Fairtrade Fortnight 2010

EDM number 840 in 2009-10, proposed by Michael Moore on 09/02/2010.
Categorised under the topics of International development and International trade.

That this House welcomes Fairtrade Fortnight from 22 February to 7 March 2010 and this year's Big Swap theme; commends the work of schools, churches and community groups across the country in promoting Fairtrade Fortnight; congratulates progress made by the Fairtrade Foundation in the UK with sales of Fairtrade products reaching £712 million in 2008; notes recent progress in bringing Fairtrade into the mainstream with significant brand names, including KitKat, Dairy Milk, Tate and Lyle, Sainsburys and the Co-op, now exclusively sourcing Fairtrade-certified chocolate, sugar, tea and coffee; and calls on all relevant UK businesses to follow the example of these industry leaders, and to procure relevant goods from Fairtrade-certified sources.

This motion has been signed by a total of 83 MPs.