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Acp, Sugar And Bananas

EDM number 386 in 2004-05, proposed by George Foulkes on 14/12/2004.

That this House welcomes the efforts made by Her Majesty's Government to tackle poverty and inequality in 2005; further welcomes the support given by the United Kingdom Government in helping further economic and international development in the Caribbean; notes that changes to trade rules to ensure trade justice are vital to achieving poverty reduction; notes with concern that current proposals by the European Commission for changes to the banana and sugar trade regimes could, if implemented as proposed, have a disastrous effect on the economies and livelihoods of vulnerable Caribbean economies; welcomes the considerable efforts being made by the countries of the Caribbean in modifying their economies and industries to reflect changes to the European sugar and banana trade regimes; further calls upon the Government to press for urgent changes to the European Commission's proposals on sugar and bananas for the ACP countries; calls on the Government to support changes to amend the immediate price fall in favour of a gradual phasing in of any changes to sugar and banana prices in such a manner as to enable Caribbean economies time properly to adjust to the new price structure and the economic transformations that will follow; and further calls upon Government, in the case of sugar, to seek alternative options and mechanisms with the European Commission that ensure that appropriate financial resources are made available promptly and efficiently to industry in the Caribbean before, during and after whatever extended transitional period is agreed to.

This motion has been signed by a total of 65 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
George Foulkes14/12/2004Carrick, Cumnock and Doon ValleyLabour Co-operativeProposed
Nick Hawkins14/12/2004Surrey HeathConservativeSigned
Calum MacDonald14/12/2004Na h-Eileanan an IarLabourSigned
Sandra Osborne14/12/2004AyrLabourSigned
Andrew George14/12/2004St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Jenny Tonge14/12/2004Richmond ParkLiberal DemocratSigned
Tony Worthington14/12/2004Clydebank & MilngavieLabourSigned
Ronnie Campbell15/12/2004Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Derek Wyatt15/12/2004Sittingbourne & SheppeyLabourSigned
Harry Barnes15/12/2004North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
Tony Banks15/12/2004West HamLabourSigned
Ann Cryer15/12/2004KeighleyLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn15/12/2004Islington NorthLabourSigned
Michael Clapham15/12/2004Barnsley West & PenistoneLabourSigned
Richard Burden15/12/2004Birmingham, NorthfieldLabourSigned
Kevin McNamara15/12/2004Kingston upon Hull NorthLabourSigned
Chris McCafferty15/12/2004Calder ValleyLabourSigned
Alice Mahon15/12/2004HalifaxLabourSigned
Paul Keetch15/12/2004HerefordLiberal DemocratSigned
Nigel Jones15/12/2004CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
John Austin16/12/2004Erith & ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Richard Younger-Ross16/12/2004TeignbridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Rudi Vis16/12/2004Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Mike Hancock16/12/2004Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Jane Griffiths16/12/2004Reading EastLabourSigned
Huw Edwards16/12/2004MonmouthLabourSigned
Andrew Dismore16/12/2004HendonLabourSigned
Anne Campbell16/12/2004CambridgeLabourSigned
Colin Breed16/12/2004South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Ann McKechin16/12/2004Glasgow, MaryhillLabourSigned
Martin Smyth16/12/2004Belfast SouthUUPSigned
Dennis Skinner16/12/2004BolsoverLabourSigned
Stephen Pound16/12/2004Ealing NorthLabourSigned
Greg Pope16/12/2004HyndburnLabourSigned
Wayne David16/12/2004CaerphillyLabourSigned
Marsha Singh20/12/2004Bradford WestLabourSigned
Betty Williams20/12/2004ConwyLabourSigned
Andrew Stunell20/12/2004Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Win Griffiths20/12/2004BridgendLabourSigned
Ian Davidson20/12/2004Glasgow, PollokLabour Co-operativeSigned
Annette Brooke20/12/2004Mid Dorset & North PooleLiberal DemocratSigned
David Marshall20/12/2004Glasgow, ShettlestonLabourSigned
David Borrow21/12/2004South RibbleLabourSigned
Mike Gapes21/12/2004Ilford SouthLabour Co-operativeSigned
Patsy Calton21/12/2004CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
John McDonnell21/12/2004Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Tony Colman21/12/2004PutneyLabourSigned
Nick Harvey10/01/2005North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
John Barrett10/01/2005Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Janet Dean11/01/2005BurtonLabourSigned
David Drew11/01/2005StroudLabour Co-operativeSigned
Stephen Hepburn12/01/2005JarrowLabourSigned
David Crausby12/01/2005Bolton North EastLabourSigned
David Clelland13/01/2005Tyne BridgeLabourSigned
Bill Etherington18/01/2005Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Andy Reed20/01/2005LoughboroughLabour Co-operativeSigned
Mohammad Sarwar24/01/2005Glasgow, GovanLabourSigned
Alan Simpson24/01/2005Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Adrian Bailey24/01/2005West Bromwich WestLabour Co-operativeSigned
Jeff Ennis26/01/2005Barnsley East & MexboroughLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins02/02/2005Luton NorthLabourSigned
Simon Hughes02/02/2005North Southwark & BermondseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Gerald Kaufman23/02/2005Manchester, GortonLabourSigned
Diane Abbott16/03/2005Hackney North & Stoke NewingtonLabourSigned
Parmjit Gill06/04/2005Leicester SouthLiberal DemocratSigned

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