Local Food Is Miles Better Campaign

EDM number 62 in 2006-07, proposed by Geoffrey Clifton-Brown on 15/11/2006.

That this House supports Farmers Weekly Local Food is Miles Better campaign; believes that buying locally grown food is an excellent way for consumers to reconnect with farmers and develop a better understanding of where their food comes from; recognises that producing and buying food locally can help the environment, boost the economy and support British farming; and calls for supermarkets to promote, stock and label locally produced food to cut food miles and support local producers.

This motion has been signed by a total of 135 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown	15/11/2006	Cotswold	Conservative	Proposed
Bill Wiggin	15/11/2006	Leominster	Conservative	Seconded
Peter Ainsworth	15/11/2006	East Surrey	Conservative	Seconded
James Paice	15/11/2006	South East Cambridgeshire	Conservative	Seconded
Gregory Barker	15/11/2006	Bexhill & Battle	Conservative	Seconded
Andrew Rosindell	15/11/2006	Romford	Conservative	Seconded
Michael Penning	15/11/2006	Hemel Hempstead	Conservative	Signed
Andrew George	15/11/2006	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Heath	15/11/2006	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Williams	16/11/2006	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Hemming	16/11/2006	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	16/11/2006	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
Ann Winterton	16/11/2006	Congleton	Conservative	Signed
John Whittingdale	16/11/2006	Maldon & East Chelmsford	Conservative	Signed
Michael Weir	16/11/2006	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Angela Watkinson	16/11/2006	Upminster	Conservative	Signed
Tony Baldry	16/11/2006	Banbury	Conservative	Signed
Edward Garnier	16/11/2006	Harborough	Conservative	Signed
Nigel Evans	16/11/2006	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Signed
John Pugh	16/11/2006	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Spink	16/11/2006	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Lynne Jones	16/11/2006	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Tim Loughton	16/11/2006	East Worthing & Shoreham	Conservative	Signed
Malcolm Moss	16/11/2006	North East Cambridgeshire	Conservative	Signed
Annette Brooke	16/11/2006	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Simon Burns	16/11/2006	West Chelmsford	Conservative	Signed
Stephen Williams	20/11/2006	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Adam Holloway	20/11/2006	Gravesham	Conservative	Signed
Peter Bottomley	20/11/2006	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Mike Hancock	20/11/2006	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Fabricant	20/11/2006	Lichfield	Conservative	Signed
Gordon Marsden	20/11/2006	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
John Horam	20/11/2006	Orpington	Conservative	Signed
Adam Price	20/11/2006	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Gary Streeter	21/11/2006	South West Devon	Conservative	Signed
David Taylor	21/11/2006	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
David Jones	21/11/2006	Clwyd West	Conservative	Signed
Mark Lancaster	21/11/2006	North East Milton Keynes	Conservative	Signed
John Leech	21/11/2006	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Anne Main	21/11/2006	St Albans	Conservative	Signed
Lee Scott	21/11/2006	Ilford North	Conservative	Signed
Cheryl Gillan	21/11/2006	Chesham & Amersham	Conservative	Signed
Christopher Fraser	21/11/2006	South West Norfolk	Conservative	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	21/11/2006	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Andrew Selous	21/11/2006	South West Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Robert Key	21/11/2006	Salisbury	Conservative	Signed
Julian Lewis	21/11/2006	New Forest East	Conservative	Signed
David Lidington	21/11/2006	Aylesbury	Conservative	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	21/11/2006	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Albert Owen	21/11/2006	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Derek Conway	21/11/2006	Old Bexley & Sidcup	Conservative	Signed
Daniel Rogerson	22/11/2006	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward Vaizey	22/11/2006	Wantage	Conservative	Signed
Anne Milton	22/11/2006	Guildford	Conservative	Signed
Martin Caton	22/11/2006	Gower	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	22/11/2006	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen O'Brien	22/11/2006	Eddisbury	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Murrison	22/11/2006	Westbury	Conservative	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	22/11/2006	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	22/11/2006	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour	Signed
Iris Robinson	22/11/2006	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Jeff Ennis	23/11/2006	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
