Promoting Fairtrade

EDM number 812 in 2004-05, proposed by Tom Brake on 01/03/2005.

That this House, on the first day of Fairtrade Fortnight, congratulates Cambridge City, Cardiff, Derby, Leeds, Liverpool City, Kingston, Milton Keynes Borough, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, Norwich, Pendle, Portsmouth City, Somerset County, Stockport Metropolitan Borough, Swansea and York councils and many other local authorities on their Fairtrade status; looks forward to Sutton Council gaining Fairtrade status; notes the very considerable benefits that producers in developing countries derive from Fairtrade products; recognises the work of the UK Local Government Alliance for International Development in promoting Fairtrade and other international development issues within local authorities; and notes the Department for International Development's Development Awareness Fund, which local authorities may find of assistance in achieving Fairtrade status.

This motion has been signed by a total of 83 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Tom Brake	01/03/2005	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Mike Hancock	02/03/2005	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Gibson	02/03/2005	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	02/03/2005	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sue Doughty	02/03/2005	Guildford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Dobbin	02/03/2005	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Martin Caton	02/03/2005	Gower	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	02/03/2005	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	02/03/2005	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	02/03/2005	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Bob Spink	02/03/2005	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Paul Flynn	03/03/2005	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Paul Tyler	03/03/2005	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Williams	03/03/2005	Swansea West	Labour	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	03/03/2005	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
David Drew	03/03/2005	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Vincent Cable	03/03/2005	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Breed	03/03/2005	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Meale	03/03/2005	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Eric Martlew	03/03/2005	Carlisle	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	03/03/2005	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	03/03/2005	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Thurso	04/03/2005	Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Evans	04/03/2005	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Signed
Annette Brooke	04/03/2005	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Marsden	04/03/2005	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Betty Williams	07/03/2005	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	07/03/2005	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Matthew Taylor	07/03/2005	Truro & St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Stunell	07/03/2005	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Iddon	07/03/2005	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Derek Wyatt	08/03/2005	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Jenny Tonge	08/03/2005	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Fisher	08/03/2005	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Signed
Brian Cotter	08/03/2005	Weston-Super-Mare	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	08/03/2005	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Tony Colman	08/03/2005	Putney	Labour	Signed
Richard Burden	08/03/2005	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Albert Owen	08/03/2005	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Syd Rapson	08/03/2005	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	08/03/2005	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	08/03/2005	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	08/03/2005	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kevin McNamara	08/03/2005	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Dennis Turner	09/03/2005	Wolverhampton South East	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Janet Anderson	09/03/2005	Rossendale & Darwen	Labour	Signed
John Grogan	09/03/2005	Selby	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	09/03/2005	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Sandra Gidley	09/03/2005	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	09/03/2005	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Huw Edwards	09/03/2005	Monmouth	Labour	Signed
Tom Cox	09/03/2005	Tooting	Labour	Signed
Colin Burgon	09/03/2005	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Terry Lewis	09/03/2005	Worsley	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	09/03/2005	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Harold Best	10/03/2005	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Win Griffiths	10/03/2005	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Hywel Francis	10/03/2005	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	10/03/2005	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tony Clarke	10/03/2005	Northampton South	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	10/03/2005	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andy Reed	10/03/2005	Loughborough	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Roger Williams	14/03/2005	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Battle	14/03/2005	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Harry Barnes	14/03/2005	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Matthew Green	14/03/2005	Ludlow	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Anne Campbell	14/03/2005	Cambridge	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	14/03/2005	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Joan Humble	14/03/2005	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	14/03/2005	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Peter Pike	14/03/2005	Burnley	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	15/03/2005	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Joan Ruddock	15/03/2005	Lewisham, Deptford	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	22/03/2005	Burton	Labour	Signed
Russell Brown	23/03/2005	Dumfries	Labour	Signed
Stephen Pound	24/03/2005	Ealing North	Labour	Signed
Brian White	24/03/2005	North East Milton Keynes	Labour	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	04/04/2005	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Barrett	04/04/2005	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	05/04/2005	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Adrian Bailey	06/04/2005	West Bromwich West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Parmjit Singh Gill	Unknown			Withdrawn
Mark Oaten	Unknown			Withdrawn

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