Packaging And The Food And Drink Federation

EDM number 146 in 2007-08, proposed by Timothy Farron on 07/11/2007.
Categorised under the topics of Climate change, Environmental protection, Food and Waste management.

That this House welcomes the announcement by the Food and Drink Federation that it aims to reduce food packaging by 340,000 tonnes by 2010 and adopt other targets including cutting carbon emissions, reducing water wastage and food miles; urges further such cuts if the challenge of climate change is to be addressed; and congratulates the Cut Waste in Kendal campaign that is seeking to reduce packaging in South Lakeland and is working with local traders to discuss making Kendal a plastic bag-free town.

This motion has been signed by a total of 35 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Tim Farron	07/11/2007	Westmorland & Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Tom Brake	08/11/2007	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Colin Breed	08/11/2007	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Rudi Vis	08/11/2007	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Seconded
Willie Rennie	12/11/2007	Dunfermline & Fife West	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Sandra Gidley	12/11/2007	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Lynne Jones	12/11/2007	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Mark Williams	13/11/2007	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Hancock	13/11/2007	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew George	13/11/2007	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	13/11/2007	Hastings & Rye	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	13/11/2007	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	13/11/2007	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Albert Owen	13/11/2007	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	13/11/2007	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Heath	13/11/2007	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Phil Willis	14/11/2007	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Janet Dean	14/11/2007	Burton	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	14/11/2007	Gower	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	15/11/2007	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Stephen Williams	15/11/2007	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Cryer	19/11/2007	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	21/11/2007	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	21/11/2007	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	21/11/2007	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	22/11/2007	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	22/11/2007	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	29/11/2007	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Lorely Burt	04/12/2007	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Evans	06/12/2007	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Signed
John McDonnell	11/12/2007	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Christopher Huhne	12/12/2007	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Vincent Cable	07/01/2008	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Howarth	07/01/2008	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Menzies Campbell	16/01/2008	Fife North East	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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