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Supermarket Code Of Practice

EDM number 817 in 2003-04, proposed by Andrew George on 11/03/2004.

That this House notes the conclusions of the recent OFT review that the Supermarket Code of Practice has failed to protect suppliers to the biggest four supermarkets from unfair trading practices; notes that suppliers are too afraid to bring complaints forward under the existing mediation system; regrets that the OFT failed to recommend any firm action other than more investigations; notes the original findings of the Competition Commission that the trading practices of the four biggest supermarkets are leading to adverse effects including the loss of smaller suppliers and smaller retailers and the reduction of quality and choice to consumers; notes with concern that the adverse effects are felt most by small and family farmers in the UK and overseas, by independent shops and smaller retailers and by people without care that rely on local shops; and calls on the Ministers to draw up a new strengthened and legally-binding code of practice with stricter terms and to appoint an independent supermarket watchdog pro-actively to monitor the effectiveness of the code, provide an independent mediation process between suppliers and supermarkets, monitor other aspects of the grocery market, and make its findings public.

This motion has been signed by a total of 150 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Andrew George11/03/2004St IvesLiberal DemocratProposed
David Drew11/03/2004StroudLabour Co-operativeSigned
Martin Caton12/03/2004GowerLabourSigned
Bob Russell15/03/2004ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Annabelle Ewing15/03/2004PerthScottish National PartySigned
Mike Hancock15/03/2004Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Norman Baker15/03/2004LewesLiberal DemocratSigned
Iris Robinson16/03/2004StrangfordDUPSigned
Paul Holmes16/03/2004ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
Lynne Jones16/03/2004Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Paul Keetch16/03/2004HerefordLiberal DemocratSigned
Rob Marris16/03/2004Wolverhampton South WestLabourSigned
Paul Marsden16/03/2004Shrewsbury & AtchamLiberal DemocratSigned
Tom Brake16/03/2004Carshalton & WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Colin Breed16/03/2004South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Kevin Brennan16/03/2004Cardiff WestLabourSigned
Helen Clark16/03/2004PeterboroughLabourSigned
Huw Edwards16/03/2004MonmouthLabourSigned
David Taylor16/03/2004North West LeicestershireLabour Co-operativeSigned
Simon Thomas16/03/2004CeredigionPlaid CymruSigned
Eric Illsley17/03/2004Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
John McDonnell17/03/2004Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Kevin McNamara17/03/2004Kingston upon Hull NorthLabourSigned
Annette Brooke17/03/2004Mid Dorset & North PooleLiberal DemocratSigned
Gregory Campbell17/03/2004East LondonderryDUPSigned
Jim Dowd17/03/2004Lewisham WestLabourSigned
Rudi Vis17/03/2004Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
John Pugh18/03/2004SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Simpson18/03/2004Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins18/03/2004Luton NorthLabourSigned
Nigel Jones18/03/2004CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Dismore18/03/2004HendonLabourSigned
Lindsay Hoyle22/03/2004ChorleyLabourSigned
Alan Hurst22/03/2004BraintreeLabourSigned
Ann Cryer22/03/2004KeighleyLabourSigned
Sue Doughty22/03/2004GuildfordLiberal DemocratSigned
Julia Drown22/03/2004South SwindonLabourSigned
Hywel Francis22/03/2004AberavonLabourSigned
John Grogan22/03/2004SelbyLabourSigned
Patsy Calton23/03/2004CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
Alex Salmond25/03/2004Banff & BuchanScottish National PartySigned
Marsha Singh25/03/2004Bradford WestLabourSigned
David Hamilton25/03/2004MidlothianLabourSigned
Jenny Tonge25/03/2004Richmond ParkLiberal DemocratSigned
Martyn Jones26/03/2004Clwyd SouthLabourSigned
Alistair Carmichael26/03/2004Orkney & ShetlandLiberal DemocratSigned
David Crausby26/03/2004Bolton North EastLabourSigned
Janet Dean26/03/2004BurtonLabourSigned
Bill Etherington26/03/2004Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Michael Weir26/03/2004AngusScottish National PartySigned
Piara S Khabra29/03/2004Ealing, SouthallLabourSigned
Martin O'Neill29/03/2004OchilLabourSigned
Harry Cohen29/03/2004Leyton & WansteadLabourSigned
Adam Price30/03/2004Carmarthen East & DinefwrPlaid CymruSigned
Valerie Davey30/03/2004Bristol WestLabourSigned
Richard Younger-Ross30/03/2004TeignbridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Calum MacDonald19/04/2004Na h-Eileanan an IarLabourSigned
Ann McKechin19/04/2004Glasgow, MaryhillLabourSigned
Tony Worthington19/04/2004Clydebank & MilngavieLabourSigned
David Heath22/04/2004Somerton & FromeLiberal DemocratSigned
Richard Taylor22/04/2004Wyre ForestIndependentSigned
Jim Cunningham29/04/2004Coventry SouthLabourSigned
