Fairtrade Fortnight Campaign

EDM number 549 in 2008-09, proposed by Timothy Farron on 22/01/2009.
Categorised under the topics of International development and International trade.

That this House notes that one in four bananas bought in the UK is a Fairtrade product; welcomes the Fairtrade Fortnight campaign taking place between 23 February and 8 March aimed at boosting sales and visibility of Fairtrade products; recognises the importance of the Fairtrade initiative in giving exploited farmers in developing countries a better and fairer price for their produce; and encourages the Government to support the Tipping the Balance campaign which aims to make half of all bananas sold in the UK Fairtrade by 2012.

This motion has been signed by a total of 83 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Tim Farron	22/01/2009	Westmorland & Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Bob Russell	22/01/2009	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Andrew George	22/01/2009	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	26/01/2009	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Brian Iddon	26/01/2009	Bolton South East	Labour	Seconded
David Clelland	26/01/2009	Tyne Bridge	Labour	Seconded
David Taylor	26/01/2009	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	26/01/2009	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	26/01/2009	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	26/01/2009	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Hunter	27/01/2009	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
James Gray	27/01/2009	North Wiltshire	Conservative	Signed
Mark Durkan	27/01/2009	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Andrew Dismore	27/01/2009	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	27/01/2009	Gower	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	27/01/2009	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Colin Burgon	27/01/2009	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	27/01/2009	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	27/01/2009	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	27/01/2009	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	27/01/2009	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	27/01/2009	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dai Davies	28/01/2009	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
Jennifer Willott	28/01/2009	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Williams	28/01/2009	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	28/01/2009	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Hancock	28/01/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Dobbin	28/01/2009	Heywood & Middleton	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	28/01/2009	Burton	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	28/01/2009	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
William McCrea	28/01/2009	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Gordon Marsden	28/01/2009	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Adam Price	28/01/2009	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Hugh Bayley	29/01/2009	York, City of	Labour	Signed
David Drew	29/01/2009	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	29/01/2009	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jo Swinson	02/02/2009	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Stunell	02/02/2009	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Neil Gerrard	02/02/2009	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	02/02/2009	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	02/02/2009	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Heyes	02/02/2009	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
John Mason	03/02/2009	Glasgow East	Scottish National Party	Signed
Roger Williams	03/02/2009	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Norman Baker	03/02/2009	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Chaytor	03/02/2009	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	04/02/2009	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	04/02/2009	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	04/02/2009	Conwy	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	05/02/2009	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Williams	05/02/2009	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Austin	09/02/2009	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	09/02/2009	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	09/02/2009	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Greg Pope	10/02/2009	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Sandra Osborne	10/02/2009	Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock	Labour	Signed
Menzies Campbell	10/02/2009	Fife North East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Don Foster	10/02/2009	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Hamilton	11/02/2009	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Michael Moore	11/02/2009	Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	11/02/2009	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Gordon Banks	23/02/2009	Ochil & Perthshire South	Labour	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	23/02/2009	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Davidson	23/02/2009	Glasgow South West	Labour	Signed
Paul Burstow	23/02/2009	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Denis Murphy	23/02/2009	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Laura Moffatt	23/02/2009	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Judy Mallaber	23/02/2009	Amber Valley	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	23/02/2009	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	23/02/2009	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour	Signed
Joan Humble	23/02/2009	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Anne Moffat	23/02/2009	East Lothian	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	23/02/2009	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	24/02/2009	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Greg Mulholland	24/02/2009	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Cousins	03/03/2009	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
Christopher Huhne	03/03/2009	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andy Reed	05/03/2009	Loughborough	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	05/03/2009	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Evan Harris	11/03/2009	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Siobhain McDonagh	20/03/2009	Mitcham & Morden	Labour	Signed
Linda Riordan	29/04/2009	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	Unknown			Withdrawn

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