Organic Food And Farming Targets

EDM number 366 in 2001-02, proposed by Joan Ruddock on 06/11/2001.

That this House believes that increasing organic farming has major benefits for consumers, farmers, the environment, employment and animal welfare and so must form an important part of the Government's review of farming; notes that demand for organic food is increasing by around 40 per cent; each year, but that around 75 per cent. of organic produce is currently imported; notes that almost every European country with more organically farmed land than the UK has a strategy and target for promoting organic farming; further notes the far-sighted move by the current Minister of State for Rural Affairs who, when First Secretary for Wales, adopted such a strategy and target for Wales; and so calls on the Government to set a target that 30 per cent. of farmland be farmed organically by 2010 and to develop an action plan to achieve this target.

This motion has been signed by a total of 219 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Joan Ruddock	06/11/2001	Lewisham, Deptford	Labour	Proposed
David Drew	06/11/2001	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Julia Drown	06/11/2001	South Swindon	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	06/11/2001	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Simon Thomas	06/11/2001	Ceredigion	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Paul Tyler	06/11/2001	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Joan Walley	07/11/2001	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	07/11/2001	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	07/11/2001	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Chaytor	07/11/2001	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	07/11/2001	Gower	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	07/11/2001	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Jones	07/11/2001	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	08/11/2001	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Taylor	08/11/2001	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
David Borrow	08/11/2001	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
John Barrett	08/11/2001	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Win Griffiths	08/11/2001	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	08/11/2001	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	08/11/2001	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Laura Moffatt	08/11/2001	Crawley	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	08/11/2001	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Gordon Marsden	08/11/2001	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	08/11/2001	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Davidson	09/11/2001	Glasgow, Pollok	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Andrew Stunell	12/11/2001	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Hancock	12/11/2001	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sue Doughty	12/11/2001	Guildford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Frank Cook	12/11/2001	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Tony Worthington	13/11/2001	Clydebank & Milngavie	Labour	Signed
Pete Wishart	13/11/2001	North Tayside	Scottish National Party	Signed
Betty Williams	13/11/2001	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Roy Beggs	13/11/2001	East Antrim	UUP	Signed
Ann Cryer	13/11/2001	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	13/11/2001	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Alice Mahon	13/11/2001	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	13/11/2001	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lady Hermon	13/11/2001	North Down	UUP	Signed
Harold Best	14/11/2001	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Tony Colman	14/11/2001	Putney	Labour	Signed
Russell Brown	14/11/2001	Dumfries	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	14/11/2001	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	14/11/2001	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	15/11/2001	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
David Hamilton	15/11/2001	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Michael Moore	19/11/2001	Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	20/11/2001	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Paul Marsden	20/11/2001	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	21/11/2001	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Janet Dean	21/11/2001	Burton	Labour	Signed
Jim Knight	22/11/2001	South Dorset	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	22/11/2001	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Sandra Gidley	30/11/2001	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Huw Edwards	03/12/2001	Monmouth	Labour	Signed
Valerie Davey	03/12/2001	Bristol West	Labour	Signed
Norman Baker	04/12/2001	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Don Foster	04/12/2001	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Challen	04/12/2001	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Patrick Mercer	04/12/2001	Newark	Conservative	Signed
Rob Marris	04/12/2001	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Piara S Khabra	04/12/2001	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	04/12/2001	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	04/12/2001	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