David Hamilton	23/11/2006	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Peter Atkinson	23/11/2006	Hexham	Conservative	Signed
James Brokenshire	23/11/2006	Hornchurch	Conservative	Signed
Janet Dean	23/11/2006	Burton	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	23/11/2006	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McDonnell	23/11/2006	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Eleanor Laing	23/11/2006	Epping Forest	Conservative	Signed
Brian Jenkins	23/11/2006	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Evan Harris	23/11/2006	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Luff	27/11/2006	Mid Worcestershire	Conservative	Signed
Roger Williams	27/11/2006	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Philip Dunne	27/11/2006	Ludlow	Conservative	Signed
Mark Hunter	28/11/2006	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
James Duddridge	28/11/2006	Rochford & Southend East	Conservative	Signed
Nigel Waterson	28/11/2006	Eastbourne	Conservative	Signed
Nicholas Soames	29/11/2006	Mid Sussex	Conservative	Signed
Charles Hendry	29/11/2006	Wealden	Conservative	Signed
Rudi Vis	29/11/2006	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Jo Swinson	29/11/2006	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Dodds	30/11/2006	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
David Mundell	30/11/2006	Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale & Tweeddale	Conservative	Signed
Anne McIntosh	30/11/2006	Vale of York	Conservative	Signed
David Maclean	30/11/2006	Penrith & The Border	Conservative	Signed
Alan Simpson	30/11/2006	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Eric Pickles	30/11/2006	Brentwood & Ongar	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Pelling	04/12/2006	Croydon Central	Conservative	Signed
Michael Fallon	04/12/2006	Sevenoaks	Conservative	Signed
James Clappison	04/12/2006	Hertsmere	Conservative	Signed
Rob Marris	04/12/2006	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Andrew MacKay	04/12/2006	Bracknell	Conservative	Signed
Daniel Kawczynski	05/12/2006	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Conservative	Signed
Stewart Jackson	05/12/2006	Peterborough	Conservative	Signed
Stephen Hammond	05/12/2006	Wimbledon	Conservative	Signed
Stephen Crabb	05/12/2006	Preseli Pembrokeshire	Conservative	Signed
Richard Benyon	05/12/2006	Newbury	Conservative	Signed
Tim Yeo	05/12/2006	South Suffolk	Conservative	Signed
Peter Viggers	05/12/2006	Gosport	Conservative	Signed
Desmond Swayne	05/12/2006	New Forest West	Conservative	Signed
Oliver Heald	05/12/2006	North East Hertfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Michael Mates	05/12/2006	East Hampshire	Conservative	Signed
Patrick Mercer	05/12/2006	Newark	Conservative	Signed
Julian Brazier	05/12/2006	Canterbury	Conservative	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	05/12/2006	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jonathan Djanogly	05/12/2006	Huntingdon	Conservative	Signed
Paul Rowen	06/12/2006	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Graham Stuart	06/12/2006	Beverley & Holderness	Conservative	Signed
Hugo Swire	06/12/2006	East Devon	Conservative	Signed
John Bercow	06/12/2006	Buckingham	Conservative	Signed
James Arbuthnot	06/12/2006	North East Hampshire	Conservative	Signed
Keith Simpson	06/12/2006	Mid Norfolk	Conservative	Signed
Mark Prisk	07/12/2006	Hertford & Stortford	Conservative	Signed
Gerald Kaufman	07/12/2006	Manchester, Gorton	Labour	Signed
Philip Hammond	07/12/2006	Runnymede & Weybridge	Conservative	Signed
Michael Gove	11/12/2006	Surrey Heath	Conservative	Signed
Ben Wallace	11/12/2006	Lancaster & Wyre	Conservative	Signed
Alistair Burt	11/12/2006	North East Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Richard Shepherd	11/12/2006	Aldridge-Brownhills	Conservative	Signed
David Ruffley	11/12/2006	Bury St Edmunds	Conservative	Signed
Caroline Spelman	12/12/2006	Meriden	Conservative	Signed
Liam Fox	12/12/2006	Woodspring	Conservative	Signed
Robert Walter	12/12/2006	North Dorset	Conservative	Signed
Grant Shapps	12/12/2006	Welwyn Hatfield	Conservative	Signed
Jeremy Wright	12/12/2006	Rugby & Kenilworth	Conservative	Signed
Gregory Campbell	13/12/2006	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Maria Miller	14/12/2006	Basingstoke	Conservative	Signed
Alan Duncan	14/12/2006	Rutland & Melton	Conservative	Signed
Richard Ottaway	18/12/2006	Croydon South	Conservative	Signed
James Gray	18/12/2006	North Wiltshire	Conservative	Signed
Dominic Grieve	08/01/2007	Beaconsfield	Conservative	Signed
Ann Widdecombe	08/01/2007	Maidstone & The Weald	Conservative	Signed
Theresa May	24/01/2007	Maidenhead	Conservative	Signed
John Barrett	19/02/2007	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Helen Goodman	Unknown			Withdrawn

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