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Illegally-Sourced Timber And The Proposed Japan-Eu Free Trade Agreement

EDM number 2642 in 2010-12, proposed by Barry Gardiner on 24/01/2012.
Categorised under the topics of Asia and International trade.

That this House notes that Japan is one of the world's largest importers of tropical timber and that in 2008 Chatham House estimated the value of illegally-sourced wood products imported by Japan at US$2.3 billion; further notes that informal discussions about a possible free trade agreement are taking place between the EU and Japan; believes that any such agreement should have provisions to counter imports of illegally-sourced timber into Japan which would as minimum render Japanese import controls commensurate with Regulation (EU) No. 995/2010 (the Timber Regulation) that prohibits placing illegal timber on the EU market; and urges the Government to call on the EU to demand stringent and effective illegal logging provisions as a pre-condition for any future free trade agreement with Japan.

This motion has been signed by a total of 29 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Barry Gardiner24/01/2012Brent NorthLabourProposed
Zac Goldsmith24/01/2012Richmond ParkConservativeSeconded
Michael Weir25/01/2012AngusScottish National PartySeconded
Peter Bottomley25/01/2012Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Jim Shannon25/01/2012StrangfordDUPSeconded
Elfyn Llwyd25/01/2012Dwyfor MeirionnyddPlaid CymruSeconded
John McDonnell25/01/2012Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Stephen Williams25/01/2012Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Adrian Sanders26/01/2012TorbayLiberal DemocratSigned
Jeremy Corbyn26/01/2012Islington NorthLabourSigned
David Crausby30/01/2012Bolton North EastLabourSigned
John Leech30/01/2012Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Mike Hancock30/01/2012Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Meale30/01/2012MansfieldLabourSigned
Tony Lloyd30/01/2012Manchester CentralLabourSigned
Glenda Jackson30/01/2012Hampstead and KilburnLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins30/01/2012Luton NorthLabourSigned
William McCrea31/01/2012South AntrimDUPSigned
Martin Caton31/01/2012GowerLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin31/01/2012Heywood and MiddletonLabourSigned
Paul Flynn31/01/2012Newport WestLabourSigned
Graham Stringer31/01/2012Blackley and BroughtonLabourSigned
Katy Clark31/01/2012North Ayrshire and ArranLabourSigned
Sandra Osborne02/02/2012Ayr, Carrick and CumnockLabourSigned
Dan Rogerson02/02/2012North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Williams02/02/2012CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Caroline Lucas23/02/2012Brighton, PavilionGreenSigned
Menzies Campbell27/02/2012North East FifeLiberal DemocratSigned
John Hemming28/02/2012Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned

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