John Austin	05/12/2001	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Adrian Bailey	05/12/2001	West Bromwich West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
David Stewart	05/12/2001	Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber	Labour	Signed
Teddy Taylor	05/12/2001	Rochford & Southend East	Conservative	Signed
Derek Wyatt	05/12/2001	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Hywel Francis	05/12/2001	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Louise Ellman	05/12/2001	Liverpool, Riverside	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Albert Owen	05/12/2001	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Andrew MacKinlay	05/12/2001	Thurrock	Labour	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	05/12/2001	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Jackie Lawrence	05/12/2001	Preseli Pembrokeshire	Labour	Signed
Helen Jackson	05/12/2001	Sheffield, Hillsborough	Labour	Signed
Michael Weir	06/12/2001	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Jane Griffiths	06/12/2001	Reading East	Labour	Signed
Geraint Davies	06/12/2001	Croydon Central	Labour	Signed
John McWilliam	06/12/2001	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Kate Hoey	06/12/2001	Vauxhall	Labour	Signed
Syd Rapson	06/12/2001	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	10/12/2001	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Helen Clark	10/12/2001	Peterborough	Labour	Signed
Roger Berry	10/12/2001	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Terry Davis	11/12/2001	Birmingham, Hodge Hill	Labour	Signed
Chris Mullin	11/12/2001	Sunderland South	Labour	Signed
Debra Shipley	11/12/2001	Stourbridge	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	12/12/2001	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Barbara Follett	12/12/2001	Stevenage	Labour	Signed
Jeff Ennis	12/12/2001	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
Menzies Campbell	12/12/2001	Fife North East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Meg Munn	12/12/2001	Sheffield, Heeley	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Phil Sawford	12/12/2001	Kettering	Labour	Signed
David Rendel	12/12/2001	Newbury	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Steve Webb	13/12/2001	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Stinchcombe	13/12/2001	Wellingborough	Labour	Signed
John Cryer	13/12/2001	Hornchurch	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	13/12/2001	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Calum MacDonald	13/12/2001	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	13/12/2001	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Jenny Tonge	17/12/2001	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Thurso	17/12/2001	Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Cotter	17/12/2001	Weston-Super-Mare	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Iain Coleman	17/12/2001	Hammersmith & Fulham	Labour	Signed
Patsy Calton	17/12/2001	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Heath	17/12/2001	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Matthew Green	18/12/2001	Ludlow	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Horam	19/12/2001	Orpington	Conservative	Signed
Alan Beith	19/12/2001	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Clapham	08/01/2002	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Candy Atherton	08/01/2002	Falmouth & Camborne	Labour	Signed
Matthew Taylor	08/01/2002	Truro & St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Desmond Turner	08/01/2002	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Hywel Williams	08/01/2002	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
David Chidgey	08/01/2002	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Burnett	08/01/2002	Torridge & West Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Annette Brooke	08/01/2002	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Pickthall	08/01/2002	West Lancashire	Labour	Signed
Brian Sedgemore	08/01/2002	Hackney South & Shoreditch	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	08/01/2002	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	08/01/2002	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Peter Bradley	08/01/2002	Wrekin, The	Labour	Signed
Dennis Turner	09/01/2002	Wolverhampton South East	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Jim Cunningham	09/01/2002	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
John Mann	09/01/2002	Bassetlaw	Labour	Signed
David Laws	09/01/2002	Yeovil	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Oona King	09/01/2002	Bethnal Green & Bow	Labour	Signed
Andy King	09/01/2002	Rugby & Kenilworth	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	09/01/2002	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	09/01/2002	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Gordon Prentice	10/01/2002	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Barry Sheerman	10/01/2002	Huddersfield	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Michael Connarty	10/01/2002	Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Iain Luke	11/01/2002	Dundee East	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	11/01/2002	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	14/01/2002	Dover	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	14/01/2002	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Harry Cohen	14/01/2002	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Kevin Brennan	15/01/2002	Cardiff West	Labour	Signed
