Birmingham, Erdington	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	01/02/1999	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hesford	01/02/1999	Wirral West	Labour	Signed
Derek Wyatt	02/02/1999	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Jenny Tonge	02/02/1999	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Bottomley	02/02/1999	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Mike Hancock	02/02/1999	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew George	02/02/1999	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Maria Fyfe	02/02/1999	Glasgow, Maryhill	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Fearn	02/02/1999	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Dobbin	02/02/1999	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Nigel Griffiths	02/02/1999	Edinburgh South	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	02/02/1999	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	02/02/1999	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Oona King	02/02/1999	Bethnal Green & Bow	Labour	Signed
Alice Mahon	02/02/1999	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Tom Cox	02/02/1999	Tooting	Labour	Signed
Alan Williams	03/02/1999	Swansea West	Labour	Signed
Frank Field	03/02/1999	Birkenhead	Labour	Signed
Lawrence Cunliffe	03/02/1999	Leigh	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	03/02/1999	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Christine Butler	03/02/1999	Castle Point	Labour	Signed
Russell Brown	03/02/1999	Dumfries	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	03/02/1999	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eric Illsley	03/02/1999	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	03/02/1999	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Russell	03/02/1999	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	04/02/1999	Hastings & Rye	Labour	Signed
David Borrow	04/02/1999	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Brian White	04/02/1999	North East Milton Keynes	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	04/02/1999	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	04/02/1999	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Karen Buck	04/02/1999			Signed
Doug Naysmith	04/02/1999	Bristol North West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Nigel Jones	04/02/1999	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Evan Harris	04/02/1999	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Phil Sawford	04/02/1999	Kettering	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	08/02/1999	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	08/02/1999	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	09/02/1999	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Joan Walley	09/02/1999	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	10/02/1999	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Paul Stinchcombe	11/02/1999	Wellingborough	Labour	Signed
David Chaytor	11/02/1999	Bury North	Labour	Signed
John McAllion	11/02/1999	Dundee East	Labour	Signed
William Ross	11/02/1999	East Londonderry	UUP	Signed
Ann Cryer	15/02/1999	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	15/02/1999	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	22/02/1999	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Evans	22/02/1999	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Signed
Julia Drown	22/02/1999	South Swindon	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	22/02/1999	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Kerry Pollard	22/02/1999	St Albans	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	23/02/1999	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Llin Golding	25/02/1999	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	26/02/1999	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	04/03/1999	Burton	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	05/03/1999	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Peter Pike	18/03/1999	Burnley	Labour	Signed
Ben Bradshaw	26/03/1999	Exeter	Labour	Signed
Margaret Moran	04/05/1999	Luton South	Labour	Signed
Ken Livingstone	05/05/1999	Brent East	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	10/05/1999	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Charlotte Atkins	20/05/1999	Staffordshire Moorlands	Labour	Signed
Michael Moore	10/11/1999	Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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