VAT Relief On Fairtrade Products (EDM1588)

VAT Relief On Fairtrade Products

EDM number 1588 in 2010-12, proposed by Greg Mulholland on 14/03/2011.
Categorised under the topics of International development, International trade and Taxation.

That this House welcomes the 2011 Fairtrade Fortnight; calls on the Government to consider bringing forward proposals in the forthcoming budget to reduce the amount of VAT charged on Fairtrade products to further encourage the sale of ethical products to retailers as well as to encourage more producers to sign up to the Fairtrade initiative; believes that such a move would show the Government's commitment to promoting ethical consumer choices; calls on businesses to promote sustainable development and a reduction inpoverty; and welcomes the 40 per cent. increase in sales in 2010 that saw Fairtrade sales top 1 billion.

This motion has been signed by a total of 24 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Greg Mulholland	14/03/2011	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Mike Hancock	14/03/2011	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Alan Meale	14/03/2011	Mansfield	Labour	Seconded
Martin Caton	15/03/2011	Gower	Labour	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	15/03/2011	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
John Leech	15/03/2011	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
William McCrea	16/03/2011	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	16/03/2011	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	16/03/2011	Heywood and Middleton	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	16/03/2011	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Tom Blenkinsop	16/03/2011	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	17/03/2011	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Glenda Jackson	17/03/2011	Hampstead and Kilburn	Labour	Signed
John Hemming	22/03/2011	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lady Hermon	23/03/2011	North Down	Independent	Signed
John McDonnell	23/03/2011	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
Hywel Williams	23/03/2011	Arfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Caroline Lucas	24/03/2011	Brighton, Pavilion	Green	Signed
Roger Godsiff	29/03/2011	Birmingham, Hall Green	Labour	Signed
Naomi Long	30/03/2011	Belfast East	Alliance	Signed
David Crausby	30/03/2011	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Nigel Dodds	31/03/2011	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Mark Williams	01/04/2011	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Pugh	26/04/2011	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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