International Year Of Natural Fibres 2009 (EDM1882)

International Year Of Natural Fibres 2009

EDM number 1882 in 2008-09, proposed by Malcolm Bruce on 14/07/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Agriculture and Manufacturing industries.

That this House recognises this year as International Year of Natural Fibres (IYNF) as organised by the United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO); notes that the IYNF celebrates the 15 natural fibres produced by plants and animals namely, cotton, wool, cashmere, angora, alpaca, silk, hemp, jute, flax, mohair, camel hair, ramie, sisal, coir and abaca; further recognises the importance of certain natural fibres to the British textile sector; and calls on the Government to offer whatever assistance, financial or otherwise, it can to support the FAO's activities to promote and protect international natural fibres.

This motion has been signed by a total of 23 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Malcolm Bruce	14/07/2009	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Michael Moore	14/07/2009	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Andrew George	14/07/2009	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Rudi Vis	15/07/2009	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Seconded
Alan Simpson	15/07/2009	Nottingham South	Labour	Seconded
Jeremy Corbyn	15/07/2009	Islington North	Labour	Seconded
Lindsay Hoyle	15/07/2009	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	15/07/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Bottomley	15/07/2009	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Michael Weir	15/07/2009	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	16/07/2009	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
Dai Davies	16/07/2009	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
Brian Jenkins	16/07/2009	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	20/07/2009	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
John Battle	20/07/2009	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	21/07/2009	North Southwark and Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Janet Dean	21/07/2009	Burton	Labour	Signed
David Drew	21/07/2009	Stroud	Labour	Signed
John Leech	21/07/2009	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jo Swinson	21/07/2009	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	13/10/2009	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	13/10/2009	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	22/10/2009	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed

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