Robert Marshall-Andrews	15/01/2002	Medway	Labour	Signed
Martyn Jones	15/01/2002	Clwyd South	Labour	Signed
Chris Ruane	15/01/2002	Vale of Clwyd	Labour	Signed
Chris Mole	16/01/2002	Ipswich	Labour	Signed
Anthony D Wright	17/01/2002	Great Yarmouth	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	17/01/2002	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	17/01/2002	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Ann McKechin	17/01/2002	Glasgow, Maryhill	Labour	Signed
Adam Price	17/01/2002	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Kerry Pollard	21/01/2002	St Albans	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	22/01/2002	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Ernie Ross	22/01/2002	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
Chris Grayling	23/01/2002	Epsom & Ewell	Conservative	Signed
Denzil Davies	23/01/2002	Llanelli	Labour	Signed
David Burnside	23/01/2002	South Antrim	UUP	Signed
Alan Reid	23/01/2002	Argyll & Bute	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lembit	24/01/2002	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Anne Begg	24/01/2002	Aberdeen South	Labour	Signed
Chris Smith	25/01/2002	Islington South & Finsbury	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	25/01/2002	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Colin Burgon	28/01/2002	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Fiona Mactaggart	28/01/2002	Slough	Labour	Signed
Peter Pike	29/01/2002	Burnley	Labour	Signed
Karen Buck	29/01/2002			Signed
Tom Cox	29/01/2002	Tooting	Labour	Signed
Mark Oaten	30/01/2002	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Phil Willis	30/01/2002	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Olner	31/01/2002	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Diana Organ	01/02/2002	Forest of Dean	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	04/02/2002	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	05/02/2002	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Irene Adams	05/02/2002	Paisley North	Labour	Signed
John Battle	05/02/2002	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Gerry Steinberg	06/02/2002	Durham, City of	Labour	Signed
Mark Fisher	06/02/2002	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	06/02/2002	Lagan Valley	UUP	Signed
Doug Naysmith	06/02/2002	Bristol North West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Martin Salter	06/02/2002	Reading West	Labour	Signed
Brian H Donohoe	07/02/2002	Cunninghame South	Labour	Signed
Alan Keen	08/02/2002	Feltham & Heston	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Parmjit Dhanda	11/02/2002	Gloucester	Labour	Signed
Roger Casale	12/02/2002	Wimbledon	Labour	Signed
Henry Bellingham	13/02/2002	North West Norfolk	Conservative	Signed
James Arbuthnot	13/02/2002	North East Hampshire	Conservative	Signed
Peter Mandelson	13/02/2002	Hartlepool	Labour	Signed
Jim Marshall	25/02/2002	Leicester South	Labour	Signed
Bruce George	25/02/2002	Walsall South	Labour	Signed
Geraldine Smith	28/02/2002	Morecambe & Lunesdale	Labour	Signed
Christine Russell	07/03/2002	Chester, City of	Labour	Signed
Tony Cunningham	11/03/2002	Workington	Labour	Signed
Llew Smith	18/03/2002	Blaenau Gwent	Labour	Signed
John Wilkinson	26/03/2002	Ruislip - Northwood	Conservative	Signed
Tony McWalter	03/04/2002	Hemel Hempstead	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Howard Stoate	03/04/2002	Dartford	Labour	Signed
David Wright	10/04/2002	Telford	Labour	Signed
Ian Lucas	10/04/2002	Wrexham	Labour	Signed
Ashok Kumar	10/04/2002	Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland	Labour	Signed
Joan Humble	10/04/2002	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Jimmy Hood	10/04/2002	Clydesdale	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	10/04/2002	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Iris Robinson	11/04/2002	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Martin Smyth	11/04/2002	Belfast South	UUP	Signed
Sydney Chapman	12/04/2002	Chipping Barnet	Conservative	Signed
Roger Godsiff	15/04/2002	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	16/04/2002	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Robert Smith	16/04/2002	West Aberdeenshire & Kincardine	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jonathan R Shaw	17/04/2002	Chatham & Aylesford	Labour	Signed
Jim Cousins	24/04/2002	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	01/05/2002	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
John Hume	02/05/2002	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Wayne David	09/05/2002	Caerphilly	Labour	Signed
Austin Mitchell	13/05/2002	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Hilton Dawson	21/05/2002	Lancaster & Wyre	Labour	Signed
Ian Paisley	22/05/2002	North Antrim	DUP	Signed
David Heyes	10/06/2002	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Paul Daisley	12/06/2002	Brent East	Labour	Signed
Paul Burstow	27/06/2002	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward Davey	24/09/2002	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Angus Robertson	07/11/2002	Moray	Scottish National Party	Signed
Mike O'Brien	Unknown			Withdrawn

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