Lady Hermon05/05/2004North DownUUPSigned
Mark Oaten05/05/2004WinchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Elfyn Llwyd06/05/2004Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Simon Hughes10/05/2004North Southwark & BermondseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Gerald Kaufman11/05/2004Manchester, GortonLabourSigned
Steve Webb12/05/2004NorthavonLiberal DemocratSigned
Robert Walter18/05/2004North DorsetConservativeSigned
Don Foster19/05/2004BathLiberal DemocratSigned
Phil Sawford20/05/2004KetteringLabourSigned
Gavin Strang21/05/2004Edinburgh East & MusselburghLabourSigned
Betty Williams24/05/2004ConwyLabourSigned
Diane Abbott25/05/2004Hackney North & Stoke NewingtonLabourSigned
Joan Ruddock26/05/2004Lewisham, DeptfordLabourSigned
Neil Gerrard07/06/2004WalthamstowLabourSigned
Mike Gapes08/06/2004Ilford SouthLabour Co-operativeSigned
Linda Perham09/06/2004Ilford NorthLabourSigned
Edward Davey09/06/2004Kingston & SurbitonLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Farrelly09/06/2004Newcastle-under-LymeLabourSigned
Richard Allan09/06/2004Sheffield, HallamLiberal DemocratSigned
Robert Marshall-Andrews15/06/2004MedwayLabourSigned
Tony Lloyd16/06/2004Manchester CentralLabourSigned
Andy King18/06/2004Rugby & KenilworthLabourSigned
Diana Organ18/06/2004Forest of DeanLabourSigned
Candy Atherton21/06/2004Falmouth & CamborneLabourSigned
Jim Cousins23/06/2004Newcastle upon Tyne CentralLabourSigned
Hugh Bayley23/06/2004York, City ofLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn24/06/2004Islington NorthLabourSigned
Kerry Pollard28/06/2004St AlbansLabourSigned
Kate Hoey28/06/2004VauxhallLabourSigned
Stephen Hesford30/06/2004Wirral WestLabourSigned
Paul Tyler30/06/2004North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Frank Dobson01/07/2004Holborn & St PancrasLabourSigned
Martin Salter05/07/2004Reading WestLabourSigned
Tom Cox05/07/2004TootingLabourSigned
Roger Berry05/07/2004KingswoodLabourSigned
Matthew Taylor05/07/2004Truro & St AustellLiberal DemocratSigned
Vincent Cable08/07/2004TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Keith Bradley13/07/2004Manchester, WithingtonLabourSigned
Iain Coleman14/07/2004Hammersmith & FulhamLabourSigned
Win Griffiths15/07/2004BridgendLabourSigned
Debra Shipley19/07/2004StourbridgeLabourSigned
Harry Barnes19/07/2004North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
Alan Beith19/07/2004Berwick-upon-TweedLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Clapham21/07/2004Barnsley West & PenistoneLabourSigned
Brian Cotter21/07/2004Weston-Super-MareLiberal DemocratSigned
Tony Clarke22/07/2004Northampton SouthLabourSigned
Parmjit Dhanda07/09/2004GloucesterLabourSigned
Julie Morgan07/09/2004Cardiff NorthLabourSigned
James Plaskitt07/09/2004Warwick & LeamingtonLabourSigned
Peter Robinson07/09/2004Belfast EastDUPSigned
Brian Sedgemore07/09/2004Hackney South & ShoreditchLabourSigned
Jonathan R Shaw07/09/2004Chatham & AylesfordLabourSigned
Barry Sheerman07/09/2004HuddersfieldLabour Co-operativeSigned
Geraldine Smith07/09/2004Morecambe & LunesdaleLabourSigned
Jon Owen Jones07/09/2004Cardiff CentralLabour Co-operativeSigned
Michael Mates07/09/2004East HampshireConservativeSigned
John Burnett07/09/2004Torridge & West DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Anne Campbell07/09/2004CambridgeLabourSigned
Menzies Campbell07/09/2004Fife North EastLiberal DemocratSigned
Tony Cunningham07/09/2004WorkingtonLabourSigned
Adrian Flook07/09/2004TauntonConservativeSigned
Ian Gibson07/09/2004Norwich NorthLabourSigned
Matthew Green07/09/2004LudlowLiberal DemocratSigned
Harold Best07/09/2004Leeds North WestLabourSigned
Bob Blizzard07/09/2004WaveneyLabourSigned
Peter Bottomley07/09/2004Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Howard Stoate07/09/2004DartfordLabourSigned
Desmond Turner07/09/2004Brighton, KemptownLabourSigned
Hywel Williams07/09/2004CaernarfonPlaid CymruSigned
Chris Smith08/09/2004Islington South & FinsburyLabourSigned
David Lepper08/09/2004Brighton, PavilionLabour Co-operativeSigned
Brian White14/09/2004North East Milton KeynesLabourSigned
Kevin Hughes15/09/2004Doncaster NorthLabourSigned
David Heyes16/09/2004Ashton-under-LyneLabourSigned
Dennis Skinner11/10/2004BolsoverLabourSigned
Mark Lazarowicz11/10/2004Edinburgh North & LeithLabour Co-operativeSigned
Judy Mallaber11/10/2004Amber ValleyLabourSigned
Richard Bacon11/10/2004South NorfolkConservativeSigned
Mike Wood11/10/2004Batley & SpenLabourSigned
Gerry Steinberg12/10/2004Durham, City ofLabourSigned
Nick Harvey13/10/2004North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Graham Stringer26/10/2004Manchester, BlackleyLabourSigned
Bill Olner02/11/2004NuneatonLabourSigned
Colin Burgon08/11/2004ElmetLabourSigned
Denzil Davies11/11/2004LlanelliLabourSigned
Doug Naysmith16/11/2004Bristol North WestLabour Co-operativeSigned
Lembit 16/11/2004MontgomeryshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Jim MarshallUnknownWithdrawn

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